Patent ID: 8845246
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A machine tool comprising: a machine frame having X, Y, and Z coordinate axes and formed with dimensionally rigid side walls, one said side wall being shorter at the front than the other said side wall, thereby forming an enlarged access to the work area of said machine frame, each side wall having a top surface; a linear guide on the top surface of each said side wall, said linear guide on said one shorter side wall is shorter than said linear guide on the other said side wall; a compound slide having a forward face and being movable on said linear guides, said compound slide has a trapezoidal form when viewed from the top, the shorter side thereof being moveable on said shorter linear guide and the longer side thereof being moveable on said longer linear guide; a machining unit having a spindle head, said machining unit being guided on said compound slide so as to be vertically displaceable; workpiece mounting unit disposed in the space between said side walls; said linear guides being aligned at a predetermined angle to a vertical center plane of said machining frame.