Patent ID: 8087332

Claim:
Lathe comprising a machine frame, an upright housing member arranged on one side of a working space and bordering said working space and on which several functional units are arranged, a workpiece spindle rotatable about a spindle axis arranged in said upright housing said workpiece spindle comprising a spindle motor, the stator of said spindle motor being stationary held in a passage of the upright housing member, such that a central area of said upright housing member is designed as a spindle housing member, as well as at least one functional unit designed as a tool carrier and/or as a workpiece transport device; and wherein functional units with functional elements movable approximately parallel to the spindle axis have guiding members extending approximately parallel to the spindle axis and being guided in a guide for the guiding members provided in the upright housing member so as to be movable approximately parallel to the spindle axis.