Fronius International Gmbh

Wilhelm Oeller

Manfred Bruckner

Harald Langeder

Erich Eglseder

The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus () for cleaning welding torches (), comprising at least two coils () and an opening () in order to introduce the welding torch () for the electromagnetic cleaning thereof, a supply device () connected to the coils (), and optionally an apparatus for applying a cleaning fluid to the tip of the welding torch (), wherein preferably all components are disposed in a common housing () and regulated by a controller (), and to a corresponding method for cleaning welding torches (). In order to increase the cleaning quality and the cleaning range, according to the invention the coils () can be supplied independently of each other with electrical energy by the supply device () for the purpose of cleaning the welding torch (), and a cooling apparatus () is provided for cooling the coils ().

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Vienna, Austria

Wilhelm Oeller