Patent ID: 8092666

Claim:
A method for fabricating a plate product by disposing an anode at the side of a surface of a base material, which is to be plated, and performing electroplating on said surface of said base material so as to form a metal film on said plated surface, wherein at the electroplating, said anode is configured to face a medial part of said base material, said medial part being arranged between end portions of said plated surface, and said end portions of said plated surface each having a predetermined width, wherein said anode includes a plurality of segmented-anodes electrically connected to an electrically conducting device for electroplating, and wherein at least one of said plurality of segmented-anodes is configured so that a plurality of block anodes made of a soluble metal are housed in a case made of an insoluble metal; and said case is electronically connected to said electrically conducting device for electroplating, and has an opening open in a part provided at the side of said plated surface.