Machine tool

A machine tool comprising:

• a workpiece carrier assembly including a workpiece carrier for supporting a plurality of workpieces;
• a workpiece carrier support, the workpiece carrier assembly being supported on the workpiece carrier support for horizontal movement in a first direction on the workpiece carrier support, said first direction being parallel to a horizontal X axis;
• a tool carrier configured for carrying a plurality of tools corresponding to the plurality of workpieces and for machining the workpieces by rotating said tools and simultaneously contacting the workpieces;
• a tool carrier support, said tool carrier being supported on said tool carrier support for horizontal movement in a second direction on said tool carrier support, said second direction being parallel to a horizontal Z axis, said Z axis being perpendicular to said X axis;
• wherein said workpiece carrier assembly is displaceable on said workpiece carrier support in said first direction between an operative position in which the tools are arranged for said contacting the workpieces, and an inoperative position in which the workpieces are not contactable by the tools;
• wherein the workpiece carrier is arranged to be rotatable around an axis parallel to the X axis, to allow for a modification of an angular position of the workpieces in relation to the tool carrier;
• wherein the workpiece carrier comprises a workpiece support area for supporting said workpieces, said workpiece support area being arranged substantially in parallel to the X axis;
• and
• wherein the workpiece carrier includes, in the workpiece support area, means for holding the workpieces, such that the workpieces are arranged one after another in a row that extends parallel to the X axis when the workpiece carrier assembly is in the operative position.