Patent ID: 7682223

Claim:
A gear manufacturing machine, comprising: a machine bed ( 3 ), and a machine working area ( 12 ) arranged above the machine bed ( 3 ), wherein said working area ( 12 ) contains a machining position ( 7 ), a transfer area ( 20 ) that can be closed off from the working area arranged adjacent to the working area ( 12 ) having a transfer platform ( 8 ) rotationally fixed on the transfer area and a swivel device ( 4 , 5 , 6 ) rotationally fixed on the transfer area for automatically loading a work piece, wherein said swivel device in one and a same loading cycle rotates to deposit a finished work piece in a first arm of the swivel device from the machine working area ( 12 ) onto the transfer platform ( 8 ) and simultaneously moves a work piece blank in a second arm of the swivel device from the transfer platform ( 8 ) into the machine working area ( 12 ) for grinding, wherein rotation of the transfer platform ( 8 ) around a vertical axis thereof forms a centrifuge station which when rotated cleans the finished work piece on the transfer platform when the transfer area is closed.