Device for cleansing welding torches

A device for automatically cleaning and cutting off the wire in the nozzles of MIG/MAG welding equipment, characterized in that the device comprises a centering member (2) for insertion of a nozzle (1), and milling means (4, 5) to mill coated parts (6) of the nozzle, as well as a cutting member (10) for the foremost part of a welding bead (7) of material applied to the wire, the milling means and cutting member (4, 5 and 10, respectively) being rotated about a longitudinal axis by a drive means (3) upon insertion of the nozzle (1), said milling means being stationary in the direction of said longitudinal axes, the cutting member (10) comprising two cutters (8, 9), one (8) which is radially fixed, relative to said longitudinal axis, and one (9) which is radially movable, relative to said longitudinal axis, to and from a cutting position with the aid of a cam disc (13) or the like which influences the moveable cutter during the rotation of the milling means and cutting member.