Patent ID: 7086143

Claim:
Machining system for the machining of workpieces, in particular of workpieces located on a production line comprising: a) a large number of tool units, each with an electrically controllable machining tool and a holding unit; b) a sliding support mechanism in which the holding units are held in sequence, whereby the holding units are held in the sliding support mechanism in such a way that they can slide; and c) a large number of control units for setting an individual machining tool to a set of predefined machining parameters in order to execute a predefined machining process; characterized in that d) each tool unit includes a position determining unit, which determines the position of the individual tool unit along the sliding support mechanism; e) the control unit is part of the tool unit; and the control unit sets the individual machining tool to a particular set of machining parameters according to the position of the tool unit determined by the position determining unit.