Patent ID: 7243583

Claim:
Lathe, in particular multi-spindle automatic lathe having an apparatus for machining the rear side of a workpiece and with a take-over device for removing a workpiece machined at its front side from a primary workpiece spindle of the machine and for transferring the workpiece to a machining station for the rear side machining, the take-over device comprising a gripper traversable parallel or coaxial to the workpiece spindle between the workpiece spindle and a rear side of the machining chamber of the machine, and with a translation device, which takes over the workpiece from the gripper for the transfer to the machining station for the rear side machining, characterized in that the machining station for rear side machining is arranged outside the machining chamber for front side machining and comprises a secondary workpiece reception which can be moved axially between the translation device and a working position for the rear side machining.