POLISHING TANK WITH REMOVABLE SOCK AND INTEGRATED SENSORS

Abstract

The present invention relates to a polishing tank (100) with a metal sleeve (110) and a removable insert modular system (120) configured to be inserted into said sleeve and to be removed from said sleeve.

Claims

1-5. (canceled)

6. A polishing tank (100) comprising: a metal sleeve (110); and, a removable insert modular system (120); said removable insert modular system (120) being configured to be inserted into said metal sleeve (110) and to be removed from said metal sleeve (110), wherein said metal sleeve (110) comprises a deformable area (111) so as to locate a deformation.

7. The polishing tank (100) according to claim 6, wherein the metal sleeve (110) is made of aluminium, copper, silicon, magnesium, titanium, nickel, zinc or an alloy of these materials.

8. The polishing tank (100) according to claim 6, wherein said removable insert modular system (120) is made of synthetic material.

9. The polishing tank (100) according to claim 6, which comprises a set of sensors (130) and preferably at least one pressure sensor (131) and/or at least one temperature sensor (132).

10. The polishing tank (100) according to claim 6, wherein said metal sleeve (110) comprises a cover (115) held to the body (116) of the sleeve (110) by fastening members (117) and preferably screws.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0019] The invention will be described below in more detail using the appended drawings, given by way of non-limiting examples, wherein:

[0020] FIG. 1 shows a polishing tank 100 according to one embodiment; and

[0021] FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the metal sleeve 110 and the removable insert modular system 120 according to one embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0022] The present invention relates to a polishing tank 100, shown in FIG. 1, comprising a metal sleeve 110, which can be made of a light metal such as, for example, aluminium, copper, silicon, magnesium, titanium, nickel, zinc or of a light alloy comprising at least two of these materials, and a removable insert modular system 120 configured to be inserted into said sleeve and to be removed from said sleeve so as to be able to change the interior lining very easily.

[0023] The polishing tank 100 thus combines a limited weight with good mechanical strength.

[0024] Said removable insert modular system 120, described above, can be made of synthetic material so as to be able to change its sleeve more easily. Indeed, the polishing tank 100 thus has a modular system of synthetic material inserts, easily made and easily replaced.

[0025] Moreover, as illustrated in FIG. 2, said polishing tank 100 may comprise a set of sensors 130 and preferably at least one pressure sensor 131 to measure the pressure inside said metal sleeve 110 and/or at least one temperature sensor 132 to measure the temperature inside said metal sleeve 110. Indeed, it may be interesting for the operator to know the pressure, because the latter may be quite high and induce a deformation. It is for this purpose that said metal sleeve 110 comprises a deformable area 111 so as to locate this deformation. Other types of sensors can also be embedded, depending on the information relevant for the polishing method planned in the tank.

[0026] In addition, in order to preserve the safety of the operator during the opening phase, fastening members 117 and preferably screws keep the cover 115 held to the body 116 of the sleeve 110.