Patent ID: 6732618
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B23B,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A machine tool comprising:a bed in the form of a portal bed having front and rear sides, top and bottom edges and an underside; machine modules; at least one pair of guide tracks on said portal bed for carrying said machine modules; at least one bed foot on which said portal bed rests; at least one guide cover being telescopic in a Z-direction and having an upper and a lower end for covering a respective pair of said guide tracks and in an extended condition together with a corresponding machine module over the entire length of said portal bed; and at least one intermediate fixed cover arranged vertically in a region between said at least one guide cover disposed thereabove and said at least one guide cover disposed therebeneath, and said at least one guide cover being arranged in substantially mutually superposed relationship and not directly overlapping in respect of height but indirectly by means of said intermediate fixed covers.