System for drawing off the electrode caps from electrode adapters

A system for removing an electrode cap from an electrode shaft, the system consisting of:

• at least one electrode cap removal device which is mounted so as to be rotatable about a tool axis of rotation,
• wherein,
• the at least one electrode cap removal device comprises a clamping device for fixing the electrode cap to be removed, and
• the clamping device comprises a combination of a straight-toothed clamping device and a helical-toothed clamping device.

A method of using of a combination of a straight-toothed clamping device and a helical-toothed clamping device in an electrode cap removal device,

• wherein,
• the electrode cap removal device is mounted so as to be rotatable about a tool axis of rotation,
• the electrode cap removal device comprises a clamping device for fixing an electrode cap to be removed, and
• the clamping device comprises the combination of the straight-toothed clamping device and the helical-toothed clamping device,
• the method comprising:
• providing the combination of the straight-toothed clamping device and the helical- toothed clamping device as the clamping device for the electrode cap removal device;
• and
• using the combination of the straight-toothed clamping device and the helical-toothed clamping device as the clamping device for the electrode cap removal device to remove the electrode cap from an electrode shaft.