An apparatus for orienting and positioning a workpiece (4) relative to a laser beam (3) of a laser processing machine is proposed. The apparatus is equipped with an apparatus base (5), with a workpiece locating device (6) which receives the workpiece (4) to be machined and with a movement device (7) exhibiting at least three axes which moves the workpiece locating device (6) relative to the apparatus base (5). The movement device (7) is equipped with a rigid body (12) and with a first rotary drive which generates a torque around an axis of rotation B and drives the rigid body (12) to rotate around the axis of rotation B relative to the machine base (5). On the rigid body (12) is arranged a first linear drive which displaces a first carriage (13) on the rigid body (12) along the axis Xw. On the first carriage (13) is arranged a second rotary drive (14) which generates a torque around an axis of rotation C which is different from the axis of rotation B and which drives the workpiece locating device (6) to rotate around the axis of rotation C.

A machining head for the mechanical, in particular cutting, machining, in particular for the actuation, of a workpiece, having: a housing, a housing-side coupling region for coupling a machining tool to be coupled to the machining head, wherein the housing-side coupling region comprises at least one coupling interface for directly coupling a machining tool to be coupled to the machining head.

An apparatus for orienting and positioning a workpiece (4) relative to a laser beam (3) of a laser processing machine is proposed. The apparatus is equipped with an apparatus base (5), with a workpiece locating device (6) which receives the workpiece (4) to be machined and with a movement device (7) exhibiting at least three axes which moves the workpiece locating device (6) relative to the apparatus base (5). The movement device (7) is equipped with a rigid body (12) and with a first rotary drive which generates a torque around an axis of rotation B and drives the rigid body (12) to rotate around the axis of rotation B relative to the machine base (5). On the rigid body (12) is arranged a first linear drive which displaces a first carriage (13) on the rigid body (12) along the axis Xw. On the first carriage (13) is arranged a second rotary drive (14) which generates a torque around an axis of rotation C which is different from the axis of rotation B and which drives the workpiece locating device (6) to rotate around the axis of rotation C.

A machining head for the mechanical, in particular cutting, machining, in particular for the actuation, of a workpiece, having: a housing, a housing-side coupling region for coupling a machining tool to be coupled to the machining head, wherein the housing-side coupling region comprises at least one coupling interface for directly coupling a machining tool to be coupled to the machining head.