Patent ID: 6969298

Claim:
A grinding machine, in particular a centerless cylindrical grinding machine, comprising: a supporting table, at least one wheel disposed on at least one wheel carriage, a device for holding a workpiece to be machined, the wheel carriage being movable in each case in a controlled way toward the holding device for the workpiece to be machined and away therefrom, and at least one dressing device for dressing the wheel, wherein, for dressing, the respective dressing device and the corresponding wheel are adjustable relative to one another in a controlled way, the dressing device is disposed on a carriage which is movable along a first axis aligned substantially parallel to the rotational axis of the respective wheel, wherein during the moving of the dressing device, along the first axis, a stationary guide way determines a reference position of the dressing device with respect to the wheel to be dressed in orthogonal direction to the first axis, starting from which reference position the dressing device and the wheel to be dressed are movable toward one another in a controlled way, and wherein the carriage on which the respective dressing device is disposed is installed on the respective wheel carriage.