Anode, anode basket and method of packaging anodes

A method of packaging a plurality of anodic units within an anode basket comprising the steps of:

• providing an anode basket having a loading opening, said opening having a width and a length, providing a rod of anodic material, said rod having a cross-section defining a nose or share portion, winding said rod convolutely into a coil so that said nose portion faces radially outwardly in each convolution, and so that said coil is generally planar or flat, dimensioning the outer diameter of said convolutely wound rod so that it is greater than the width of said basket opening but less than the length thereof and feeding said anodic units into the basket through said opening whereby said units, by virtue of the method of manufacture, stack within the basket in accordance with a predetermined pattern or array automatically.

An electrolytic process for transferring corrosive anodic material from an anode to a work piece defining a cathode within a conventionally energized electrolytic bath comprising the steps of:

• winding anodic rod material into convolute coils of predetermined size, said rod material having a predetermined configuration in a portion of the periphery of the cross-section thereof, each said coil being planar or flat, packaging the coils within a perforate basket so that each planar coil is disposed generally vertical and generally parallel to other coils, and circulating electrolyte through said basket into contact with said coils whereby the corrosive action occurs uniformly throughout the basket by virtue of the configuration of coils and the disposition of the coils within the basket.