Baths & tanks
Polypropylene, PVC and lined steel process tanks built to the duty of each stage in the cycle.
The Engineering division
We conceptualise, design, manufacture and install a wide range of surface finishing systems, tailor-made to meet the specific requirements of every industry — from fully automatic, to semi-automatic, to manually operated versions.
Capability
Surface finishing systems for virtually every process
We specialise in the design and manufacture of surface finishing systems dedicated virtually to the entire range of metal finishing processes. Our products encompass a wide range of plants and equipment from fully automatic, to semi-automatic, and manually operated versions.
The engineering division offers comprehensive solutions to all the fields of plating application technology, including material handling, auxiliary equipment, water treatment and effluent treatment plants.
Automatic rack plating plant
Process tanks under installation
Type 01
Rack plating plant
El Fath conceptualises, designs, manufactures, supplies and installs state of the art rack plating plants to suit various processes. In rack plating the component is fixed to a frame or jig called the rack. The rack, and hence the process tank, can be designed in various sizes depending on the type of component to be finished and the volume of production. Our plants are highly customisable depending on the customer’s requirement.
- For larger, delicate and cosmetic components that cannot tolerate tumbling
- Tank sizes engineered to the component and the throughput
- Manual, semi-automatic and fully automatic versions with programmed handling
- Anode and current distribution designed for even thickness across the profile
Type 02
Barrel plating plant
El Fath conceptualises, designs, manufactures, supplies and installs top of the line barrel plating plants to suit various processes. Barrel plating is widely employed for bulk processing of small to medium sized components. The components are placed in an apparatus called the barrel, which then passes through the different chemical baths to complete the surface finishing process.
These barrels consist of an electrical contact called the dangler which helps in passing DC current. The selection of articles for barrel plating is limited by their size, shape and weight. The barrels are usually constructed using a non-conductive material, and the barrel body has perforations which help to attain a uniform finish. Our plants are highly customisable depending on the customer’s requirement.
- The economic route for fasteners, screws, nuts and small parts in volume
- Perforated non-conductive barrel bodies for a uniform finish
- Dangler contacts carrying DC current into the load
- Pairs with brighteners specified for strong low current density coverage
Plating plant installation
Equipment & accessories
Everything the line is made of
We supply all equipment, tanks and accessories of the electroplating line — as part of a new plant, or as spares and upgrades for a line already running.
Heaters
Titanium, quartz and PTFE immersion heaters with control for every process stage.
Baskets & anode covers
Titanium and steel anode baskets, with bags and covers that keep anode sludge out of the electrolyte.
Filtration units
Continuous filtration sized to bath volume — the single most effective cure for roughness and pitting.
Ultra-filtration units
Ultra-filtration for electrophoretic lacquer and closed-loop rinse recovery.
Rectifiers
Air and water cooled DC rectifiers, including pulse and periodic-reverse options, sized per tank.
Dosing pumps
Metering pumps for automatic brightener and additive replenishment — the route to a stable bath.
Dryers
Hot air and centrifugal dryers for rack and barrel work.
Beyond the line
Material handling, water and effluent
A plating shop does not end at the dryer. We offer comprehensive solutions to all the fields of plating application technology.
Material handling
Transporters, hoists and programmed handling that move the load through the cycle to a controlled dwell time.
Water treatment
Demineralised water and rinse circuits designed to cut drag-out — the largest hidden cost in any shop.
Effluent treatment plants
Reduction, precipitation and separation — so the shop discharges compliant, with no surprises.
How we work
From requirement to commissioning
One process that ends with a working line, the chemistry that runs through it, and someone to call.
- 01
Scoping
The component, the substrate, the finish, the throughput, the floor space and the specification that has to be met. This conversation determines everything after it.
- 02
Design
Stage sequence, tank volumes, anode and current distribution, rinse strategy and level of automation — all settled before any steel is cut.
- 03
Manufacture
The plant is built in a fully automatic, semi-automatic or manually operated version, together with all auxiliary equipment.
- 04
Installation & start-up
On-site installation, bath make-up with El Fath chemistry, and operator training — through to first conforming part.
- 05
Follow-up
Bath analysis and free after-sales technical support from our plating experts, with access to foreign specialists when a problem needs it.
From the workshop
Lines we have built
Footage from our own installations, published on our Facebook page — followed by 2.8K people.
Chemicals, equipment and complete plating units
A tour of the El Fath scope — the chemistry, the equipment and the finished plating units.
Manual nickel–chrome plating unit
“Excellent quality, best price, strongest technical support team” — building a manual nickel–chrome plating unit.
On site
From our installation sites — plating lines going in at customers’ works.
Also on the page: an automatic zinc plating line in Egypt (2022), a nickel plating line (2021), and a manual copper and nickel–chrome plating unit (2021).
Projects
Planning a plating shop?
Send us the component, the finish and the throughput, and we will come back with a stage sequence and an outline layout.