Patent ID: 7346969
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: B23P,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A machining method for manufacturing a plurality of structures, the method comprising: (1) providing a plurality of workpieces including a first workpiece and a second workpiece, each of the workpieces comprising at least one processing surface; (2) clamping the workpieces to respective mounting platforms on a multiple workpiece mounting device, and rotatably installing the multiple workpiece mounting device on machining equipment, the multiple workpiece mounting device defining a rotational axis about which the multiple workpiece mounting device can rotate, the mounting platforms being arranged evenly around the rotational axis; (3) machining the workpieces using the machining equipment, wherein when the multiple workpiece mourning device is at a first position, the machining equipment processes one processing surface of each of at least one of the workpieces including the first workpiece, when the multiple workpiece mounting device is rotated to a second position, the machining equipment processes one processing surface of each of at least another one of the workpieces including the second workpiece, and the multiple workpiece mounting device continues to be rotated if and as necessary and the machining equipment continues to process one processing surface of at least a next one of the workpieces if and as necessary until eventually the at least one processing surface of each of the workpieces have all been machined, thereby forming a plurality of structured workpieces; and (4) extracting a plurality of structures from each of the structured workpieces.