Methods for providing laminated coatings on metal articles using electroplating methods such as barrel plating, vibratory plating, rocker plating or other non-rack methods that involve movement of articles to be plated in a containment apparatus, as well as articles made from such processes. Embodiments of such processes involve mass-transfer modulation to provide compositionally modulated coatings.

Methods for providing laminated coatings on metal articles using electroplating methods such as barrel plating, vibratory plating, rocker plating or other non-rack methods that involve movement of articles to be plated in a containment apparatus, as well as articles made from such processes. Embodiments of such processes involve mass-transfer modulation to provide compositionally modulated coatings.

The present disclosure is directed to a monitoring system for a plating process using a monitoring device including a metrology component for collecting agitation intensity data on at least one agitation component within a plating equipment and transferring the collected agitation intensity data to a process control station.

The present disclosure is directed to a monitoring system for a plating process using a monitoring device including a metrology component for collecting agitation intensity data on at least one agitation component within a plating equipment and transferring the collected agitation intensity data to a process control station.

The invention relates to a silver electrolyte for the deposition of silver layers on substrates, which comprises potassium silver cyanide, potassium cyanide with a content of at least 10 g/L, at least one grain refiner with a content of 0.2 to 10 g/L, at least one dispersant with a content of 1 to 10 g/L and at least one solid component with a content of 1 to 150 g/L, wherein the particles of the solid component have an average particle size (d.sub.50) of 10 nm-100 μm. Furthermore, contact surfaces and methods for the deposition of such contact surfaces are shown.

Methods for providing laminated coatings on metal articles using electroplating methods such as barrel plating, vibratory plating, rocker plating or other non-rack methods that involve movement of articles to be plated in a containment apparatus, as well as articles made from such processes. Embodiments of such processes involve mass-transfer modulation to provide compositionally modulated coatings.

The present disclosure is directed to a monitoring system for a plating process using a monitoring device including a metrology component for collecting agitation intensity data on at least one agitation component within a plating equipment and transferring the collected agitation intensity data to a process control station.