Patent ID: 7837533

Claim:
Apparatus ( 10 ) for processing and measuring workpieces, in particular plate-shaped or cylindrical workpieces, which are provided with cutting teeth (S), the apparatus comprising: a machine base ( 12 ) having and extending along a horizontal x-axis, a horizontal y-axis and a vertical z-axis which are orthogonal to each other, a processing and measuring device ( 14 ) movably mounted to the machine base and which can be moved relative to the machine base ( 12 ) along the x-axis and y-axis, and, a workpiece positioning device ( 16 ) movably mounted to the machine base and which can be moved relative to the machine base ( 12 ) along the z-axis, wherein the processing and measuring device ( 14 ) has a pivoting head ( 26 ) which can be moved relative to the machine base ( 12 ) such that it can move along the x-axis and y-axis and pivot about a pivot axis (E 1 ) extending along the z-axis, wherein a single processing tool ( 28 ) and a measuring probe ( 30 ) are provided on the pivoting head ( 26 ), wherein the single processing tool ( 28 ) projects from one side of the pivoting head ( 26 ), and that the measuring probe ( 30 ) projects from the side of the pivoting head ( 26 ) which is opposite with respect to the pivot axis (E 1 ), wherein relative motion between the pivoting head ( 26 ) and the workpiece positioning device holding the workpiece can occur linearly along the x-axis, y-axis, z-axis and pivotally about the z-axis such that the workpiece is contacted by processing tool ( 28 ) or the measuring probe ( 30 ) in an angular range of 180°, extending by 90° respectively on both sides of the vertically highest vertex region of said workpiece.