EN 17059:2018
(Main)Plating and anodizing lines - Safety requirements
General Information
- Abstract
This document describes all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relating to plating and anodizing lines, when used as intended and in compliance with the foreseeable conditions of the manufacturer. In addition, procedures for testing and measuring safety requirements, marking of equipment and minimum operation requirements are specified.
For reference to plating lines and anodizing lines the term plating line is used in this document.
This document applies to the design and construction of plating lines and anodizing lines including its transporter systems for surface treatment of industrial products by means of inorganic or organic electrolytes or by means of other process chemistries.
Plating lines and anodizing lines in terms of this standard are arrangements of process tanks for:
- electrolytic treatment of work pieces (e.g. electrocleaning, passivation, electroetching, burnishing, electrolytic polishing and brightening, drying);
- wet chemical treatment of work pieces (e.g. degreasing, passivation, chemical polishing, etching, pickling, blackening);
- electrolytic and electro-less metal deposition, even on non-metallic work pieces made electrically conductive by corresponding treatment;
- changing of substance composition on the surface of metallic work pieces e.g. burnishing, blackening, phosphatizing, chromating and;
- anodizing (anodic oxidation);
including rinsing tanks and the corresponding transporter equipment (e.g. transporter systems, handling gantry, bean, etc.), where the products are lifted in and out of tanks.
This document distinguishes between the following types of plating lines:
- Type 1: manual lines;
- Type 2: semi-automatic lines;
- Type 3: fully automatic lines.
Furthermore, it specifies equipment marking and requirements on user information.
This document does not deal with hazards resulting from plating linesparts above category 1 of PED (Pressure Equipment Directive).
This document is not applicable to:
— transporter systems of carrousel lines (see EN 618 and EN 15095) (For transporter systems of carrousel lines see EN 618 and EN 15095);
— equipment for the preparation and treatment of water and wastewater;
— machinery for dip coating and electro-deposition of organic liquid coating material (EN 12581);
— horizontal plating lines (e.g. printed circuit board, etching, reel to reel, continuous plating lines);
— machinery for surface cleaning and surface pre-treatment of industrial items using liquids or vapours (EN 12921-1, EN 12921-2, EN 12921-3, EN 12921-4).
NOTE Machinery for surface cleaning and surface pre-treatment (EN 12921 series) could be part of a plating line.
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Withdrawal Date
- 30-Dec-2018
- Technical Committee
- CEN/TC 271 - Surface treatment equipment - Safety
- Drafting Committee
- CEN/TC 271/WG 6 - Electroplating equipment - Safety
- Current Stage
- 9092 - Decision on results of review/2YR ENQ - revise - Review Enquiry
- Start Date
- 06-Jun-2025
- Completion Date
- 23-Sep-2026
- Directive
- Harmonized Standard2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)OJ Ref: L, L 75 OJ Date: 13-Mar-2019
Overview
EN 17059:2018 - "Plating and anodizing lines - Safety requirements" is a harmonized European standard that defines safety principles for the design, construction, testing and marking of plating and anodizing lines. For the purposes of the standard the term plating line covers both plating and anodizing equipment. It addresses significant hazards and foreseeable hazardous situations for process tanks, transporter systems and associated handling equipment used for surface treatment by electrolytes or other chemistries, including rinsing tanks.
Key topics and technical requirements
EN 17059:2018 specifies safety requirements and verification methods across multiple technical areas, including:
Scope of application
- Applies to manual (Type 1), semi‑automatic (Type 2) and fully automatic (Type 3) plating lines and their transporter systems.
- Covers electrolytic and wet chemical treatments, electro- and electroless deposition, anodizing and related rinse operations.
- Excludes certain items (e.g., pressure equipment above PED Category 1, carousel transporter systems covered by EN 618 / EN 15095, water/wastewater treatment equipment, horizontal/reel‑to‑reel lines and dip‑coating machinery covered by EN 12581 or EN 12921 series).
Mechanical safety
- Measures against shearing, crushing, drawing-in, entrapment, loss of stability, slipping/tripping and pressurized components.
- Guidance on transporter design, guarding and safe access.
Electrical safety
- Protection against electric shock, electromagnetic effects, sparks/arcs and external influences on electrical equipment.
Thermal and noise hazards
- Protection from hot surfaces, hot fluids, thermal radiation/convection and thermal runaway of process chemistries.
- Noise assessment and mitigation requirements.
Hazardous substances & fire
- Handling, containment, ventilation and explosion risk measures for process chemistries.
- Fire prevention, detection and extinguishing strategies.
Control systems & energy failure
- Safety functions, control architecture, failure modes and requirements to ensure safe stops and safe operation.
Verification, marking and information for use
- Procedures for testing and measuring compliance, equipment marking and minimum content for instruction handbooks (operation, maintenance, warnings).
Annexes
- Informative examples of hazards, transporter units and working areas; normative guidance on airflow calculations and captured air velocities.
Practical applications and users
This standard is intended for:
- Manufacturers and designers of plating/anodizing lines and transporter systems - to design safe equipment.
- System integrators and OEMs - to verify compliance during installation and commissioning.
- Plant safety engineers and maintenance teams - to implement guarding, ventilation, emergency procedures and maintenance regimes.
- Inspectors and procurement specialists - to evaluate vendor equipment and conformity with safety requirements.
Use cases include selecting or certifying plating line equipment, developing technical documentation and operator manuals, specifying ventilation/extraction and integrating safety functions into control systems.
Related standards
- EN 618, EN 15095 (carousel transporter systems)
- EN 12581 (dip-coating)
- EN 12921 series (surface cleaning/pre-treatment)
- Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) - exclusions for higher category pressure equipment
Keywords: EN 17059:2018, plating and anodizing lines, plating line safety, anodizing safety, safety requirements, transporter systems, hazardous substances, control systems, ventilation.
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- Effective Date
- 25-Aug-2026
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- 09-Feb-2026
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- 09-Feb-2026
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- 09-Feb-2026
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- 09-Feb-2026
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- 09-Feb-2026
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- 09-Feb-2026
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- 09-Feb-2026
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- 09-Feb-2026
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- 28-Jan-2026
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- 28-Jan-2026
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- 28-Jan-2026
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- 28-Jan-2026
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- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
EN 17059:2018 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Plating and anodizing lines - Safety requirements". This standard covers: This document describes all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relating to plating and anodizing lines, when used as intended and in compliance with the foreseeable conditions of the manufacturer. In addition, procedures for testing and measuring safety requirements, marking of equipment and minimum operation requirements are specified. For reference to plating lines and anodizing lines the term plating line is used in this document. This document applies to the design and construction of plating lines and anodizing lines including its transporter systems for surface treatment of industrial products by means of inorganic or organic electrolytes or by means of other process chemistries. Plating lines and anodizing lines in terms of this standard are arrangements of process tanks for: - electrolytic treatment of work pieces (e.g. electrocleaning, passivation, electroetching, burnishing, electrolytic polishing and brightening, drying); - wet chemical treatment of work pieces (e.g. degreasing, passivation, chemical polishing, etching, pickling, blackening); - electrolytic and electro-less metal deposition, even on non-metallic work pieces made electrically conductive by corresponding treatment; - changing of substance composition on the surface of metallic work pieces e.g. burnishing, blackening, phosphatizing, chromating and; - anodizing (anodic oxidation); including rinsing tanks and the corresponding transporter equipment (e.g. transporter systems, handling gantry, bean, etc.), where the products are lifted in and out of tanks. This document distinguishes between the following types of plating lines: - Type 1: manual lines; - Type 2: semi-automatic lines; - Type 3: fully automatic lines. Furthermore, it specifies equipment marking and requirements on user information. This document does not deal with hazards resulting from plating linesparts above category 1 of PED (Pressure Equipment Directive). This document is not applicable to: — transporter systems of carrousel lines (see EN 618 and EN 15095) (For transporter systems of carrousel lines see EN 618 and EN 15095); — equipment for the preparation and treatment of water and wastewater; — machinery for dip coating and electro-deposition of organic liquid coating material (EN 12581); — horizontal plating lines (e.g. printed circuit board, etching, reel to reel, continuous plating lines); — machinery for surface cleaning and surface pre-treatment of industrial items using liquids or vapours (EN 12921-1, EN 12921-2, EN 12921-3, EN 12921-4). NOTE Machinery for surface cleaning and surface pre-treatment (EN 12921 series) could be part of a plating line.
This document describes all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relating to plating and anodizing lines, when used as intended and in compliance with the foreseeable conditions of the manufacturer. In addition, procedures for testing and measuring safety requirements, marking of equipment and minimum operation requirements are specified. For reference to plating lines and anodizing lines the term plating line is used in this document. This document applies to the design and construction of plating lines and anodizing lines including its transporter systems for surface treatment of industrial products by means of inorganic or organic electrolytes or by means of other process chemistries. Plating lines and anodizing lines in terms of this standard are arrangements of process tanks for: - electrolytic treatment of work pieces (e.g. electrocleaning, passivation, electroetching, burnishing, electrolytic polishing and brightening, drying); - wet chemical treatment of work pieces (e.g. degreasing, passivation, chemical polishing, etching, pickling, blackening); - electrolytic and electro-less metal deposition, even on non-metallic work pieces made electrically conductive by corresponding treatment; - changing of substance composition on the surface of metallic work pieces e.g. burnishing, blackening, phosphatizing, chromating and; - anodizing (anodic oxidation); including rinsing tanks and the corresponding transporter equipment (e.g. transporter systems, handling gantry, bean, etc.), where the products are lifted in and out of tanks. This document distinguishes between the following types of plating lines: - Type 1: manual lines; - Type 2: semi-automatic lines; - Type 3: fully automatic lines. Furthermore, it specifies equipment marking and requirements on user information. This document does not deal with hazards resulting from plating linesparts above category 1 of PED (Pressure Equipment Directive). This document is not applicable to: — transporter systems of carrousel lines (see EN 618 and EN 15095) (For transporter systems of carrousel lines see EN 618 and EN 15095); — equipment for the preparation and treatment of water and wastewater; — machinery for dip coating and electro-deposition of organic liquid coating material (EN 12581); — horizontal plating lines (e.g. printed circuit board, etching, reel to reel, continuous plating lines); — machinery for surface cleaning and surface pre-treatment of industrial items using liquids or vapours (EN 12921-1, EN 12921-2, EN 12921-3, EN 12921-4). NOTE Machinery for surface cleaning and surface pre-treatment (EN 12921 series) could be part of a plating line.
EN 17059:2018 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 25.220.20 - Surface treatment. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 17059:2018 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to IEC 61000-6-4:2018, EN 50110-1:2013, EN 61496-2:2013, EN 82079-1:2012, EN IEC 61000-6-1:2019, EN 60204-1:2006, HD 60364-4-41:2007, EN 61000-6-3:2007, EN 61496-1:2013, EN 12921-4:2005+A1:2008, EN 1677-3:2001+A1:2008, EN ISO 13856-2:2013, EN 13445-8:2014, EN ISO 13943:2017, EN 13445-4:2014. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 17059:2018 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2006/42/EC; Standardization Mandates: M/396. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Galvanizacijske in anodizirne linije - Varnostne zahteveGalvanik- und Anodisieranlagen - SicherheitsanforderungenEquipement de traitement de finition chimique et électrolytique - Exigences de sécuritéPlating and anodizing lines - Safety requirements25.220.01Površinska obdelava in prevleke na splošnoSurface treatment and coating in generalICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 17059:2018SIST EN 17059:2018en,fr,de01-oktober-2018SIST EN 17059:2018SLOVENSKI
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Significant hazards . 46 A.1 General . 46 A.2 Mechanical hazards . 46 A.2.1 General . 46 A.2.2 Shearing, crushing, cutting, drawing in and impact hazard . 46 A.2.3 Loss of stability . 46 A.2.3.1 Loss of stability of plating lines . 46 A.2.3.2 Loss of stability of transporter system . 47 A.2.4 Entanglement and entrapment . 47 A.2.5 Hazards by slipping, tripping or falling . 47 A.2.6 Hazards by pressurized materials and equipment . 47 A.3 Electrical hazards . 48 A.3.1 Electromagnetic fields . 48 A.3.2 Electric shock . 48 A.3.3 Electric sparks / arcs . 48 A.4 Thermal hazards . 48 A.5 Hazards generated by noise . 48 A.6 Hazards resulting from dangerous substances . 49 A.6.1 Health . 49 A.6.2 Explosion hazard . 49 A.7 Fire . 50 A.8 Hazards caused by failure of energy supply or control system . 50 Annex B (informative)
Examples of transporter units . 51 SIST EN 17059:2018
Examples of working areas . 56 Annex D (normative)
Calculation of airflow for tanks with lids and open tanks . 59 D.1 Introduction . 59 D.2 Calculations for tanks with lids . 59 D.3 calculations for open tanks . 61 D.4 Calculations for enclosing hoods, tunnels . 62 Annex E (normative)
Exhaustive list of the captured air velocities (mean speed) in the main bath used in plating and anodizing industry. 64 Annex ZA (informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the essential requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 75 Bibliography . 76
Figures: Figure 1 — Reinforced plastic process tanks . 19 Figure B.1 — One rail overhead transporter with support rail - one belt design . 51 Figure B.2 — One rail overhead transporter with support rail - two belt design . 52 Figure B.3 — Two rail overhead transporter with guiderails . 52 Figure B.4 — Two rail overhead transporter with driptrail . 53 Figure B.5 — Transversing overhead transporter - Coordinates unit . 53 Figure B.6 — Side-arm transporter . 54 Figure B.7 — Portal transporter running on tank rims . 54 Figure B.8 — Transfer unit. 55 Figure B.9 — Transfer unit between line rows - wet and or dry process step . 55 Figure C.1 — manual plating line, working area . 56 Figure C.2 — semi-automatic plating line, working area . 57 Figure C.3 — automatic two-legs plating line, working area . 58 Figure D.1 — Tank with lid - upper openings between lid and tank . 59 Figure D.2 — Tank with lid - lateral openings between lid and tank . 60 Figure D.3 — Tank with lid - lateral openings at three sides between lid and tank . 60 Figure D.4 — Open tank - extraction on one side . 61 Figure D.5 — Open tank - extraction on both sides . 61 Figure D.6 — Tunnel . 62 Figure D.7 — Tank with enclosing hood . 63
manual lines; — Type 2:
semi-automatic lines; — Type 3:
fully automatic lines. Furthermore, it specifies equipment marking and requirements on user information. This document does not deal with hazards resulting from plating linesparts above category 1 of PED (Pressure Equipment Directive). This document is not applicable to: — transporter systems of carrousel lines (see EN 618 and EN 15095); — equipment for the preparation and treatment of water and waste water; — machinery for dip coating and electro-deposition of organic liquid coating material (EN 12581); — horizontal plating lines (e.g. printed circuit board, etching, reel to reel, continuous plating lines); — machinery for surface cleaning and surface pre-treatment of industrial items using liquids or vapours (EN 12921-1, EN 12921-2, EN 12921-3, EN 12921-4). NOTE Machinery for surface cleaning and surface pre-treatment (EN 12921 series) could be part of a plating line. SIST EN 17059:2018
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manual plating lines; type 2:
semi-automatic lines; type 3:
fully automatic lines 3.5 operating modes intended operation of type 3 (fully automatic line) plating lines, and, if applicable, type 2 (semi-automatic line) can include the following operating modes: — automatic mode automatic, programmed and continuous mode of the plating lines providing the possibility of manual and automatic loading by means of a transporter system until the program or the operator stops the machine; — setting mode operating mode during which settings for the next working processes are performed; Note 1 to entry: The setting mode is also referred to as TIP mode. — service mode operating mode for service and maintenance works; this is an optional operating mode for manual work under restricted operating conditions SIST EN 17059:2018
Air exhausted from the room (exhaust air) is replaced by fresh make-up air. Forced ventilation may be mounted on the process tanks or in the area of the transporter system. 3.19.1 air adjustment building ventilation to ensure the supply of sufficient quantity of fresh air to the operational space 3.19.2 make-up air air which needs to be replenished for air lost through forced ventilation 3.20 transporter system set-up for the transport of work-pieces via jigs, racks and barrels, and anodes during the processing cycle or during maintenance Note 1 to entry: The conveying movements may be horizontal or vertical and axes may be totally or partially power-driven. Note 2 to entry: A transporter system may consist of the following machines, components or equipment: — hoist blank (pathway) and supports; — transporter system frame; — hoist drive (lift and traction drive); — lifting equipment; SIST EN 17059:2018
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