EP2871008B1 - Procédé et installation de fabrication d'un demi-produit en cuivre, ainsi que procédé et dispositif d'application d'une pâte d'encollage - Google Patents

Procédé et installation de fabrication d'un demi-produit en cuivre, ainsi que procédé et dispositif d'application d'une pâte d'encollage Download PDF

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EP2871008B1
EP2871008B1 EP14400044.5A EP14400044A EP2871008B1 EP 2871008 B1 EP2871008 B1 EP 2871008B1 EP 14400044 A EP14400044 A EP 14400044A EP 2871008 B1 EP2871008 B1 EP 2871008B1
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  • the invention relates to a method and a plant for the production of semi-finished copper products.
  • the invention is based on the basic idea that not all copper has to be obtained electrolytically in a very pure form, but that it is possible, with suitable edge parameters, to further process some of the copper immediately after refining, if appropriate with the addition of electrolytically obtained copper.
  • a process for the production of copper semi-finished products in which first of all copper is melted and cast into copper anodes within a plurality of molds, subsequently formed by electrolysis using at least one of the copper anode copper cathodes and these copper cathodes are then further processed into copper semifinished, can be characterized in that at least one of the molds a long-term coating is applied as sizing.
  • a sizing set up as a long-term coating has the advantage that it can hold much longer reliable compared to known sizing.
  • a long-term coating is to be understood as a coating with which at least two prototypes or pouring of copper into the molds is possible, without this leading to any significant damage or changes to the long-term coating.
  • the use of such a long-term coating can substantially reduce any possible introduction of material of sizing material into the cast copper anodes in comparison with the known sizings.
  • each cast copper anode or in the respective mold cast workpiece can be provided compared to known methods with a much lower contamination or contamination by sizing material.
  • the considerably slower contamination or contamination with the sizing material also advantageously enables direct further processing of at least a portion of the refined copper or the copper anodes or workpieces cast in the molds, if appropriate with the addition of electrolytically recovered copper - with an acceptable or desired degree of purity of the respective copper semi-finished product, without upstream of an electrolysis.
  • electrolysis can be carried out with the copper anode cast in the mold, which is advantageously connected to a sludge or electrolyzed sludge considerably less contaminated than known processes, in particular due to the low contamination described above the copper anode with sizing material.
  • the molten copper is preferably poured into the copper anodes in a single pass within a plurality of molds.
  • the puncture can in this case be carried out in particular quasi-continuously or even in relatively short-lasting cycles, in particular the puncture can be made or made, for example, only about two to six hours, with each mold, for example, about 30 seconds to three minutes, as a rule around 1.5 minutes can be needed.
  • This further processing of the copper cathodes into copper semifinished products can e.g. comprise a master mold in an oven, in which the copper cathodes are introduced, wherein after the primary molding by pouring out of the oven and then rolling, e.g. a copper semi-finished product can be formed in the form of a wire.
  • a process for the production of semi-finished copper in which first copper is melted and cast in a single pass into a plurality of molds to copper anodes, then formed by electrolysis using at least one of the copper anodes copper cathodes and these copper cathodes are then processed into semi-finished copper, can also be characterized in that on at least one of the molds a sulfur-free size is applied.
  • a sulfur-free size can advantageously be avoided contamination of the cast in the molds copper anodes or contamination of cast in the molds workpieces with sulfur effectively or reduced to a minimum, so that even by providing the sulfur-free size or by applying a sulfur-free size of the respective mold the above efficiency - especially by the possible with the sulfur-free size direct further processing of refined copper even without electrolysis - can be significantly increased. Furthermore, a substantial increase in the above efficiency is also possible because the application of a sulfur-free size to the respective mold allows electrolysis, which is associated with a much less contaminated electrolysis sludge, accompanied by a corresponding substantial reduction of the energy required for the electrolysis ,
  • the molds are fed during a puncture clocked a Eing manvorraum and at least a portion of the size is applied outside the clocking.
  • the application of at least a portion of the size outside of the timing brings with it the advantage that, in contrast to known application processes for the application more time available, so that the application of the layer can be very controlled, along with the advantageous development of a very uniform Layer, which can ensure appropriate service life for their use as a long-term coating especially with appropriate process control.
  • At least one base layer of the size can be applied outside the cycle, and preferably also a working layer applied to the base layer is applied outside the cycle.
  • a coating comprising a base layer and a working layer has a very high fatigue strength or operational reliability, in particular such that they survive at least twice prototyping or pouring of the copper into the respective mold or used as a long-term coating without significant erosion phenomena can be.
  • this can also be applied to the respective mold within the clock cycle - ie in the cycle in which the molds are fed to the pouring device.
  • This procedure is particularly advantageous if, in the case of individual molds in which a large amount of sizing material is removed, a subsequent coating can contribute to improving the quality of the cast copper anodes by applying a working layer, in particular also to partial surfaces or partial areas of the base layer.
  • a process for the production of semi-finished copper in which first of all copper is melted and cast in a single pass into a plurality of molds to copper anodes, then formed by electrolysis using at least one of the copper anodes copper cathodes and then further processed these copper cathodes to copper semis be distinguished by the fact that a part of the cast in the molds workpieces is further processed into semi-finished copper.
  • At least some of the workpieces to be further processed directly from the copper anodes into copper semifinished products are further processed together with the copper cathodes to produce copper semi-finished products.
  • the degree of impurities, which are usually introduced in particular by the copper anodes in the copper semi-finished product can be adjusted accordingly.
  • the workpieces to be further processed directly into semi-finished copper products may in particular, as already explained above, be workpieces which, for example as a result of an uneven casting process or uneven removal from the respective mold, have poor handleability and are therefore not suitable for electrolysis are.
  • the degree of quality of the copper semifinished product to be produced can be advantageously adapted to desired or predetermined conditions.
  • the co-processing of the workpieces to be processed with the copper cathodes for example, by mixing them in an oven and then re-prototyping done.
  • a method for applying a size to a mold may be characterized in that the size is applied in multiple layers, in particular two layers, as already described by way of example by the application of a base layer and a working layer.
  • a coating in the form of a long-term coating can be formed, which is much more durable or substantially longer reliable over known sizing coatings durable.
  • such a long-term coating can withstand at least a two-time prototyping or pouring of molten metal or molten copper into the respective mold without appreciable erosion or incorporation of sizing material into the respective cast product, along with an advantageous and partially already explained above Increase or improve the efficiency.
  • a method for applying a size to a mold can also be distinguished by the fact that the size is sprayed on sequentially, which may also be advantageous in particular when providing a size applied in several layers, if appropriate also only for the application of one of the layers.
  • sequential spraying can be advantageously realized a coating with an advantageous small pore size and a very smooth surface, along with a substantial increase in the fatigue strength of the layer, which - as already stated above - is accompanied by a significant improvement in the efficiency.
  • a method for applying a size to a mold which is characterized in that the mold is tempered during application, has the advantage that due to the tempering during application, the fatigue strength or long-term strength of the size coat over known size Layers can be significantly improved. This, in turn, is associated with a substantial increase in the efficiency of a method of making copper blank using one or more dies, as stated above.
  • the fact that tempering during application can substantially improve the fatigue strength or long-term stability is, in particular, a consequence of the fact that the size can be applied to the respective mold very uniformly and in a constant thermodynamic state by the tempering.
  • empering is not limited to a mere heating, as is the case, for example, during a puncture caused by the introduction of the copper into the molds, but rather to a specific maintenance of specific temperatures or temperatures. a certain temperature profile, in particular possibly also with a decrease in temperature, is directed.
  • the mold is tempered during application to below 200 ° C, preferably below 180 ° C. It has been found that when the mold is tempered during application below these temperature limits, high fatigue strength can be achieved for the size coat or size coat provided by the application. In particular, a tempering of the mold to 110 ° C or to about 110 ° C has proven to achieve a very high fatigue strength or long-term strength of the sizing layer particularly advantageous.
  • the mold is tempered during application to between 100 ° C and 125 ° C, preferably to between 105 ° C and 115 ° C.
  • a restriction to these temperature ranges has the advantage that in these temperature ranges, the vaporization which occurs during application of the size does not unnecessarily impair the formation of the layer and, in particular, forms a stable and solid layer.
  • the mold is tempered during application to between 105 ° C and 115 ° C, the processes associated with the resulting evaporation are hardly or not at all present.
  • the formation of water vapor is preferably present at a level at which it can not lead to damaging effects on the mold or the sizing layer by Krater formations, ie by evaporation of existing in the sizing material water.
  • the size is applied as a base layer and as a working layer.
  • a very durable or reliable coating especially in the form of a long-term coating are formed.
  • the base layer at a temperature of the mold to between 100 ° C and 125 ° C, preferably between 105 ° C and 115 ° C, and the working layer at a temperature of the mold to below 200 ° C, preferably below 180 ° C. , applied.
  • application of the base layer during tempering of the mold to between 100 ° C. and 125 ° C., preferably to between 105 ° C. and 115 ° C. may involve incorporation or contamination of the mold with the evaporation of layered material By storing sizing material in the mold material to a minimum or almost completely excluded.
  • the layer thickness of the size is controlled by controlling the volume flow and / or the pressure of the size.
  • the volume flow and / or the pressure of the size can advantageously be controlled, along with the creation of a layer with a smooth surface and a very small pore size.
  • a plant for the production of copper semi-finished products with a refining furnace (i), with the refining furnace downstream molds that are filled from the refining furnace (ii), with an electrolytic bath (iii), with an anode transport for transporting cast in the mold anodes to the electrolytic bath (iv), with a further processing device (v) downstream of the electrolytic bath and with a cathode transport for transporting cathodes from the electrolysis bath to the further processing device (vi) is characterized in that a bypass transport is provided between the molds and the further processing device, with the in the molds Urgeformten workpieces are bypassable to the electrolysis bath transported to the processing device.
  • Such a system is particularly suitable for carrying out the above method, in which a part of the cast into the molds workpieces is further processed directly to semi-finished copper, in particular accompanied by a significant improvement in the efficiency in the production of copper semifinished product.
  • bypass transport In order to directly process the workpieces cast into the molds, ie bypassing the electrolysis, to copper semi-finished products, the bypass transport is provided. By the bypass transport urformed or shaped workpieces are in the molds, bypassing the electrolysis bath to the further processing device transportable.
  • the urgeformten workpieces may in particular be workpieces that should originally be provided as anodes, but due to e.g. uneven casting operations or as a result of other damage, for example, in the attempt to remove from a mold, over a predetermined anode shape are excessively deformed so that they can not be used for the electrolysis.
  • these may be workpieces in which anode ears are not present or not present in a desired shape, so that effective handling of the anodes via the anode ears acting as hooks is not possible.
  • These workpieces can then be advantageously transported by using the bypass transport, bypassing the electrolytic bath to the further processing device.
  • the further processing of the uroformed in the molds workpieces can be made into semi-finished copper.
  • the uroformed in the molds workpieces, bypassing the electrolytic bath to the Further processing device to be transported, together with the copper cathodes, which were formed in the electrolysis bath by electrolysis of the copper anodes, are further processed together to copper semis.
  • the further processing device may e.g. a furnace into which the workpieces and / or the copper cathodes may be introduced for liquefaction by heating.
  • the further processing means may be e.g. a press and / or a casting device and / or a rolling mill. In a rolling mill, it can be e.g. to act a rolling mill, which is adapted to form a semi-finished copper in the form of a rod-shaped material or a wire material.
  • the circumvention possible by means of the bypass transport may in particular be a bypass with the interposition or interposition of a buffer and / or a cleaning device, such that the urgeformten workpieces or the anodes in the bypass or the cathodes are cached and / or cleaned before they get to the processing device.
  • the molds following the refining oven are, as already indicated above, able to be filled from the refining oven, the filling being carried out in a simple and practical manner, e.g. can be made with the interposition of multiple wells.
  • the electrolysis bath may be an electrolysis bath of any desired design, which is set up to recover pure or almost pure metal by deposition on a cathode using the anodes cast in the molds, the metal in particular being copper can.
  • the anode transport for transporting anodes poured into the molds to the electrolysis bath can comprise any transport device which is set up for this functionality, ie for transporting molds cast in the molds to the electrolysis bath.
  • an industrial robot may be provided for this purpose, e.g. equipped with suction cups to remove the anodes from the dies and to transport to the electrolysis or to bring the cast in the mold anodes in the electrolytic bath.
  • the cathode transport may include any transport device that is set up for the intended functionality, ie for transporting cathodes from the electrolysis bath to the further processing device.
  • bypass transport may also comprise any transport device which is adapted to transport the workpieces which have been formed in the molds, bypassing the electrolysis bath, to the further processing device.
  • the bypass transport may include an industrial robot, which is provided with suction or equipped to hold the formed in the mold or urgeformten workpieces by suction and to transport by appropriate activation of the industrial robot, bypassing the electrolysis bath to the further processing device.
  • the anode transport and the bypass transport on a common conveyor which optionally - preferably according to specifiable parameters - workpieces from the dies as anodes in the direction of further anode transport to the electrolysis on the one hand workpieces from the dies in the direction of further bypass transport on the other transported.
  • the anode transport and the bypass transport can be realized in a simple and practical manner.
  • the conveyor is adapted to selectively transport workpieces from the molds as anodes in the direction of further anode transport to the electrolysis or to transport workpieces from the molds in the direction of further bypass transport, so that common transport paths of the anode transport and by a single common conveyor of the bypass transport can be realized in a simple and practical way.
  • the conveying device can be any conveying device which is set up to carry out the described functionality.
  • This can be, in particular, an industrial robot, which is provided, for example, with suction lifters, for example, to remove or separate the anodes cast in the molds from the molds and then to transport them in the direction of the further anode transport to the electrolysis bath.
  • the molds are preferably arranged on a common mold carrier.
  • a common Kokillenhov By arranging the molds on a common Kokillenhov a very compact arrangement can be provided with which in a simple and practical way filling the molds on the refining oven or from the refining oven is possible.
  • the mold carrier may advantageously be rotatable about a preferably vertical axis, so that by rotating the mold carrier, each mold can be introduced into an intended filling position for filling the mold with molten metal of the refining oven.
  • a plurality of molds can be filled by turning the Kokillenismes in a simple and practical way and process reliable with liquid metal or in particular with liquid copper.
  • an application device for applying a size is provided, the working area of which is arranged in the area of the mold holder.
  • the working area is arranged in the Kokillenismes, can be easily and practically applied to each of the molds a sizing layer or finishing coating, the provision of molds with the sizing layer or Simple coating is associated with the advantageous effects already set out above.
  • a very reliable application of the size to the respective mold can be realized in that the working area of the application device is arranged in the region of the mold holder.
  • a working layer during ongoing operation, possibly also under a particular cooling, while a base layer and possibly also a first working layer can be applied during maintenance operations or, in particular, between two taps.
  • a device for applying a size to a mold can be characterized in that the application device has an arm which comprises an applicator and is movable sequentially over the mold.
  • an application device with such an arm-that is, an arm which is adapted to move sequentially over the mold-a very smooth coating with size or size material can be formed on a mold, which also has a very small pore size .
  • a very smooth coating with size or size material can be formed on a mold, which also has a very small pore size .
  • the application device may comprise, for example, a nozzle or a brush in order, in particular, to be able to create a sizing coating or sizing layer with a very small pore size by applying the sizing.
  • the arm may comprise two linearly independent drives.
  • the arm can advantageously be moved via the two drives in two dimensions over the mold in order to provide the respective mold with a layer of layer in a simple and practical manner.
  • this provided mobility of the arm can also be used to easily and practically form a layer or coating with a predetermined thickness distribution on a respective mold surface.
  • a given thickness distribution of the sizing layer can substantially affect the quality of the cast product, e.g. an anode, contribute.
  • the movement components in particular a movement parallel to the movement direction of the mold without intended movement, but possibly also both movement components can also be realized by a corresponding movement of the mold. It is also understood that, if necessary, an industrial robot or the like can be used for this purpose.
  • a mold temperature control preferably a mold heater, and a mold thermometer are provided.
  • the Kokillentemper ist or mold heating can be connected in particular in conjunction with a mold thermometer, the application of the size with a very accurate temperature control of the mold.
  • the mold temperatures required for the formation of a very durable or long-term coating can be predetermined by controlling and / or regulating.
  • the in the FIGS. 1 and 5 schematically illustrated Appendix 26 for the production of copper semi-finished product 10 comprises a refining furnace 28, the refining furnace 28 downstream molds 12, which can be filled from the refining furnace 28 with the interposition of a Eing manwanne 22 and a Portionierwanne 24, and an electrolytic bath 30.
  • the Eing manwanne 22 and the Portionierwanne 24 are troughs of a pouring device 20 are for pouring molten metal in the molds 12 and for filling the molds 12 with molten metal.
  • the production plant 26 further comprises an anode transport 31 for transporting anodes 14 cast into the molds 12 to the electrolytic bath 30, a further processing device 32 downstream of the electrolytic bath 30 (cf. FIG. 5 ) and a cathode transport 34 (cf. FIG. 1 ) for transporting cathodes 16 from the electrolysis bath 30 to the further processing device 32.
  • a bypass transport 36 is provided between the molds 12 and the further processing device 32, with the workpieces 15 which have been formed into the molds 12 by circumvention of the electrolytic bath 30 to the further processing device 32 (cf. FIG. 5 ) are transportable.
  • the anode transport 31 and the bypass transport 36 have a common conveyor 38, the optional workpieces 14, 15 from the molds 12 as anodes 14 in the direction of further anode transport 31 to the electrolytic bath 30 on the one hand workpieces 14, 15 from the molds 12 in the direction of the other Bypass transport 36 transported on the other.
  • the molds 12 are arranged on a common Kokillenlie 54 which is rotatable about a vertical axis 84.
  • the manufacturing facility 26 further includes an applicator 40 (see FIG. 1 ) for applying a size 18 (cf. FIG. 4 ) on a mold 12, whose working area is arranged in the region of the Kokillenlies 54 (see FIG. 1 ).
  • the applicator 40 has an arm 42 (see FIG FIG. 4 ), which comprises an applicator 44 with a nozzle 86 and is sequentially movable over the respective mold 12.
  • the arm 42 includes two linearly independent drives 50, 52 to provide two-dimensional mobility of the arm 42 over the respective mold 12 (see also FIG FIG. 2 , there also in connection with the two double arrows).
  • the drive 52 is adapted to provide a straightforward movement of the arm 42 in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the arm 42 and perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the applicator 40 using a carriage 60 longitudinally movably mounted on a base 58 in the direction of movement.
  • the drive 50 is adapted to provide a linear mobility of the arm 42 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the arm 42 and parallel to the longitudinal extent of the applicator 40, wherein the drive 50 for this purpose a linear actuator 88 (see FIG. 2 ) connected to the carriage 60.
  • the applicator 40 is further provided with a Kokillentemper ist in the form of a Kokillenterrorismung 46 and with a Kokillenthermometer 48 (see FIGS. 3 and 4 ).
  • the downstream of the electrolysis bath 30 downstream processing device 32 comprises a charging device 62 and a furnace 64.
  • a charging device 62 copper cathodes 16 formed by electrolysis using copper anodes 14 in the electrolytic bath 30 can be introduced into the furnace 64.
  • copper anodes 14 and Workpieces 15 can be introduced, which may in particular be cast in the molds 12 workpieces, which are not suitable for transport to the electrolysis bath 30, for example due to an uneven removal from the molds 12 or as a result of non-uniform casting process, for example, the transport provided anode tubes 100 were not formed in the required shape.
  • the molten metal provided by heating in the furnace 64 is fed to a casting and holding furnace 66 for further processing.
  • the molten metal is supplied to further devices of the further processing device 32, specifically a runner 68, a caster 70, a billet processing 78 with a guide 72 and a separator 74, a rolling mill 76, a cooling section 80 and a spiral collector 82, for collecting the copper semi-finished product 10 in the form of a wire.
  • copper is first melted in the refining furnace 28 and cast in a single pass within several of the dies 12 to form copper anodes.
  • the molds 12 are filled from the refining oven 28, with the interposition of the Eing manwanne 22 and the Portionierwanne 24.
  • the molds 12 are filled in succession, the molds 12 each for this purpose by turning the Kokillenarmes 54 about the vertical axis 84th in which are brought by the refining 28 defined filling position.
  • the pouring trough 22 and the portioning trough 24 can be filled with molten copper from the refining oven for forwarding into the respective mold 12.
  • copper cathodes 16 are formed by electrolysis using at least one of the copper anodes 14 in the electrolytic bath 30, and these copper cathodes 16 are then added to the copper semi-finished product 10 in the form of a wire by means of the further processing device 32 (cf. FIG. 5 ) further processed.
  • the above method is now characterized by the fact that a part of the cast into the molds 12, workpieces 14, 15, which are taken after pouring into the molds 12 and after reaching a certain dimensional stability by means of the removal device 56 from the molds 12, directly to the copper semifinished product 10 are further processed, wherein at least a portion of the direct to copper semi-finished product 10 continues to processing workpieces 15 is further processed together with the copper cathodes 16 to the copper semi-finished product 10 (see also FIG. 5 ).
  • the workpieces 15 are transferred by means of a transfer device 96 of the conveyor 38 in a first latch 94. Starting from this position in the first intermediate storage 94, the workpieces 15 are brought into a second temporary storage 98 via a gripper 90 in the direction of the further anode transport 31 and also in the direction of the further bypass transport 36, bypassing the electrolytic bath 30.
  • Another gripper 92 which is also provided for the realization of the bypass transport 36, removes the workpieces 15 from the second intermediate storage 98 for the purpose of transport to the further processing device 32 (cf. FIG. 5 ).
  • the further processing in the further processing device 32, bypassing the electrolysis in the electrolytic bath 30 is not limited only to the workpieces 15, which - as already stated above - are not suitable for transport or introduction into the electrolysis bath 30.
  • cast copper anodes 14 or cast products generally provided by casting in the respective molds 12 can be further processed by means of the bypass transport 30 bypassing the electrolysis in the further processing device 32 to the copper semi-finished product 10.
  • the first gripper 90 serves to transfer the respective copper anode 14 from the first intermediate storage 94 into the electrolytic bath 30.
  • the second gripper 92 serves - if no bypass is provided - also the removal of the electrolysis in the electrolysis bath 30 provided copper cathode 16 from the electrolytic bath 30 and the subsequent transport of the copper cathode 16 to the further processing device 32 (see FIG. 5 ).
  • a part of the directly to the copper semi-finished 10 further processed workpieces 15 with copper cathodes 16 are then processed together to the copper semi-finished product 10, in such a way that the workpieces 14 and the copper cathodes 16 by means of the charging device 62 introduced into the furnace 64 are heated and there to a molten semi-finished material.
  • the molten semi-finished material is the casting and holding furnace 66 and fed from there via the over the runner 68, the caster 70 of the ingot processing 78, from where a further processing takes place in the rolling mill 76.
  • the semi-finished material 10 processed into a wire is collected after passing through a cooling section 80 in a spiral collector 82.
  • the molds 12 are clocked while the Kokillenarmes 54 is supplied to the pouring device 20. Outside of this clocking - ie in particular e.g. During breaks in operation, in which no filling of the molds 12 with molten copper takes place, a long-term coating is applied to each of the molds 12 as a size, wherein the long-term coating is formed in two layers and comprises a base layer and a working layer.
  • the working layer is applied to the same after application of the base layer.
  • the application is carried out using the applicator 40, for which purpose the arm 42 is moved sequentially with the applicator 44 via the respective mold 12 to spray the size 18 sequentially via the nozzle 86 to the respective mold 12.
  • the layer thickness of the size is controlled.
  • the control of the layer thickness of the sizing is thereby improved or refined in that also a control of the volume flow and the pressure of the sizing 18 is carried out, which via the nozzle 86 (cf. FIG. 4 ) exits the applicator 44.
  • the respective dies 12 are tempered.
  • the tempering of the molds 12 is carried out using the Kokillentemper réelle the applicator 40 in the form of Kokillenworksung 46. In this way, a very accurate temperature control is possible, especially because the Kokillentemper réelle has a non-illustrated control device for controlling the temperature measurable by means of the Kokillenthermometers 48.
  • each of the dies 12 is tempered so that the base layer is applied at a temperature of the molds 12 to between 105 ° C and 115 ° C, and that the working layer at a temperature of the molds 12 to below 180 ° C is applied.

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  1. Procédé, destiné à la fabrication d'un produit semi-fini en cuivre (10), lors duquel on fait fondre en premier lieu du cuivre et on le coule en une passe initiale à l'intérieur de plusieurs lingotières (12) en anodes de cuivre (14), puis par électrolyse, en utilisant au moins l'une des anodes de cuivre (14), on créé des cathodes de cuivre (16) et on retraite ensuite lesdites cathodes de cuivre (16) en un produit semi-fini en cuivre (10), caractérisé en ce qu'on retraite directement en un produit semi-fini en cuivre (10) une partie des pièces à usiner (14, 15) coulées dans les lingotières (12).
  2. Procédé de fabrication selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'on retraite au moins une partie des pièces à usiner (14, 15) destinées à être retraitées directement en un produit semi-fini en cuivre (10) en commun avec les cathodes de cuivre (16) en un produit semi-fini en cuivre (10).
  3. Procédé de fabrication selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que sur au moins l'une des lingotières (12), on applique un revêtement longue durée en tant qu'enduit (18) et/ou un enduit (18) exempt de soufre.
  4. Procédé de fabrication selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que pendant une passe initiale, on amène les lingotières (12) en cadence vers un dispositif de coulée (20) et en ce qu'on applique au moins une partie de l'enduit (18) hors du cadencement.
  5. Procédé de fabrication selon la revendication 3 ou 4, caractérisé en ce qu'on applique au moins une couche de base de l'enduit (18), de préférence également une couche fonctionnelle appliquée sur la couche de base hors du cadencement.
  6. Procédé de fabrication selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 5, caractérisé en ce qu'on applique l'enduit (18) en plusieurs couches, en ce qu'on vaporise séquentiellement l'enduit (18) et/ou en ce qu'on tempère au moins l'une des lingotières (12) pendant l'application.
  7. Procédé de fabrication selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que par commande de la vitesse de déplacement lors de l'application séquentielle, on commande l'épaisseur de couche de l'enduit.
  8. Procédé de fabrication selon la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que pendant l'application, on tempère la lingotière (12) à moins de 200 °C, de préférence à moins de 180 °C, notamment à de 100 °C à 125 °C, de préférence à de 105 °C à 115 °C.
  9. Procédé de fabrication selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'on applique l'enduit (18) en tant que couche de base et en tant que couche fonctionnelle, de préférence la couche de base étant appliquée sous une mise en température de la lingotière (12) à de 100 °C à 125 °C, de préférence à de 105 °C à 115 °C, et la couche fonctionnelle sous une mise en température de la lingotière à moins de 200 °C, de préférence à moins de 180 °C.
  10. Procédé de fabrication selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 9, caractérisé en ce que par commande du débit volumétrique et/ou de la pression de l'enduit (18), on commande l'épaisseur de couche de l'enduit (18).
  11. Installation (26), destinée à la fabrication d'un produit semi-fini en cuivre (10), comprenant
    i. un four de fusion-affinage (28),
    ii. des lingotières (12), placées en aval du four de fusion-affinage (28), susceptibles d'être remplies à partir du four de fusion-affinage (28),
    iii. un bain électrolytique (30),
    iv. un transport d'anodes (31) destiné à transporter des anodes (14) coulées dans les lingotières (12) vers le bain électrolytique (30) et
    v. un système de retraitement (32), placé en aval du bain électrolytique (30), retraitant des pièces à usiner primitivement formées dans les lingotières (12) en un produit semi-fini en cuivre (10) et
    vi. un transport de cathodes (34), destiné à transporter des cathodes (16) du bain électrolytique (30) vers le système de retraitement (32),
    caractérisée en ce qu'entre les lingotières (12) et le système de retraitement (32) est prévu un transport de contournement (36) à l'aide duquel des pièces à usiner (14, 15) primitivement formées dans les lingotières (12) sont susceptibles d'être transportées vers le système de retraitement (32), en contournant le bain électrolytique.
  12. Installation de fabrication (26) selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que le transport d'anodes (31) et le transport de contournement (36) comportent un système de convoyage (38) commun, qui transporte au choix des pièces à usiner (14, 15) à partir des lingotières (12) en tant qu'anodes (14) en direction du transport ultérieur d'anodes vers le bain électrolytique d'une part et des pièces à usiner (14, 15) à partir des lingotières (12) en direction du transport de contournement ultérieur d'autre part.
  13. Installation de fabrication (26) selon la revendication 11 ou 12, caractérisée en ce que les lingotières (12) sont placées sur un support de lingotières (54) commun, de préférence une zone de travail d'un dispositif d'application (40) destiné à appliquer un enduit (18) étant placée dans la zone du support de lingotières (54).
  14. Installation de fabrication (26) selon la revendication 11 ou 12, caractérisée par un dispositif (40) destiné à l'application d'un enduit (18) sur une lingotière (12), le dispositif d'application (40) comportant un bras (42) qui comprend un système d'application (44) et qui est déplaçable séquentiellement au-dessus de la lingotière (12).
  15. Installation de fabrication (26) selon la revendication 14, caractérisée en ce que le bras (42) comprend deux entraînements (50, 52) linéairement indépendants.
  16. Installation de fabrication (26) selon la revendication 14 ou 15, caractérisée par une mise en température des lingotières, de préférence par un chauffage des lingotières (46), ainsi que par un thermomètre de lingotières (48).
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