Patent ID: 7179029

Claim:
A machine for machining workpieces, the machine comprising: at least one milling tool with an internal milling cutter having a milling opening surrounding a workpiece for milling an outer surface of a workpiece; a first guide system including at least two parallel guide rails; a second guide system parallel to, outside of, and spaced from the first guide system; wherein the first guide system comprises at least one compound slide having a slide part, wherein the at least one compound slide is moveable in a longitudinal direction of the first guide system and wherein the slide part is moveable transversely to the longitudinal direction on linear axis X; the at least one milling tool being secured on the slide part; wherein the second guide system comprises a chuck for receiving a workpiece, the chuck having an axis of rotation about which a workpiece received in the chuck is rotatable; wherein machining of a workpiece received in the chuck by the at least one milling tool is carried out by axis interpolation of the linear axis X and the axis of rotation of the chuck.