Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for automated servicing of a torch head comprising at least one contact tip and a nozzle surrounding the at least one contact tip. In a first servicing device the torch head is contact-freely cleaned in an assembled state of said at least one contact tip and said nozzle. A second servicing device is used for applying a torch head treatment agent to at least a portion of the surfaces of said at least one contact tip and said nozzle. The operation of the first servicing device and the second servicing device, respectively, is started by a control unit after the torch head has been transferred to a corresponding servicing position. The torch head treatment agent may include between about 5 and about 50 percent-by-weight of boron nitride as a torch head treatment agent for servicing of a welding torch head.