MACHINES AND MACHINE TOOLS FOR THE CUTTING AND FORMING OF MATERIALS, NAMELY, ROTARY TABLES, INDEXING TABLES, TRUNNION TABLES, ROTARY-TILT TABLES, DIRECT DRIVE TABLES, SHUTTLE TABLES, NUMERICAL CONTROL ROTARY TABLES, NUMERICAL CONTROL SPINDLE POSITIONERS, HIRTH COUPLINGS, TOOL CHANGERS; PLANETARY SYSTEMS FOR WORKPIECE TRANSPORT AND POSITIONING CONSISTING OF A CARRIER INDEXING TABLE WITH A DIVISIONAL PITCH CONSISTENT WITH THE NUMBER OF PLANETS, PLANETS FOR THE POSITIONING OF WORKPIECES UNDER THE WORK SPINDLES MOUNTED ON A CARRIER TABLE DIAL PLATE, PLANETS OF IDENTICAL DESIGN LOCATED AT EACH DIVISIONAL PITCH LOCATION AND CAPABLE OF OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY, WHEREIN THE PLANETS ARE CAPABLE OF OPERATING DURING A CARRIER TABLE INDEXING MOTION, AND A CENTRAL MANIFOLD FOR SUPPLYING MEDIA FOR POWER TRANSMISSION TO EACH PLANET AND WORKPIECE FIXTURE; SATELLITE SYSTEMS FOR WORKPIECE TRANSPORT AND POSITIONING CONSISTING OF A CARRIER INDEXING TABLE WITH A DIVISIONAL PITCH CONSISTENT WITH THE NUMBER OF WORK STATIONS, LOADING AND UNLOADING STATIONS, FIXTURES FOR CHUCKING AND MANIPULATING WORKPIECES MOUNTED ON THE CARRIER TABLE DIAL PLATE AND UNDER THE WORK SPINDLES, STATIONARY SATELLITE DRIVERS ENGAGING WITH THE FIXTURES MOUNTED ON THE CARRIER TABLE DIAL PLATE FOR MANIPULATING THE WORKPIECE UNDER THE WORK SPINDLE, WHEREIN SATELLITES ARE NOT REQUIRED AT ALL WORK STATIONS OR AT THE LOAD AND UNLOAD STATIONS, WHEREIN SATELLITES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE OF AN IDENTICAL DESIGN, WHEREIN SATELLITE FIXTURES CANNOT MANIPULATE THE WORKPIECE DURING THE CARRIER TABLE INDEXING MOTION, WHEREIN A CENTRAL MANIFOLD TO THE SUPPLY MEDIA FOR POWER TRANSMISSION TO EACH SATELLITE DRIVER IS NOT REQUIRED, AS THE SATELLITE DRIVERS ARE STATIONARY