Patent ID: 6972082

Claim:
A method for the selective continuous electroplating of a metallic substrate material band and more particularly of a substrate material band having prestamped contact elements, in which a) the substrate material ( 10 , 23 , 27 , 30 and 34 ) is coated in an electrophoretic coating means ( 14 and 15 ) with an electrophoretic coating composition selective with at least one composition strip ( 22 , 24 through 26 , 28 , 29 , 33 and 37 ), b) the at least one composition strip ( 22 , 24 through 26 , 28 , 39 , 33 and 37 ) is removed at those parts ( 42 ) by means of a laser ( 40 ), which are to be electroplated, c) in an electroplating process a metal layer is applied to the area ( 42 ) deprived of composition in at least one composition strip ( 22 , 24 through 26 , 28 , 29 , 33 and 37 ) using selective electroplating and d) the at least one composition strip ( 22 , 24 through 26 , 28 , 29 , 33 and 37 ) is then removed.