Patent ID: 6865788

Claim:
A numerical-control milling machine ( 1 ), comprising: a supporting frame ( 2 ), and a worktable ( 3 ) which is fitted to the supporting frame ( 2 ) so as to oscillate about a substantially horizontal first axis of rotation (A) and comprises at least two platforms ( 4 ) which are aligned side-by-side along the first axis of rotation, each for accommodating a workpiece; the milling machine ( 1 ) further comprising two independent work units ( 5 ), each of which is positioned facing a respective platform ( 4 ) of the worktable ( 3 ) with a toolspindle which is capable of rotating about a second axis of rotation (B) lying in a plane (P′) substantially perpendicular to said first axis of rotation (A), each of said second axes being parallel to one another, the toolspindles movable in space along three cartesian axes (X, Y, Z) for machining the workpiece on the respective platform ( 4 ); the first axis of rotation (A) of the worktable ( 3 ) being parallel to a first axis (X) of said three cartesian axes (X, Y, Z); the toolspindles of the two work units ( 5 ) being movable in space along the three cartesian axes (X, Y, Z) fully independently one to the other and the milling machine ( 1 ) also comprising actuating means for governing the movement in space of the toolspindle of each of the two work units ( 5 ) so as to automatically machine two separate workpieces, each fixed to one of said respective platforms ( 4 ), and a central control unit ( 35 ) for controlling said actuating means so as to machine the two workpieces on the worktable ( 3 ) either synchronously by moving the two toolspindles in space synchronously one with each other, or asynchronously by moving the two toolspindles in space fully independently of one to the other.