High Capacity Anode Preparation Apparatus

An electrorefining anode preparation process comprising:

• presenting an essentially vertically orientated raw anode from a receiving conveyor to an anode receiver;
• grasping and holding said raw anode with said anode receiver;
• rotating said raw anode to an essentially horizontal orientation and presenting said horizontally orientated raw anode to an anode preparation station;
• receiving said raw anode on a platform on said anode preparation station using an anode receiving means;
• rotating said platform to move said raw anode, in series, from said anode receiving means to one or a plurality of anode treatment stations;
• treating said raw anode in said anode treatment stations, while said raw anode is in an essentially horizontal orientation, in order to produce a processed anode;
• rotating said platform to move said processed anode to an anode discharge means;
• releasing said processed anode from said anode discharge means, and grasping and holding said processed anode from said anode discharge means using an anode discharger;
• rotating said processed anode to an essentially vertical orientation and preparation station;
• discharging said processed anode, in an essentially vertical orientation, from said anode discharger to a second conveyor means.