Abstract: An apparatus for transferring cathode plates, which comprises the first and the second conveyers having a sufficient stock capacity for a plurality of cathode plates arranged at regular intervals and a shifting means installed between said first conveyer and second conveyer for the purpose of transferring the cathode plates by a required quantity thereof from the first conveyer to the second conveyer, thereby rendering it possible to perform the supply and the discharge of cathode plates stably at all times without being affected by the fluctuations of the quantity of cathode plates on both conveyers through the control of the operation of the first and the second conveyers as well as the shifting means.

Abstract: A method comprising the steps of casting molten nonferrous metal ingots, skimming scum foaming on the surface of the molten metal in each mold, cooling the molds to release ingots therefrom, stacking the ingots released from the molds to form ingot stacks each comprising a plurality of layers of ingots arranged in vertically stacked relation alternately in two different patterns, weighing the ingot stacks, and tightly binding the weighed ingot stacks with steel bands.

Abstract: A method of peeling the electrodeposited metal plate off the cathode base plate by inserting a wedge downward in the fine void formed previously between said cathode base plate and electrodeposited metal plate by hammering the surface of the upper edge of said electrodeposited metal plate, wherein a low pressure fluid is jetted from the vicinity of the tip of the wedge toward said fine void prior to insertion of said wedge therein.