Patent ID: 7137940

Claim:
A machining center for machining a workpiece on a table, comprising: a spindle being movable in a Z-axis direction with respect to a main unit, and being immovable in a Y-axis direction and in a X-axis direction, said spindle having a tool mounting portion on its end; a turn table located on a front side of said main unit, said turn table having a horizontal workpiece mounting face which rotates only in a C-axis direction; a slide base for moving with said turn table in said Y-axis direction; an automatic tool changer located on the slide base at the rear side of said turn table on said main unit side and in a position spaced from said turn table, having a tool change position on a Y-Z plane, said automatic tool changer being movable in said Y-axis direction; and a separated control panel independently formed from said main unit, said separated control panel located on a rear side of said automatic tool changer; characterized in that machining is executed on a workpiece on said workpiece mounting face by rotation of said turn table in said C-axis direction, movement of said slide base in said Y-axis direction and movement of said spindle in Z-axis direction, and a tool is exchanged between said spindle and said automatic tool changer by movement of said spindle in said Z-axis direction and movement of said automatic tool changer in said Y-axis direction.