Patent ID: 7213315

Claim:
A machine tool for the machining of workpieces, comprising: two machining modules each having at least one spindle with a horizontally oriented spindle axis; at least one clamping module with a horizontally oriented clamping surface that is rotatable around a vertical axis and that is intended for at least one workpiece, said clamping module being configured for rigid coupling to said machining modules and said at least one clamping module and each of said machining modules having an imaginary mid-plane parallel to the spindle-axis direction; said machining modules being connected to said clamping module so that the spindle axes of the two machining modules are non-parallel; and at least one turntable pallet changing module, said at least one pallet changing module having a rotation axis being in an off-center position relative to each of the imaginary mid-planes which each extend parallel to the spindle axes, and said at least one pallet changing module being coupled to said clamping module asymmetrically with respect to the mid-planes.