Abstract: Steel strips are electrogalvanized with a Zn-Ni alloy deposit having the desired nickel content in a consistent manner for a long time by placing separate Zn and Ni soluble anodes in a chloride plating bath comprising major proportions of ZnCl.sub.2 and NiCl.sub.2 in an Ni/(Zn+Ni) ratio between 0.08 and 0.20 and a total molar amount of Zn+Ni of from 1 to 4 moles per liter, and b mole per liter of KCl and a mole per liter of NH.sub.4 Cl as shown in FIG. 8; passing a steel strip through the bath; and introducing currents to the soluble Zn and Ni anodes in a specific ratio given by equation (2).

Abstract: An electrode support device for a continuous electroplating bath includes current supply rotating drums whose parts are immersed in the electroplating bath, a metal strip to be plated being trained about the immersed parts of the rotating drums, and a number of arcuate consumable electrodes arranged side by side along generators of the rotating drums and successively movable on support surfaces of electrode supports so as to supply new consumable electrodes at one ends of the arranged electrodes and remove consumed electrodes from the other ends.