Apparatus for straightening and orientating projections or nipples of anodes

Apparatus for straightening and orientating projections or nipples of an anode, the nipples being disposed at one end of an anode rod and consisting of at least two outer nipples and at least one central nipple relative to the anode rod;

• said apparatus comprising frame means;
• means for guiding and supporting an anode relative to the frame means for a straightening and orientating treatment;
• drive mechanisms supported by the frame means, on opposite sides of the axis of the anode rod of the anode;
• said mechanisms being equipped with force-applying elements displaceable transversally of the axis of the anode rod and engageable with said at least two outer nipples to exert force thereon and with further force-applying means disposed between said elements said force-applying means being displaceable transversally of the axis of the anode rod and engageable with said at least one central nipple to exert force thereon;
• displaceable support means disposed above the mechanisms on opposite sides of the anode rod and engageable with the anode to support the anode during the straightening and orientating treatment and wherein the support means are provided with self-locking spindle drives.

Apparatus for straightening and orientating projections or nipples of an anode, the nipples being disposed at one end of an anode rod and consisting of at least two outer nipples and at least one central nipple relative to the anode rod;

• said apparatus comprising frame means;
• means for guiding and supporting an anode relative to the frame means for a straightening and orientating treatment;
• drive mechanisms supported by the frame means, on opposite sides of the axis of the anode rod of the anode;
• said mechanisms being equipped with force-applying elements displaceable transversally of the axis of the anode rod and engageable with said at least two outer nipples to exert force thereon and with further force-applying means disposed between said elements said force-applying means being displaceable transversally of the axis of the anode rod and engageable with said at least one central nipple to exert force thereon;
• displaceable support means disposed above the mechanisms on opposite sides of the anode rod and engageable with the anode to support the anode during the straightening and orientating treatment wherein the support means is provided with replaceable shaped pressure-pieces for engaging with a yoke of the anode interconnecting the nipples and the anode rod.