Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Operating success of insoluble anodes for tinplate

Scopus: "Tenova, in cooperation with the Italian research Center CSM (Centro Sviluppo Materiali) has developed a new low-sludge tin plating process using insoluble anodes and a tin dissolution plant linked to the electrolyte circuit to replenish the plated out tin. 

The process is based on the oxidation of metallic tin granules by the tinning electrolyte flowing in a dissolution reactor. The benefits of the technology includes minimal amount of sludge produced and hence loss of tin thereby reducing the manpower for anode handling by increasing in safety during operation, improved coating quality, better process control and elimination of phenol vapors in the working environment. 

Tenova's new plant is one of the most important system in terms of capacity, performance and technology, further enhancing the experience and the technical solutions development in the high speed plants supplied to ArcelorMittal (the Avilet́s facility) in Spain and to Erdemir (Eregli) in Turkey"

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