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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2017
Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gmbh + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Magnus Deiss, Stuttgart, DE;
Peter Epperlein, Leonberg, DE;
Heinz-Juergen Prokop, Essen, DE;
Frank Schmauder, Metzingen, DE;
TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Abstract
A method and a machine tool for processing workpieces is described, comprising a workpiece movement device and a workpiece support that supports both a workpiece during a processing operation and a workpiece remainder produced from the workpiece during the processing operation, wherein the workpiece support comprises a first support portion and an additional support portion, wherein the first support portion comprises a loading-side support portion arranged in a loading region of the machine tool, wherein the additional support portion is arranged to move relative to the loading-side support portion between the loading region and an unloading region of the machine tool, wherein the unloading region is offset in a horizontal direction from the loading region, wherein the loading-side support portion is arranged to move in a vertical direction between a loading level and a bypass level located above or below the loading level.