Titanium Anode Basket,The use of fabricated titanium anode baskets to hold soluble anode balls or chips is common to many electroplating applications. Select baskets manufactured by an experienced and reputable fabricator,thinner sheet stock are likely to result in baskets of poor structural quality and reduced chemical resistance.
In all cases baskets should be kept full of balls or chips to a level equal to or greater. Continuous operation with anode fill levels below the level of the electrolyte will result in an increased resistance and excessive current draw in the localized area at the solution basket interface.

Titanium basket commonly used mesh
6mm×3mm
12.5mm×4.5mm
13mm×7mm

Depending on the electrolyte, an insulating layer of insoluble salts may be deposited on the mesh further increasing the resistance, even following anode material replenishment. Insome cases where the cell continues to operate with insufficient anode fill the resistance may increase tothe point exceeding the breakdown voltage of the naturally occurring titanium oxide film, resulting in active corrosion of the mesh. For these reasons the hooks or straps used to suspend the basket from the anode bus bar should be long enough to extend down the mesh four to six inches below the expected Occasionally halide contamination, especially the presence of fluorides has been implicated in rapid and severe cases of basket corrosion.
Maintaining the basket fill level can minimize or prevent mesh corrosion and ensure uniform current distribution through a single basket and across the anode array.