Patent ID: 8523746

Claim:
A machine tool, with a machine frame, with a workpiece holding device arranged on the machine frame, and with a tool spindle which is arranged on the machine frame, the tool spindle being moveable at least in a horizontal x-direction and a vertical y-direction, with a chain magazine, having a chain guide, which extends in the x, y, and z-directions, and having a magazine chain, which has chain members, which are connected to one another by means of universal joints and have at least one tool receiver, and is guided by means of the chain guide, wherein the chain magazine is movable in a horizontal z-direction, which is perpendicular to the x-direction and to the y-direction, relative to the machine frame, and, wherein the tool spindle, viewed along the horizontal z-direction, is moveable into an overlapping position with at least one tool receiver of the magazine chain in order to enable direct tool exchange between the at least one tool receiver and the tool spindle.