Patent ID: 6964217

Claim:
Multispindle lathe comprising a machine frame, a spindle drum mounted on the machine frame for rotation about a spindle drum axis, at least two workpiece spindles arranged in spindle positions in the spindle drum with their workpiece receiving means rotatable about a respective spindle axis, a work area arranged at the end face of the spindle drum and the workpiece spindles, a plurality of spindle stations provided stationarily on the machine frame, into which the workpiece spindles are adapted to be brought by rotation of the spindle drum about the spindle drum axis, some of the spindle stations being designed as machining stations for machining the workpieces therein, and at least one of the spindle stations being designed as workpiece removal station, a workpiece receiving means rotatable about an axis and allocated to the workpiece removal station, said workpiece receiving means being movable by means of a carrier device arranged on the machine frame relative to the workpiece spindle located in the workpiece removal station with at least one directional component extending radially to the spindle drum axis between a workpiece take-over position, in which the axis of the workpiece receiving means extends coaxially with the spindle axis of the workpiece spindle located in the workpiece removal station, and a workpiece delivery position, and said workpiece receiving means being movable by means of the carrier device in a Z direction parallel to the spindle axis of the workpiece spindle located in the workpiece removal station.