Method for automatic, continuous selective plating on a tape member
OwnerHiroko Abeiinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method to effect a selective plating automatically and continuously in order to make connecting elements such as connectors or contact elements such as relays. More particularly it relates to a method to conduct a selective plating automatically and continuously at least on one of the upper and lower surfaces of a metal strip member unfolded from a roll, wherein the metal strip is moved intermittently in one direction correspondingly with the intervals at which at least one cleaning nozzle, one vacuum nozzle and one plating nozzle are linearly arranged while it is kept pressed onto the tips of the nozzles.
Claims6
A method for automatic, continuous selective plating on a metal strip, comprisng intermittently moving said metal strip in one direction at a predetermined pitch, intermittently engaging at least one or more desired portions of said metal strip with at least one cleaning nozzle, one vacuum nozzle and one plating nozzle which have a shape corresponding to the desired shape of plating layers to be formed and which are arranged linearly at intervals equal to the pitch of the intermittent movement of said metal strip and cleaning, vacuuming and plating said metal strip intermittently only at said desired portions on said metal strip.
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