Patent ID: 7975356

Claim:
A machine for the processing of optical work pieces comprising: a work piece spindle rotationally driving the work piece about a work piece rotation axis, at least two processing units that each comprise a tool for machining the work piece while the work piece is retained on the work piece spindle, and an adjusting mechanism for causing a relative movement between the work piece spindle and the tools, for enabling loading, unloading or processing of the work piece, the adjusting mechanism comprises a linear drive unit and a swivel drive unit that are stacked on each other with the linear drive unit mounted on the swivel drive unit, wherein the swivel drive unit can rotate the work piece spindle about a swivel axis that is substantially perpendicular to the work piece rotation axis to perform a transfer of the work piece from one of the processing units to another of the processing units, while the linear drive unit can move the work piece spindle along a linear axis that is substantially perpendicular to the swivel axis, and substantially parallel to or aligned with the work piece rotation axis, and wherein the at least two processing units include a processing unit having a drive for linearly moving the respective tool in a radial direction with respect to the swivel axis.