Abstract: A device for cleaning welding torches includes a device for applying cleaning or wetting liquid to the tip of the welding torch and a coil with an opening for inserting the welding torch in order to subject it to an electromagnetic cleaning. The device also includes an electric power supply device that is connected to the coil. The device for applying cleaning liquid, which consists of, for example, a reservoir or nozzles, and the coil are placed inside a common housing together with a refuse reservoir, which is located underneath the coil while serving to hold the electromagnetically removed foreign substances. Preferably, the device for applying cleaning liquid is placed inside or underneath the opening of the coil thereby enabling the welding torch to be located in essentially the same position during cleaning.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaning welding torches (11) and to a device for cleaning welding torches (11), comprising a device for applying cleaning or wetting liquid to the tip of the welding torch (11) and comprising a coil (3) with an opening (4) for inserting the welding torch (11) in order to subject it to an electromagnetic cleaning. The inventive device also comprises an electric power supply device (7) that is connected to said coil (3). The aim of the invention is to provide a cleaning method that can be executed in a manner that is as rapid and automatable as possible and to create a corresponding cleaning device. To this end, the device for applying cleaning liquid, which consists of, for example, a reservoir (2) or nozzles (32), and the coil (3) are placed inside a common housing (1) together with a refuse reservoir (6), which is located underneath the coil (3) while serving to hold the electromagnetically removed foreign substances.