Patent ID: 6987241

Claim:
In a machine tool installation for the processing of workpieces including a work area ( 4 ) which accommodates a workpiece support ( 13 ), a work area enclosure ( 3 ) with a gate ( 7 ) and a plurality of door segments ( 6 / 1 , 6 / 2 , 6 / 3 ) movable in the horizontal direction between open and closed positions and which, in their open position, do not obstruct the gate ( 7 ) of the work area enclosure ( 3 ) and, in their closed position, at least partially block the gate, the door segments ( 6 / 1 , 6 / 2 , 6 / 3 ) being guided in their movement by means of at least one stationary guide element ( 14 , 15 ) that extends in the direction of travel ( 8 ) of the door segments ( 6 / 1 , 6 / 2 , 6 / 3 ) over at least part of the gate width, the door segments ( 6 / 1 , 6 / 2 , 6 / 3 ) being movably supported on and in contact with a substructure of the machine tool installation ( 1 ) for movement horizontally, and, above the substructure of the machine installation ( 1 ), at least two horizontally extending stationary guide elements ( 14 , 15 ), mutually offset in the vertical direction are provided to guide at least one of the door segments ( 6 / 1 , 6 / 2 , 6 / 3 ) over at least part of the gate width, said guide elements being attached only to the workpiece support ( 13 ).