ELECTRO-CERAMIC COATING BATH CLEANUP BY A HYBRID ION EXCHANGE PRECIPITATION PROCESS

A process and a system for cleaning excess aluminum from coating baths, e.g. anodization bath solutions, so that they can be reused in an effective manner is provided. The process comprises first passing a portion of the anodization bath solution having excess aluminum through a strong acid cation e...

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Main Authors KUHNS, Eric C, LEPA, Klaus, KOZAK, William G
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 06.11.2019
Subjects
APPARATUS THEREFOR
CHEMISTRY
ELECTROFORMING
ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES
METALLURGY
PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTIONOF COATINGS
TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
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Summary:A process and a system for cleaning excess aluminum from coating baths, e.g. anodization bath solutions, so that they can be reused in an effective manner is provided. The process comprises first passing a portion of the anodization bath solution having excess aluminum through a strong acid cation exchange column in a Na+ form, allowing the effluent to age thereby precipitating cryolite from the effluent; removing the precipitated cryolite from the effluent and then passing the effluent through a strong acid cation exchange column in the NH4+ form, in a preferred embodiment back through the first column, to restore NH4+ to the anodization bath solution and then adding the effluent back in to the anodization bath solution.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20170886015