Replacement Torch for Miller 2040/2050

Miller 2040/2050 ICE-55C Upgrade Replacement Plasma Cutting Torches

Miller Electric has obsoleted the Spectrum 2040 & 2050 plasma systems and the ICE-55C hand and machine torches. We have our Weldmart PT-60 replacement torch (60 amps @ 60% duty cycle). That means the torch is designed to continuously cut at 60 amps for six minutes without overheating. If you can cut at 60 amps for six minutes without stopping, you are a better man than I. In our experience, the Spectrum 650, 701, 1000, 2040, 2050, and 3080 are among the most reliable systems ever made; we see very few come through our shop with anything other than torch problems.

History: This torch was manufactured by Hypertherm; the Miller parts were different, but it worked very well. The consumables were a bit more than Hypetherm, but worked well. If you were a "Miller Man," you wanted blue!

Miller was sold to Illinois Tool Works in 2000, and one of the first things they did was drop Hypetherm. The "rumors on the street" were that Hypertherm was super pissed, I would be!. They had invested money in molds, special consumables, and other parts for Miller.

They started buying plasma torches made in Ckeclovia, good torches, not backward-compatible.

When Miller started the Spectrum series, they adopted the Hypertherm Quick Disconnect plug. The idea is interesting; you could swap torches quickly in my career. I have never had a customer who used it. I have seen plugs so correded you broke them trying to remove. Miller and Hypertherm never offered the plugs as a repair part; the only way you could get one was to buy a new lead assembly with the plug installed.

We can offer you a torch with a plug; just send us your plug, and we'll install it. We offer our torches with a simple kit that easliy allows the end user to convert their cutters. The torch now installes in your machine, like everybody does.

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Miller Quick Disconnect Plug

The PT series has only one electrode (60 amps). One shield cap, one swirl ring, and one standard metal standoff. This torch will adapt to plasma machines 30 to 60 amps.

We offer the PT60, with or without the orginal Miller plug, with a starter consumable kit, with normal ground freight paid to any domestic US address. Click on the button on the left to order.

Black PT 60

Red PT60 internally mounted.