A strip of electrical terminals electroplated with contact metal and a method of, and apparatus for, plating such a strip

Each terminal of the strip has a contact zone (18) plated with contact metal of wear resistant thickness (B). For avoiding the creep of corrosion products onto the contact metal on the contact zone (18), the contact zone (18) is surrounded by contact metal plating of corrosion resistant thickness, extending for a distance of between about 0.254mm and about 0.381mm from the longitudinal central plane (A-A) of the contact zone (18), and in the interest of economy, being much thinner than the plating on the contact zone (18) and being joined thereto by intermediate plating (B min ) of sharply tapered thickness. In the method and apparatus for producing the plating a very narrow linear anode embedded in a wall of a plating cell is employed.