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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1987
Melvin A Lace, Prospect Heights, IL (US);
Mark Stanford, Port Monmouth, NJ (US);
Raj B Patel, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Gannady Volkov, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Vanguard Research Associates, Inc., South Plainfield, NJ (US);
Abstract
An electroplating apparatus for high-speed electroplating a cathodic strip of metal passed therethrough. The apparatus includes an elongated cell subdivided into a plurality of sub-cells defined by bottom and side walls and slotted partition walls for passage of the strip from one sub-cell to the next. Each sub-cell is provided with a pair of anodes, and means are provided for circulating electrolyte continuously in and through each sub-cell. The elongated cell is mounted within a surrounding sump tank which functions to collect and remove the overflowing electrolyte. The anode pairs present in each sub-cell are preferably activated in time sequence, proceeding from one end to the other of the cell.