JP4731064B2 - Anode alignment device for electrolysis - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to copper electrolytic refining technology, and more particularly to an apparatus for aligning anodes for electrolysis used in copper electrolytic refining.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in copper electrolytic refining, a seed plate (cathode) is suspended by a hanging frame, and then the anode is transported to a suspended electrolytic cell and inserted. A plurality of anodes, for example, about 50 anodes, are suspended at a predetermined interval by the hanger means, and are inserted into the electrolytic cell in a vertical state. At this time, since the intervals are not equal, short-circuiting may occur during electrolytic refining, and current efficiency may be deteriorated.
[0003]
Therefore, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 9, in order to align the anodes and insert them into the electrolytic cell, the anode transport chains constituted by the anode aligning conveyor chains 200A and 200B that are paired as shown in FIG. Using the conveyor 200, the anode 100 is suspended and aligned at a predetermined interval P and conveyed. Each of the anode alignment conveyor chains 200A and 200B has the same configuration, and is configured by connecting a plurality of links 201 as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, and the inner member 201b of each link 201 has a predetermined interval, for example. A positioning spacer 203 having a rough surface is disposed adjacent to the teeth 202 disposed in the above. The ear portion 102 of the anode 100 is disposed between the teeth 202 and 202 provided on the chains 200A and 200B, and is suspended on the chains 200A and 200B in a state of being aligned at a predetermined interval P. About 50 anodes 100 on the alignment conveyor chain are suspended by the hanger means and inserted into the electrolytic cell.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, the anodes 100 suspended by the hanger means are aligned with each other at a predetermined interval P in the conveying direction of the anodes 100. There may be a slight shift.
[0005]
In order to improve current efficiency during electrolytic refining, the anodes 100 are preferably aligned with high precision. However, the anode 100 is about 350 kg per sheet, and it is not easy to adjust the alignment manually after installation in the electrolytic cell, and a long time is required for the work for that purpose.
[0006]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to efficiently perform position correction on the anode carried and transported on the anode transport chain conveyor, thereby easily increasing a plurality of anodes without human intervention. It is an object to provide an anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis that can be arranged in an electrolytic cell with accuracy and can improve the current efficiency during electrolytic refining.
[0007]
Another object of the present invention is to efficiently perform position correction on the anode carried and transported on the anode transport chain conveyor while using the conventionally used high-cost anode transport chain conveyor. An inexpensive anode alignment device for electrolysis is provided.
[0008]
The above object is achieved by the anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to the present invention. In summary, the present invention is an anode alignment guide means disposed inside a pair of opposed anode alignment conveyor chains for conveying a plurality of electrolytic anodes in a vertical state and at a predetermined interval in the conveyance direction. there are, of contact with the respective anode lower surface of each anode lugs supported on the upper surface of the anode alignment conveyor chain is moved in an upper surface of the anode alignment conveyor chains, each of said anode a predetermined distance Anode alignment guide means , which is a plate member having an anode alignment guide for alignment at the upper end ;
Driving means for driving the anode alignment guide means in the vertical direction so that the anode alignment guides are in contact with the anodes;
Have,
The anode alignment guide receives the ears of the anode conveyed by the anode alignment conveyor chain and adjusts the interval between the recesses, and protrusions formed at a predetermined pitch to form the recesses. It has an uneven shape with
The protrusion of the anode alignment guide has a vertical side surface extending upward in parallel with each other, and a top inclined surface inclined downward along the traveling direction of the anode formed on the top of the protrusion. A bottom inclined surface that is inclined upward from the bottom along the traveling direction of the anode at the bottom of the side surface opposite to the anode conveying direction, and the top inclined surface and the bottom inclined surface Moving to the bottom and rearranging the anode to the predetermined pitch formed by the depressions and the protrusions;
This is an anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis.
[0009]
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the anode alignment guide is divided into a plurality along the traveling direction of the anode, and can be individually moved up and down by the driving means.
[0010]
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the connecting portions of the anode alignment guides adjacent to each other are divided at the protruding portions, and the protruding portions of the divided anode alignment guides are adjacent to the anode alignment guides. One protrusion is formed in the combined state.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
Example 1
1 to 5 show an embodiment of the anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to the present invention. The anode alignment apparatus 1 for electrolysis according to the present invention is arranged near the final stroke of the anode transfer line in which the same chain conveyor 200 for conveying an anode as that described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11 is installed.
[0013]
According to the present embodiment, the electrolysis anode aligning apparatus 1 is disposed below the anode transport chain conveyor 200 constituted by a pair of anode aligning conveyor chains 200A and 200B.
[0014]
As can be understood with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the anode alignment apparatus 1 for electrolysis has a pair disposed inside the anode alignment conveyor chains 200 </ b> A and 200 </ b> B and in a position not contacting the anode 100. And an anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B). Therefore, the path of the anode 100 transported by the anode transport chain conveyor 200 is not obstructed by the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B).
[0015]
As will be described in detail later, the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B) abuts on the anode ears 102 supported on the upper surfaces of the links 201 of the anode alignment conveyor chains 200A, 200B and adjusts the position thereof. Eggplant. In FIG. 1, the anode alignment guide means 2A and 2B that form a pair on the right side and the left side have a symmetrical structure, and have substantially the same structure.
[0016]
In this embodiment, the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B) is a rectangular plate member arranged vertically, and the lower end portion thereof is fixed to a support body 3 integrally formed with a frame.
[0017]
In addition, in this embodiment, the electrolytic anode alignment apparatus 1 includes a vertical frame 11 arranged upright on both outer sides of the anode transport chain conveyor 200 and a horizontal frame 12 integrally connected to the vertical frame 11. The base 10 is provided. The frame support 3 is attached to the base 10 so as to be movable up and down via a cylinder device 20 as drive means.
[0018]
In order to prevent the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B), which is a plate member, from contacting the inside of the anode 100 or the anode conveyor chain conveyor 200 when moved up and down by the cylinder device 20, It is also possible to guide and support the vertical frame 11 of the base 10 through the guide means 13 (FIG. 1) so as to be movable up and down.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 3, the anode alignment guide 4 having an uneven shape is formed at the upper end of each anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B). The anode alignment guide 4 receives the ear portion 102 of the anode 100 conveyed by the anode conveyance chain conveyor 200, and forms a recess (concave portion) 5 for adjusting the interval P and the concave portion 5. And projections (convex portions) 6 formed at a predetermined pitch.
[0020]
The protrusion 6 of the anode alignment guide 4 includes vertical side surfaces 6A and 6B extending upward in parallel with each other, and a top inclined surface 6C inclined downward along the conveying direction of the anode 100 at the top of the protrusion 6; A vertical inclined side surface 6A opposite to the traveling direction side of the anode 100 has a bottom inclined surface 6D inclined downward in a direction opposite to the traveling direction of the anode 100.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 3, when the frame support 3 is driven upward by the cylinder device 20, the top inclined surface 6 </ b> C comes into contact with the lower end edge portion 103 of the ear portion 102 of the anode 100 and the ear portion 102. Is moved into the recess 5. That is, the anode 100 in which the ear portion 102 is in contact with the top inclined surface 6C moves the anode in the transport direction of the anode and arranges the anode in the recess 5, and also contacts the bottom inclined surface 6D in the recess 5. The anode 100 is moved in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the anode by the bottom inclined surface 6D and positioned at the bottom of the depression.
[0022]
As described above, the recesses 5 of the anode alignment guide 4, that is, the protrusions 6 are formed at a predetermined pitch (Pt), and the anode 100 is formed at a desired pitch (P), that is, Pt = P. Rearrange. That is, each protrusion 6 of the anode alignment guide 4 abuts on each anode 100 conveyed by the anode alignment conveyor chains 200A and 200B, and the anode 100 is moved on the chains 200A and 200B. The intervals of the anodes 100 on the chains 200A and 200B are rearranged to a predetermined interval P.
[0023]
As described above, the electrolysis anode aligning apparatus 1 of the present invention can be operated when the anode conveying chain conveyor 200 is tact-driven and stopped, but the operation time required for the vertical movement of the cylinder device 20 is appropriate. It can be applied to the anode conveyor chain conveyor 200 that is continuously transported by controlling the above.
[0024]
In the present embodiment, the anode transport speed (V) of the anode transport chain conveyor 200 is 200 cm / min, the thickness (T) of the lug 102 of the anode 100 is 35 mm, and the anode interval (P) is 100 mm. The anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B) is a steel plate having a plate thickness (t) of 22 mm, a width (W) of 4980 mm, and a height (H) of 1370 mm. Pt) 100 mm, height (h) 80 mm, width (w1) 45 mm, width (w2) 35 mm of the bottom inclined surface 6D, the inclination angle α of the top inclined surface is 40 degrees, the inclination angle β of the bottom inclined surface is 40 degrees, It was said. The vertical stroke of the cylinder device 20 was 20 cm.
[0025]
With such a configuration, the anodes 100 could be aligned in the range of 100 mm ± 1 mm, and good results were obtained.
[0026]
Example 2
In the first embodiment, the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B), which is a plate member, includes the anode alignment guide 4 that is integrated with each other and is moved up and down by the cylinder device 20, but the present invention has been described. Is not limited to this configuration. Each of the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B) includes an anode alignment guide 4 divided into a plurality along the anode transport direction, and each guide 4 can be individually driven by the cylinder device 20.
[0027]
In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the anode alignment guide 4 is composed of two anode alignment guides 4a and 4b, and is individually moved up and down by the cylinder devices 20a and 20b, respectively.
[0028]
As shown in FIG. 7, the connecting portions of the anode alignment guides 4a and 4b adjacent to each other are divided at the projections 6 portions, and the projection portions of the anode alignment guides 4a and 4b, that is, the projections 6a and 6b are the anodes. One protrusion 6 is formed in a state where the alignment guides 4a and 4b are adjacent to each other.
[0029]
The operation of the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B) in this embodiment will be described.
[0030]
FIG. 8A shows the positional relationship between the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B) and the anode ear 102 before the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B) is operated to perform anode rearrangement. .
[0031]
In this state, the anode alignment guide means 2 (2A, 2B) is operated. In this embodiment, first, the cylinder device 20a is energized, and the anode alignment guide 4a is raised in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. 8B. Thereby, the top inclined surface of the protrusion 6a abuts on the anode ear 102, and the anode ear 102 is moved to the position of the protrusion 6b of the anode alignment guide 4b.
[0032]
Next, the cylinder device 20b is energized, and the anode alignment guide 4b is raised in the arrow direction as shown in FIG. Thereby, the top inclined surface of the protrusion 6b comes into contact with the anode ear 102, and the anode ear 102 is dropped into the recess 5 of the anode alignment guide 4b.
[0033]
Thereafter, the cylinder devices 20a and 20b are deenergized, the anode alignment guides 4a and 4b return to the state shown in FIG. 8A, and the anode ear portion 102 is realigned on the spacer 203 of the anode transport chain conveyor 200. It is mounted in the state which was done.
[0034]
In each of the above-described embodiments, the anode ear 102 has been described as being placed on the spacer 203 on the anode transporting chain conveyor 200 that has been prevented from slipping. It was found that the rearranged ears 102 would not be greatly displaced after that even in the absence.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
As explained above , according to the anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis of the present invention ,
(1) Position correction can be efficiently performed on the anodes carried and transported by the paired anode alignment conveyor chains, thereby easily and easily arranging a plurality of anodes with high accuracy without human intervention. It can arrange and arrange | position in an electrolytic vessel, and can improve the current efficiency at the time of electrolytic refining.
(2) Efficient position correction with respect to the anode that is carried and transported on the anode transport chain conveyor while using the anode transport chain conveyor that consists of a pair of anode alignment conveyor chains that are paired with the conventional high cost. It can be done well and is inexpensive.
Such effects can be achieved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of an anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of an anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining an anode alignment guide;
FIG. 4 is a side view of an anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a plan view of an anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a side view of another embodiment of the anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a view for explaining another embodiment of an anode alignment guide.
FIG. 8 is a view for explaining an operation mode of an anode alignment guide of the electrolytic anode alignment apparatus of FIG. 6;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration of an anode transport unit.
FIG. 10 is a side view of an anode transport conveyor chain.
FIG. 11 is a plan view of an anode transport conveyor chain.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electrolytic anode alignment apparatus 2 (2A, 2B) Anode alignment guide means 3 Frame support body 4 Anode alignment guide 5 Depression 6 Protrusion 10 Base 11 Vertical frame 12 Horizontal frame 100 Anode 102 Ear part 200 Anode conveyor chain conveyor 200A, 200B Anode alignment conveyor chain

Claims (3)

Anode alignment guide means disposed inside a pair of opposed anode alignment conveyor chains for conveying a plurality of anodes for electrolysis in a vertical state at a predetermined interval in the conveyance direction, the anode alignment conveyor chain An anode alignment guide for aligning the anodes at a predetermined interval by moving the anodes on the upper surface of the anode alignment conveyor chain in contact with the lower surfaces of the ears of the anodes supported on the upper surfaces of the anodes; An anode alignment guide means as a plate member provided at the upper end ;
Driving means for driving the anode alignment guide means in the vertical direction so that the anode alignment guides are in contact with the anodes;
Have,
The anode alignment guide receives the ears of the anode conveyed by the anode alignment conveyor chain and adjusts the interval between the recesses, and protrusions formed at a predetermined pitch to form the recesses. It has an uneven shape with
The protrusion of the anode alignment guide has a vertical side surface extending upward in parallel with each other, and a top inclined surface inclined downward along the traveling direction of the anode formed on the top of the protrusion. A bottom inclined surface that is inclined upward from the bottom along the traveling direction of the anode at the bottom of the side surface opposite to the anode conveying direction, and the top inclined surface and the bottom inclined surface Moving to the bottom and rearranging the anode to the predetermined pitch formed by the depressions and the protrusions;
An anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis. 2. The anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to claim 1, wherein the anode alignment guide is divided into a plurality along the traveling direction of the anode, and can be individually moved up and down individually by the driving means. The connecting portions of the anode alignment guides adjacent to each other are divided by the protrusions, and each of the divided protrusions of the anode alignment guide forms one protrusion with the anode alignment guides adjacent to each other. The anode alignment apparatus for electrolysis according to claim 2, wherein:

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