Rack lines

Rack lines are suitable for larger goods, which can be placed on rack or in basket.

Rack with transfer crane – Rack line – Rack line with four cranes

The rack lines are equipped with stands for loading and unloading of racks. The loading and unloading can take place outside the line itself. This saves space in the surface treatment hall itself. A possible solution is also a two-storey system, where the loading and unloading of goods takes place on the ground floor and the line itself is located on the first floor. The entire facility fits into the built-up area of a smaller multi-storey building while maintaining a more than comfortable amount of space for the necessary logistics of the goods.

The goods are then transported with the entire rack by a hand truck or by means of a lift to the line. The racks can also be transported using roller tracks. In automatic lines, the loading section is often the only place where human labour is required.

Loading and unloading can be done at several stations at the same time, so that in high-performance lines there is no bottleneck at the inlet and uninterrupted operation of the line is ensured.

Loading and unloading outside the line itself improves the working conditions of the workers in this section. It also increases safety in the workplace, as these workers do not come into contact with any chemicals and work with a few moving parts on the line only.

Barrel lines

Surface treatment lines for mass process able parts in barrels.

• Single or twin barrels

Barrel lines can be equipped with draft and drum flushing in order to save chemicals and rinsing water.

The inlet and outlet sections of barrel lines can be designed with either an automatic or manual system.
Automated loading and unloading of barrels include:

• Pallet and box tippers
• Vibrating feeders
• Belt conveyors
• Scales

When the inlet section of the line is automated, a pallet or a suitable box is fed into the line. This is tipped into the hopper and discharged by means of a tipper. From there, the goods are transferred to the barrels of the line using vibrating feeder and belt conveyors. A precisely weighed quantity is always dispensed into each barrel to match the specified recipe for the goods and to optimize the use of the entire barrel.

The automated solution for loading and unloading the barrels significantly improves the efficiency of the line and significantly reduces the number of workers.

Surface treatment lines are usually equipped with rack and barrel storage to ensure continuous operation of the line.

Transportation systems

We supply a range of different Crane manipulators for surface treatment lines to transport racks, barrels and baskets in the lines.

• Overhead transport systems
  – the most common transport system solution
  – the track of the transport system is located below the hall ceiling,
  – different range in terms of size, weight of goods and line capacity
• Gantry transport systems
  – the Crane track is installed just above the line
  – the advantage of this solution is less space requirement in the vertical direction
• Side transport systems
  – the simplest variant of the transport system
  – the advantage of this solution is a very low space requirement of the entire crane
  – however, the crane system is limited by the maximum load capacity of the whole system
• – goods can move between different rows of the line on a single Crane
  – one conveyor can serve several rows of the line
  – this solution can reduce the number of rinsing positions in the entire surface treatment line
  – suitable for lines that are divided into several rows due to the layout of the hall
• Trolleys for transfer between rows of lines
  – used to transport goods between Cranes

Technological accessories

We supply technological accessories for surface treatment lines, which ensure the operation of the line and facilitate maintenance and operation.

• Bath preparation units
  – are used to prepare the correct composition of the bath outside the surface treatment line itself, prepared bath is better mixed and pre-prepared solution is dosed into the line
• Reserve tanks
  – reserve tanks are used in case of maintenance or accident to pump the baths or chemistry for temporary storage when the primary tank is out of service
  – reserve tanks significantly reduce the amount of waste produced by the plant
• Automatic chemical dosing
  – allow automatic dosing of chemicals without the need for human operator intervention
• De-hydrogen furnaces
  – used for de-hydrogen and hardening of goods using high temperature
• RO-station
  – for the production of RO-water (Ro-water storage tanks, reverse osmosis, ion exchange stations)
• Supply air systems
  – provides exchange of exhausted air from the area around the surface treatment line.

Supply of electrical plating line components

We Supply and installing electroplating lines parts for other clients:

Manufacture of cranes for production lines.

Transformers &Rectifier devices.

Heaters & sensors (steel – stainless – titanium – Teflon – Artilon).

Tanks (steel – stainless – fiberglass – PVC – Pp – lead).

Manufacturing automatic dryers (a pneumatic system).