US20130168261A1 - Anode for cathodic protection and method for manufacturing the same - Google Patents
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- C23F—NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25
- C23F13/00—Inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protection
- C23F13/02—Inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protection cathodic; Selection of conditions, parameters or procedures for cathodic protection, e.g. of electrical conditions
- C23F13/06—Constructional parts, or assemblies of cathodic-protection apparatus
- C23F13/08—Electrodes specially adapted for inhibiting corrosion by cathodic protection; Manufacture thereof; Conducting electric current thereto
- C23F13/10—Electrodes characterised by the structure
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D31/00—Other methods for working sheet metal, metal tubes, metal profiles
- B21D31/04—Expanding other than provided for in groups B21D1/00 - B21D28/00, e.g. for making expanded metal
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D31/00—Other methods for working sheet metal, metal tubes, metal profiles
- B21D31/04—Expanding other than provided for in groups B21D1/00 - B21D28/00, e.g. for making expanded metal
- B21D31/043—Making use of slitting discs or punch cutters
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- C23F—NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25
- C23F2201/00—Type of materials to be protected by cathodic protection
- C23F2201/02—Concrete, e.g. reinforced
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- the invention relates to the field of cathodic protection of reinforced concrete structures, and in particular to a design of anode particularly efficient in terms of electrical resistance per unit length and of flexibility, and particularly safe to install and handle.
- the invention also relates to the method of production of such anode.
- cathodic protection of reinforced concrete is practised by coupling anodic structures of various kinds to the concrete, respect to which the reinforcement to be protected acts as a cathodic counterelectrode; the electrical currents involved supported by an external rectifier transit across the electrolyte consisting of the porous concrete partially soaked with a salty solution.
- the anodes commonly used for the cathodic protection of reinforced concrete consist of a titanium substrate coated with transition metal oxides or other types of catalysts for anodic oxygen evolution.
- European Patent EP458951 discloses a grid-type electrodic structure for cathodic protection consisting of a plurality of metal ribbons having an electrocatalytic coating, said metal ribbons having voids of different geometries.
- This type of ribbons can be manufactured by punching of solid metal ribbons or more commonly by the traditional methods of metal expansion wherein a metal sheet is expanded by pressuring and punching through a series of knives arranged orthogonal to the advancement direction of the ribbon itself.
- This first step allows obtaining an expanded metal sheet.
- Such sheet is then subjected to a second step of cutting suitable for obtaining ribbons of the required dimensions.
- Said expanded metal ribbons present meshes having voids of rhomboidal shape with the major diagonal oriented orthogonal to the ribbon length.
- This method of manufacturing has the inconvenience of producing metal ribbons with meshes having cutting side protrusions automatically formed during the operation of cutting, making these anodes difficult to handle and the installation phase accordingly dangerous.
- the invention relates to an anode in form of mesh ribbon for systems of cathodic protection, for instance of cathodic protection of reinforced concrete structures, overcoming the inconveniences of the prior art, whose edges are substantially free of discontinuities in form of cutting protrusions and have a sinusoidal shape.
- the invention relates to a method for manufacturing said anode.
- the invention relates to a cathodic protection system comprising at least one anode in form of mesh ribbon whose edges are substantially free of cutting protrusions.
- the anode according to the invention consists of a ribbon of expanded metal characterised by meshes with rhomboidal shaped voids with the major diagonal oriented along the direction of the ribbon length.
- the lateral edges of the ribbon have a sinusoidal profile and are free of cutting protrusions.
- an anode for cathodic protection displays a remarkably reduced ohmic resistance per unit length, for instance up to 4-fold reduced, with respect to the anodes of the prior art.
- the lower electrical resistance makes possible to reduce the number of electrical connections, for instance in a grid system, with sensible savings of material and installation time.
- the metal mesh ribbon is made of titanium.
- the metal mesh ribbon is coated with a catalytic coating containing noble metals or oxides thereof.
- the dimensions of the ribbon can have a width ranging from 3 mm to 100 mm with a thickness of 0.25 mm to 2.5 mm and a length of 1 m to 150 m.
- FIG. 1A shows a top-view of a traditional expanded metal anode.
- FIG. 1B shows a top-view of an expanded metal anode according to the invention.
- FIG. 1A shows a top view of the traditional anode in which are distinguishable cutting protrusions 1 due to the manufacturing method including a cutting step, the rhomboidal geometry with major diagonal 3 of rhomboidal voids arranged in the direction of the ribbon width and the minor diagonal 4 of the same arranged in the direction of the ribbon length.
- FIG. 1B shows a top-view of the anode according to the invention in which are distinguishable non-cutting blunt lateral edges 2 , the rhomboidal geometry with major diagonal 3 of rhomboidal voids arranged in the direction of the ribbon length and the minor diagonal 4 of the same arranged in the direction of the ribbon width.
- Anodes labelled A and B are anodes of rhomboidal geometry with the major diagonal of rhomboids oriented orthogonal to the ribbon length likewise depicted in FIG. 1A , traditionally obtained by longitudinal expansion with respect to the displacement direction of a solid metal ribbon.
- Anodes labelled C and D are anodes of rhomboidal geometry according to one embodiment of the invention, likewise depicted in FIG. 1B .
- Anodes C and D were prepared by orthogonal expansion with respect to the displacement direction of a solid metal ribbon allowed to run in an apparatus along a parallel row of knives which expand the solid ribbon in an orthogonal direction by pressuring and punching.
- the ribbon manufacturing is completed by means of a last series of knives, having blades of predefined length higher than the blades of previous knives, which upon applying a pressure are suitable for modelling the lateral edge of the ribbon as depicted in FIG. 1B .
- this method has the advantage of providing an expanded metal ribbon free of longitudinally-extending solid sections which, being not subsequently cut, does not present any cutting edge and is therefore much safer and easy to handle during the installation.
- This method moreover allows to advantageously obtain a metal ribbon of the desired length directly upon completion of the expansion.
- Such method of production furthermore allows obtaining ribbons of higher length than the traditional method thereby facilitating big size installation which would require connections of multiple ribbons, with a lower solidity of the overall anodic system.
- the anodes of the invention display an ohmic resistance about 60% lower.
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IT001689A ITMI20101689A1 (it) | 2010-09-17 | 2010-09-17 | Anodo per protezione catodica e metodo per il suo ottenimento |
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PCT/EP2011/066021 WO2012035107A1 (en) | 2010-09-17 | 2011-09-15 | Anode for cathodic protection and method for manufacturing the same |
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EP (1) | EP2616568B1 (zh) |
JP (1) | JP6068343B2 (zh) |
KR (1) | KR20140001837A (zh) |
CN (1) | CN103119201B (zh) |
AR (1) | AR084116A1 (zh) |
AU (1) | AU2011303882B2 (zh) |
BR (1) | BR112013006334B1 (zh) |
CA (1) | CA2808397C (zh) |
CO (1) | CO6680713A2 (zh) |
DK (1) | DK2616568T3 (zh) |
EA (1) | EA024024B1 (zh) |
EC (1) | ECSP13012490A (zh) |
ES (1) | ES2711605T3 (zh) |
HK (1) | HK1185386A1 (zh) |
IT (1) | ITMI20101689A1 (zh) |
MA (1) | MA34596B1 (zh) |
MX (1) | MX2013002844A (zh) |
MY (1) | MY159927A (zh) |
NZ (1) | NZ606985A (zh) |
PE (1) | PE20140396A1 (zh) |
PL (1) | PL2616568T3 (zh) |
PT (1) | PT2616568T (zh) |
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CA2808397A1 (en) | 2012-03-22 |
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DK2616568T3 (en) | 2019-02-18 |
BR112013006334A2 (pt) | 2016-06-21 |
BR112013006334B1 (pt) | 2020-01-21 |
JP2013537261A (ja) | 2013-09-30 |
CO6680713A2 (es) | 2013-05-31 |
EP2616568B1 (en) | 2018-11-21 |
MY159927A (en) | 2017-02-15 |
ES2711605T3 (es) | 2019-05-06 |
JP6068343B2 (ja) | 2017-01-25 |
CN103119201A (zh) | 2013-05-22 |
EA024024B1 (ru) | 2016-08-31 |
ECSP13012490A (es) | 2013-04-30 |
KR20140001837A (ko) | 2014-01-07 |
AU2011303882A1 (en) | 2013-02-28 |
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EP2616568A1 (en) | 2013-07-24 |
CN103119201B (zh) | 2015-12-16 |
PE20140396A1 (es) | 2014-04-23 |
PT2616568T (pt) | 2019-02-25 |
NZ606985A (en) | 2014-12-24 |
MA34596B1 (fr) | 2013-10-02 |
EA201390399A1 (ru) | 2013-07-30 |
MX2013002844A (es) | 2013-06-18 |
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