Patent ID: 7766724

Claim:
A method for simultaneously slicing at least two cylindrical workpieces into a multiplicity of wafers by means of a multi wire saw with a gang length L G , comprising the following steps: a) selecting a number n≧2 of workpieces from a stock of workpieces with different lengths, so that the inequality L G ≥ ( n - 1 ) · A min + ∑ i + 1 n ⁢ ⁢ L i ( 1 ) is satisfied and at the same time the right-hand side of the inequality is as large as possible, where L i with i=1 . . . n stands for the lengths of the selected workpieces and A min stands for a predefined minimum spacing, b) fixing the n workpieces successively in the longitudinal direction on a mounting plate while respectively maintaining a spacing A≧A min between the workpieces, which is selected so that the relation L G ≥ ( n - 1 ) · A + ∑ i = 1 n ⁢ ⁢ L i ( 2 ) is satisfied, c) clamping the mounting plate with the workpieces fixed thereon in the multi wire saw, and d) slicing the n workpieces perpendicularly to their longitudinal axis by means of the multi wire saw.