EP0013874A2 - Installation pour le dépôt électrolytique de l'aluminium - Google Patents

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EP0013874A2
EP0013874A2 EP80100008A EP80100008A EP0013874A2 EP 0013874 A2 EP0013874 A2 EP 0013874A2 EP 80100008 A EP80100008 A EP 80100008A EP 80100008 A EP80100008 A EP 80100008A EP 0013874 A2 EP0013874 A2 EP 0013874A2
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Günther Dr. phil Herrnring
Klaus Perer Nüssen
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    • C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D5/00—Electroplating characterised by the process; Pretreatment or after-treatment of workpieces
    • C25D5/003—Electroplating using gases, e.g. pressure influence
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    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
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  • the invention relates to an aluminizing cell, consisting of an electroplating tank and locks connected upstream or downstream of this tank for introducing and removing the goods to be electroplated.
  • the electrolyte can be regarded as a getter pump for 0 2 and H 2 0.
  • This getter pump tries to maintain immeasurably small partial pressures of 0 2 and H 2 0 in its inert gas space and is used up in the process.
  • a technically usable apparatus for the electrolytic deposition of aluminum must therefore have leak rates as low as a high vacuum system if the service life of the electrolyte is to be sufficient from an economic point of view (about 1 year) and, for mechanical reasons, not too much degradation products of the electrolyte in the gas space on the walls and the controls are to be deposited.
  • the electrolyte compartment For the introduction and removal of the goods to be electroplated, the electrolyte compartment must have at least one opening which can be closed tightly and which must be designed as a lock in order to move the goods into and out of the electrolyte compartment without oxygen. Due to the large galvanic frames, which have to be used for economic reasons to attach the parts to be galvanized, suitable mechanical vacuum slides are very expensive, their tightness is difficult to test during operation and a repair means the production of the aluminum cell is down.
  • FIG. 1 The diagram of such a system is shown in FIG. 1.
  • a lock S filled with liquid.
  • a U-shaped space I filled with inert gas is located as a connecting element between the electroplating tank G and the lock chamber S.
  • Arrows indicate the manner in which the goods are conveyed through the lock space S and the inert gas space I into the electroplating tank G.
  • the return transport takes place in the opposite direction of the arrow.
  • a pressure relief valve V connected to the inert gas space I ensures that a slight excess pressure remains constantly in the inert gas space.
  • the conditions can be improved by known technical drying processes for toluene with silica gel columns that are regenerated with fresh distilled dry toluene.
  • toluene can be dried to about 5 to 10 ppm H 2 O compared to moisture values of 220 to 280 ppm of toluene, which is exposed to an atmosphere of 40 to 50% relative humidity.
  • This drying circuit for the toluene must be very efficient, since the toluene exposed to the atmosphere absorbs moisture very quickly.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an improved aluminizing cell with which the above difficulties described are technically, easily and economically resolvable. and which also makes it possible to stay with a liquid lock instead of the complex mechanical lock.
  • liquid lock known per se with an inert gas atmosphere covering the electroplating tank and a lock chamber following in the direction of the lock entrance and filled with an aprotic solvent on the lock entry side is preceded by an additional pre-chamber provided with a loading opening, in which an aprotic solvent is covered Inert gas atmosphere.
  • a design of the aluminizing cell according to the invention is characterized in that the oxygen transport is reduced to the smallest values that can no longer be measured safely and that the water transport is reduced by a factor of about 10 2 to 10 3 , so that the durability of the electrolyte is at least one year to calculate.
  • a liquid-filled lock chamber 3 is also arranged parallel to the actual electroplating tank 1 in the aluminizing cell according to the invention. Electroplating tank 1 and lock chamber 3 are connected by a U-shaped inert gas space 2.
  • the main difference between the lock arrangement according to FIG. 1 and the arrangement according to the invention according to FIG. 2 is that the goods to be treated in the electroplating tank 1 are no longer introduced directly into the lock chamber, but first get into a closed pre-chamber 4, which is connected to an inside chamber essential gas-tight door is closed. Below the door 5, the pre-chamber 4 is provided with a calming chamber 14 which is in communication with the lock fluid in the lock chamber 3.
  • the inert gas space 2 contains an inert gas cushion that is as dry and oxygen-free as possible, which is kept under a small excess pressure by means of the pressure relief valve 13 arranged in the prechamber 4.
  • the prechamber 4 is also provided with a pressure relief valve 12, which ensures that the inert gas atmosphere present in the prechamber 4 also remains under a slight excess pressure, which is slightly smaller than the overpressure in the inert gas space 2.
  • the lock chamber 3 is filled with an aprotic solvent.
  • the 0 2 transport in the ratio of the partial pressures to the smallest values that are no longer reliably measurable and the water transport can be reduced by a factor of about 10 2 to 10 3 lower.
  • 200 ml of moist toluene (300 ppm H 2 0) with a surface area of 16 cm 2 are introduced with stirring into an argon atmosphere with 0.073 mbar H 2 0 at a flow rate of argon of 0.8 l / min, the toluene dries to 25 ppm in two hours, to 10 ppm in three hours and to 5 ppm of H 2 in five hours.
  • the exchange processes slow down enormously and the amounts of H 2 O and 0 2 transported become so low that a shelf life of the electrolyte of at least one year can be expected. This achieves an economically sufficient lifespan for the electrolyte and the galvanic aluminizing cell is inexpensive to manufacture if the electrolyte compartment is sufficiently sealed from the atmosphere.
  • the partial pressure of 0 2 in the atmosphere is approximately 200 mbar. Since the aluminum triethyl in the electrolyte space consumes the oxygen to small values that are no longer measurable, as already mentioned, partial pressure ratios arise, as can be found in high vacuum systems.
  • Normal paraffin from n-C10 to n-C12 saturated hydrocarbons at a 0 2 partial pressure of 0.2 bar takes up about 10 ppm 0 2 . This value can be reduced to below 0.1 ppm by flushing with inert gas.
  • the goods movement in the aluminizing cell according to the invention can be seen from the more detailed representation of FIGS. 3 to 6.
  • the individual goods racks W are introduced via the substantially gas-tight door 5, which, as shown in FIG. 4, is designed as a sliding door.
  • the goods racks W are then attached within the antechamber 4 to the conveyor, which contains two parallel chains or conveyor belts 20.
  • the conveyor chains 20 run via a pair of drive rollers 21 in the antechamber 4, a pair of rollers 22 in the lock chamber 3, two pairs of rollers 23 and 24 in the inert gas space 2, a pair of rollers 25 in the head part of the electroplating tank 1, two pairs of rollers 26 and 27 outside and above the pairs of rollers 23 and 24, one pair of rollers 28 above the pair of rollers 22 and two pairs of rollers 29 and 30 in the head part of the prechamber 4. Between the two pairs of rollers 29 and 30 there is a spring-loaded pair of tensioning rollers 31.
  • the actual electroplating tank is designed in the usual way apart from the seals to be described below. Electrodes 41, which are interchangeably suspended, are immersed in the actual container 40 of the electroplating tank provided with a heating jacket. At the top, the container 40 is covered with a dome 48, which is firmly connected to the actual inert gas space 2. Detachable seals designated VII in FIG. 3 enable the container 40 to be separated from the dome. In the container 40 also dip pipes 42, which are used to circulate and filter the electrolyte and open with flanges 42 on the dome 48. Furthermore, of course, the electrodes 41 are provided with power connections, which are also led out in the dome 48 of the electroplating tank. The cathode current supply is carried out in isolation together with the chains 20 from the prechamber 4 to the isolated goods racks W.
  • FIG. 6 shows, the goods W introduced there are moved in a manner known per se within the electroplating tank.
  • the electric motor 44 is used, which moves the support rod 47 for the goods racks W back and forth via an eccentric disk 45 and the connecting rod 46.
  • This support rod 47 is mounted on opposite sides of the dome 48 in special seals, which are designated VIII in FIG. 6. These bushings for the support rod 47 are explained in more detail below.
  • a level meter 49 is also arranged in the electroplating tank, which is led out upwards via the dome 48 and the inert gas space 2.
  • FIG. 7 is the seal that is labeled VII in FIGS. 3 to 6.
  • FIG. 7 there is a flange 53 on the upper edge of the electroplating tank container 40, which contains three annular grooves 51, 52, 54 extending over the circumference on its upper side.
  • the troughs 51 and 54 receive sealing rings made of Teflon, Viton or a similar material, while the circumferential trough 52 lying between them forms a liquid space.
  • the counter flange 55 of the dome 48 is ground on its contact surface and then comes to rest against the sealing rings in the grooves 51 and 54, so that the annular space 52 provided for a liquid filling is completely enclosed.
  • the press of the two Flanges 53 and 55 are made with clamping jaws 57 and 58, which are clamped together with a screw bolt 59.
  • the annular space 52 is connected at opposite points of the annular flange 55 via pipes 56, through which an aprotic solvent, preferably paraffin oil, is passed. This passage takes place via a closed circle, which is indicated schematically in FIG. 3.
  • an aprotic solvent preferably paraffin oil
  • the paraffin oil is circulated by means of a pump 82 via the pipes 56 and 56 '.
  • the chamber 80 is covered with a further chamber 81, which is filled with an inert gas cushion. This inert gas, preferably N 21 , is also circulated.
  • the seal on the design of the level meter 49 is also formed on the upper side of the inert gas space 2.
  • the connecting flanges 83 are surrounded by a paraffin oil bath 84, which in turn is covered on its upper side with an inert gas cushion 85.
  • This can be the same inert gas as in chamber 81, that is to say nitrogen, which is in the same circuit is guided, like the nitrogen in the chamber 81 and the nitrogen still present in further seals for inert gas covers.
  • a separate chalk can also be provided if, as shown in FIG. 3, there is a further chamber 86 filled with aprotic solvent, preferably paraffin oil, which is covered with an inert gas cushion 87.
  • the aprotic solvent is circulated via a pump 88, with which the aprotic solvent is also introduced into the seals VII-VII, which are provided on an inspection and assembly cover 89, which closes the inert gas space 2.
  • the seals VII of the cover 89 are designed essentially as the seal described above with reference to FIG.
  • the seal, generally designated VIII in FIG. 7, of the goods movement rod 47 is shown in more detail in FIG. 8.
  • the goods movement rod 47 is mounted in a recirculating ball bushing with an attached needle bearing 90.
  • This recirculating ball bushing 90 is surrounded by a tubular housing 91, which also forms the outer bearing.
  • the tubular housing 91 is connected at both ends to flanged glands 92 and 93, which are designed in a manner known per se and give the possibility to press the tubular packing together with a union nut and a pressure piece.
  • sealing rings 94 and 95 are provided, which can be made of Teflon, Viton or the like.
  • pipes 96, 97 open into the tubular housing 91, via which an aprotic solvent can be introduced into the entire interior of the housing 91 and kept in circulation there. This also results in a series connection of a mechanical seal, a liquid seal and a further mechanical seal.
  • the pump and the filters are preferably installed in a boiler which is filled with paraffin oil and covered with inert gas.
  • the inert gas stream which is preferably conducted via a closed circuit, can be passed through a regenerator which reduces the water and oxygen content of the gas.

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EP0056844A1 (fr) * 1981-01-22 1982-08-04 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif pour le dépôt électrolytique de l'aluminium
EP0060929A1 (fr) * 1981-03-25 1982-09-29 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Installation de protection électriquement isolante
US4668367A (en) * 1985-07-09 1987-05-26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Lock for loading and unloading goods into a treatment apparatus having a protective atmosphere
US4759831A (en) * 1986-07-04 1988-07-26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Electroplating apparatus particularly for electro-deposition of aluminum
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DE3044975A1 (de) * 1980-11-28 1982-06-03 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Vorrichtung zum galvanischen abscheiden von aluminium
EP0053676A1 (fr) * 1980-11-28 1982-06-16 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif pour le dépôt électrolytique de l'aluminium
EP0056844A1 (fr) * 1981-01-22 1982-08-04 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif pour le dépôt électrolytique de l'aluminium
EP0060929A1 (fr) * 1981-03-25 1982-09-29 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Installation de protection électriquement isolante
US4668367A (en) * 1985-07-09 1987-05-26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Lock for loading and unloading goods into a treatment apparatus having a protective atmosphere
US4759831A (en) * 1986-07-04 1988-07-26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Electroplating apparatus particularly for electro-deposition of aluminum
CN1037630C (zh) * 1993-09-15 1998-03-04 瑞典Aba公司 改进型软管夹持器

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