Stripping machine, wedge

The type of stripping machine which was developed in 1964 uses vacuum pads to suck the zinc sheets deposited on both sides of the cathode and to strip them. This type had been in use at the Kamioka Plant of MMS with good results. It had been in use for about 10 years, but because it requires a flat and uniform zinc deposit surface, conversion to other systems was requested and thus the design was changed to a wedge type. 

The first wedge type stripping machine was completed in 1970. It replaced the vacuum pad type of Kamioka and at the same time, it was adopted in the Hikoshima plant constructed using the technology of MMS and exhibited good results. About 20 units of this type have been exported to Germany, Canada and other countries. 

Figure 2 - System of the Wedge Type Stripping Machine...

In a normal newly constructed refining plant, the wedge type stripping machine (fixed type) can be utilized more effectively than the movable type. However, in an old facility like the Kamioka plant, the general layout is not suited for systemized mechanization and the wedge type (fixed type) stripping machine is not well utilized. Therefore, the Kamioka plant developed a movable multi-sheet simultaneous stripping machine in 1981 and used it imtil 1993. The outline of this machine is described below. 

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