Titanium press scrap recovery and electrode manufacture

Claim 1

A CONSUMABLE TITANIUM ELECTRODE FROMED FROM TITANIUM SCRAP MATERIAL, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF COMPACT BALES OF TITANIUM PRESS SCRAP LOCATED IN END-TO-END AND METAL-TO-METAL CONTACT, SOLID TITANIUM END MEMBERS AT THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID BALES, EACH OF SAID END MEMBERS COMPRISING A STACK OF LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED ELONGATED RECTANGULAR PIECES OF TITANIUM SHEET MATERIAL OF UNIFORM SIZE AND SHAPE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY BOUND TOGETHER WITH TITANIUM STRAPS, A TITANIUM ROD SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID BALES AND BOTH SOLID END MEMBERS AND ATTACHED THERETO WITH CIRCUMFERENTIAL TITANIUM STRAPS FORMING A RIGID CORE, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PIECES OF TITANIUM SHEET SCRAP OF VARIOUS LENGTHS AND WIDTHS DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY ABOUT THE BALES AND PARTIALLY OVERLAPPING THE SOLID END MEMBERS, AND TITANIUM BINDING STAPS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY BINDING THE ELONGATED PIECES OF SHEET SCRAP TO THE CORE.