text: Advantages cited for the IsaKidd technology include:
  * long life – the operational life of the permanent cathodes without repair is said to be over seven years under correct operating conditions for electrowinning applications and over 15 years for electrorefining applications 
  * reduced labour costs – due to the elimination of the starter-sheet production process and the automation of cathode stripping. The average labour requirement for refineries based on the IsaKidd technology is 0.9 man-hours per tonne of cathode, compared to 2.4 man-hours/t for tank houses using starter sheets. Atlantic Copper personnel reported a figure of 0.43 man-hours/t for the Huelva refinery in Spain in 1998
  * no suspension loops – the suspension loops of starter sheets can corrode and thus cause cutting of the electrolytic cell liners. The lack of suspension loops also makes crane handling easier
  * improved cathode quality – due to the straight cathode plates, which eliminates short-circuiting, and the lack of bends and other surface irregularities reduces the capture of contaminants such as floating arsenic, antimony and bismuth and other slimes compounds. The elimination of the starter-sheet suspension loops also improved cathode quality. In SX–EW operations, the use of stainless-steel cathode plates eliminates lead flakes and other debris from the cathode copper.
  * improved current efficiency – this arises both from eliminating short circuits caused by bent and irregular electrodes and from the shorter cathode cycles possible with the use of the reusable cathode plates. Current efficiencies of over 98% are claimed 
  * increased refining intensity – this reduces the number of electrolytic cells needed in a refinery and its capital cost because the gap between the anodes and the cathodes can be narrower due to the lower risk of short circuits and because the current density can be increased, making the refining process faster. Refineries operating with the IsaKidd technology can achieve current densities of 330 amperes per square meter (“A/m”) of cathode area, whereas a refinery using starter sheets can only operate at around 240 A/m 
  * shorter cathode cycles – shorter cathode cycles are possible using the IsaKidd technology, which reduces the metal inventory and means that the refinery or SX–EW operator is paid more quickly
  * shorter anode cycles – the higher intensity of the refining also results in about a 12% reduction in anode cycle time, also reducing the metal inventory
  * uniform cathode copper sheets for ease of transport – the control over the dimensions of the copper sheets made possible by the IsaKidd technology, provides uniform cathode bundles that can be securely strapped and easily transported (see Figure 7) 
  * improved safety – elimination of much of the manual handling leads to improved safety conditions in the workplace.
  Staff of the Cyprus Miami copper refinery wrote after their installation of the Isa Process technology that: “It is now well proven that tankhouses applying stainless steel cathode technology can consistently produce high quality cathodes while operating at higher cathode current density and at a lower cathode spacing than those used in conventional tankhouses.”