摘要 |
Carbon anode blocks are separated from metallic suspending devices of used or defective anode units for the production of aluminum by clamping the suspending device between one or more pairs of piston rods, by stripping the anode block off the thus clamped suspending device, and by thereupon comminuting the separated anode block in a crushing chamber which is surrounded by toothed walls at least one of which is movable into the chamber to thus comminute the anode block. An overhead conveyor is employed to transport used or defective anode units into the range of the clamping faces on the piston rods. The crushing chamber is located below the separating station so that a separated anode block can enter the crushing chamber by gravity. |