Patent ID: 7445542

Claim:
A machine for finishing an object comprising feed means to feed said object along a reference plane (P 1 ), and at least a work station provided with at least a tool which is able to contact said object in a work zone (Z) near said reference plane (P 1 ), wherein said work station is able to be positioned in a plurality of work positions including a first position in which said work station lies substantially on a median plane (P 2 ), and a second position in which said work station is substantially inclined by an angle of less than 180° with respect to said first position so that said plurality of work positions defines a circular work sector (S), and wherein a protection element is able to at least temporarily cover said work zone (Z) and is arranged on a side opposite of said circular work sector (S) with respect to said median plane (P 2 ), the machine also comprising two lateral supporting walls arranged substantially orthogonal both to said reference plane (P 1 ) and also to a median plane (P 2 ), substantially perpendicular to said reference plane (P 1 ), and able to support said work station laterally, in order to define with said work station a modular structure able to be selectively associated with other modular structures along the direction of feed of said object, wherein each of said two lateral supporting walls comprises a through aperture disposed aligned with said reference plane (P 1 ), facing and coaxial with a similar through aperture made on the other lateral supporting wall, and wherein feed means are positioned inside said through apertures to feed said object through any modular structure along said reference plane (P 1 ).