Patent ID: 8366593

Claim:
A laser processing machine for processing workpieces, the laser processing machine comprising: a laser processing head comprising a nozzle receiving member configured to receive a laser nozzle; a workpiece support configured to hold workpieces on a workpiece support plane; and a nozzle changing device comprising a nozzle magazine having at least one nozzle storage location for a laser nozzle and being arranged at a side of the workpiece support plane that is remote from a side that faces the laser processing head; wherein the nozzle changing device is configured to assemble a laser nozzle on or to disassemble a laser nozzle from the nozzle receiving member of the laser processing head; wherein the workpiece support defines a through-opening through which a laser nozzle can be moved in a transverse direction to the workpiece support plane such that the laser nozzle is transferred between the nozzle magazine of the nozzle changing device and the nozzle receiving member of the laser processing head.