Machine tool having workpiece hopper

US9242327B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ivolclar Vivadent AG · LI

Inventors

• Jörg Evertz · Birmensdorf, CH
• Holger Von Both · Singen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T409/305824
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A machining device for material-removing machining of a workpiece includes a stationary frame, a workpiece magazine, a workpiece slide movable relative to the frame and accommodates a workpiece and a housing which encompasses a machining chamber and is located outside the workpiece magazine, wherein the workpiece magazine accommodates a plurality of workpieces, the workpiece magazine moves workpieces to an interchange point, the workpiece slide imparts translational movement to a workpiece along an X axis during workpiece machining and the workpiece slide is movable along the X axis to such an extent that the workpiece located on the workpiece slide is movable to the interchange point disposed outside the machining chamber encompassed by the housing.