Device for continuous electrodeless electrochemical treating of

Details Device for continuous electrodeless electrochemical treating of Device for continuous electrodeless electrochemical treating of

1993-08-18

1994-12-06

Valentine, Donald R.

Chemistry: electrical and wave energy

Apparatus

Electrolytic

204DIG5, C25D 1700

Patent

active

053707800

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BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a device for continuous electrodeless electrochemical treating of an electrically conductive web in an electrolyte cell, in particular for anodizing or graining of an aluminium web. The anodizing or graining of aluminium webs is used in the production of offset printing plates. In this connection, treating of relatively wide webs with high accuracy is necessary.
A method for producing an aluminium base sheet for,printing plates by graining and anodizing in an electrolyte cell is known from the U.S. Pat. No. 3,935,080 (Gumbinner et al.). Thereby, an aluminium web is moved through several treating baths. Electrodes are placed in confrontation with the wet causing anodizing or graining of the web. The current applied to the electrodes can be an alternating or direct: current. This method allows the treating of wide webs, however the use of electrodes and high current conductors requires additional investment costs and power consumption compared with this invention. The higher power consumption of the conventional process is caused by a voltage-drop in the conductors and the electrolyte and the excess voltage at the electrodes; in contrast, the present invention allows a two-fold treatment of the web surface with the same cell length.
The German Patent 684,267 (Rummel et al.) discloses an electrodeless method for the electrolytical treatment of an electrically conductive wire or web moved through an electrolyte cell, wherein a current is generated by induction in the wire or web. The electrolysis takes place between portions of different potentials of the wire or web. In this case, the wire or web is passed through the transformer core several times and constitutes the secondary coil; this excludes the use of wide webs.
The object of this invention is to provide a device for continuous electrodeless electrochemical treating of wide webs as well.
This object is solved with the features of the claims.
The advantages of the invention are that no electrodes, bars or cables carrying high current and no contact cells or contact rollers for the web are necessary. The invention reduces investment costs, power consumption and requires less space.
Nowadays, high current transformers are available which are capable of inducing sufficient voltage for the electrolysis to one single secondary turn at feasible dimensions. Such a transformer is used in this invention.
The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings:
FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of an apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 shows a top view of the transformer core; and
FIG. 3 shows a schematic side view according to a second embodiment of the invention.
According to FIG. 1, an electrically conductive web 1, e.g. an aluminium web, is transported over a roller 8 vertically into an electrolyte cell 2. A first roller 4 turns the web 1 again to the top of the electrolyte cell 2. Then the web 1 is transported over several turning rollers 9 to 11 to the transformer 3 wherein a current is induced in the web 1. This current flow leads to potential differences over the length of the web 1. Then, the web 1 is again transported vertically downwards into the electrolyte cell 2, is turned by a second roller 5 and is transported vertically to the top of the electrolyte cell over the roller 12. The roller 5 is located vertically above the first roller 4 and has a smaller diameter than the roller 4. Therefore, there is a constant distance d between the two portions 1A and 1B and between the two portions 1C and 1D of the web 1 being transported through the electrolyte cell. In this way, the potential difference of the web before and after passing through the transformer gives rise to an uniform electrochemical treatment, e.g. anodizing or graining of the web which takes place in the hatched areas.
Also, the passage for the web 1 in the transformer 3 is constructed to allow the passing of a relatively wide web 1, e.g. up to a width of 160 cm.
FIG. 2 shows slots 6 in the transformer core 7

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