Patent ID: 8800125

Claim:
A material removing machine tool ( 1 ) with a work piece ( 100 ) driven in rotation about a rotation axis ( 10 ), which machine tool comprises: a bed ( 5 ); a cold rolling unit ( 2 ) including a plurality of forming rollers ( 13 a, b ) and a base element ( 8 ) supporting the forming rollers ( 13 a, b ); a turning machine including a plurality of material removing tools ( 22 a , 22 b ) supported thereon, said turning machine also including a tool support ( 19 ) supporting the plurality of material removing tools; a plurality of Z-guides ( 6 d , 6 c , 6 b ) on the bed for guiding movements of the tool support ( 19 ) in a direction of a Z-axis that is parallel to the rotation axis; a plurality of Z-guides ( 6 c , 6 b , 6 a ) on the bed for guiding movements of the base element ( 8 ) in a direction of a Z-axis that is parallel to the rotation axis, wherein some, but not all, of the plurality of Z-guides for guiding movements of the tool support ( 19 ) are the same as the plurality of Z-guides for guiding movements of the base element ( 8 ).