Abstract: A galvanizing magazine has electrically conducting electrodes for holding a multitude of small parts in positions that assure uniform coating conditions for all parts held in any of electrodes held in the magazine. A hollow cylindrical electrode with slots therein forms the magazine, or a plurality of rod electrodes held in a current distributing disk at one end and in a mounting disk at the other end form the magazine. The electrodes have receptacles so that each receptacle holds one small part in such a way that the longitudinal axis of the small part and the central axis of the receptacle extend at a right angle and radially to a rotational axis of the magazine. The receptacles are uniformly spaced from each other in a row along a respective electrode and also uniformly spaced with angular spacings in the circumferential direction around the longitudinal rotational axis of the magazine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 1995
Date of Patent:
July 16, 1996
Assignees:
MTU Motoren- und Turbinen- Union, BL Produktions GmbH
Inventors:
Manfred Hiermaier, Paul Buenger, Willi Buchecker