Machine tool

A machine tool comprising:

• a headstock;
• a worktable;
• displacement means for displacing said headstock relative to said worktable along horizontal and vertical coordinate directions;
• a cover surrounding said headstock, said worktable and said displacement means, said cover comprising two symmetrical front wall portions tapering upwardly and, further, tapering forwardly towards a front opening for charging and discharging workpieces, said cover further having window openings in said front wall portions with one of said window openings being provided with a cover insert shaped as a bulge protruding from a respective one of said front wall portions to form a lateral bay, with a holder being arranged in said bay and having a mounting plate extending across said bay;
• a door arranged in said front opening for closing said front opening in a first, closed end position of said door and for providing access to said worktable through said front opening in a second, opened end position of said door, said door having a lower rim with a lowermost edge;
• swivel means for swivelling said door about a horizontal axis between said first and said second end positions such that said lower rim is guided during said swivelling with said lowermost edge being at a higher vertical level between said two end positions than in said two end positions, said swivel means further including power-operated drive means for swivelling said door, said drive means comprising a drive motor with a first shaft and a control unit, said drive motor and said control unit being attached to said holder and being arranged in said bay and on said mounting plate;
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• an actuating arm connected to said first shaft for rotating therewith and being connected to said door for effecting said swivelling thereof when said drive motor is actuated by said control unit.