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STRUCTURE OF FAURE PLATES

Usually, the problem of Faure type grid is relatively simple as compared to the Plante type. In the case of Faure plates, the grid serves simply as a support for the active material and a conductor for the current and as a means for distributing the current evenly over the active material. Unlike Plante plates, it is not called upon to serve as a kind of reservoir from which fresh active material is continuously being formed for replacing that which is lost in the wear and tear of service. Hence, this makes possible the use of an alloy of lead and antimony which, as pointed out earlier, resists the attack of acid and ‘forming’ effect of current more effectively than pure lead and is additionally much harder and stiffer.


Because of the hardening effect of antimony, it is possible to construct very thin light plates which possess sufficient rigidity to withstand the expensive action of the positive active material. Simplest type of grid consists of a meshwork of vertical and horizontal ribs intersecting each other thereby forming a number of rectangular spaces in which the paste can be pressed and allowed to set. Such a thin grid has the disadvantage that there is not much to ‘key’ in the paste and due to a great shock or vibration the pellets are easily ‘started’ and so fall out.

A much better support to the active material can be given by the construction illustrated in Figure a, which is known as ‘basket’ type or screened grid. The paste instead of being is isolated pellets forms a continuous sheet contained and supported by the horizontal ribs of the gird. With this arrangement the material can be very effectively keyed in. Another type of grid structure used in pasted plates is shown in Figure b.

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