Patent ID: 8180478

Claim:
A method for activating a workpiece manipulator of a machine tool, comprising a control device, the control device prescribing machining paths for a workpiece via a processor, wherein the workpiece manipulator travels the machining paths from a machine starting position, wherein the workpiece can be moved by the workpiece manipulator in a multi-axially translatory manner and is passed to a plurality of tools one after another for step-by-step machining, wherein, in a case of termination of machining, the workpiece manipulator is made to move with the workpiece back over a path of movement assigned to a respective machining step into a prior position, the prior position being prior to the respective machining step, and is vacated by the tool, wherein in the prior position the workpiece manipulator is stopped or the workpiece manipulator is moved from the prior position into the machine starting position, wherein a path of movement of each machining step is logged from the machine starting position, especially from a respective starting position or between an end position in one tool to a starting position of a next-in-line tool, and wherein, in the case of the termination of machining, the workpiece manipulator is moved with the workpiece back along a logged path of movement up to the machine starting position.