Anodes for use in electroplating.

摘要

An anode assembly, suitable for use in solder plating, comprises a plurality of relatively short anode sections (2) mounted on a retaining rod (3) the upper end of which screws into a hook (6) by means of which the anode assembly is hung from a busbar when in use. The anode sections (2) are preferably of the same length, generally 0.20 metres, and can be made from a tin/lead alloy or from pure tin. This anode assembly avoids the conventional necessity of stocking anodes of various lengths and of having to discard a whole anode when only the lower end becomes too thin, and has the advantage that the central bore (10) present in each anode section can be of differing cross-section as an aid to identifying the material from which a particular anode section has been manufactured.