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Abstract

A machine for cutting a tube having a frame encompassing the tube on which supports are conducted and moveable in two vertically stacked axial directions on a plane running at a right angle to the tube longitudinal axis. At least two supports are driven exclusively in a single axial direction during the cutting process. A cutting head is mounted on each support, each cutting head having a disk milling cutter attached thereto. The disk milling cutters, which are rotary driven on a common cutting plane, simultaneously cut through the tube as the result of controlled movement of the supports in their axial directions. The disk milling cutters, moving in the same direction relative to the circumference of the tube, i.e. clockwise or counter-clockwise, simultaneously cut a section of the wall cross-sectional area of the tube. The machine also has clamping devices arranged in the vicinity of the disk milling cutters to secure the tube in place during the cutting process.

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