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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1999
Wolfgang Horn, Pleidelsheim, DE;
Dietrich Geiger, Grossbottwar, DE;
Other;
Abstract
The invention relates to a machining center, wherein at least one work spindle with a preferably horizontal spindle position can be displaced preferably in the direction of X, Y and Z and each work spindle is allocated at least one substantially circular tool store which can rotate around a central axis and which is provided with storage locations so that the working spindle(s) can deposit one or several tools. The invention is characterized in that a) the tool store (,) comprises one or several tool disk(s) (,) which are arranged parallel to each other and grouped together in a drum store, wherein b) the tool disk(s) can be individually or jointly rotated around a central axis (,) which is perpendicular to the spindle axis and c) the tools (,) can be inserted with their tips (,) forward into tool holders (,) in the tool store (,) which are arranged in a tangential to radical direction.