Machine tool with intermittently rotatable turret, more particularly a coil winder, and method of operating same

A method of performing a plurality of working operations on successive workpieces, the method including loading on a feed support the workpieces to be processed, and advancing the feed support by steps to convey the workpieces through a series of working stations, said working operations including a basic working operation requiring a relatively long time, and a plurality of complementary working operations each requiring a relatively short time, characterized in carrying out said basic working operation on n parts simultaneously at n working stations, n being at least 2, carrying out said complementary working operations in succession on single workpieces at single working stations, and advancing said feed support at the end of each basic working operation by n steps of which the last step is followed by a long stop for carrying out the next basic working operation and a complementary working operation, and the other steps are followed by short stops for carrying out only complementary working operations.