Patent ID: 7347765

Claim:
A honing installation for the honing of workpieces comprising: a plurality of work stations, each work station being configured for performing at least one working step on a workpiece wherein at least some of the work stations are set up as honing stations, the honing installation being configured for performing a multiple step honing operation on a workpiece, wherein a first work station is configured for performing a first working step of the multiple step honing operation and a second work station is configured for performing a second working step of the multiple step honing operation, wherein the first and second steps are different; a conveyor system for conveying workpieces to and from the work stations; and a control device for controlling the honing installation, and for directing the workpieces to an available work station depending on the working step to be carried out on that workpiece, wherein each of the work stations is directly connected to the conveyor system.