Additional axis cutting head with overload protection and laser cutting machine

Additional axis cutting head (1) with a base body (2) for receiving a cutting optics, a nozzle body (3) for acting on a workpiece with laser radiation in a z-direction, a carriage (4) for the translational movement of the cutting optics and the nozzle body (3) in an xy plane, and an overload protection device (5, 20), wherein the overload protection device (5, 20) includes a breaking element (5) through which the nozzle body (3) with the carriage (4) is releasably and rigidly connected, and that predetermined breaking points (8), and wherein the overload protection device (5, 20) between the slide (4) and the nozzle body an additional shock absorbing device (17) which dampens movement of the nozzle body (3) relative to the carriage (4) against the z-direction.