Patent ID: 7124666

Claim:
Multiple spindle machine tool, comprising: a machine frame; a tool receiving device; a first spindle slide with a first workpiece spindle; a second spindle slide with a second workpiece spindle; wherein the first spindle slide and second spindle slide are guided on the machine frame for linear displacement above the tool receiving device; a first guide; and a spaced second guide; wherein the first guide and the second guide are arranged on the machine frame, both the first spindle slide and the second spindle slide being guided on said guides; wherein the first spindle slide comprises a first arm oriented along the first guide and a second arm oriented transversely to the first guide, the second arm of the first spindle slide being coupled to the second guide; wherein the second spindle slide comprises a first arm oriented along the second guide and a second arm oriented transversely to the second guide, the second arm of the second spindle slide being coupled to the first guide; and wherein the first workpiece spindle and the second workpiece spindle are arranged between the two guides using the space between the two guides.