Patent ID: 7854645

Claim:
A method for polishing a surface of a workpiece via a tool rotating about a tool axis, whereby the workpiece is contacted in at least one region of the workpiece surface by a respective momentarily contacting surface that is a subarea of a surface for machining, which is at least part of a polishing surface of the tool, whereby a tool axis intersects the polishing surface, the method comprising: adjusting a position of the tool such that a center of the tool's respective surface momentarily contacting the workpiece is off the tool axis, and such that a center of rotation of the polishing surface is spaced from the surface of the workpiece; and tilting the tool about an axis distinct from the tool axis, wherein a relative angle between the tool axis and a local surface normal of the workpiece is adjusted in the contacted area, and wherein the tool is moved translatively along at least a part of the workpiece surface, and wherein a relative angle is being continuously modified at least in sections in the course of the translative motion along the workpiece surface; wherein a tool with a planar polishing surface is tilted about an axis that is distinct from the tool axis, based on a surface normal of the workpiece in the contacted area, wherein the tool axis is collimated with the surface normal and the tool is parallel translated to a workpiece surface in the contacted area.