BECKOXPLASTIC FABRICATIONS · EST. 1982 01202 736 725

Capability

Plating lines & modules

Beckox builds complete surface-finishing lines — process tanks, lip extraction, heaters, bunded flooring, GRP walkways, pipework and controls — fabricated in our Poole works as modules and assembled into a working line on your site.

A line, not just a row of tanks

A finishing line succeeds or fails on the detail around the tanks: how solutions are heated and agitated, how fumes are captured at the lip before they reach the operator, how drag-out is managed between stations, how spillage is contained and how the work flows from load to unload. We design and build all of it as one job — which is why much of the equipment in our gallery is photographed as complete rooms rather than single tanks.

Fabricated as modules, assembled as a line

Process modules are built and piped in the workshop, trial-fitted, then broken down for transport and re-assembled on site. That keeps site time — and disruption to your production — to a minimum. Lines can be built progressively around live production where a full shutdown is not an option.

Typical scope

  • Process, rinse and drag-out tanks in polypropylene, PVC and PVDF
  • Lip extraction hoods ducted to scrubber plant
  • Immersion heaters, cooling coils, agitation and filtration
  • Bunded and lined containment areas with GRP grating walkways and handrails
  • Anode bars, busbar supports, transporter interfaces and control panels
  • Line extensions, single replacement tanks and refurbishment of existing plant

Plating plant for zinc, nickel and specialist finishes

The finish drives the tankwork. Alkaline and acid zinc, zinc-nickel, electroless and electrolytic nickel, tin, copper and precious-metal lines all place different demands on materials, heating, filtration and fume capture — an acid zinc line and an alkaline one are not the same plant in a different colour. Tell us the process and the throughput and we will build the wet end around it. Electroless nickel has its own page: electroless nickel plant.

Etching and chemical milling lines

Chemical etching and milling lines are close cousins of plating lines: aggressive etchants, tight temperature control, heavy extraction duty and rinse trains that have to keep up. We fabricate the tanks, extraction and pipework for etch lines to the same pattern as plating plant.

Plating tank repair and line refurbishment

A leaking plating tank stops a production line, so most of this work is urgent. Individual tanks can usually be rewelded, re-rimmed or replaced without dismantling the line around them, and tired lines can be refurbished in stages — new tanks in the worst positions, extraction re-ducted, bunding relined — around production rather than in one shutdown. See plastic tank repair and refurbishment, and anodising tanks if the line is an anodising one.

PAGE REVIEWED — 30 July 2026

Beckox work — photographed as installed

Electroplating line with process tanks holding green and blue solutions and green GRP walkway
FIG. 01 — Plating line in production, with GRP walkway and lip extraction to each tank.
Plating line process tanks and extraction hoods with green GRP flooring
FIG. 02 — Process tanks, extraction hoods and bunded GRP flooring.
Row of plating tanks with lip extraction hoods and overhead ducting
FIG. 03 — Lip extraction hoods ducted to a common header.
Plating line with extraction hoods and overhead ductwork in a clean production hall
FIG. 04 — A complete line: tanks, hoods, ducting and controls.
Plating line tanks and extraction hoods viewed along the operator walkway
FIG. 05 — Viewed along the operator walkway.
Long electroplating line with extraction hoods and green GRP flooring in a clean room
FIG. 06 — A full-length plating line with lip extraction throughout.
Electroplating line and ductwork running the length of a production room
FIG. 07 — Ductwork routed the full length of the installation.
Plating line with yellow handrail, blue floor coating and green GRP access grating
FIG. 08 — Handrails, GRP grating and bunded flooring to the finished line.
Plating line with yellow safety handrail and extraction hoods in a finished production room
FIG. 09 — Safety handrail and extraction to a completed line.
Long plating line viewed down the length of a finished clean production room
FIG. 10 — The finished room, viewed end to end.
Plating line with control panel, dosing module and green GRP flooring
FIG. 11 — Line controls and dosing module.
Very long plating line with overhead transporter gantry and yellow support columns
FIG. 12 — A long automated line with overhead transporter.
Plating line with extraction ductwork and overhead gantry in a working factory
FIG. 13 — Extraction ductwork over a working line.
Plating line installation in progress with access steps and support framework
FIG. 14 — Installation in progress on the customer's site.
Row of process tanks with pipework and stands during a plating line installation
FIG. 15 — Tanks, stands and pipework going in.
Newly installed plating modules still in protective wrapping with extraction hoods fitted
FIG. 16 — Newly installed modules, still in their protective film.
Process modules with extraction hoods, control panel and green GRP flooring
FIG. 17 — Modules, hoods and controls on GRP flooring.
Process equipment with filtration columns, handrail and control cabinet
FIG. 18 — Filtration columns and control cabinet.
Process tank with yellow handrail and green GRP access platform
FIG. 19 — Access platform and handrail to a process tank.
Row of process modules and control panels on a factory floor
FIG. 20 — Process modules and control panels.
Plating module with control panel and polypropylene tanks
FIG. 21 — Plating module and control panel.
Plating tanks with anode bars, cabling and green GRP grating
FIG. 22 — Anode bars and connections in a plating tank.
Wet process benches with blue panelling and control panel in a workshop
FIG. 23 — Process benches and controls.
Dark clad process modules with pumps and valve assemblies
FIG. 24 — Clad process modules with pump and valve sets.
Polypropylene process modules in protective wrapping with control panel
FIG. 25 — Modules awaiting despatch.
Process tank interior showing heater element and yellow valve manifold
FIG. 26 — Tank interior: heater element and valve manifold.
Yellow GRP handrail and access steps beside a bunded plating installation
FIG. 27 — GRP access steps and handrail to a bunded line.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 28 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 29 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 30 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 31 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 32 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 33 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 34 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 35 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 36 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 37 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 38 — Plating line work.
Plating line equipment fabricated by Beckox
FIG. 39 — Plating line work.

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