Patent ID: 7219407

Claim:
A device for milling and/or lathing a workpiece, comprising: at least one machine bed; at least one tool holder disposed on the machine bed and having at least one tool drive with an axis of oscillation; a workpiece holder having a workpiece spindle with an axis of rotation disposed parallel to the axis of oscillation; wherein the workpiece holder and the tool holder are moveable relative to each other in a direction of an axis of translation disposed at a right angle to the axis of oscillation, and wherein the workpiece holder has a linear drive that is moveable in the direction of the axis of translation, wherein the machine bed defines a plane M disposed at an angle α between 40° and 60° with the horizontal, wherein the axis of translation is disposed at the angle α with the horizontal, wherein the machine bed includes a chin space disposed below the workpiece spindle between the workpiece holder and the tool holder relative to the axis of oscillation, the chip space being delimited by at least one floor, two side walls, and a back wall, the back wall extending at least as high as the workpiece spindle.