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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1997
Guenther Heinrich Trautmann, Kirchheim-Nabern, DE;
Index-Werke GmbH & Co. KG Hahn & Tessky, Esslingen, DE;
Abstract
In order to improve a machine tool comprising a machine frame, a drum arranged on the machine frame for rotation about a drum axis and having a plurality of machining devices for tools held on it and drives associated with the machining devices and rotatable with the drum, a stationary control and supply unit for the drives and a line system connected, on the one hand, to the drives rotatable with the drum and, on the other hand, to the control and supply unit, this line system being free from interruptions and rotary connections and deformable as a result of rotation of the spindle drum, such that the line system can be guided in as space-saving a manner as possible it is suggested that the line system have a long line system section extending along a system axis and rotatable about the system axis.