Arrangement of busbars for electrolytic reduction cells

Arrangement of busbars for conducting the direct electric current from the ends of the cathode bars of a transverse electrolytic cell to the facing long side of the anode beam of the next cell via cathode busbars, connecting busbars and risers, wherein at least a portion of the connecting busbars run under the cell, wherein in order to compensate almost completely for the self-consistent magnetic field of the cell, at the upstream cathode bar ends in each half of the cell, with respect to the transverse axis Q, at least two individual or groups of cathode busbars or connecting busbars run under the cell completely, at its transverse axis Q, and between the transverse axis Q and the end of the cell to the longitudinal axis (L) then, at approximately the same level, in the direction of the longitudinal axis until just beyond the end wall before running parallel and close to this wall in the direction of the next cell, and finally along the long side of the cell, to a busbar which connects up with the downstream cathode bar ends or to a riser.