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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2002
Stephan Bundschu, Stuttgart, DE;
Jochen Feilhauer, Ditzingen, DE;
Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Abstract
A machine tool has an operating unit that can be moved by at least one linear motor ( ) along a first guide structure in the direction of a first axis of travel (z-axis) and by at least one second linear motor ( ) jointly with the first guide structure along a second guide structure in the direction of a second axis of travel (y-axis). Each linear motor ( ) includes primary elements as well as secondary elements ( ). The secondary element(s) ( ) associated with the first axis of travel (z-axis) is/are operatively connected to the operating unit; the secondary element(s) ( ) associated with the second axis of travel (y-axis) is/are operatively connected to the second guide structure; and the primary elements associated with the different axes of travel (y-axis, z-axis) are operatively connected to the first guide structure and are positioned between the secondary elements ( ) associated with the first axis of travel (z-axis) and the secondary elements ( ) associated with the second axis of travel (y-axis). The primary elements associated with the different axes of travel (y-axis, z-axis) are arranged in a linear side-by-side array in the direction of one axis of travel (y-axis) while mutually overlapping in the direction of the other axis of travel (z-axis).