Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Tregaskiss Ltd.

Robert Lajoie

Thomas Roger Jaeger

An apparatus and method are providing for automated servicing of MIG welding torches and components thereof including the nozzle, the retaining head assembly, and the contact tip. The invention is directed to removing and cleaning a nozzle from a first end proximal to the torch, cleaning a retaining head assembly of deposited welding wire, or removing a used contact tip to be replaced with a replacement contact tip obtained from a magazine or combinations thereof. The invention can feature severing a welding wire or applying an anti-spatter solution to the torch or its components. The invention is also directed a plurality of maintenance operations being performed as to a stationary torch in an automated environment.

Apparatus and method for automated servicing of a welding torch

An improved liner for protecting an electrode wire within a body of a welding torch. The liner includes a liner retainer, which is removably coupled to a liner insert. The liner retainer is secured to a distal end of the welding torch and the liner insert is inserted and coupled to the liner retainer through a proximal end of the welding torch.

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Windsor, CA, United States of America

Robert Lajoie