Patent ID: 9421616
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B23B,B23Q,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A machine tool comprising: a machine frame comprising a first carrier portion having a first tool carrier face, a second carrier portion having a second tool carrier face, and a central portion arranged between the first and the second carrier portion and having a third tool carrier face, wherein the first tool carrier face of the first carrier portion and the second tool carrier face of the second carrier portion are arranged on the same first face of the machine frame, and the third tool carrier face of the central portion is arranged on a second face of the machine frame; a first work spindle arranged on the first carrier portion for receiving a first workpiece; and a second work spindle, facing the first work spindle and arranged on the second carrier portion, for receiving a second workpiece, wherein the spindle axis of the second work spindle is orientated parallel or coaxial with the spindle axis of the first work spindle; a first tool carrier slide, which is arranged on the first tool carrier face of the first carrier portion and on which a first tool carrier is arranged; and a second tool carrier slide, which is arranged on the second tool carrier face of the second carrier portion and on which a second tool carrier is arranged; and a third tool carrier slide, which is arranged on the third tool carrier face of the central portion and on which a third tool carrier is arranged, wherein the third tool carrier slide is displaceable in a first direction transverse or perpendicular to the spindle axes of the first work spindle and second work spindle, and the third tool carrier is arranged between the first work spindle and the second work spindle; and wherein the first tool carrier face of the first carrier portion supporting the first tool carrier slide and the second tool carrier face of the second carrier portion supporting the second tool carrier slide substantially span a first plane, which is aligned obliquely with respect to a vertically oriented second plane, which is substantially spanned by the third tool carrier face of the central portion supporting the third tool carrier slide.