Our Cathode
At Samuel, we understand that your tankhouse is an important asset and that your plant’s production is critical to your company’s success. Far too often, we see clients treat cathodes as an interchangeable commodity. With millions of dollars invested in your facility, you want the best-performing cathode to maximize your throughput. We have been optimizing our cathode design and construction for over 50 years. The Samuel cathode is a premium product designed to get the most out of your tankhouse.
Highlights
Energy Efficiency
Solid copper bar ensures maximum current efficiency, reduces heat generation and wasted energy.
Traceability
Every bar is labelled with its year of manufacture and a serial number, allowing operators to track the cathode’s history.
I-TACC-XL Technology
Patented I-TACC-XL weld creates a seamless bond between the solid copper bar and stainless steel sheet while allowing ease of repair.
Lifecycle Tracking
A laser marked QR code allows full traceability of each cathode, from initial assembly through each repair cycle.
Premium Material
Highest quality Stainless Steel sheet developed specifically for cathode use. Increases plating rate, improves separation of plated copper while reducing pre-strip.
Flexible Design
We will apply your preferred type of edge strip. 2-sided or 3-sided. We supply all major brands and styles of edge strip. If you prefer to install them yourself, we will prepare them to accept your preferred brand.
Custom Features
Fully customizable. We will build your cathode to fit your plant. Customized features include: v-groove, corner notches, side holes, bar dimensions, sheet dimensions, window size and position.
Cathodes for Every Occasion
Our tankhouse experts have seen it all and the Samuel Mining cathode has been optimized for every environment. It performs equally well in electrowinning as electrorefining plants. Our cathode’s conductive efficiency reduces the generation of heat, but it can also withstand the heat when the inevitable occurs.
We also manufacture cathodes for different needs. Do you run a starter sheet facility? Samuel Mining has mastered the production of mother blanks. We will work with you to determine the best solution for your specific needs.
Major
Bar re-machining
Sheet Levelling
Straightening
Bar Straightening
Welding a Bar
Bar re-machining
Buffing
Repairing/ replacing edge strips
Removing the Bar from the Sheet
Minor
Washing
Buffing
Repairing/replacing edge strips
Sheet Levelling (Flattening)
Straightening
Bar Straightening
Our Clients
Samuel Mining works with all of the world’s major copper companies. Since we started making cathodes in 1974, we have supplied cathodes to all major tankhouses in the US Southwest and Mexico as well as other locations around the world.
With nearly 2 million cathodes supplied around the world, we support projects of all sizes. Whether it is a small order to replace some poor performing cathodes, or a greenfield project with tens of thousands of cathodes, we have the capacity to support you.
Repairs & Maintenance
What really sets us apart is that our cathode performs consistently from the day it is shipped; it is simply the longest lasting cathode. This is due to its ingeniously simple and rugged design and the fact that it is the most repairable cathode on the market.
Tankhouse environments are tough. Cathodes are put through their paces. They are constantly exposed to heating and cooling cycles, violently flexed and bent in stripping machines, exposed to corrosive environments and many other challenging conditions. It is normal for them to require some TLC on occasion.
We guarantee that the Samuel Mining cathode is longest lasting cathode on the market and will perform the best. But even our cathodes need some attention once in a while. Cathode repairs can be divided into two categories:
Your Trusted Supplier
A proper maintenance program is an integral part of supporting a healthy cathode inventory. CAID will assist your team in building a maintenance program that suits your needs.We offer a wide variety of services and levels of involvement.
Call today to talk to one of our customer service representative and we will build a maintenance program that works for you.
Your cathode inventory represents a significant investment, and we are here to help you protect and manage that investment. Call us today to arrange a consultation and we will customize a maintenance plan that works for you. Repair and maintenance programs can include any of the following services:
Training - Train your operators how to perform the simplest of repairs
Inventory tracking – by employing the laser marking 2D QR code, we will provide an audit trail of the cathode’s history
Scrap management – We’ll keep track of cathodes that are damaged beyond repair and ensure that you receive the proper credit toward future cathodes
Minor repair service – we’ll clean, buff and straighten your cathode and get them ready to be re-introduced into your tank house.
Replacement program – We can provide you with an automatic replacement program. For any cathode that is scrapped we will provide you with a new one automatically
Sorting – There is a bit of a science to sorting cathodes. We will train your team or a local supplier to properly sort cathodes into the proper repair stream.
Inventory management – Our Tucson location allows us to store and manage our client’s cathode under repair inventory. Our production team will work with you to ensure that we always understand where your inventory is and provide you with the cathodes you need to keep your plant up and running
Packaging and shipping management – We will work with you, or a local supplier to manage the packaging and shipping of repairs to and from a Samuel Mining certified repair facility. We will coordinate the entire process and ensure that you have adequate inventory to keep your plant running
Major repair service – sometimes a cathode needs to be re-manufactured. Because of the nature of our design, we can typically reuse the bar and/or sheet and return your cathode into inventory at minimal costs