Pot Room

The Main Process Equipment of Pot Room:
  • Electrolyzer
  • Jacking Frame
  • Pot Tending Machine
  • Vacuum Crucible
  • Cathode Bus Burs.

 
 

        Electrolyzer

    The main components:
  • Anode Superstructure
  • Cathode Pot Shell
  • Pre-baked Carbon Blocks

    Anode Superstructure consists of the following components:
  • Collector Beam
  • Anode Lifting Mechanism
  • Anode Bus Bars
  • Automatic Pinhole Alumina Feeding System with Crust Breakers
Anode Lifting Mechanism and Automatic Pinhole Alumina Feeding System with Crust Breakers are installed on the beam.

Anode Yoke consists of aluminium bar and steel bracket. The contact between them is made with welded bimetal plate.
Pot Room Cathode Buses are designed for consecutive connection of electrolyzers (Anode Superstructures).
Jacking Frame is designed for pulling anodes when they reach the lowest position of anode buses.

Pot Tending Machine

Pot Tending Machine (PTM) 6/20/2x15 t is designed for operation in Pot Rooms with pre-baked anodes superstructures and single-row transverse arrangement of pots.

PTM carries out the following process and auxiliary functions:

  • Removal of used and installation of new anode blocks
  • Breaking of bath crust during replacement of anodes
  • Alumina feeding to lateral and end sides of pots and atop new anodes
  • Alumina feeding to Automatic Alumina Feeder Bunker
  • Spot cleanup and preparation for new anode installation
  • Handling and weighing of vacuum crucible after tapping aluminium out of pot
  • Pouring of aluminium into open ladle
  • Handling of pallets with anodes and butts
  • Handling of Jacking Frame


 

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