Fully automatic plating-line (barrel/rack/basket)

Fully automated line for electroplating of barrel-, rack- and basket goods

• Line set-up: 2 lines on 2 levels First floor tanks / Ground floor Load & Dosing
• load/unload stations: 1x barrel, 2x rack with ergonomic moving loading table
• Discharge station for flightbar
• Flightbar identification with RFID-technology
• 1 cross transfer dry, 1 cross transfer wet
• 164 positions, 4 lifts, 66 storage positions
• Barrel rotary-speed for each flightbar freely selectable
• barrel-racks, rigid-racks, racks with movement and «knocking», vibration-racks, vibrotation- racks (baskets)
• 6 transport hoists with drip tray
• Hoist positioning in the direction of travel by laser
• Fully automated cleaning, make-up and disposal of the electroless nickel-tanks
• Selective cleaning integrated in each tin- and nickel-tanks
• Chemical dosing (gold) from safe
• All tanks above 40°C with automated covers
• Tank heating with hot-water
• Multipart drip pan with leakage-control
• Self-cleaning contacts for flightbar motor

• Based on Siemens S7 PLC (serie 1500)
• Each tank with its own speed control with frequency converter
• System supervised by radio remote control
• Fully automatic reading of RFID-codes on the flightbars
• Dip sequences freely programmable
• Colour-on-screen information re production and plant operation
• Operation control of motors of the flightbars
• Support via Modem
• Special visualization of electroless Nickel- process (cleaning, make-up, disposal)