Abstract: A procedure and machine for cleaning the anodes of electrolytic tanks, said procedure comprising the operations of mechanically breaking the deposits on the surfaces of the anodes, detaching and separating the deposits, once broken, and then subjecting the plate of the anodes to a flattening operation. The procedure is carried out with a machine which includes at least one pair of cutting rollers (1), nozzles for supplying jets of water under pressure (2) situated above said rollers (1), two flattening plates (3) with flat opposing surfaces, and means of suspending and raising the anodes (13) between the rollers (1), nozzles (2) and plates (3). The plates (3) may be provided on their opposing surfaces with cutting grooves.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 17, 1994
Date of Patent:
July 30, 1996
Assignee:
Asturiana De Zinc, S.A.
Inventors:
Francisco J. Sitges Menendez, Fernando Sitges Menendez, Francisco Alvarez Tamargo, Jose M. Martinez Valdes
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