Patent ID: 8505772

Claim:
A method of packaging stud welding ferrules comprising: providing a set of stud welding ferrules, each ferrule having a height and a center opening; arranging the set of ferrules in a stack with a rigid spindle received through the center openings of the ferrules; providing structure generally at a first end of the rigid spindle for retaining ferrules on the rigid spindle and leaving a second end of the rigid spindle free of structure which would prevent ferrules from moving off of the second end of the rigid spindle; and placing the rigid spindle in a spindle retainer such that the first end and the second end are configured to be inserted within respective slots of the spindle retainer and the first end and the second end of the rigid spindle are removably engaged to the spindle retainer and is spaced from the spindle retainer a distance less than the height of one of the ferrules.