Method for coating with finning preventive agent

A method of coating with a finning preventive agent comprising:

• (a) providing a plurality of molds for casting anodes, each said mold having a recess which is defined by an upper plane of a base having a shape the same as the anode to be cast, and inner circumferential wall planes of edges surrounding an outer circumference of the base and protruding upwards from the upper plane of the base;
• (b) transferring said plurality of molds in a circulating manner to stations including:
• a casting station at which molten copper is poured into the molds;
• a first cooling station at which the poured molten copper is cooled;
• a pattern-drawing station at which the copper cooled at the first cooling station is taken out of the molds to form the anodes;
• a second cooling station at which the molds from which the anodes have been taken out are cooled down to a temperature suited to a next stage;
• a milk hood station at which a parting compound is sprayed over bottom planes of the molds:
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• a finning preventive agent application station at which a finning preventive agent is applied onto the inner circumferential walls planes of the molds by a coating apparatus comprising an industrial robot;
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• (c) applying said finning preventive agent onto the inner circumferential wall planes of the molds with at least one circulation of the mold.