KR20210007802A - Clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an objective of the present invention, in regard to a plating apparatus plating a plate-shaped plating target while continuously horizontally carrying the plating target in a treatment solution in a vertical posture, provided is a plating apparatus capable of making an apparatus compact, smoothly opening and closing a holding part of a clamp, and accurately fixing a plate-shaped plating target. To achieve the objective, provided is a clamp horizontal cycle continuous movement-type plating apparatus capable of plating a plate-shaped plating target (P) while carrying the target in a vertical posture in a horizontal direction during a sending stroke (A) in which a plurality of clamps (4) cycled along ring-shaped rails (3) having a horizontal circuit route are moved along a sensing route. A holding part (6) installed on the bottom of the clamps (4) includes an inner fixed holding part (6A) and an outer moving holding part (6B) reversely moved in an opening and closing direction, and the outer moving holding part (6B) is reversely moved to an upper position beyond the top of the plate-shaped plating target (P) carried into a starting part of the sending stroke (A) in a vertical posture in a horizontal direction, and carried out of an end part of the sending stroke (A) in a vertical posture in a horizontal direction.

Description

CLAMP HORIZONTAL CYCLE CONTINUOUS MOVABLE PLATING APPARATUS}

In the present invention, a clamp that cycles along an annular rail having a horizontal circumferential path can perform plating while conveying a plate-shaped object to be plated in a horizontal direction in a vertical position in a sending stroke that moves the sending path. It relates to a clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus by clamp feeding.

The present applicant holds both ends of a plate-like object to be plated, such as a printed wiring board, with a plurality of feed clamps moving along a circumferential path along an annular rail, while holding the plate surface of the plate-shaped object to be plated up and down. A horizontal conveyance type electroplating apparatus in which electroplating treatment is performed while continuously horizontally conveying in a plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) in a horizontal posture of the same has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).

In addition, the present applicant has proposed a clamp to be used in this horizontal transfer type electroplating apparatus (for example, Patent Document 2). In this clamp, the power supply contact portion is opened and closed in the vertical direction, and the side end portion of the plate-shaped object to be plated is held so that it can be opened and closed from the vertical direction.

However, in a horizontal transfer type electroplating apparatus that performs electroplating while continuously horizontally conveying the plate-shaped object in a horizontal position with the plate surface up and down, the plate-shaped object to be plated is uniformly plated on both sides (top and bottom). It was technically difficult to process.

In addition, about 20 years ago, the present applicant held the upper end of a plate-shaped plated object such as a printed circuit board with a hanger jig (feeding clamp) moving along the rail, and the plate-shaped coating held in a suspended state by the hanger jig. An electroplating treatment system was developed and proposed in which gold objects are conveyed horizontally in a plating solution and electroplated (Patent Document 3).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent No. 5805055 Publication Patent Document 2: Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3176980 Publication Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent No. 2943070

The electroplating treatment system of Patent Document 3 developed and proposed by the present applicant about 20 years ago was an innovative device capable of uniform plating treatment, but a large hanger jig that holds the plate-shaped plated object in a suspended state, Since it is moved by separate rails and jig moving means in the plating stroke and the return stroke of the hanger jig, it was difficult to make the apparatus compact.

From there, the present inventor applies the idea of a power supply clamp to move a circumferential path along an annular rail proposed in Patent Document 1, etc., and electroplating while continuously horizontally conveying the plate-shaped object to be plated in a processing liquid in a vertical position. A device for processing was newly conceived and the present invention was completed.

The problem to be solved by the plating apparatus provided by the present invention is that the apparatus can be made compact, the gripping portion (feeding contact portion) of the clamp can be opened and closed smoothly, and plate-shaped coating without lateral shaking of the clamp when opening and closing the clamp It is intended to provide a clamping horizontal cycle continuous movable plating device capable of accurately fixing gold objects. In addition, there is no rattling during clamp movement including opening and closing of the clamp, and it is possible to stabilize the power supply to the clamp. In addition, the present invention relates to an electroplating apparatus in which a plate-shaped object to be plated is transferred in a horizontal direction in a processing liquid in a vertical position and electroplated, as well as a metal attached to the gripping portion (feed contact portion) of the clamp in the plating process. It is possible to electrolytically peel off in the clamp return stroke in the same tank.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention (the invention of claim 1) provides an annular rail 3 having a horizontal circumferential path fixedly arranged and installed, and the upper portion of the annular rail 3 is movable. It has an openable gripping part 6 that is held and functions as a feed contact part at the bottom, and the gripping part 6 grips the upper end of the plate-shaped object to be plated (P) to vertically hold the plated object (P). A plurality of clamps 4 that can be held in a suspended state in a posture, and a feed stroke that is connected to these clamps 4 so that these clamps 4 move the straight forward path of the annular rail 3 ( After moving A), the horizontal circumferential path of the annular rail 3 which goes back to the sending stroke A through the return stroke B moving the return path of the annular rail 3 is continuously continued. The circulating clamp moving means (5) for cycle movement, and the clamp (4) continuously cyclically moving the horizontal circumferential path of the annular rail (3), the wave at the beginning of the sending stroke (A). The branch part 6 is controlled from an open state to a closed state to grip the plate-shaped object P, and the plate-shaped object P held by the clamp 4 is the plated object P. The plate surface of) is conveyed in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) W in the plating bath (electrolytic plating bath) 2 in a vertical position parallel to the conveying direction, and the holding portion ( 6) Provides a clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus provided with a clamp opening/closing mechanism in which the plate-shaped plated object P in the gripping state is controlled from the closed state to the open state so as to escape from the gripping portion 6. .

In addition, in the present invention (the invention of claim 2), the holding portion (feeding contact portion) 6 of the clamp 4 is in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) W in the plating bath (electrolytic plating bath) 2 After moving the sending process (A), in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) (W) in this plating bath (electrolytic plating bath) (2), it is again passed through the returning step (B) parallel to the sending step (A). It is configured to continuously move the horizontal circumferential path entering the sending stroke (A), supplying a negative current to the rail part forming the straight sending path of the annular rail 3, and plating this rail part By functioning as the power supply rail 3A, a negative current is supplied from the plating power supply rail 3A to the gripping portion (feed contact portion) 6 in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) W, and the gripping portion ( The plate-shaped object to be plated (P), which is gripped by the power supply contact part) (6) and supplied with the current from the cathode, is electroplated in the process of being conveyed between the plating anodes (7) in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) (W). Clamp horizontal cycle provides a continuous mobile plating device.

According to this invention (the invention of claims 1 and 2), the clamp cycles along the circumferential path along the annular rail, and the cathode current is supplied from the clamp moving the sending stroke A during this cycle movement. Since the plate-shaped object to be plated, which is conveyed horizontally in an electrolytic solution in a vertical position, is plated with a clamp for moving the feeding step A, the plating apparatus can be made compact.

In addition, in the present invention (the invention of claim 3), the plate-shaped object to be plated (P), which is conveyed while the clamp (4) is held suspended from the clamp (4) in the sending stroke (A), is pretreated. The processing liquid in each treatment tank of the part 1A, the plating treatment part 1B, and the post treatment part 1C is sequentially passed, and it is kept suspended from the clamp 4 and is conveyed in the sending process (A). The plate-shaped object to be plated (P) to be plated is pre-treated (degreasing, washed with water, pickled, washed with water, etc.) in the pre-treatment unit 1A, plated in the plating unit 1B, and the post-treatment unit (1C) A clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus is provided to be subjected to post-treatment (water washing, drying, etc.). Further, in the present invention, the gripping portion (feed contact portion) 6 of the clamp passes through the processing liquid in the peeling treatment tank in the returning step (B), and the plating processing portion ( In 1B), a peeling treatment unit 1D may be arranged in the returning process B so that the metal attached to the gripping unit (feeding contact unit) 6 can be peeled off during the passing process. In addition, in the present invention, a cathode current is supplied to the rail portion corresponding to the plating treatment portion 1B of the linear transmission path of the annular rail 3, and this rail portion functions as a plating feed rail 3A. As the cathode rail, electrolytic plating as in the invention of claim 2 can be performed.

According to this invention (the invention of claim 3), the plate-shaped object to be plated is conveyed by a series of conveying means in each of the processing steps of the pre-treatment unit 1A, the plating processing unit 1B, and the post-treatment unit 1C, Since there is no transfer of the plate-shaped object to be plated by the conveying means for each processing step, the plate-shaped object to be plated is carried out through a series of processing steps of the pre-treatment unit 1A, the plating unit 1B, and the post-processing unit 1C. Can be returned smoothly.

In addition, the present invention (the invention of claim 4), the clamp (4) is, the vertical direction fixed to the outside of the rail sliding portion (10) having conductivity that is held slidably on the annular rail (3) It is supported so as to be reversible through a plate-shaped fixing member 12 having an elongated conductivity, and a point shaft 15 on the outside of the plate-shaped fixing member 12, and in a normal state , The opening and closing side portion (16a) is closed by the elastic pressing force of the spring body (18), and by engaging the resistance guide body (20) fixedly disposed corresponding to the start and end portions of the sending stroke (A). Cross-sectional bending with the opening and closing side portions 16a configured to open the opening and closing side portions 16a by receiving a pressing action against the elastic pressing force of the spring body 18 (pressing in the downward direction, pressing in the lateral direction) An inner fixed gripping part (inside feeding contact) provided with an opening/closing member 16 having a conductive shape, and protruding the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 to the lower end of the outer side of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 Part) 6A and an outer movable gripping part (outer feeding) protruding to face the inner fixed gripping part (inner feeding contact part) 6A at the lower end of the opening and closing side part 16a of the opening/closing member 16 A contact part) 6B, and when the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 is open, the lower end of the open/close side part 16a of the open/close member 16 and the outer movable wave formed at the lower end The upper end of the plate-shaped plated object (P) and the end of the sending stroke (A) where the branch (outer feed contact part) 6B is carried horizontally in a vertical position at the start end of the sending stroke (A) It provides a clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus, characterized in that it is configured to reversely move to an upper position over the upper end portion of the plate-shaped object to be plated (P) carried out horizontally in a vertical position from the sub position.

According to the clamp of this invention (the invention of claim 4), the gripping part (feeding contact part) of the clamp can be opened and closed smoothly at the start and end parts of the sending stroke A.

In addition, in the present invention (the invention of claim 5), the clamp 4 is fixed and held on the outside of the conductive rail sliding portion 10 held to be slidably movable on the annular rail 3 A plate-shaped fixing member 12 having an elongated electrical conductivity, and a spring in the upward movement direction by a compression spring 18, which is held in an upper position on the outside of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 so as to move upwardly. The point shaft 15 on the vertically actuated rod 13 (having conductivity) of an elongated vertical direction under pressure, and a mounting metal member 14 installed at a lower position outside the plate-shaped fixing member 12 The vertical operation is provided with an opening and closing member 16 having a cross-sectional curved shape having an opening and closing side portion 16a that is reversibly supported through, and receiving a spring pressure in an upward movement direction by the compression spring 18 The connection member 16b, which is the other portion of the opening/closing member 16 through the branch shaft 15, is connected to the lower end of the rod 13, and the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 is attached to the plate. The inner fixed gripping part (inside feeding contact part) 6A protruding from the outer lower end of the shape fixing member 12, and the inner fixed gripping part at the lower end of the opening and closing side part 16a of the opening/closing member 16 Consisting of an outer movable gripping portion (outer feeding contact portion) 6B protruding to face the (inner feeding contact portion) 6A, and in a normal state, the elastic pressing force in the upward moving direction of the compression spring 18 The outer movable gripping part (outer feeding contact part) 6B is moved upward by moving the connecting member 16b of the opening/closing member 16 upward by interlocking with the up-and-down operation rod 13 moved upward by The gripping part (feeding contact part) by moving invertedly to the closed position press-contacted with the inner fixed gripping part (inner feeding contact part) 6A with the point axis 15 as the center. (6) is closed, and the clamp (4) is attached to a resistance guide body (20) having a height difference fixedly disposed corresponding to the start and end portions of the sending stroke (A). The up-and-down operation rod (13) is moved downwards against the elastic pressing force in the upward movement direction of the compression spring (18) by engaging the engaging body (21) installed on the upper side, The outer movable gripping portion formed at the lower end of the opening and closing side portion 16a of the opening and closing member 16 by moving the connection member 16b of the opening and closing member 16 downward in connection with (13) (outer feed contact The gripping part (feeding part) by (6B) moving invertedly to a diagonally open position away from the inner fixed gripping part (inner feeding contact part) 6A centering on the branch shaft 15 The contact part) 6 is opened to open and close, and when the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 is open, the lower end of the open/close side part 16a of the open/close member 16 and the lower end The outer movable gripping portion (outer feed contact portion) 6B formed in the upper end portion of the plate-shaped plated object P and the feed to be carried in a horizontal direction in a vertical position at the start end position of the sending stroke (A) It provides a clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus, characterized in that it is configured to reversely move from the end position of the stroke (A) to an upper position beyond the upper end of the plate-shaped object to be plated (P) carried out in a horizontal direction in a vertical position. .

According to the clamp of this invention (the invention of claim 5), the gripping part (feeding contact part) of the clamp can be opened and closed smoothly at the start and end parts of the said sending stroke (A). In addition, in the clamp of this invention, the clamp is opened by pressing in the downward direction. For this reason, unlike a clamp of a mechanism in which the clamp is opened by pressing in the transverse direction, the plate-like object to be plated can be accurately fixed without lateral shaking of the clamp during opening and closing.

In addition, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention (the invention of claim 8) is an annular roller chain in which the clamp moving means 5 is circumferentially driven along the circumferential path of the annular rail 3 Belt 5A, and the circulation type circumferential drive path of this roller chain belt 5A is formed smaller than the circumferential path of the annular rail 3, and this roller chain belt 5A and the clamp 4, A through hole (29) formed in the connecting plate (28) for clamp attachment, connected through the connecting plate (28) for clamp attachment and the rail sliding portion (10) attached to the roller chain belt (5A) in a vertically lowered state. The bolt shaft portion 30 protruding inward from the upper portion of the rail sliding portion 10 is passed through and connected, and the connecting plate 28 for attaching the clamp is fixedly arranged and installed on the annular rail 3 It is movable in the axial direction of the bolt shaft part 30 and rotates in the circumferential direction so as to absorb the displacement (displacement in a direction crossing the circumferential driving direction or displacement in the vertical direction) of the roller chain belt (5A). It provides a clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus, characterized in that the movement is connected.

According to this invention (the invention of claim 8), it is possible to absorb the displacement of the roller chain belt (displacement in the direction crossing the circumferential driving direction or displacement in the vertical direction) with respect to the annular rails fixedly arranged. , The clamp held on the annular rail so as to be slidably movable is free from bumps during clamp movement including opening and closing of the clamp, and it is possible to stabilize the power supply to the clamp.

In addition, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention (the invention of claim 9) supplies a positive current to a rail portion arranged in a straight return path of the annular rail 3, and the positive current is The clamp 4, which makes the rail portion of the supplied straight return path function as a separation feed rail 3B, and moves the return stroke B, is attached to the separation feed rail 3B. The upper part of 4) moves while being guided in contact in the air, and supplies a positive current to the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) W from the separation feed rail 3B, A plating apparatus capable of dissolving and peeling the precipitated metal attached to the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 in the sending process (plating process) (A) in the returning process (electrolytic peeling process) (B). , The positive electrode 7 of the plating rectifier 40 is electrically connected to the positive electrode 7 for plating, which is composed of an insoluble anode, and the negative electrode of the plating rectifier 40 and the plating feed rail 3A ) Is electrically connected, and a negative current is supplied to the clamp 4 which moves the sending stroke (plating stroke) (A) while being in contact with the plating feed rail 3A, and a rectifier for peeling (41) The positive electrode of and the separation feed rail 3B are electrically connected, the negative electrode of the separation rectifier 41 and the plating feed rail 3A are electrically connected, and to the separation feed rail 3B The positive electrode current is supplied to the clamp 4, which moves the return stroke (electrolytic peeling stroke) (B) while in contact, and the return stroke (electrolytic peeling stroke) (B), which is supplied with the positive electrode current, is moved. The clamp 4 connects the plate-shaped object P of the negative electrode fed from the clamp 4 to move the sending stroke (plating stroke) A, which is supplied with a current of the opposite polarity, to the counter electrode (對極), the clamp horizontal cycle is continuous to allow the metal attached to the gripping part (feeding contact part) 6 of the clamp 4 constituting the anode to be dissolved by electrolysis and peeled off. Provides a copper plating device.

According to this invention (the invention of claim 9), even in an electroplating apparatus that horizontally conveys a plate-shaped object to be plated in a processing liquid in a vertical position, the holding portion of the clamp 4 in the sending step (plating step) (A) The precipitated metal adhering to the (power feeding contact part) 6 can be electrolytically peeled off in the said return process (electrolytic peeling process) B in the same tank.

According to the clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus of the present invention, the plating apparatus can be made compact. In addition, according to the clamp horizontal cycle continuous moving plating apparatus of the present invention, since the plate-shaped object to be plated is conveyed by a series of clamp conveying means in each of the processing steps of the pre-treatment unit, the plating unit, and the post-treatment unit, each processing step There is no transfer of the plate-shaped object to be plated by the conveying means of the plate, and the plate-shaped object to be plated can be smoothly transported through a series of processing steps of the pre-treatment unit, the plating unit, and the post-treatment unit. Further, according to the present invention, the gripping portion (power supply contact portion) of the clamp can be opened and closed smoothly. Further, according to the present invention, the plate-shaped object to be plated can be accurately fixed without lateral shaking of the clamp when the clamp is opened or closed. In addition, according to the present invention, there is no rattling during clamp movement including opening and closing of the clamp, and it is possible to stabilize the power supply to the clamp. In addition, according to the present invention, even in an electroplating apparatus that horizontally conveys a plate-shaped object to be plated in a processing liquid in a vertical position, the metal attached to the feed contact portion of the clamp in the sending step (plating step) is removed from the clamp in the same tank Electrolytic peeling can be performed in the return stroke.

The clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus of the present invention is suitable as an apparatus for plating a flexible plate-shaped object in the shape of a square or long strip, and in particular, by a support roll and a driving roll installed outside the apparatus. A flexible long strip-shaped plate-shaped plate-shaped plate supported in a vertical position, or a flexible long strip-shaped plate-shaped plate supported in a vertical position by a supply roll and a take-up drive roll installed on the outside of the device. It is suitable as an apparatus for plating gold objects.

1 is a schematic plan view of the present invention.
2 is a schematic plan view of the present invention.
3 is a longitudinal side view of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
4 is a schematic plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a side view showing the clamp of the present invention.
6 is a front view showing the clamp of the present invention.
7 is a side view showing another embodiment of the clamp of the present invention.
8 is a front view of the clamp shown in FIG. 7.
9 is a view showing another embodiment of the clamp of the present invention, (A) is a side view, (B) is a front view.
10 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

An embodiment of the clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. 1 is a schematic plan view of an electroplating apparatus showing an example in which a thin and flexible plate-shaped object to be plated (P) is a long strip-shaped object, and FIG. 2 is a thin and flexible plate-shaped object to be plated (P) such as a printed circuit board. It is a schematic plan view of an electroplating apparatus showing an example of a rectangular object, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view of the electroplating apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. 4 is a schematic plan view of another example of a plating apparatus.

The clamp horizontal cycle shown in Figs. 1 to 4, a continuous movable plating device (hereinafter, it may be abbreviated as a plating device) (1) is a horizontal circumference arranged in a fixed arrangement (fixed to a mount, etc. not shown in the drawing) It has an annular rail 3 having a path, and an openable and closeable gripping part 6, which is held in the annular rail 3 so that the upper part is slidably movable, and functions as a feed contact part at the lower part, and the gripping part ( 6) A plurality of clamps (4) capable of holding the upper end of the plate-shaped object (P) and holding the object (P) suspended in a vertical position (this clamp (4) is an annular rail (3) A plurality of circumferential paths are provided) and a feed stroke that is connected to these clamps 4, and these clamps 4 move the straight forward path of the annular rail 3 After moving (A), the horizontal circumferential path of the annular rail 3 to enter the sending stroke (A) again through the movement of the return stroke (B) moving the return path of the annular rail (3) Circulating clamp moving means 5 (annular roller chain belt 5A which is circumferentially driven along the circumferential path of the annular rail 3) and the annular rail 3 The clamp 4, which continuously cycles through the horizontal circumferential path of ), is controlled from the open state to the closed state at the start end of the sending stroke (A) so that the plate-shaped object to be plated ( P) is held, and the plate-shaped object P held by the clamp 4 is a plating bath (electrolytic plating bath) in a vertical position in which the plate surface of the plated object P is parallel to the conveyance direction ( 2) The plate-shaped plated object in a gripped state by being conveyed in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) W and controlled from the closed state to the open state at the end of the sending process (A). A clamp opening/closing mechanism is provided so that (P) is released from the gripping portion 6.

The clamp moving means 5 circumferentially drives an annular roller chain belt 5A wound around a sprocket or a grooved pulley in a circulating manner by a conveyance drive motor (not shown).

In addition, in the electroplating apparatus of FIG. 2 showing an example in which the plate-shaped object P is a square object, the attachment interval of the clamp 4 is made narrower than that of the electroplating apparatus of FIG. 1, and the clamp 4 is attached. The number is increasing. In Figs. 1, 2, and 4, only some of the clamps 4 are shown in order to avoid complication. However, the clamp 4 is provided at the same attachment interval over the entire range of the clamp moving means 5 (roller chain belt 5A) driven circumferentially in a circulating manner.

In the clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus shown in Figs. 1 to 3 (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as plating apparatus) (1), the gripping portion (feeding contact portion) 6 of the clamp 4 is a plating bath (Electrolytic plating bath) (2) After moving the sending step (A) in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) (W), the above in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) (W) in this plating bath (electrolytic plating bath) (2) It is configured to continuously move the horizontal circumferential path that goes back to the sending stroke (A) through the return stroke (B) parallel to the sending stroke (A), and the straight sending path of the annular rail (3) is A cathode current is supplied to the formed rail part, and this rail part functions as a feeding rail 3A for plating, and the gripping part (feeding contact) in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) W from this plating feed rail 3A The plate-shaped object to be plated (P), which is supplied with the negative electrode current to the negative) (6), is gripped by this gripping part (feed contact part) 6 and supplied with the negative current (electrolytic plating solution) (W) Electroplating is performed in the process of being conveyed between the insoluble plating anode 7 (shown in FIG. 3) in the inside. In addition, in Figs. 1 and 2, reference numeral 2a denotes an inlet for carrying the plate-shaped object P into the electrolyzer 2, and 2b denotes the plate-shaped object P into the electrolyzer 2 It shows an exit to take out. A well-known seal roller may be arranged in the carry-in port 2a or the carry-out port 2b.

The clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus (hereinafter, sometimes abbreviated as a plating apparatus) 1 shown in FIG. 4 is in a state in which the clamp 4 is suspended from the clamp 4 in the sending stroke (A). The plate-shaped plated object P, which is held and conveyed, sequentially passes through the treatment liquid in each treatment tank of the pretreatment unit 1A, the plating treatment unit 1B, and the post treatment unit 1C, and the clamp ( 4) The plate-shaped object to be plated (P), which is maintained in a suspended state and conveyed in the sending step (A), is pre-treated (degreasing, washed with water, and pickled) in the pre-treatment unit 1A. , Water washing, etc.), plating treatment in the plating treatment unit 1B, and post treatment (water washing, drying, etc.) in the post treatment unit 1C. This plating apparatus 1 also supplies a cathode current to a rail portion corresponding to the plating treatment portion 1B of the linear feed path of the annular rail 3, and feeds the rail portion with a plating feed rail 3A. It is a cathode rail that functions as a.

In addition, in the plating apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 4, the gripping portion (feeding contact portion) 6 of the clamp 4 passes through the processing liquid in the peeling treatment tank in the returning stroke (B), and the A peeling treatment part (1D) is provided in the returning step (B) so that the metal attached to the gripping part (feeding contact part) 6 in the plating treatment part 1B of the sending step (A) can be peeled off during the passing process. Arrangement is installing.

Hereinafter, the clamp 4 will be described in detail based on FIGS. 5 to 9. Fig. 5 is a side view of the clamp, Fig. 6 is a front view of the clamp of Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is a side view showing another embodiment of the clamp, and Fig. 8 is a front view of the clamp of Fig. 7. In addition, FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of a clamp, (A) is a side view, (B) is a front view.

The clamp 4 shown in Figs. 5 to 8 and the clamp 4 shown in Fig. 9 are spacer members on the outside of the conductive rail sliding portion 10 held in the annular rail 3 so as to be slidably movable. A plate-shaped fixing member 12 having an elongated conductivity in the vertical direction fixed and supported through (11), and the plate-shaped fixing member 12 outside of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 is supported so as to be reversible through the branch shaft 15, In the normal state, the opening and closing side portion 16a is closed by the elastic pressing force of the spring body 18 (a compression coil spring in the clamp 4 of Figs. 5 to 8, and a torsion coil spring in the clamp 4 of Fig. 9). , Pressing against the elastic pressing force of the spring body 18 by engaging the resistance guide body 20 (not shown in Fig. 9) fixedly disposed corresponding to the start and end portions of the sending stroke (A) The opening and closing side portion 16a configured to open the opening and closing side portion 16a by receiving an action (pressing in the downward direction in the clamp 4 of FIGS. 5 to 8, and pressing in the transverse direction in the clamp 4 of FIG. 9) An inner fixed wave provided with an opening/closing member 16 having a conductive cross-sectional curved shape with ), and protruding the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 to the lower end of the outer side of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 A branch part (inner feed contact part) 6A and an outer movable protruding formed to face the inner fixed gripping part (inner feed contact part) 6A at the lower end of the opening and closing side part 16a of the opening and closing member 16 It consisted of a gripping part (outer power supply contact part) 6B. In addition, when the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 is open, the lower end of the open/close side part 16a of the open/close member 16 and the outer movable gripping part (outside feed contact part) formed at the lower end ( 6B) is a horizontal direction from the upper end of the plate-shaped plated object (P) to be carried horizontally in a vertical position at the start end of the sending stroke (A) and the end of the sending stroke (A) in a vertical position. It is configured to move in reverse to an upward position beyond the upper end of the plate-shaped object to be plated (P) to be carried out. The inner fixed gripping part (inner feeding contact part) 6A is positioned inside the carrying line of the plate-shaped plated object P carried horizontally in a vertical position, and opened and closed from the outside with the carrying line interposed therebetween. The outer movable gripping portion (outer power feeding contact portion) 6B to be closed is closed.

The clamp 4 shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 to 8 includes the plate-shaped fixing member 12, and an upper holding portion 12a and a lower portion fixed to the upper outer surface of the plate-shaped fixing member 12. Up-and-down operation rod 13 that penetrates through the holding part 12b and is maintained to be movable up and down, and has an elongated shape in the vertical direction receiving spring pressure in the upward movement direction by a compression spring (compression coil spring) 18 ), and a cross-sectional curved shape having an opening and closing side portion 16a that is reversibly supported through a branch shaft 15 on a mounting metal member 14 installed at a lower position outside the plate-shaped fixing member 12 (Fig. In the embodiment of 5, an opening/closing member 16 having conductivity of an up-and-down inverted L-shape is provided, and the up-and-down springs are subjected to spring pressure in the upward movement direction by the compression spring (compression coil spring) 18. A connection member 16b, which is the other part of the opening/closing member 16 through the point shaft 15, is connected to the lower end of the operation rod 13 (connection member 16b of the opening/closing member 16) It is connected by a connecting shaft 17 that has been inserted through the long hole 16c formed in).

In the normal state, the connecting member 16b of the opening/closing member 16 is moved upward by interlocking with the vertical actuating rod 13 moved upward by an elastic pressing force in the upward movement direction of the compression spring 18. By doing so, the outer movable gripping part (outer feeding contact part) 6B is driven to the closed position pressed to the inner fixed gripping part (inner feeding contact part) 6A with the point axis 15 as the center. By reversing movement, the gripping part (feeding contact part) 6 is closed.

This clamp (shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8) has a fixedly arranged resistance guide body 20 corresponding to the start and end portions of the sending stroke (A) 4) by engaging the engaging body (21) installed on the upper part of the compression spring (compression coil spring) 18 against the elastic pressing force in the upward movement direction, the vertical movement rod 13 is moved downward, , Formed in the lower end of the opening and closing side portion 16a of the opening and closing member 16 by moving the connection member 16b of the opening and closing member 16 downward by interlocking with the vertically moving rod 13 The outer movable gripping part (outer feeding contact part) 6B is in an inclined open position (Fig. 3, Fig. 5,) away from the inner fixed gripping part (inner feeding contact part) 6A with the point axis 15 as the center. The gripping part (power feeding contact part) 6 is opened and can be opened and closed by vertically reversing movement to (shown by a dashed-dotted line in Fig. 7). In the clamp 4 shown in Figs. 3 and 5 to 8, the clamp 4 is opened by pressing in the downward direction. For this reason, unlike a clamp of a mechanism in which the clamp is opened by pressing in the transverse direction (for example, the clamp 4 shown in Fig. 9), the plate-shaped object to be plated is removed without lateral shaking of the clamp during opening and closing. There is an advantage of being able to fix it accurately.

When the gripping part (feeding contact part) 6 is open, the lower end of the open/close side part 16a of the open/close member 16 and the outer movable gripping part (outside feed contact part) 6B formed at the lower end A, from the upper end of the plate-shaped plated object (P) carried in the horizontal direction in a vertical position at the start of the sending stroke (A) and the end of the sending stroke (A) in a horizontal direction in a vertical position It is configured to move in reverse to an upward position beyond the upper end of the plate-shaped object P to be plated. In addition, reference numeral T shown in Figs. 5 and 7 denotes the upper end level of the plate-shaped object P.

In addition, the resistance guide body 20 is extended and installed throughout the return stroke (B), and the gripping portion (feeding contact portion) 6 of the clamp 4 is opened throughout the return stroke (B). It is also possible to make it.

As the engagement body 21, in Figs. 5 to 8, the plate shape is fixed by using the bent portion of the plate-shaped reversing lever 22 having a substantially triangular shape (may be an approximately L-shaped shape) as a fulcrum. A shaft is reversibly attached to the upper end of the member 12 by a support shaft 23, and the lower end of the reversing lever 22 is connected to the upper end of the vertical operation rod 13 through a shaft 24, A rotation roller 25 is rotatably attached to the upper end of the reversing lever 22, and this rotation roller 25 is used as an engaging body. This rotating roller (engaging body) 25 rolls along the lower surface portion (20a) of the resistance guide body (20) having a height difference installed at the open position of the circumferential movement path of the clamp (4). In the engaged state (轉動), the reversing lever 22 is inverted downward (indicated by a dashed-dotted line in Figs. 6 and 8) with the support shaft 23 as the center, and inverted downward. The vertical operation rod 13 connected to the lower end of the reversing lever 22 is configured to move downward against the spring pressure of the compression spring (compression coil spring) 18.

As shown in Figs. 6 and 8, the lower surface of the resistance guide body 20 is, in the moving direction of the clamp 4, the intermediate portion is a lower lower surface portion 20a, and the lower lower surface portion 20a Both sides of the inclined lower surface part 20b gradually become higher from the lower lower surface part.

In addition, although not shown, as the engaging body 21, the upper end of the vertical operation rod 13 is extended upward, and the rotating roller 25 is rotatably installed on the extended upper end. The rotary roller 25 may be engaged as an engaging body.

The lower part of the clamp 4 that enters the electrolyte (W) is insulated with an acid-resistant rubber cap (27) shown by a dashed-dotted line in FIGS. 5 to 8 except for the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 Has been.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 7, the clamp moving means 5 is an annular roller chain belt 5A that is circumferentially driven along the circumferential path of the annular rail 3, and this roller chain The circulation type circumferential drive path of the belt 5A is formed smaller than the circumferential path of the annular rail 3, and this roller chain belt 5A and the clamp 4 fall vertically to this roller chain belt 5A. The upper part of the rail sliding part 10 is connected through the clamp attachment connection plate 28 and the rail sliding part 10 attached in a state, and the through hole 29 formed in the clamp attachment connection plate 28 The displacement of the chain belt 5A with respect to the annular rail 3 fixedly arranged and connected to the bolt shaft 30 protruding in the inward direction from In order to absorb the displacement in the direction crossing the driving direction or the displacement in the vertical direction), it is movable in the axial direction of the bolt shaft part 30 and is connected to enable rotational movement in the circumferential direction.

As shown in Figs. 5 to 8, the plate-shaped fixing member 12 is provided with a pair of left and right bolt engagement holes 32. The outer side of the spacer member 11 fixed to the outer surface of the rail sliding part 10 through the bolt engaging hole 32 with a fixing bolt 33 for fixing and holding the plate-shaped fixing member 12 Screw on the side. The bolt engaging hole 32 has a lower hole portion having a width allowing passage of the bolt head portion of the fixing bolt 33, and the upper hole portion continuous with the lower hole portion is the fixing bolt 33 It is formed in a narrow width that allows the passage of the bolt shaft of the bolt, but does not allow the passage of the bolt head. In the embodiments shown in Figs. 6 and 8, the lower hole is formed in a circular shape, and the upper hole continuous with the lower hole is formed vertically long.

In order to fix the clamp 4, the lower hole of the bolt engaging hole 32 is inserted through a pair of left and right fixing bolts 33 screwed to the spacer member 11 in a temporary fixation state. , If the clamp 4 is lowered, the upper hole is caught in the fixing bolt 33, and if the fixing bolt 33 is tightened in such a locked state, the fixing state can be reliably maintained. When the clamp 4 is removed from the fixed attachment state, the tightened fixing bolt 33 is released to the temporary fixed state, and the clamp 4 is lifted to remove it from the lower hole. Therefore, since the clamp 4 having an elongated structure in the vertical direction from the apparatus main body can be easily and reliably attached and detached, the efficiency of the inspection operation of the clamp and the inspection operation of the plating apparatus main body can be improved.

As described above, the clamp 4, which functions as a power supply clamp, is made of a conductive metal (stainless steel or the like). In the embodiment of the clamp shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the lower portion of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 including the inner fixed gripping portion (inner feeding contact portion) 6A and the outer movable gripping portion (outside feeding contact portion) The lower portion of the opening and closing side portion 16a of the opening and closing member 16 including a contact portion) 6B is formed by symmetric plate-shaped holding members 35 and 36 made of titanium material.

In addition, in the embodiment of the clamp shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the upper holding portion 12A made of stainless steel fixed to the outer surface of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 (specifically, the plate-shaped fixing member 12). )) and the opening/closing side portion 16a (specifically, the upper portion of the opening/closing side portion 16a) of the opening/closing member 16 were connected so as to be energized by a lead wire 38. As shown in Fig. 8, the connection by this lead wire 38 was connected by a pair of left and right lead wires 38 and 38, respectively. The connecting means of the lead wire 38 can be performed by a general connection method in which a crimped terminal attached to the end of the lead wire 38 is screwed with a bolt. By the wiring of this lead wire 38, it is possible to easily flow a current through the opening and closing side portion 16a of the opening and closing member 16, which tends to cause unstable power supply, and the above-mentioned is provided at the lower end of the opening and closing side portion 16a. The power supply efficiency to the outer movable gripping portion (outer power feeding contact portion) 6B can be significantly improved. In addition, in the embodiment of the clamp shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the lead wire 38 is not wired. However, in the clamps shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the lead wire 38 similar to the embodiment of Figs. It is preferable to wire.

The clamp 4 shown in FIG. 9 is an open/close side portion 16a reversibly supported by a mounting metal member 14 installed at a substantially intermediate position outside of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 through a branch shaft 15. ), and in a normal state, the upper part of the opening and closing member 16 is opened and enlarged by the torsion coil spring 18 attached to the branch shaft 15. A force is applied in the direction, and the open/close side portion 16a of the lower portion of the opening/closing member 16 receives a force in the closing direction, so as to close the gripping portion (feed contact portion) 6. A rotating roller 25 functioning as an engaging body 21 is attached to the upper end of the opening/closing member 16. In addition, the resistance guide body 20 (not shown in Fig. 9) and the engagement body 21 (rotary roller 25) fixedly disposed corresponding to the start and end portions of the sending stroke (A). The opening and closing side portion 16a is opened by receiving a pressing action in the transverse direction (indicated by G in Fig. 9) against the elastic pressing force of the torsion coil spring 18 by engagement of the torsion coil spring 18.

In addition, the clamp 4 shown in Fig. 9 is also similar to the clamp shown in Figs. 7 and 8 described above, of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 including the inner fixed gripping part (inner feeding contact part) 6A. The lower portion of the opening and closing side portion 16a of the opening and closing member 16 including the lower portion and the outer movable holding portion (outer power feeding contact portion) 6B is formed of a titanium material. , 36). In addition, the clamp 4 shown in FIG. 9 is also similar to the clamp shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 described above, the lower part of the clamp 4 except for the gripping part (power feeding contact part) 6, as shown in FIG. It is insulated with an acid-resistant rubber cap 27 indicated by a dashed-dotted line.

As shown in the embodiment of Fig. 10, the electrolytic plating apparatus 1 shown in Figs. 1 to 3 supplies a positive current to a rail portion arranged in a straight return path of the annular rail 3 The clamp 4 makes the rail portion of the straight return path to which the positive current is supplied to function as the separation feed rail 3B, and moves the return stroke B, the separation feed rail ( 3B), the upper part of the clamp 4 is moved while being contacted and guided in the air, and the positive electrode is applied to the gripping part (feed contact part) 6 in the plating solution (electrolytic plating solution) W from the separation feed rail 3B. A current of was supplied, and the deposited metal attached to the gripping portion (feeding contact portion) 6 in the sending process (plating process) (A) was dissolved in the returning process (B) to be peeled off.

As shown in Fig. 10, the positive electrode (plus electrode) of the plating rectifier (supply power supply) 40 and the plating anode 7 composed of an insoluble anode are electrically connected, and the plating rectifier (supply power supply) A clamp that electrically connects the negative electrode (minus electrode) of 40 and the feeding rail 3A for plating, and moves the sending step (plating step) A while contacting the feeding rail 3A for plating. 4) is supplied with a negative current, the positive electrode (plus electrode) of the separation rectifier (supply power) 41 and the separation feed rail 3B are electrically connected, and this separation rectifier (supply power supply) ( The negative electrode (minus electrode) of 41) and the plating feed rail 3A are electrically connected, and the positive electrode is applied to the clamp 4 moving the return stroke B while contacting the separation feed rail 3B. The clamp (4) that supplies current and moves the return stroke (B) receiving a current from the positive electrode is a clamp (a) that moves the sending stroke (plating stroke) (A) receiving a current of the opposite polarity ( Using the plate-shaped object P of the negative electrode fed from 4) as the counter electrode, the metal attached to the gripping part (feeding contact part) 6 of the clamp 4 constituting the positive electrode is dissolved by electrolysis. It makes it possible to peel off. In addition, the power supply rail 3A for plating and the power supply rail 3B for peeling have an insulating rail such as a plastic material between them.

In this way, since the negative electrode as the counter electrode is shared (combined use) between the sending process (plating process) (A) and the returning process (electrolytic peeling process) (B), the returning process (electrolytic peeling process) ( In B), the molten metal (e.g., molten Cu) dissolved and peeled from the gripping portion (feeding contact portion) 6 of the clamp 4 is a plate-shaped coating that moves the feeding process (plating process) (A). The electrolytic solution moves toward the plated object P as shown by the arrow F, and is electrodeposited onto the plate-shaped object P that moves the sending process (plating process) A. Therefore, the molten metal (e.g., molten Cu) peeled off from the gripping portion (feeding contact portion) 6 of the clamp 4 in the return process (electrolytic peeling process) (B) can be effectively utilized, and electrolytic plating And it is possible to improve the efficiency of electrolytic peeling. This is a great advantage due to the fact that the sending process (plating process) (A) and the return process (electrolytic peeling process) (B) are performed in the same electrolyzer 1.

1 plating device
Pre-treatment part of 1A plating apparatus
Plating treatment part of 1B plating device
Post-treatment part of 1C plating device
2 Plating bath (electrolytic plating bath)
3 annular rail
Feed rail for 3A plating
3B separation feed rail
4 clamp
5 Clamp vehicle
5A roller chain belt
6 Holding part (feed contact part)
6A inner fixed gripping part (inside feeding contact part)
6B outer movable gripping part (outside feed contact part)
P plate shape plated object
W plating solution (electrolytic plating solution)
A sending administration
B return stroke
7 Plating anode
10 Rail sliding part
12 Plate-shaped fixing member
13 Vertical operation rod
14 Mounting metal member
15 point axis
16 opening and closing member
16a The opening and closing side of the opening and closing member
16b member for connecting the opening and closing member
16c long hole
17 connecting shaft
18 spring body
20 resistance guide body
21 fastening body
22 reverse lever
23 support shaft
24 axes
25 rolling roller
27 rubber cap
28 Connection plate for clamp attachment
29 Through hole
30 bolt shaft
32 bolt engagement hole
33 Fixing bolt
35, 36 plate-shaped holding member
38 lead wire
40 Plating Rectifier
41 Rectifier for stripping

Claims (10)

An annular rail (3) having a horizontal circumferential path that is fixedly arranged and installed, and an openable gripping portion (6) having an upper portion of the annular rail (3) movable and functioning as a feed contact portion at the lower portion. And a plurality of clamps 4 capable of holding the upper end of the plate-shaped object P with the holding portion 6 to hold the plated object P in a suspended vertical position, and these It is connected to the clamp 4, and these clamps 4 move the return path of the annular rail 3 after moving the feed stroke A moving the straight forward path of the annular rail 3 A circulation clamp moving means (5) configured to continuously cycle through the horizontal circumferential path of the annular rail (3), which goes back to the sending stroke (A) after moving the return stroke (B), and the ring The clamp 4, which continuously cycles the horizontal circumferential path of the rail 3, is controlled from the open state to the closed state at the start end of the sending stroke A, so that the plate shape The plate-like plated object P held by the clamp 4 is held in the plating tank 2 in a vertical position in which the plate surface of the plated object P is parallel to the conveying direction. ) Is conveyed in the plating solution (W), and the gripping portion 6 is controlled from the closed state to the open state at the end of the sending process (A), so that the plate-shaped plated object P in the gripping state is A clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus comprising a clamp opening/closing mechanism so as to escape from the gripping portion (6). The plating solution (W) in the plating bath (2) according to claim 1, wherein after the holding part (6) of the clamp (4) moves the sending stroke (A) in the plating solution (W) in the plating bath (2). ) In a horizontal circumferential path that goes back to the sending stroke (A) through the return stroke (B) parallel to the sending stroke (A), and the straight line of the annular rail (3) A cathode current is supplied to a rail portion forming a path for sending the gas, and this rail portion functions as a plating feed rail 3A, and the gripping portion 6 in the plating solution W from the plating feed rail 3A. Electrolysis in the process of supplying the cathode current to the plate-shaped object P, which is gripped by the gripping part 6 and receiving the cathode current, is conveyed between the anodes 7 for plating in the plating solution W. Clamp horizontal cycle continuous mobile plating apparatus, characterized in that to be plated. The plate-shaped object to be plated (P), which is carried by holding the clamp (4) in a state suspended from the clamp (4) in the sending step (A), is a pretreatment unit (1A), plating The plate-shaped coating that is sequentially passed through the treatment liquid in each treatment tank of the treatment unit 1B and the post treatment unit 1C, and is maintained hanging from the clamp 4 and conveyed in the sending step (A). A clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus, characterized in that the gold material P is pre-treated in the pre-treatment unit 1A, the plating treatment in the plating unit 1B, and the post-treatment in the post-treatment unit 1C. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the clamp (4) is fixedly held on the outside of the conductive rail sliding part (10), which is held slidably on the annular rail (3). A plate-shaped fixing member 12 having an elongated electrical conductivity in the vertical direction, and the plate-shaped fixing member 12 are reversibly supported on the outside of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 through a branch shaft 15, and in a normal state, the spring body 18 ), the opening and closing side portion (16a) is closed by the elastic pressing force of the spring body (18) by engaging with the resistance guide body (20) fixedly disposed corresponding to the start and end portions of the sending stroke (A) The opening and closing side portion (16a) is configured to be opened by a pressing action against the elastic pressing force of the opening and closing member (16) having a curved cross-sectional shape and a conductive opening and closing member (16), and the holding portion (6) The inner fixed gripping part 6A protruding from the lower end of the outer side of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 and the inner fixed gripping part 6A at the lower end of the opening and closing side part 16a of the opening and closing member 16 Consisting of an outer movable gripping portion 6B protruding to face with, and when the gripping portion 6 is open, a lower end of the opening and closing side portion 16a of the opening and closing member 16 and the outer side formed at the lower end thereof The movable gripping part 6B is vertical from the upper end of the plate-shaped plated object P and the end of the sending stroke A, which are carried horizontally in a vertical position at the start end position of the sending stroke A. Clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus, characterized in that it is configured to reversely move to an upper position over the upper end of the plate-shaped object to be plated (P) carried out in the horizontal direction in the posture. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the clamp (4) is fixedly held on the outside of the conductive rail sliding part (10), which is held slidably on the annular rail (3). A plate-shaped fixing member 12 having an elongated electrical conductivity in the vertical direction, and the plate-shaped fixing member 12 are held in an upper position on the outside of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 so as to be movable upward and upward by a compression spring 18. Inverted through the point shaft 15 on the mounting metal member 14 installed in the vertically elongated vertically movable rod 13 and the plate-shaped fixing member 12 installed in the lower position outside of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 The up-and-down operation rod 13 is provided with a conductive opening and closing member 16 having a curved cross-sectional shape having an opening and closing side portion 16a supported so as to be supported, and receiving a spring pressure in an upward movement direction by the compression spring 18 ) To the lower end of the opening and closing member 16 through the branch shaft 15, which is the other part, connecting the connection member 16b, and attaching the gripping portion 6 to the outside of the plate-shaped fixing member 12 An inner fixed gripping portion 6A protruding at the lower end of the opening and closing member 16, and an outer movable gripping portion protruding so as to face the inner fixed gripping portion 6A at the lower end of the opening and closing side portion 16a of the opening and closing member 16 ( 6B), and in a normal state, the connecting member of the opening/closing member 16 is interlocked with the up-and-down operation rod 13 moved upward by an elastic pressing force in the upward movement direction of the compression spring 18. By moving (16b) upward, the outer movable gripping portion 6B is moved invertedly to a closed position pressed against the inner fixed gripping portion 6A around the point shaft 15, The gripping part 6 is closed, and the upper part of the clamp 4 is fitted to a resistance guide body 20 having a height difference fixedly disposed corresponding to the start and end parts of the sending stroke A. By engaging the sieve (21), the vertical operation rod (13) is moved against the elastic pressing force in the upward movement direction of the compression spring (18). The lower end of the opening/closing side portion 16a of the opening/closing member 16 by moving the connection member 16b of the opening/closing member 16 downward by interlocking with the vertical operation rod 13 that is moved downward and moves downward The gripping part 6 is moved vertically to an inclined open position away from the inner fixed gripping part 6A with the outer movable gripping part 6B formed in the center axis 15 as the center. Is configured to be opened and closed, and when the gripping part 6 is open, the lower end of the open/close side part 16a of the open/close member 16 and the outer movable gripping part 6B formed at the lower end , It is carried out horizontally in a vertical position from the upper end of the plate-shaped plated object (P) and the end of the sending stroke (A), which are carried in the horizontal direction in a vertical position at the start end of the sending stroke (A). A clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus, characterized in that it is configured to move in reverse to an upper position beyond the upper end of the plate-shaped object to be plated (P). The opening/closing member (16) according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the lower portion of the plate-shaped fixing member (12) including the inner fixed gripping portion (6A) and the outer movable gripping portion (6B) Clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus, characterized in that the lower portion of the opening and closing side portion (16a) is formed of symmetric plate-shaped holding members (35, 36) made of a titanium material. The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the plate-shaped fixing member (12) side of the clamp (4) and the opening/closing side portion (16a) of the opening/closing member (16) are connected so that power can be supplied by a lead wire (38). Clamp horizontal cycle continuous mobile plating device, characterized in that. The roller chain belt according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the clamp moving means (5) is an annular roller chain belt (5A) which is circumferentially driven along the circumferential path of the annular rail (3), and the roller chain belt The circulation type circumferential drive path of (5A) is formed smaller than the circumferential path of the annular rail 3, and this roller chain belt 5A and the clamp 4 fall vertically to this roller chain belt 5A. The upper part of the rail sliding part 10 is connected through the clamp attachment connection plate 28 and the rail sliding part 10 attached in a state, and the through hole 29 formed in the clamp attachment connection plate 28 The bolt shaft portion 30 protruding in the inward direction is passed through and connected, and the displacement of the roller chain belt 5A with respect to the annular rail 3 fixedly arranged and installed with the clamp attachment connecting plate 28 is controlled. A clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus, characterized in that the bolt shaft portion (30) is movable in the axial direction of the bolt shaft portion (30) and is connected so as to be rotatable in the circumferential direction. The feed rail according to claim 2, wherein a positive current is supplied to a rail portion arranged in a straight return path of the annular rail (3), and a rail portion of the straight return path supplied with the positive current is removed. The clamp 4, which functions as (3B) and moves the return stroke (B), moves to the separation feed rail 3B while the upper portion of the clamp 4 is guided in contact in the air, An anode current is supplied from the separation feed rail 3B to the gripping part 6 in the plating solution W, and the precipitated metal attached to the gripping part 6 in the sending step A is transferred to the returning step ( A plating apparatus capable of dissolving and peeling in B), and electrically connects the positive electrode 7 for plating made of an insoluble positive electrode and the positive electrode of the plating rectifier 40, and the negative electrode of the plating rectifier 40 The plating feed rail 3A is electrically connected, and a cathode current is supplied to the clamp 4 which moves the sending stroke A while contacting the plating feed rail 3A, and a rectifier for peeling The positive electrode of 41 and the separation feed rail 3B are electrically connected, the negative electrode of the separation rectifier 41 and the plating feed rail 3A are electrically connected, and the separation feed rail ( While contacting 3B), the clamp 4 supplies a positive current to the clamp 4 moving the return stroke B, and the clamp 4 moves the return stroke B receiving the positive current. The plate-shaped plated object P of the negative electrode fed from the clamp 4 that moves the sending stroke A, which is receiving a current of the polarity of, is used as a counter electrode, and constitutes the positive electrode. A clamp horizontal cycle continuous movable plating apparatus, characterized in that the metal adhering to the holding portion 6 of the clamp 4 can be dissolved by electrolysis to be peeled off. The plating treatment part (1B) according to claim 3, wherein the holding part (6) of the clamp (4) passes through the treatment liquid in the peeling treatment tank in the returning step (B), and the plating treatment part (1B) in the sending step (A). A clamp horizontal cycle continuous mobile plating apparatus, characterized in that a peeling treatment part (1D) is arranged in the return stroke (B) so that the metal attached to the gripping part (6) can be peeled off during the passing process.

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