Applications

IAT manufactures anodes for numerous applications, in all possible shapes and geometries. Contact us to select the best coating for your application.

Steel band plating

IAT can supply anodes for the three major plating applications for steel band, namely zinc (EGL), tin (ETL) and chromium (ECL).

Metal plating

Metal plating is a technique to create a material property only at the surface of a substrate, by plating a thin layer of a metal onto mostly another metal.

Metal winning

Within the production of several base metals, there are electrochemical processes to produce cathode plates of the metal out of the electrolyte solution.

Cathodic protection

Steel constructions which are in contact with (sea)water will start to corrode at some point. In order to prevent this, the object can be protected by means of cathodic protection. Hereby the steel object is connected as a cathode and an anode is introduced in the system to close the electrical loop.

Hypochlorite production

An efficient method to produce hypochlorite is by passing an electric current through an solution that contains salt or more specifically chloride.

Water treatment

Within the enormous field of possible water treatments, in many processes electrochemistry is applied. IAT can manufacture anodes for these applications.

Specialties and miscellaneous

IAT can manufacture the anodes for numerous processes not mentioned yet for special applications. Click to view these special applications.

Our products

IAT manufactures anodes in two varieties. The first one is the so called Mixed Metal Oxide (MMO) Titanium anode, consisting of a mixture of two (or more) metal oxides, produced in a thermal process. The most commonly used versions are mixtures of Iridium-Tantalum Oxide and Ruthenium-Titanium Oxide. Also MMO versions of three metal oxides are possible, for instance Ruthenium-Iridium-Titanium Oxide. The second variety is galvanic Platinum, which still has specific applications where it is competitive with MMO or even the only possibility. This type of coating is produced in an electrochemical process.

We have the production facilities to machine and weld Titanium, and to coat the Titanium substrates with a MMO coating or to platinise it, according to your specifications and drawings.

MMO Titanium anodes

Titanium MMO anodes can be made with a broad variety of compositions, each with it own performance and characteristics, tailored for a specific application. Contact us to select the best coating for your application.

Platinised Titanium anodes

Platinised Titanium coating are still being competitive to MMO and being used in certain applications. Contact us to select the best coating for your application.

Auxiliary products

Besides the anodes, IAT can supply peripherical articles which are necessary for your operations. Click for examples.

Busbars

Every industry or steel plant has its preference for the type of busbars, so there is a large variety of types.