Patent ID: 6598504
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A machining center comprising:a frame; said frame bearing first and second workpiece support devices, each workpiece support device configured to allow a workpiece to be machined and supported, and driven in rotation about a control axis; the control axes of said workpiece support devices being aligned along an axis referred to as the first axis; said workpiece support devices being separated by a predetermined distance, and, oriented to bring about an operation of taking by one of the workpiece support devices of a workpiece driven by the other workpiece support device, at least one main device holding and displacing at least one machining tool relative to said workpiece support devices in such a way as to allow the machining of a workpiece borne by at least one of the workpiece support devices, each of the workpiece support devices is supported for control and translatory displacement along the first axis in such a way that the workpiece support devices are movable away from each other and closer to each other, the sum of the ranges of possible displacements of the two workpiece support devices being at least equal to the distance which separates the two workpiece support devices when they are placed in their maximal distance apart, the main device being disposed to displace a machining tool in a plane which is orthogonal to the first axis, and situated between the workpiece support devices to machine a workpiece borne by at least one of the workpiece support devices.