Patent ID: 8241470
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: C25D,H01G

Abstract:
1. A system for anodizing a plurality of anodes for use in capacitors, the system comprising: at least one compacted valve metal anode of a capacitor to be anodized by forming a dielectric layer on surfaces of the anode, each anode having a volume and at least one well therein contiguously surrounded on at least two opposing sides by anode material, the at least one anode being contained within a container having a volume of not more than 10 times a total of the volumes of the at least one anode within the container; at least two fluid sources operably associated with the container, at least one of the fluid sources comprising a first formation electrolyte selected to interact with the anode to form the dielectric layer on surfaces of the capacitor anode, the first formation electrolyte from a first of the at least two fluid sources directed into each of the at least one well of the anode to create continuous or intermittent flow of the first formation electrolyte into each well during the formation of the dielectric layer; at least one formation cathode within the container; and a power source having a positive terminal electrically coupled to the at least one anode and having a negative terminal electrically coupled to the at least one formation cathode.