EP3560370A1 - Glied für reissverschlüsse oder knöpfe aus einem plattierten aluminium oder einer aluminiumlegierung - Google Patents

Glied für reissverschlüsse oder knöpfe aus einem plattierten aluminium oder einer aluminiumlegierung Download PDF

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EP3560370A1
EP3560370A1 EP16925404.2A EP16925404A EP3560370A1 EP 3560370 A1 EP3560370 A1 EP 3560370A1 EP 16925404 A EP16925404 A EP 16925404A EP 3560370 A1 EP3560370 A1 EP 3560370A1
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  • the present invention relates to a plated member for aluminum or aluminum alloy slide fastener or buttons. More particularly, the present invention relates to a plated aluminum or aluminum alloy fastener element.
  • Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2001-8714 discloses that nickel plating is formed by preparing a deformed wire and a round wire having substantially Y-shaped and circular cross sections, respectively, made of aluminum alloy, and subjecting them to electroless plating in an acid bath containing nickel sulfate and sodium hypophosphite. It also discloses that nickel plating is formed by electrolytic plating in an acid bath containing nickel sulfate, nickel chloride and boric acid.
  • Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2014-19953 A discloses a method for producing a copper plated button or fastener member, comprising a step 1 of profiling an aluminum or aluminum alloy base material to form a semi-product of a member for a button or a slide fastener; a step 2 of forming a first copper plating layer directly on the entire surface of the base material by strike electroplating of copper with a barrel; and then a step 3 of forming a second copper plating layer directly on the first copper plating layer, the second plating layer being thicker than the first copper plating layer, by electroplating of copper with the barrel.
  • Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2012-143798 discloses a method for producing a plated aluminum alloy cast product, comprising casting an aluminum alloy having a predetermined composition to obtain a cast product; electro-polishing a surface of the cast product and then subjecting it to a zincate treatment to form an electroplated copper layer thereon; and forming an electroplated nickel layer thereon. It also discloses that a zincate (zinc-substituted) treatment layer as an under layer is formed on the cast surface, thereby enabling adhesion of the plating layer formed on the zincate treatment layer to be improved. It also discloses that a plurality of zincate treatments is preferably carried out in terms of adhesion or glitter of plating.
  • Japanese Patent Application Publication No. H02-240290 A discloses a method for plating cupper directly onto aluminum by carrying out pretreatments such as alkaline degreasing, washing with a surfactant, washing with an acid and washing with water, then carrying out copper plating using a pyrophosphate copper plating bath containing phosphoric acid and/or phosphate, and then subjecting the aluminum to a heat treatment.
  • Example 1 of the publication discloses that the method forms a copper plating layer having a thickness of about 10 ⁇ m on an aluminum plate. It also discloses that according to the method, a uniform copper plating layer can be formed, and adhesion of the aluminum substrate to the copper plating layer is excellent, and appearance is also beautiful.
  • the method described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2014-19953 A is to form a copper plated film on the entire surface by barrel plating after shape processing into a fastener element or the like. It is superior to the technique as described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2001-8714 A . However, there is still room for improvement in terms of achieving both prevention of cracking of the plated film and high gloss.
  • a fastener element requires higher resistance to cracking, because the plated film is subjected to frictional force or bending stress when caulking and fixing the fastener element to a fastener tape.
  • Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2012-143798 A carries out the zincate treatment utilizing substitution reaction of zinc with aluminum as the pretreatment to improve the adhesion of the plated film to aluminum that is a base material.
  • the method adopts nickel plating, so that the crack resistance cannot be sufficient, and the problem of allergy also remains.
  • the prevent inventors have intensively studied to solve the above problems, and found that adhesion of plating and cracking resistance can be improved by forming a copper pyrophosphate plating layer after performing the zincate treatment on a material made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and that high glossiness can be ensured by forming a copper sulfate plating layer on the copper pyrophosphate plating layer. Furthermore, the present inventors have found that the forming of a hard finish plating layer on the copper sulfate plating layer provides appearance of various colors and further improvement of wear resistance, and prevents corrosion of the member for slide fasteners or buttons. The present inventors have completed the present invention based on such findings.
  • the present invention relates to a member for slide fasteners or buttons, the member comprising: a base material made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; a zinc diffusion layer having zinc diffused on an inner surface of the base material; and a plurality of plating layers covering the zinc diffusion layer, the plating layers comprising a copper pyrophosphate plating layer and a copper sulfate plating layer in this order from inside.
  • the copper pyrophosphate plating layer has an average thickness of 20 ⁇ m or less.
  • the copper pyrophosphate plating layer has an average thickness of from 5 to 20 ⁇ m.
  • the copper pyrophosphate plating layer comprises a copper pyrophosphate strike plating layer having an average thickness of from 0.1 to 5 ⁇ m as an underlayer.
  • the copper sulfate plating layer has an average thickness of 7 ⁇ m or less.
  • the copper sulfate plating layer has an average thickness of from 1 to 7 ⁇ m.
  • the member for slide fasteners or buttons according to the present invention has a ratio of an average thickness of the copper sulfate plating layer to an average thickness of the copper pyrophosphate plating layer of from 0.1 to 0.5.
  • the plating layers further comprise a finish plating layer harder than the copper sulfate plating layer outside the copper sulfate plating layer.
  • the finish plating layer is an alloy plating layer containing Cu and Sn.
  • the finish plating layer has an average thickness of from 0.5 to 5 ⁇ m.
  • an outermost surface has an arithmetic average roughness of 0.3 ⁇ m or less.
  • the plating layers further comprise a plating layer having a different color tone from that of the finish plating layer outside the finish plating layer.
  • an entire surface of the base material is coated with the plating layers.
  • the present invention relates to an article comprising the member for slide fasteners or buttons according to the present invention.
  • the present invention relates to a fastener stringer comprising fastener elements caulked and fixed along one side edge of a fastener tape, wherein at least one of the fastener elements is the member for slide fasteners according to the present invention.
  • the present invention relates to a method for producing a member for slide fasteners or buttons, comprising:
  • a plated member for aluminum or aluminum alloy slide fasteners or buttons which has both of crack resistance and glossiness.
  • a fastener element which has crack resistance and glossiness, as well as low sliding resistance.
  • FIG. 1 shows a plating structure according to an embodiment of a member for slide fasteners or buttons of the present invention.
  • the member for slide fasteners or buttons according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 includes: a base material (101) made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; a zinc diffusion layer (102) having zinc diffused inside a surface of the base material; and a plurality of plating layers covering the zinc diffusion layer (102), the plating layers comprising a copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) and a copper sulfate plating layer (104) in this order from inside. It is preferable that the entire surface of the base material (101) be sequentially coated with the plating layers in order to enhance appearance and to improve corrosion resistance.
  • FIG. 2 shows a plating structure according to another embodiment of a member for slide fasteners or buttons of the present invention.
  • the member for slide fasteners or button members according to the embodiment of FIG. 2 is different from the embodiment of FIG. 1 in that the plating layers further have a finish plating layer (105) harder than the copper sulfate plating layer (104) outside the copper sulfate plating layer (104).
  • the entire surface of the base material (101) be coated with the plating layers in order to enhance the appearance and to improve the corrosion resistance.
  • FIG. 3 shows a plated structure according to yet another embodiment of a member for slide fasteners or buttons of the present invention.
  • the member for slide fasteners or buttons according to the embodiment of FIG. 3 is different from the embodiment of FIG. 2 in that the plating layers further include a plating layer (106) having a different color tone from that of the finish plating layer (105), outside the finish plating layer (105).
  • the entire surface of the base material (101) be coated with the plating layers in order to enhance the appearance and to improve the corrosion resistance.
  • the member for slide fasteners or buttons according to the present invention uses aluminum or an aluminum alloy as the base material (101).
  • the aluminum alloy includes, but not limited to, Al-Cu-based alloys, AI-Mn-based alloys, Al-Si-based alloys, AI-Mg-based alloys, AI-Mg-Si-based alloys, AI-Zn-Mg-based alloys and AI-Zn-Mg-Cu-based alloys.
  • the AI-Mg-based alloys, AI-Mn-based alloys and AI-Mg-Si-based alloys are preferable, and the AI-Mg-based alloys are more preferable, in terms of strength and workability.
  • the base material is desirably processed into a shape of the member for slide fasteners or buttons before the various plating layers are formed.
  • fastener elements can be processed into individual element shapes by punching out a flat wire made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. This can allow elimination of cutting process after forming the plating layers on the base material, so that it is possible to prevent generation of an exposed surface on which the plating layers are not formed.
  • the processing of the base material into the shape of the member for slide fasteners or buttons can allow miniaturization, so that barrel plating can be performed in each of the plating steps as described below.
  • the barrel plating saves time and effort for setting the plating material to a jig, enables mass production as compared to static plating, and also leaves no contact marks when the plating material is set to the jig, so that there is no concern of corrosion from the contact marks. While the barrel plating can plate the entire surface of the product, the static plating does not plate the part that have been covered by the jig.
  • the member for slide fasteners or buttons according to the present invention includes a zinc diffusion layer (102) having zinc diffused inside the surface of the base material.
  • the zinc diffusion layer preferably has an average thickness of 50 nm or more, and more preferably 100 nm or more, and even more preferably 200 nm or more, and still more preferably 250 nm or more, in terms of improvement of plating adhesion.
  • the zinc diffusion layer preferably has an average thickness of 500 nm or less, and more preferably 400 nm or less, and even more preferably 350 nm or less, in terms of cost-effectiveness of the zinc diffusion layer.
  • the average thickness of the zinc diffusion layer is defined as a value obtained by measurement as follows: A thin sample for cross-sectional observation is prepared from a member for a slide fastener or a button by means of a cross-section polisher and a focused ion beam (FIB). The resulting thin sample is then used to measure a cross section of the zinc diffusion layer by TEM and conduct elemental analysis by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Then, an element mapping image as shown in FIG. 4 is obtained.
  • the island-shaped Zn mapping image there are extremely small objects in the island-shaped Zn mapping image, but in thickness measurement, only islands that can be surrounded by the smallest circle having a diameter of 10 nm or more are to be measured. Then, in the elemental mapping image, among the islands that can be surrounded by the smallest circle having a diameter of 10 nm or more, an island located at the farthest distance from the surface of the base material is identified for every 500 nm of the boundary length of the surface of the base material.
  • the "distance from the surface of the base material” is defined as a distance from the surface of the base material to a distal end of the island (a point of the farthest distance from the surface of the base material in the island) when drawing a normal line from the surface of the base material toward the island. Then, an average value when the distance of the island with the longest distance from the base material surface is measured at ten or more observation visual fields is defined as the average thickness of the zinc diffusion layer.
  • the boundary length of the surface of the base material is about 500 nm, and in the range, the island located at the farthest distance from the surface of the base material when drawing the normal line from the surface of the material, among the "islands" that can be surrounded by the smallest circle having a diameter of 10 nm or more, is circled in the figure.
  • the distance of the island from the surface of the base material is about 210 nm.
  • the zinc diffusion layer can be formed by a zincate treatment.
  • FIG. 5 exemplarily shows a preferred implementation procedure of the zincate treatment and its pretreatment.
  • the zincate treatment itself is known in the art, and although any specific description will not be needed, illustrative examples of the zincate treatment includes a method of cleaning the surface of the aluminum or aluminum alloy member for slide fasteners or buttons and then immersing it in a zinc substitution treatment solution.
  • the zinc substitution treatment solution that can be generally used is a mixed solution containing sodium hydroxide and zinc oxide. Zinc sulfate may be used in place of zinc oxide or in combination with zinc oxide.
  • Rochelle salt potassium sodium tartrate
  • other organic acid salts with complexing ability e.g., gluconate and salicylate
  • other additives e.g., sodium nitrate, copper, iron or nickel salts
  • a bath temperature may be from 10 to 40 °C
  • a treatment time may be from 10 to 60 minutes.
  • the multiple zincate treatments include double zincate treatment.
  • the double zincate treatment is a method including once immersing an object to be treated in the zinc substitution treatment solution and then immersing the member for slide fasteners or buttons in nitric acid or the like to peel off deposited zinc, and immersing the object to be treated in the zinc substitution treatment solution again. Water washing steps may be appropriately carried out among the respective steps.
  • the method of cleaning the surface of the member for slide fasteners or buttons prior to the zincate treatment includes a pretreatment such as degreasing, washing with an acid, washing with a surfactant, washing with water, ultrasonic washing and the like.
  • a method of sequentially performing degreasing, chemical polishing (etching) and desmutting is exemplified as a preferable method. Washing steps may be appropriately carried out among the respective steps.
  • a degreasing solution includes an alkaline degreasing solution containing an appropriate amount of a surfactant and further containing at least one alkali salt such as sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium phosphate, sodium metasilicate, sodium sulfate and sodium borate.
  • the degreasing treatment can be performed by immersing the member for slide fasteners or buttons in the degreasing solution at a temperature of from 70 to 80 °C for 1 to 3 minutes.
  • An etching solution used for the chemical polishing includes an alkaline etching solution containing sodium hydroxide, and an acidic etching solution containing at least one of sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid.
  • the chemical polishing can be carried out by immersing the member for slide fasteners or button in the etching solution at a temperature of from 50 to 70 °C for 0.5 to 3 minutes.
  • the chemical polishing can remove an oxide film on the surface of the member.
  • a smut (such as an impurity contained in the base material) remains on the surface of the base material.
  • the desmutting is a treatment for removing the smut.
  • the desmutting may be carried out by immersing the member for slide fasteners or buttons in a treatment solution containing at least one of a strong acid such as nitric acid, sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid at a temperature of from 20 to 50 °C for 1 to 60 seconds.
  • an average thickness of the respective plating layers refers to an average value when each of the plating layers are analyzed with an electron microscope or an optical microscope and thickness of the plating layer is measured at arbitrary10 or more points.
  • a copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) is formed on the zinc diffusion layer (102).
  • the copper pyrophosphate plating layer is advantageous in terms of an improved crack suppressing effect.
  • fastener elements are attached to a fastener tape by punching out a flat wire made of an aluminum alloy to form individual fastener elements, forming a plating layer on the surface of the fastener elements, and then arranging the fastener tape between a pair of leg portions of the fastener elements, and inwardly caulking the leg portions.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates (b) a state before caulking a fastener element 108 and (b) a state after caulking the fastener element 108 to a fastener tape 109.
  • an opening angle ⁇ of the pair of leg portions is from 30 to 50°, and after caulking the fastener element, the pair of leg portions is typically parallel to each other. Therefore, when the fastener element is caulked, the plating layer formed on the surface is extended and easily cracked.
  • a copper sulfate plating layer (104) formed outside the copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) and a hard finish plating layer (105), which will be described below, can be formed so as to be thinner, so that cracking can be suppressed.
  • the copper pyrophosphate plated solution is weakly alkaline and is also advantageous in terms of improved plating coverage after the zincate treatment.
  • the copper pyrophosphate plating layer is a plating layer obtained by using a plating solution containing copper pyrophosphate and contains Cu and P in the plating layer.
  • An average thickness of the copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) is preferably 20 ⁇ m or less, and more preferably 15 ⁇ m or less, and even more preferably 11 ⁇ m or less, in order to shorten the treatment time (cost reduction) or to reduce sliding resistance. Further, the average thickness of the copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) is preferably 5 ⁇ m or more, and more preferably 6 ⁇ m or more, and still more preferably 8 ⁇ m or more, for the reason of corrosion resistance.
  • the copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) is preferably provided by forming a thinner copper pyrophosphate strike plating layer (103a) as an underlayer for the purpose of preventing substitution of the zinc diffusion layer, and then forming a thicker copper pyrophosphate main plating layer (103b), in terms of improving plating adhesion and leveling.
  • An average thickness of the coper pyrophosphate strike plating layer (103a) is preferably 5 ⁇ m or less, and more preferably 3 ⁇ m or less, and even more preferably 2 ⁇ m or less, in order to shorten the treatment time (cost reduction) or to reduce the sliding resistance.
  • the average thickness of the copper pyrophosphate strike plating layer (103a) is preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or more, and more preferably 0.5 ⁇ m or more, and even more preferably 0.8 ⁇ m or more, for the reason of corrosion resistance.
  • the thickness of the copper pyrophosphate plating layer refers to the total thickness of the copper pyrophosphate strike plating layer and the copper pyrophosphate main plating layer.
  • the copper pyrophosphate strike plating can be carried out by electroplating in a weak alkaline plating bath containing copper pyrophosphate at a temperature of from 40 to 70 °C at a current density of from 2 to 15 A/dm 2 for about 0.5 to 30 minutes.
  • the copper pyrophosphate main plating can be carried out by electroplating in a weak alkaline plating bath containing copper pyrophosphate at a temperature of from 40 to 70 °C at a current density of 1 to 10 A/dm 2 for about 1 to 120 minutes. Since Zn in the zinc diffusion layer is an amphoteric metal, it tends to be dissolved in an acidic or alkaline solution. However, since the copper pyrophosphate plating can be performed in a plating solution that is near neutral, it has an advantage that less damage is given to the zinc diffusion layer.
  • the copper sulfate plating layer is advantageous in that high gloss can be obtained. Therefore, it is important to laminate the copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) and the copper sulfate plating layer (104) in this order, to achieve both of the plating adhesion and the glossiness.
  • the copper sulfate plating layer is a plating layer obtained by using a plating solution containing copper sulfate and contains Cu and S in the plating layer.
  • An average thickness of the copper sulfate plating layer (104) is preferably 7 ⁇ m or less, and more preferably 5 ⁇ m or less, and even more preferably 4 ⁇ m or less, in order to shorten the treatment time (cost reduction), to prevent cracking or to reduce sliding resistance.
  • the average thickness of the copper sulfate plating layer (104) is preferably 1 ⁇ m or more, and more preferably 2 ⁇ m or more, and even more preferably 3 ⁇ m or more, in order to obtain high glossiness.
  • a ratio of the thickness of the copper sulfate plating layer (104) to the thickness of the copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) affects a balance between the plating adhesion and the glossiness. Therefore, in terms of achieving both improved plating adhesion and high glossiness, the ratio of the average thickness of the copper sulfate plating layer (104) to the average thickness of the copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) is preferably from 0.1 to 0.5, and more preferably from 0.3 to 0.4.
  • the copper sulfate plating can be carried out by electroplating in an acid plating bath containing copper sulfate at a temperature of from 10 to 40 °C at a current density of from 0.5 to 10 A/dm 2 for about 1 to 120 minutes.
  • a brightener may be added to the plating bath as needed.
  • a finish plating layer (105) harder than the copper sulfate plating layer (104) is formed on the copper sulfate plating layer (104).
  • the finish plating layer (105) also has the purpose of providing appearance of a desired color tone, and the forming of a thinner hard finish plating layer (105) can effectively produce a sliding resistance reducing function, a corrosion preventing function, and a crack preventing function.
  • the finish plating layer (105) harder than the copper sulfate plating layer (104) means that a Vickers hardness of the surface of the member having the finish layer (105) formed on the copper sulfate plating layer (104) is higher than that of the surface of the member having the copper sulfate plating layer (104) before the finish layer (105) is formed thereon.
  • the Vickers hardness Hv of the surface of the member having the copper sulfate plating layer (104) is about 100 (load of 50 g).
  • Types of the finish plating layer (105) harder than the copper sulfate plating layer (104) include, for example, a Cu-Sn alloy plating layer, a Cu-Zn alloy plating layer, a Sn-Co alloy plating layer, a Sn-Ni alloy plating layer, a Cu-Sn-Zn alloy plating layer, a Cu-Zn-Sn alloy plating layer, a Cu-Ag-Zn alloy plating layer, a Cu-Zn-Ag alloy plating layer, a Sn-Ni-Cu alloy plating layer, a Co plating layer, a Cr plating layer, and a Cr-Mo alloy plating layer.
  • an alloy plating layer containing Cu and Sn such as the Cu-Sn alloy plating layer and the Cu-Sn-Zn alloy plating layer is preferable.
  • Ni may cause allergy
  • the use of the Cu-Sn-Zn alloy plating layer can allow the same color as that of Ni plating to be expressed, and the changing of the plating composition can allow various color tones such as silver white color, brass color and gold color to be expressed.
  • the finish plating layer can be formed by adopting known plating conditions according to the types.
  • the Vickers hardness Hv of the surface of the member for slide fasteners or buttons is preferably 300 or more, and more preferably 400 or more, and still more preferably 500 or more, for example, from 300 to 800.
  • the Vickers hardness of the surface of the member after forming a silver-colored finish plating layer can be about 600 Hv (a load of 50 g).
  • the Vickers hardness of the surface of the member after forming a gold-colored finish plating layer can be about 400 Hv (a load of 100 g).
  • the Vickers hardness Hv is measured in accordance with JIS Z2244: 2009.
  • the finish plating layer is preferably formed so as to be thinner. Further, from a viewpoint of reducing the sliding resistance, the finish plating layer is preferably formed to be thinner. From these viewpoints, an average thickness of the finish plating layer is preferably 5 ⁇ m or less, and more preferably 3 ⁇ m or less, and still more preferably 2 ⁇ m or less. However, if the finish plating layer is too thin, the underlying copper sulfate plating layer may be exposed to promote corrosion. Therefore, the average thickness is preferably 0.5 ⁇ m or more, and more preferably 0.7 ⁇ m or more, and even more preferably 0.8 ⁇ m or more. Further, the average thickness of the finish plating layer (105) is preferably from about 5 to 15% relative to the total average thickness of the underlying copper pyrophosphate plating layer (103) and copper sulfate plating layer (104).
  • a plating layer (106) having a different color tone from that of the finish plating layer (105) (hereinafter, referred to as a "color tone adjustment plating layer”) may be further formed. This can enhance the color variation.
  • the color tone adjustment plating layer includes, but not particularly limited to, a Cu-Sn-Zn alloy plating layer, a Cu-Sn alloy plating layer, and a Cu-Zn alloy plating layer (a brass plating layer).
  • An average thickness of the color tone adjustment plating layer is preferably 10 ⁇ m or less, and more preferably 5 ⁇ m or less, and still more preferably 2 ⁇ m or less, in order to reduce the sliding resistance.
  • a Cu-Sn-Zn alloy plating layer can be used as the color tone adjustment plating layer.
  • the color tone adjustment plating layer can be formed by adopting known plating conditions according to the types.
  • the total thickness of all of the plating layers of the copper pyrophosphate plating layer, the copper sulfate plating layer, the finish plating layer where present, and color tone adjustment plating layer where present is preferably 50 ⁇ m or less on average, and more preferably 30 ⁇ m or less on average, and even more preferably 20 ⁇ m or less on average.
  • an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of the outermost surface can be from 0.3 ⁇ m or less, and preferably 0.15 ⁇ m or less, and more preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or less, and even more preferably 0.08 ⁇ m or less, for example, from 0.02 to 0.15 ⁇ m.
  • the arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) is measured by means of a noncontact type surface roughness measuring apparatus in accordance with JIS B0601: 2001.
  • the resulting member for slide fasteners or buttons can be used to assemble a slide fastener or button by any known means.
  • Non-limiting examples of the member for buttons include a rivet and a button body that is attached to a fabric by the rivet.
  • the member for slide fasteners includes a slider (a body and/or a pull tab), fastener elements, an upper stopper, and a lower stopper.
  • the fastener elements can be caulked and fixed along one side edge of a fastener tape to produce a fastener stringer, and a pair of the fastener stringers can be connected to each other via a row of the fastener elements to produce a fastener chain.
  • the slider as well as optionally the upper stopper and the lower stopper can be attached to the fastener chain to produce a slide fastener.
  • the slide fastener can be attached to opening and closing parts of various articles including daily necessities such as clothing, bags, shoes and commodities.
  • a number of slide fastener elements produced by punching out a flat wire made of aluminum by means of a press were prepared and subjected to a pretreatment and a zincate treatment according to the procedure as described in FIG. 5 .
  • a copper pyrophosphate plating layer (a strike plating layer ⁇ a main plating layer) having the average thickness as described in Table 1 was formed by electric barrel plating.
  • a finish plating layer (a Cu-Sn-Zn alloy plating layer) having the average thickness as described in Table 1 was formed by electric barrel plating.
  • a measuring method of the average thickness of each plating layer is described below.
  • a number of slide fastener elements produced by punching out a flat wire made of aluminum by a press were subjected to a pretreatment and a zincate treatment.
  • a copper pyrophosphate plating layer (a strike plating layer ⁇ a main plating layer) and a copper sulfate plating layer each having the average thickness as described in Table 1 were formed in this order by electric barrel plating.
  • a finish plating layer (a Cu-Sn-Zn alloy plating layer) having the average thickness as described in Table 1 was formed by electric barrel plating.
  • a black Cu-Sn plating layer (a color tone adjustment plating layer) having the average thickness as described in Table 1 was formed on the finish plating layer by electrical barrel plating.
  • the finish plating layer was not formed.
  • an ultrathin section sample for cross section observation (a thickness of 200 nm or less) was prepared from a cross section sample prepared by the CP method using FIB (Scios Dual Beam from FEI) while adjusting an electric current and a treatment time. Subsequently, using the resulting section sample, a cross section of the zinc diffusion layer was observed with STEM using Hitachi HD-2300A, and elemental analysis was performed with EDX to obtain an element mapping image (an acceleration voltage: 200 kV).
  • the island located at the farthest distance from the surface of the base material was identified for every 500 nm of the boundary length of the surface of the base material, and the distance of the island with the longest distance from the base material surface was measured at ten or more observation visual fields to calculate an average value.
  • Table 1 The results are shown in Table 1.
  • Each plated element of Examples and Comparative Examples obtained under the above conditions were embedded in a resin, and a surface of the element was polished to prepare a sample for cross-sectional observation.
  • Each plating layer was analyzed by a metallographic microscope (Model GX 51 from Olympus Corporation), and plated thicknesses at ten points or more were measured to calculate an average value. The results are shown in Table 1.
  • a plurality of plated elements of each of Examples and Comparative Examples obtained under the above conditions were caulked and fixed to side edges of a pair of fastener tapes to form element rows, and a pair of the element rows was engaged to each other to form a fastener chain.
  • a tensile tester in accordance with JIS-B-7721
  • the fastener chain was opened and closed via a slider and the sliding resistance was measured in accordance with JIS-S-3015: 2007.
  • As the sliding resistance an integral average value was adopted. The results are shown in Table 2. If the sliding resistance is 4.9 N or less, it is determined that there is no problem in practical use. Comparative Example 2 resulted in a plated element having poor adhesion and a partially swollen surface, and thus did not provide any data of the sliding resistance comparable to other examples with no swollen surface.
  • a hardness of each plated element of Examples and Comparative Examples obtained under the above conditions was measured by a Vickers hardness tester (JIS-Z-2244: in accordance with 2009). A load was 50 g. The measurement was performed three times, and an average value of the measurements was determined to be a measured value. The results are shown in Table 2.
  • the plated elements according to Examples 1 to 5 had both of crack resistance and glossiness. It was also confirmed that the corrosion resistance was improved by carrying out the finish plating. On the other hand, Comparative Example 1 had insufficient glossiness because the gloss copper plating was not carried out. Comparative Example 2 led to poor adhesion of the plating and hence poor appearance, because the copper cyanide plating was carried out in place of the copper pyrophosphate plating.

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