WO2015082769A1 - Method and cooling tank for cooling cast anode plates - Google Patents

Method and cooling tank for cooling cast anode plates Download PDF

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WO2015082769A1
WO2015082769A1 PCT/FI2014/050941 FI2014050941W WO2015082769A1 WO 2015082769 A1 WO2015082769 A1 WO 2015082769A1 FI 2014050941 W FI2014050941 W FI 2014050941W WO 2015082769 A1 WO2015082769 A1 WO 2015082769A1
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cast anode
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Patrik Lindell
Sami MAANIITTU
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Outotec (Finland) Oy
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Priority to EA201690945A priority patent/EA031257B1/en
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25C7/00—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells; Servicing or operating of cells
    • C25C7/02—Electrodes; Connections thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D25/00—Special casting characterised by the nature of the product
    • B22D25/02—Special casting characterised by the nature of the product by its peculiarity of shape; of works of art
    • B22D25/04—Casting metal electric battery plates or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D30/00—Cooling castings, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/34—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor 

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  • the invention relates to method for cooling cast anode plates as defined in the preamble of independent claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to a cooling tank for cooling cast anode plates as defined in the preamble of independent claim 7.
  • the cast anode plates are transferred into a cooling tank for cooling of the cast anode plates by means of cooling liquid contained in a cooling space of the cooling tank and for in the cooling space of the cooling tank to form sets of cast anode plates, which thereafter are removed from the cooling space of the cooling tank for further processing of the cast anode plates of the set of cast anode plates.
  • Publication WO 02/062684 presents an arrangement for conveying an anode plate from one location to another, whereby said arrangement comprises gripping elements attached to a conveyor for gripping a plate-like piece. Elements are attached to the gripping element connection for the correction, at least partial, of any possible positional error of the anode to be transferred.
  • a problem is the transporting of the sets of cast anode plates from the cooling tank. Because the weight of the set of cast anode plates may be several thousand kilograms for example about 5000 kg, it would be desirable if a set of cast anode plates could be lifted from the cooling space of the cooling tank by means of a lifting device into a such position, from where it is easy to lift the set of cast anode plates for example by means of a forklift truck.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method and a cooling tank for cooling cast anode plates which solves the above-identified problem.
  • the method and cooling tank is comprises using a lifting means comprising a cradle means for supporting a cast anode plate set.
  • the conveyor means of the cooling tank is configured for conveying the cast anode plates so as to at the delivery end of the cooling space of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set above at least a part of the cradle means that has been moved into the receiving position of the turning motion.
  • the cradle means is movable supported by an arm arrangement for supporting the cradle means movable in a turning motion in relation to the cooling space of the cooling tank between a receiving position and an elevated position.
  • the lifting means comprises a turning means for moving the cradle means in the turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
  • Figure 1 shows in partly transparent state a cooling tank according to an embodiment in a state, where the cradle means has been moved into an receiving position
  • Figure 2 shows in partly transparent state the cooling tank shown in figure 1 in a state, where the cradle means has been moved into an elevated position
  • FIG. 3 shows the cooling tank shown in figure 1 as seen from above
  • FIG 4 shows the cooling tank shown in figure 1 as cut along line A- A in figure 1
  • Figure 5 shows the cooling tank shown in figure 1 as cut along line B-B in figure 3
  • Figure 6 shows the cooling tank shown in figure 1 as cut along line C-C in figure 3.
  • the invention relates to a method and to a cooling tank for cooling cast anode plates 3.
  • the cast anode plates 3 may be cast for electrorefining of a metal such as copper contained in the cast anode plates.
  • the method comprises a first providing step for providing a cooling tank 1 having a cooling space 2 for receiving cooling fluid (not shown in the drawings) for cooling cast anode plates 3.
  • the cooling space 2 may have an open top (not marked with a reference numeral).
  • the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 defines a receiving end 4 configured for receiving cast anode plates 3 and a delivery end 5 at which cast anode plate sets 6 i.e. sets of cast anode plates 3 are delivered from the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • the cooling tank 1 has conveyor means 7 in the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 for conveying cast anode plates 3 from the receiving end 4 of the cooling tank 1 towards the delivery end 5 of the cooling tank 1 and for at the delivery end 5 of the cooling tank 1 forming cast anode plate sets 6.
  • the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 at least partly filled with cooling liquid so that the cooling liquid has a liquid surface.
  • the method comprises an immersing step for at the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 immerse cast anode plates 3 into cooling liquid contained in the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • the method comprises a conveying step for conveying cast anode plates 3 from the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 in the cooling liquid towards the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 so as to form cast anode plate sets 6 at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • the method comprises a lifting step for by means of a lifting means 8 lifting a cast anode plate set 6 at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 from the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 into a delivery position at least partly above the liquid surface of the cooling liquid.
  • the method comprises a second providing step for providing a lifting means 8 comprising a cradle means 9 for supporting a cast anode plate set 6.
  • the lifting arrangement comprises an arm arrangement 10 for supporting the cradle means 9 movable in a turning motion in relation to the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 between a receiving position and an elevated position.
  • the lifting means 8 comprises a turning means 22 for moving the cradle means 9 in the turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
  • the conveying step of the method comprises conveying the cast anode plates 3 to the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set 6 above at least a part of the cradle means 9 that has been moved into the receiving position of the turning motion.
  • the lifting step of the method comprises moving the cradle means 9 by means of the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position into the elevated position to lift the cast anode plate set 6 to the delivery position.
  • the cast anode plate set 6 can be lifted by a forklift truck (not shown in the drawings) from the cradle means 9 of the lifting means 8 for transportation to further processing of the cast anode plates 3.
  • the conveying step of the method may comprise compressing the cast anode plate set 6 by means of the conveyor means 7.
  • the conveying step of the method may comprise compressing the cast anode plate set 6 by means of the cast anode plates 3 conveyed by means of the conveyor means 7 as the cast anode plate set 6 is formed at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • the conveying step of the method may comprise conveying the cast anode plates 3 in the conveying step so as to at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set 6 above the cradle means 9 that has been moved into the receiving position in such way that the cast anode plate set 6 is above the cradle means 9 and is supported on the cradle means 9.
  • the second providing step of the method may comprise providing a lifting means 8 comprising an arm arrangement 10 comprising at least one arm member that is turnable supported at the cooling tank 1 at a first rotation point 13 and that is turnable supported at the cradle means 9 at a second rotation point 14.
  • the second providing step of the method may comprise, as is shown in the figures, providing a lifting means 8 comprising an arm arrangement 10 comprising two pairs of arm members forming an upper pair of upper arm members 11 for movable supporting the cradle means 9 at the cooling tank 1 and forming a lower pair of lower arm members 12 for movable supporting the cradle means 9 at the cooling tank 1, wherein each of the upper arm members 11 and each of the lower arm members 12 being turnable supported at the cradle means 9 at a first rotation point 13 and turnable supported at the cooling tank 1 cradle means 9 at a second rotation point 14.
  • the second providing step of the method comprises preferably, but not necessarily, providing a lifting means 8 comprising a turning means 22 that is configured for turning at least one of the upper arm members 11 about a second rotation point 14 and/or for turning at least one of the lower arm members 12 about a second rotation point 14 to move the cradle means 9 in said turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position
  • the lifting step comprises preferably, but not necessarily, turning at least one of the upper arm members 11 about the second rotation point 14 and/or for turning at least one of the lower arm members 12 about the second rotation point 14 to move the cradle means 9 in said turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
  • the cooling tank 1 provided in the first providing step comprises a front wall member 18 at the receiving end 4 and a back wall member 19 at the delivery end 5 and side wall members 20 between the front wall member 18 and the back wall member 19 and a bottom wall member 21.
  • the front wall member 18, the back wall member 19, the side wall members 20, and the bottom wall member 21 limits the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • the lifting step comprises moving the cradle means 9 as supported by the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position to the elevated position in a such tuning motion so that the cradle means 9 moves both upwardly from the bottom wall member 21 of the cooling tank 1 and in a direction towards the back wall member 19 of the cooling tank 1 when the cradle means 9 moves in the turning motion from the receiving position to the elevated position.
  • the cooling tank 1 provided in the first providing step has a generally cuboid shape so that the cooling tank 1 comprises a front wall member 18 and a back wall member 19, which are substantially parallel, and so that the cooling tank 1 comprises side wall members 20, which are substantially parallel, and so that the cooling tank 1 comprises a bottom wall member 21 and an open top.
  • the front wall member 18, the back wall member 19, the side wall members 20, and the bottom wall member 21 limits the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • the lifting step comprises moving the cradle means 9 as supported by the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position to the elevated position in a such turning motion so that the cradle means 9 moves both upwardly from the bottom wall member 21 of the cooling tank 1 and in a direction towards the back wall member 19 of the cooling tank 1 when the cradle means 9 moves in the turning motion from the receiving position to the elevated position.
  • the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured for receiving cast anode plates 3 from an anode casting apparatus for example as transferred from a casting table of an anode casting apparatus to the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 by means of a transferring device.
  • a transferring device is presented in publication US 3,938,672.
  • cooling tank 1 and some preferred embodiments and variants of the cooling tank 1 will be described in greater detail.
  • the cooling tank 1 comprises a cooling space 2 for receiving cooling fluid for cooling cast anode plates 3.
  • the cooling space 2 may have an open top.
  • the cooling space 2 defines a receiving end 4 configured for receiving cast anode plates 3, and a delivery end 5 at which cast anode plate sets 6 are delivered from the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • the cooling tank 1 comprises conveyor means 7 in the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 for conveying cast anode plates 3 from the receiving end 4 of the cooling tank 1 towards the delivery end 5 of the cooling tank 1 and for at the delivery end 5 of the cooling tank 1 forming cast anode plate sets 6.
  • the cooling tank 1 comprises lifting means 8 for lifting a cast anode plate set 6 formed at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 from the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 into a delivery position where the cast anode plate set 6 is situated at least partly above a liquid surface of a cooling liquid contained in the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • the lifting means 8 comprises a cradle means 9 for supporting a cast anode plate set 6.
  • the conveyor means 7 of the cooling tank 1 is configured for conveying the cast anode plates 3 so as to at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set 6 above at least a part of the cradle means 9 that has been moved into the receiving position of the turning motion.
  • the cradle means 9 is movable supported by an arm arrangement 10 for supporting the cradle means 9 movable in a turning motion in relation to the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 between a receiving position and an elevated position.
  • the lifting means 8 comprises a turning means 22 for moving the cradle means 9 in the turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
  • the cast anode plate set 6 can be lifted by a forklift truck (not shown in the drawings) from the cradle means 9 of the lifting means 8 for transportation to further processing of the cast anode plates 3.
  • the conveyor means 7 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured to compress the cast anode plate set 6.
  • the conveyor means 7 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured to compress the cast anode plate set 6 by means of the cast anode plates 3 conveyed by means of the conveyor means 7 during the formation of the cast anode plate set 6.
  • the conveyor means 7 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured to conveying the cast anode plates 3 in the conveying step so as to at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set 6 above the cradle means 9 that has been moved into the receiving position in such way that the cast anode plate set 6 is above the cradle means 9 and is supported on the cradle means 9.
  • the arm arrangement 10 of the lifting means 8 may comprise at least one arm member that is turnable supported at the cooling tank 1 at a first rotation point 13 and that is turnable supported at the cradle means 9 at a second rotation point 14.
  • the arm arrangement 10 of the lifting means 8 comprises two pairs of arm members forming an upper pair of upper arm members 11 and a lower pair of lower arm members 12 for movable supporting the cradle means 9 at the cooling tank 1.
  • each of the upper arm members 11 and the lower arm members 12 are turnable supported at the cradle means 9 at a first rotation point 13 and turnable supported at the cooling tank 1 at a second rotation point 14.
  • the turning means 22 may be configured for turning at least one of the upper arm members 11 about a second rotation point 14 and/or for turning at least one of the lower arm members 12 about a second rotation point 14 to move the cradle means 9 in said turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
  • the cooling tank 1 comprises a front wall member 18 at the receiving end 4 and a back wall member 19 at the delivery end 5 and side wall members 20 between the front wall member 18 and the back wall member 19 and a bottom wall member 21.
  • the front wall member 18, the back wall member 19, the side wall members 20, and the bottom wall member 21 limits the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • the turning means 22 are configured for moving the cradle means 9 as supported by the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position to the elevated position in a such turning motion so that the cradle means 9 moves both upwardly away from a bottom wall member 21 of the cooling tank 1 and in a direction towards a back wall member 19 of the cooling tank 1 when the cradle means 9 moves from the receiving position to the elevated position.
  • the cooling tank 1 has a generally cuboid shape so that the cooling tank 1 comprises a front wall member 18 and a back wall member 19, which are substantially parallel, and so that the cooling tank 1 comprises side wall members 20, which are substantially parallel, and so that the cooling tank 1 comprises a bottom wall member 21 and an open top.
  • the front wall member 18, the back wall member 19, the side wall members 20, and the bottom wall member 21 limits the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
  • turning means 22 are configured for moving the cradle means 9 as supported by the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position to the elevated position in a such turning motion so that the cradle means 9 moves both upwardly away from a bottom wall member 21 of the cooling tank 1 and in a direction towards a back wall member 19 of the cooling tank 1 when the cradle means 9 moves from the receiving position to the elevated position.
  • the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured for receiving cast anode plates 3 from an anode casting apparatus for example as transferred from a casting table of an anode casting apparatus to the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 by means of a transferring device.
  • a transferring device is presented in publication US 3,938,672.

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and to a cooling tank (1) for cooling cast anode plates (3). The cooling tank (1) comprises a lifting means (8) for lifting a cast anode plate set (6) at a delivery end (5) of a cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) from the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) into a delivery position. The lifting means (8) comprises a cradle means (9) for supporting a cast anode plate set (6). The cooling tank (1) comprises an arm arrangement (10) for supporting the cradle means (9) movable in a turning motion in relation to the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) between a receiving position and an elevated position and a turning means (22) for moving the cradle means (9) in the turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position of the turning motion.

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METHOD AND COOLING TANK FOR COOLING CAST ANODE PLATES
Field of the invention
The invention relates to method for cooling cast anode plates as defined in the preamble of independent claim 1.
The invention also relates to a cooling tank for cooling cast anode plates as defined in the preamble of independent claim 7.
In electrorefining of metals such as in electrorefining of copper cathode plates and cast anode plates cast made of anode metal such as anode copper is immersed in alternating order into electrolyte in an electrolytic tank to collect almost pure metal such as copper having a purity of 99,99 % on the surfaces of the cathode plates. For producing such cast anode plates, molten anode metal is produced in an anode furnaces and molten anode metal is poured from the anode furnace into anode molds arranged on a casting table of an anode casting apparatus. From the anode molds on the casting table of the anode casting apparatus, the cast anode plates are transferred into a cooling tank for cooling of the cast anode plates by means of cooling liquid contained in a cooling space of the cooling tank and for in the cooling space of the cooling tank to form sets of cast anode plates, which thereafter are removed from the cooling space of the cooling tank for further processing of the cast anode plates of the set of cast anode plates.
Publication WO 02/062684 presents an arrangement for conveying an anode plate from one location to another, whereby said arrangement comprises gripping elements attached to a conveyor for gripping a plate-like piece. Elements are attached to the gripping element connection for the correction, at least partial, of any possible positional error of the anode to be transferred.
A problem is the transporting of the sets of cast anode plates from the cooling tank. Because the weight of the set of cast anode plates may be several thousand kilograms for example about 5000 kg, it would be desirable if a set of cast anode plates could be lifted from the cooling space of the cooling tank by means of a lifting device into a such position, from where it is easy to lift the set of cast anode plates for example by means of a forklift truck.
Objective of the invention
The object of the invention is to provide a method and a cooling tank for cooling cast anode plates which solves the above-identified problem.
Short description of the invention
The method for cooling cast anode plates cast is characterized by the definitions of independent claim 1.
Preferred embodiments of the method are defined in the dependent claims 2 to 6. The cooling tank for cooling cast anode plates cast is correspondingly characterized by the definitions of independent claim 7.
Preferred embodiments of the cooling tank are defined in the dependent claims 8 to 12.
The method and cooling tank is comprises using a lifting means comprising a cradle means for supporting a cast anode plate set. The conveyor means of the cooling tank is configured for conveying the cast anode plates so as to at the delivery end of the cooling space of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set above at least a part of the cradle means that has been moved into the receiving position of the turning motion. The cradle means is movable supported by an arm arrangement for supporting the cradle means movable in a turning motion in relation to the cooling space of the cooling tank between a receiving position and an elevated position. The lifting means comprises a turning means for moving the cradle means in the turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
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Figure 1 shows in partly transparent state a cooling tank according to an embodiment in a state, where the cradle means has been moved into an receiving position,
Figure 2 shows in partly transparent state the cooling tank shown in figure 1 in a state, where the cradle means has been moved into an elevated position,
Figure 3 shows the cooling tank shown in figure 1 as seen from above,
Figure 4 shows the cooling tank shown in figure 1 as cut along line A- A in figure 1, Figure 5 shows the cooling tank shown in figure 1 as cut along line B-B in figure 3, and Figure 6 shows the cooling tank shown in figure 1 as cut along line C-C in figure 3.
Detailed description of the invention
The invention relates to a method and to a cooling tank for cooling cast anode plates 3. The cast anode plates 3 may be cast for electrorefining of a metal such as copper contained in the cast anode plates.
First the method and some preferred embodiments and variants of the method will be described in greater detail.
The method comprises a first providing step for providing a cooling tank 1 having a cooling space 2 for receiving cooling fluid (not shown in the drawings) for cooling cast anode plates 3.
The cooling space 2 may have an open top (not marked with a reference numeral).
The cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 defines a receiving end 4 configured for receiving cast anode plates 3 and a delivery end 5 at which cast anode plate sets 6 i.e. sets of cast anode plates 3 are delivered from the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1. The cooling tank 1 has conveyor means 7 in the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 for conveying cast anode plates 3 from the receiving end 4 of the cooling tank 1 towards the delivery end 5 of the cooling tank 1 and for at the delivery end 5 of the cooling tank 1 forming cast anode plate sets 6.
The cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 at least partly filled with cooling liquid so that the cooling liquid has a liquid surface.
The method comprises an immersing step for at the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 immerse cast anode plates 3 into cooling liquid contained in the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
The method comprises a conveying step for conveying cast anode plates 3 from the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 in the cooling liquid towards the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 so as to form cast anode plate sets 6 at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
The method comprises a lifting step for by means of a lifting means 8 lifting a cast anode plate set 6 at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 from the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 into a delivery position at least partly above the liquid surface of the cooling liquid.
The method comprises a second providing step for providing a lifting means 8 comprising a cradle means 9 for supporting a cast anode plate set 6. The lifting arrangement comprises an arm arrangement 10 for supporting the cradle means 9 movable in a turning motion in relation to the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 between a receiving position and an elevated position. The lifting means 8 comprises a turning means 22 for moving the cradle means 9 in the turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
The conveying step of the method comprises conveying the cast anode plates 3 to the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set 6 above at least a part of the cradle means 9 that has been moved into the receiving position of the turning motion.
The lifting step of the method comprises moving the cradle means 9 by means of the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position into the elevated position to lift the cast anode plate set 6 to the delivery position.
From this delivery position the cast anode plate set 6 can be lifted by a forklift truck (not shown in the drawings) from the cradle means 9 of the lifting means 8 for transportation to further processing of the cast anode plates 3.
The conveying step of the method may comprise compressing the cast anode plate set 6 by means of the conveyor means 7.
The conveying step of the method may comprise compressing the cast anode plate set 6 by means of the cast anode plates 3 conveyed by means of the conveyor means 7 as the cast anode plate set 6 is formed at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1. The conveying step of the method may comprise conveying the cast anode plates 3 in the conveying step so as to at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set 6 above the cradle means 9 that has been moved into the receiving position in such way that the cast anode plate set 6 is above the cradle means 9 and is supported on the cradle means 9.
The second providing step of the method may comprise providing a lifting means 8 comprising an arm arrangement 10 comprising at least one arm member that is turnable supported at the cooling tank 1 at a first rotation point 13 and that is turnable supported at the cradle means 9 at a second rotation point 14.
In an embodiment of the method, the second providing step of the method, may comprise, as is shown in the figures, providing a lifting means 8 comprising an arm arrangement 10 comprising two pairs of arm members forming an upper pair of upper arm members 11 for movable supporting the cradle means 9 at the cooling tank 1 and forming a lower pair of lower arm members 12 for movable supporting the cradle means 9 at the cooling tank 1, wherein each of the upper arm members 11 and each of the lower arm members 12 being turnable supported at the cradle means 9 at a first rotation point 13 and turnable supported at the cooling tank 1 cradle means 9 at a second rotation point 14. In such embodiments, the second providing step of the method comprises preferably, but not necessarily, providing a lifting means 8 comprising a turning means 22 that is configured for turning at least one of the upper arm members 11 about a second rotation point 14 and/or for turning at least one of the lower arm members 12 about a second rotation point 14 to move the cradle means 9 in said turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position, and in such embodiments of the method, the lifting step comprises preferably, but not necessarily, turning at least one of the upper arm members 11 about the second rotation point 14 and/or for turning at least one of the lower arm members 12 about the second rotation point 14 to move the cradle means 9 in said turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
In an embodiment of the method the cooling tank 1 provided in the first providing step comprises a front wall member 18 at the receiving end 4 and a back wall member 19 at the delivery end 5 and side wall members 20 between the front wall member 18 and the back wall member 19 and a bottom wall member 21. In this embodiment of the method the front wall member 18, the back wall member 19, the side wall members 20, and the bottom wall member 21 limits the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1. In this embodiment of the method the lifting step comprises moving the cradle means 9 as supported by the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position to the elevated position in a such tuning motion so that the cradle means 9 moves both upwardly from the bottom wall member 21 of the cooling tank 1 and in a direction towards the back wall member 19 of the cooling tank 1 when the cradle means 9 moves in the turning motion from the receiving position to the elevated position.
In an embodiment of the method the cooling tank 1 provided in the first providing step has a generally cuboid shape so that the cooling tank 1 comprises a front wall member 18 and a back wall member 19, which are substantially parallel, and so that the cooling tank 1 comprises side wall members 20, which are substantially parallel, and so that the cooling tank 1 comprises a bottom wall member 21 and an open top. In this embodiment of the method the front wall member 18, the back wall member 19, the side wall members 20, and the bottom wall member 21 limits the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1. In this embodiment of the method the lifting step comprises moving the cradle means 9 as supported by the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position to the elevated position in a such turning motion so that the cradle means 9 moves both upwardly from the bottom wall member 21 of the cooling tank 1 and in a direction towards the back wall member 19 of the cooling tank 1 when the cradle means 9 moves in the turning motion from the receiving position to the elevated position.
The receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured for receiving cast anode plates 3 from an anode casting apparatus for example as transferred from a casting table of an anode casting apparatus to the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 by means of a transferring device. An example of a transferring device is presented in publication US 3,938,672.
Next the cooling tank 1 and some preferred embodiments and variants of the cooling tank 1 will be described in greater detail.
The cooling tank 1 comprises a cooling space 2 for receiving cooling fluid for cooling cast anode plates 3.
The cooling space 2 may have an open top.
The cooling space 2 defines a receiving end 4 configured for receiving cast anode plates 3, and a delivery end 5 at which cast anode plate sets 6 are delivered from the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
The cooling tank 1 comprises conveyor means 7 in the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 for conveying cast anode plates 3 from the receiving end 4 of the cooling tank 1 towards the delivery end 5 of the cooling tank 1 and for at the delivery end 5 of the cooling tank 1 forming cast anode plate sets 6.
The cooling tank 1 comprises lifting means 8 for lifting a cast anode plate set 6 formed at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 from the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 into a delivery position where the cast anode plate set 6 is situated at least partly above a liquid surface of a cooling liquid contained in the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1.
The lifting means 8 comprises a cradle means 9 for supporting a cast anode plate set 6. The conveyor means 7 of the cooling tank 1 is configured for conveying the cast anode plates 3 so as to at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set 6 above at least a part of the cradle means 9 that has been moved into the receiving position of the turning motion. The cradle means 9 is movable supported by an arm arrangement 10 for supporting the cradle means 9 movable in a turning motion in relation to the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 between a receiving position and an elevated position.
The lifting means 8 comprises a turning means 22 for moving the cradle means 9 in the turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
From the delivery position the cast anode plate set 6 can be lifted by a forklift truck (not shown in the drawings) from the cradle means 9 of the lifting means 8 for transportation to further processing of the cast anode plates 3.
The conveyor means 7 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured to compress the cast anode plate set 6.
The conveyor means 7 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured to compress the cast anode plate set 6 by means of the cast anode plates 3 conveyed by means of the conveyor means 7 during the formation of the cast anode plate set 6.
The conveyor means 7 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured to conveying the cast anode plates 3 in the conveying step so as to at the delivery end 5 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 form a cast anode plate set 6 above the cradle means 9 that has been moved into the receiving position in such way that the cast anode plate set 6 is above the cradle means 9 and is supported on the cradle means 9.
The arm arrangement 10 of the lifting means 8 may comprise at least one arm member that is turnable supported at the cooling tank 1 at a first rotation point 13 and that is turnable supported at the cradle means 9 at a second rotation point 14.
In an embodiment of the cooling tank 1, the arm arrangement 10 of the lifting means 8 comprises two pairs of arm members forming an upper pair of upper arm members 11 and a lower pair of lower arm members 12 for movable supporting the cradle means 9 at the cooling tank 1. In this embodiment of the cooling tank 1 each of the upper arm members 11 and the lower arm members 12 are turnable supported at the cradle means 9 at a first rotation point 13 and turnable supported at the cooling tank 1 at a second rotation point 14. In this embodiment of the cooling tank 1 the turning means 22 may be configured for turning at least one of the upper arm members 11 about a second rotation point 14 and/or for turning at least one of the lower arm members 12 about a second rotation point 14 to move the cradle means 9 in said turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
In an embodiment of the cooling tank 1, the cooling tank 1 comprises a front wall member 18 at the receiving end 4 and a back wall member 19 at the delivery end 5 and side wall members 20 between the front wall member 18 and the back wall member 19 and a bottom wall member 21. In this embodiment of the cooling tank 1, the front wall member 18, the back wall member 19, the side wall members 20, and the bottom wall member 21 limits the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1. In this embodiment of the cooling tank 1, the turning means 22 are configured for moving the cradle means 9 as supported by the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position to the elevated position in a such turning motion so that the cradle means 9 moves both upwardly away from a bottom wall member 21 of the cooling tank 1 and in a direction towards a back wall member 19 of the cooling tank 1 when the cradle means 9 moves from the receiving position to the elevated position.
In an embodiment of the cooling tank 1, the cooling tank 1 has a generally cuboid shape so that the cooling tank 1 comprises a front wall member 18 and a back wall member 19, which are substantially parallel, and so that the cooling tank 1 comprises side wall members 20, which are substantially parallel, and so that the cooling tank 1 comprises a bottom wall member 21 and an open top. In this embodiment of the cooling tank 1, the front wall member 18, the back wall member 19, the side wall members 20, and the bottom wall member 21 limits the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1. In this embodiment of the cooling tank 1, turning means 22 are configured for moving the cradle means 9 as supported by the arm arrangement 10 from the receiving position to the elevated position in a such turning motion so that the cradle means 9 moves both upwardly away from a bottom wall member 21 of the cooling tank 1 and in a direction towards a back wall member 19 of the cooling tank 1 when the cradle means 9 moves from the receiving position to the elevated position.
The receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 may be configured for receiving cast anode plates 3 from an anode casting apparatus for example as transferred from a casting table of an anode casting apparatus to the receiving end 4 of the cooling space 2 of the cooling tank 1 by means of a transferring device. An example of a transferring device is presented in publication US 3,938,672.
It is apparent to a person skilled in the art that as technology advanced, the basic idea of the invention can be implemented in various ways. The invention and its embodiments are therefore not restricted to the above examples, but they may vary within the scope of the claims.

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Claims
1. A method for cooling cast anode plates (3) ,wherein the method comprises
a first providing step for providing a cooling tank (1) having a cooling space (2) for receiving cooling fluid for cooling cast anode plates (3), wherein the cooling space (2) defining a receiving end (4) configured for receiving cast anode plates (3) and a delivery end (5) at which cast anode plate sets (6) are delivered from the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1), and wherein the cooling tank (1) having conveyor means (7) in the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) for conveying cast anode plates (3) from the receiving end (4) of the cooling tank (1) towards the delivery end (5) of the cooling tank (1) and for at the delivery end (5) of the cooling tank (1) forming cast anode plate sets (6), and wherein the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) is at least partly filled with cooling liquid so that the cooling liquid has a liquid surface,
an immersing step for at the receiving end (4) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) immerse cast anode plates (3) into cooling liquid contained in the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1),
a conveying step for by means of the conveyor means (7) conveying cast anode plates (3) from the receiving end (4) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) in the cooling liquid towards the delivery end (5) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) so as to form cast anode plate sets (6) at the delivery end (5) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1), and a lifting step for by means of a lifting means (8) lifting a cast anode plate set (6) at the delivery end (5) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) from the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) into a delivery position at least partly above the liquid surface of the cooling liquid,
characterized
by a second providing step for providing a lifting means (8) comprising a cradle means
(9) for supporting a cast anode plate set (6), and comprising an arm arrangement (10) for supporting the cradle means (9) movable in a turning motion in relation to the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) between a receiving position and an elevated position, and comprising a turning means (22) for moving the cradle means (9) in the turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position,
by the conveying step comprises conveying the cast anode plates (3) to the delivery end (5) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) to form a cast anode plate set (6) above at least a part of the cradle means (9) that has been moved into the receiving position of the turning motion, and
by the lifting step comprises moving the cradle means (9) by means of the arm arrangement (10) from the receiving position of the turning motion into the elevated position of the turning motion to lift a cast anode plate set (6) to a delivery position.
2. The method according to claim 1, characterized by conveying the cast anode plates (3) in the conveying step so as to at the delivery end (5) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) form a cast anode plate set (6) above the cradle means (9) that has been moved into the receiving position in such way that the cast anode plate set (6) is above at least a part of the cradle means (9) and in such way that the cast anode plate set (6) is supported on at least a part of the cradle means (9).
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by providing in the second providing step a lifting means (8) comprising an arm arrangement (10) comprising at least one arm member, which is turnably supported at the cooling tank (1) at a second rotation point (14) and which is turnably supported at the cradle means (9) at a first rotation point (13).
4. The method according to any of the claims 1 to 3, characterized by providing in the second providing step a lifting means (8) comprising an arm arrangement (10) comprising two pairs of arm members forming an upper pair of upper arm members (11) and a lower pair of lower arm members (12) for movable supporting the cradle means (9) at the cooling tank (1), wherein each of the upper arm members (11) and the lower arm members (12) being turnably supported at the cradle means (9) at a first rotation point (13) and turnably supported at the cooling tank (1) at a second rotation point (14).
5. The method according to claim 4, characterized
by providing in the second providing step a lifting means (8) comprising a turning means (22) that is configured for turning at least one of the upper arm members (11) about a second rotation point (14) and/or for turning at least one of the lower arm members (12) about a second rotation point (14) to move the cradle means (9) in said turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position, and
by the lifting step comprising turning at least one of the upper arm members (11) about the second rotation point (14) and/or for turning at least one of the lower arm members (12) about the second rotation point (14) to move the cradle means (9) in said turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
6. The method according to any of the claims 1 to 5, characterized by providing in the second providing step a lifting means (8) comprising a cradle means (9) comprising a horizontal table part on which a cast anode plate set (6) is to be supported and an upright support part for keeping the cast anode plates (3) of a cast anode plate set (6) in an upright position.
7. A cooling tank (1) for cooling cast anode plates (3), wherein the cooling tank (1) comprises a cooling space (2) for receiving cooling fluid for cooling cast anode plates (3), wherein the cooling space (2) defining a receiving end (4) configured for receiving cast anode plates (3), and a delivery end (5) at which cast anode plate sets (6) are delivered from the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1),
conveyor means (7) in the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) for conveying cast anode plates (3) from the receiving end (4) of the cooling tank (1) towards the delivery end (5) of the cooling tank (1) and for at the delivery end (5) of the cooling tank (1) forming cast anode plate sets (6), and
a lifting means (8) lifting a cast anode plate set (6) at the delivery end (5) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) from the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) into a delivery position at least partly above the liquid surface of the cooling liquid,
characterized
by the lifting means (8) comprises a cradle means (9) for supporting a cast anode plate set
(6),
by an arm arrangement (10) for supporting the cradle means (9) movable in a turning motion in relation to the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) between a receiving position and an elevated position,
by the conveyor means (7) of the cooling tank (1) being configured to conveying the cast anode plates (3) so as to at the delivery end (5) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) form a cast anode plate set (6) above at least a part of the cradle means (9) that has been moved into the receiving position of the turning motion, and
by a turning means (22) for moving the cradle means (9) in the turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position of the turning motion.
8. The cooling tank (1) according to claim 7, characterized by the conveyor means (7) being configured to convey the cast anode plates (3) so as to at the delivery end (5) of the cooling space (2) of the cooling tank (1) form a cast anode plate set (6) above the cradle means
(9) that has been moved into the receiving position in such way that the cast anode plate set (6) is above the cradle means (9) and in such way that the cast anode plate set (6) is supported on the cradle means (9).
9. The cooling tank (1) according to claim 7 or 8, characterized by the arm arrangement
(10) comprising at least one arm member that is turnable supported at the cooling tank (1) at a first rotation point (13) and that is turnable supported at the cradle means (9) at a second rotation point (14).
10. The cooling tank (1) according to any of the claims 7 to 9, characterized by the arm arrangement (10) comprising two pairs of arm members forming an upper pair of upper arm members (11) and a lower pair of lower arm members (12) for movable supporting the cradle means (9) at the cooling tank (1), wherein each of the upper arm members (11) and the lower arm members (12) being turnable supported at the cradle means (9) at a first rotation point (13) and turnable supported at the cooling tank (1) at a second rotation point (14).
11. The cooling tank (1) according to claim 10, characterized by the turning means (22) being configured for turning at least one of the upper arm members (11) about a second rotation point (14) and/or for turning at least one of the lower arm members (12) about a second rotation point (14) to move the cradle means (9) in said turning motion between the receiving position and the elevated position.
12. The cooling tank (1) according to any of the claims 7 to 11, characterized by the cradle means (9) comprising a horizontal table part on which a cast anode plate set (6) is to be supported and an upright support part for keeping the cast anode plates (3) of a cast anode plate set (6) in an upright position.
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