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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1997
Rudolf Haninger, Seitingen, DE;
Chiron-Werke GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A machine tool comprises a workpiece table which has a clamping surface for workpieces to be machined and a spindle head displaceable in a working space above the workpiece table relative thereto by means of a shifting mechanism and having a spindle receiving tools for machining the workpieces. The shifting mechanism comprises three carriages movable orthogonally to one another, of which the second carriage is mounted displaceably on the first, and the third carriage displaceably on the second carriage, the spindle head being joined to the third carriage. The first carriage is arranged behind the working space and above the clamping surface, preferably above the working space.