Vibro-tumbling
Vibro-tumbling department for pre- and post-galvanic treatments
Vibro-tumbling
An advanced system for metal surface processing, ideal for pre-galvanic smoothing and roughing treatments, and for creating the vintage effect on fashion, luxury, and design accessories.
Vibratory finishing technology for unique finishes
The LEM Vibro-tumbling Finishing Department, active since 2006, is one of our most established production areas. Here, a traditional technique is applied with artisanal precision to optimize the surface of metal accessories destined for the luxury world, ensuring an impeccable result both before and after surface treatments.
In the pre-galvanic phase, vibratory finishing performs “deburring” and “smoothing” to improve coating adhesion and ensure surface uniformity. After galvanization, it creates the distinctive “aged” and “worn” effect, essential for the Vintage finish, one of the most sought-after by fashion and luxury brands.
Vibro-tumbling advantages
OPTIMAL SURFACE PREPARATION
Roughing and smoothing eliminate imperfections and improve the quality of the galvanic treatment.
CUSTOM VINTAGE EFFECT
Creation of aged finishes on galvanized accessories, with personalized results.
HIGH-QUALITY RESULTS
Use of specific ceramics and polymers to obtain the desired degree of smoothing.
GUARANTEED UNIFORMITY
Vibratory polishing technology ensures homogeneous results on all treated pieces.
VERSATILITY
Applicable to various types of metals, with the possibility of treatment on black gold and other precious finishes.
POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY
100% renewable energy supply.
Why rely on our vibratory finishing plant?
Relying on LEM’s advanced technology means obtaining impeccable surface treatments, capable of enhancing the quality and design of products, while respecting high industry standards.
Finishes obtainable with the vibratory finishing department
LEM’s vibratory finishing department allows a wide range of finishes, ideal for sectors such as fashion, luxury, eyewear, faucet fittings, and industrial design.
FAQs on the vibratory finishing plant
Vibro-tumbling finishing is an artisanal technique that uses large vibrating trays to treat the surface of metal accessories. It is commonly used to optimize surfaces before galvanic treatments or to achieve vintage aesthetic effects after treatment, giving each piece a unique and distinctive finish.
It depends on the processing: roughing and smoothing require about 10 hours each, while the vintage finish varies based on the desired result.
Yes, by adjusting the type of material used and the duration of the treatment, custom finishes can be obtained.
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Manual galvanic plant
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Vibro-tumbling
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Manual galvanic plant
Manual galvanic plant
Manual galvanic plant
An artisanal electrodeposition system that combines technical expertise and quality for customized and top-level galvanic treatments.
The value of craftsmanship in galvanic
Inaugurated at the beginning of 2025, LEM FENICE is a next-generation manual galvanic system, designed to offer maximum control in metal deposition and tailor-made electrodeposition solutions for the fashion, luxury, and design industries.
Thanks to artisanal craftsmanship and the precision of our specialized operators, LEM FENICE allows for the treatment of accessories with the most complex geometries, ensuring uniformity and impeccable quality.
The process begins with the manual mounting of items onto frames, followed by immersion in galvanic baths and subsequent electrodeposition, meticulously controlled in every detail to achieve high-end finishes—both aesthetically and in terms of performance.
The name LEM FENICE celebrates the rebirth of the company’s historic manual system, destroyed by a fire in 2021. Today, it stands as a structural and technological gem, designed to combine production efficiency and sustainability, with a special focus on employee safety and environmental protection.
Manual galvanic advantages
Manual galvanic plant features and performance
The manual electrodeposition plant represents the ideal solution for high-value finishes, where quality and customization are essential.
1400mq
1,400 square meters dedicated to manual galvanizing treatment.
+110k
Over 110,000 pieces can potentially be processed every day.
WIDE CHOICE OF FINISHES
Palladium, gold, ruthenium: over 2000 galvanic finishes for the most diverse needs.
QUALITY CONTROL
Galvanic thicknesses are verified with precision instruments to ensure high standards.
NICKEL-FREE TREATMENTS
The plant allows the creation of skin-compatible finishes, compliant with international regulations.
SAFETY AND RESPONIBILITY
The system uses 100% renewable energy, with advanced monitoring technologies for reducing environmental impact and protecting workers.
TRACEABILITY AND DIGITAL MONITORING
Rfid technology allows to track movements in each frame, while the parameters of individual tanks are monitored, during all processing phases, by sophisticated software.
COMPATIBLE WITH COMPLEX GEOMETRIES
The plant allows to treat accessories of various sizes and complexities, adapting to specific customization and finishing needs.
Trust on LEM's experience in manual galvanic
If you are looking for customized galvanic treatments with the highest level of precision and quality, rely on LEM’s expertise. Our specialized technicians are ready to offer you personalized advice and innovative solutions for your products.
Galvanic finishes from the manual electrodeposition plant
The manual galvanic plant allows to obtain a wide range of high-quality finishes, ideal for fashion, jewelry, eyewear, watchmaking, and design components.
Manual electrodeposition plant FAQs
It is an electrodeposition system in which each phase is managed manually by operators, ensuring very high-quality finishes.
Greater precision, personalized process control, and the ability to treat complex geometries.
Yes, we can produce Nickel-Free finishes, ideal for applications in direct contact with the skin.
Our processes comply with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, SA8000, and RJC standards, ensuring quality, safety, and reduced environmental impact.
Timelines vary depending on the complexity of the finish, but we ensure maximum efficiency and adherence to agreed deadlines.
Yes, we develop custom finishes based on the client’s needs, offering a wide range of shades and surface treatments.
Manual electroplating is ideal for fashion accessories, jewelry, watchmaking, eyewear, and design.
Yes, our treatments are designed to ensure maximum wear and corrosion resistance, improving product durability.
Yes, our team of experts is available to guide you in choosing the treatment that best suits your production and aesthetic needs.
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Automatic galvanic systems
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Vibro-tumbling
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Manual galvanic plant
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Contact us for more information
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Automatic galvanic systems
Automatic galvanic systems
Automatic galvanic plant
Two state-of-the-art automatic electrodeposition systems that deliver high-quality Nickel and Nickel-Free galvanic treatments.
Metal electrodeposition galvanic technology
LEM’s automatic galvanic systems represent the evolution of industrial galvanization, offering unmatched performance in metal treatment.
In 2012, LEM inaugurated its first automatic galvanic system. In 2021, the company expanded its electroplating production capacity with the “Monster” automatic system.
As long as an Olympic-size swimming pool, this system is among the most high-performing machines in Italy for the galvanization of metal accessories dedicated to the luxury sector. Thanks to a sophisticated internal digital traceability system, the “Monster” automatic galvanic system ensures precision, speed, and uniformity for large-scale production.
Automatic electrodeposition advantages
The plant: features and performance
Our automatic electrodeposition systems are designed to treat fashion accessories, design elements, and industrial components, delivering outstanding finishes in terms of aesthetics and durability. The advanced technology of these machines is combined with the expertise of our specialized technicians, ensuring continuous monitoring and high-quality standards for the final product.
2200mq
More than 2,200 square meters of facility dedicated to galvanic treatment.
+120k
Our two systems have the potential to process over 120,000 pieces per day.
CUSTOM DESIGNS
We adapt to every type of accessory, ensuring uniformity and precision in the requested final result.
INTERNAL TRACEABILITY
An advanced RFID digital system, combined with the experience of our professionals, ensures the compliance of every frame's journey.
WIDE RANGE OF FINISHES
Galvanic technology allows to obtain gold, palladium, ruthenium, and many other customizable finishes.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MONITORING
Processes optimized for energy saving and water recycling. The facility is powered entirely by renewable energy sources.
NICKEL FREE PRODUCTION
Ideal for high safety standards industries and skin compatibility.
COMPATIBLE WITH COMPLEX GEOMETRIES
Capable of treating intricate shapes without compromising the coating uniformity.
Why choose our electrodeposition plant?
An avant-garde industrial production, capable of guaranteeing galvanic treatments of the highest quality.
Finishes achievable with LEM's automatic galvanic systems
Our automatic galvanization systems are capable of delivering a wide range of high-quality finishes, ideal for various industries. The key feature of this type of system is its ability to ensure fast, continuous, and repeatable production of large batches. The combination of advanced technology, large-scale manufacturing, and the expertise of our operators is essential to minimize errors and guarantee the highest quality in the final product.
FAQs on our automatic galvanic plant
It is a robotic electrodeposition system designed to deliver high-precision galvanic treatments on a large scale, with consistent quality and optimized production times.
Yes, the system is designed to adapt to specific needs, offering tailor-made finishes for every sector and application.
Nickel Free treatments are safer for skin contact, ensuring maximum compatibility and safety.
Reducing environmental impact is an ongoing journey. Today, we adopt concrete measures such as monitoring primary resources, reducing harmful substances, and using only electricity from renewable sources, both purchased and self-produced. Additionally, an advanced system for the recovery and reuse of wastewater allows us to optimize water consumption and minimize waste. These actions represent just a part of our commitment to creating a production model that is increasingly efficient and responsible.
LEM production plants
Automatic galvanic systems
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Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD)
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Vibro-tumbling
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Semi-automatic rotary barrel galvanic plant
The LEM semi-automatic rotary barrel plant ensures production efficiency and quality in precision galvanic treatments for metal small parts.
Manual galvanic plant
Discover LEM's manual galvanic plant: artisanal precision finishes for fashion, luxury, and design accessories. Customized and high-quality treatments.
Rely on our automated galvanic advanced technology
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Semi-automatic rotary barrel galvanic plant
Semi-automatic rotary barrel galvanic plant
Semi-automatic rotary barrel
An advanced technology for the galvanization of small metal parts, ensuring efficiency, uniformity, and optimized costs for large-scale production.
Advanced technology for small metal parts galvanization
LEM’s semi-automatic rotary barrel galvanic plant is designed to treat small components efficiently and uniformly. This technology allows to work with small metal parts that cannot be fixed on traditional frames, offering a homogeneous coating and reducing production costs. Ideal for the fashion, jewelry, watchmaking, and technical small parts sectors, this plant ensures high-quality standards on every processed piece.
Rotary barrel galvanic process advantages
Features and performance
LEM’s semi-automatic barrel plating system is optimized for large-scale galvanization, ensuring high precision, durability, and compliance with the most stringent standards.
400mq
Over 400 square meters of production area for the rotary barrel plating system.
+700k
Over 700,000 pieces can potentially be processed each day.
HIGH WEAR RESISTANCE
Galvanic coatings protect small metal parts from abrasion and daily use, increasing the durability of the components.
CORROSION PROTECTION
Galvanization offers a protective barrier against oxidation and chemical agents, ensuring greater longevity to the treated materials.
UNIFORM FINISHES
Rotary barrel treatment ensures homogeneous and flawless coatings, even on small and complex-shaped components.
LOWER PRODUCTION COSTS
The ability to treat large quantities of small parts in a single cycle reduces costs compared to frame galvanic processes.
VERSATILITY
The process is suitable for various types of small metal parts used in the fashion, jewelry, watchmaking, and technical component sectors.
100% RENEWABLE POWER
The plant optimizes resource consumption and is powered by 100% renewable energy.
Why choose the rotary barrel galvanic plant?
The rotary barrel plant ensures uniformity, cost reduction, and environmental impact reduction in the galvanization of small metal parts, without compromising the quality of the treatment.
Finishes obtainable with the rotary barrel plant
Thanks to LEM’s advanced technology, our rotary barrel galvanic plant is able to create various high-quality finishes.
FAQs on the semi-automatic rotary barrel plant
Because they are too small to be fixed on a frame, or because they do not require the extreme quality guaranteed by the frame process. The rotary barrel is a more efficient and cost-effective solution for this type of component.
The principle is the same, but the solutions are formulated to work with lower current densities, optimizing the treatment for small metal parts.
Yes, small parts treated with the rotary barrel can be subsequently processed with vibration to obtain more refined and personalized finishes.
Each bath has specific timings based on the deposited metal and the desired final color. The parameters are monitored precisely to ensure uniformity and quality.
Yes, chemical pretreatments are the same as the frame lines, but currents and exposure times vary to adapt to the rotary barrel process.
The rotary barrel allows working large quantities of small parts in a single production cycle, reducing operating costs compared to frame galvanization.
Yes, the rotary barrel process allows precise control of the coating thickness based on the customer’s required specifications.
LEM production plants
Semi-automatic rotary barrel galvanic plant
The LEM semi-automatic rotary barrel plant ensures production efficiency and quality in precision galvanic treatments for metal small parts.
Automatic galvanic systems
Discover LEM's automated galvanic systems: exceptional production capacity, Nickel-Free processing, and advanced wastewater recovery technologies.
Manual galvanic plant
Discover LEM's manual galvanic plant: artisanal precision finishes for fashion, luxury, and design accessories. Customized and high-quality treatments.
Vibro-tumbling
LEM's vibratory finishing system creates vintage finishes with pre and post-galvanic processes for fashion, luxury, and design accessories, ensuring unique and original results.
Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD)
Discover LEM's PVD Division: advanced technology for resistant coatings suitable for complex materials and geometries.
Turst our experience in small parts galvanization
Discover how our semi-automatic rotary barrel plant can improve the quality, resistance, and aesthetics of your small metal parts.
Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD)
LEM Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Division
PVD
A division that produces over 30,000 pieces per month, ensuring high-performance coatings for any design need.
Technological innovation for precision coatings
The LEM PVD division is the result of years of research and development, for treatments that meet the highest standards. Thanks to our know-how, we apply coatings to metallic materials creating finishes resistant to wear and chemical agents. PVD technology also allows us to create unique coatings, not obtainable with other techniques such as galvanic.
The division: features and performance
LEM’s PVD division is the heart of our physical vapor deposition technology, an innovative solution to create thin, resistant, and aesthetically impeccable coatings. Thanks to an advanced and controlled process, our plant guarantees excellent results, enhancing materials and components for sectors that require precision and durability, such as fashion, luxury, furniture, and design.
920mq
920 square meters dedicated to the PVD production plant.
+34k
more than thirty thousand potentially workable pieces each month, with the possibility of reaching thirty-four thousand for large-scale requests.
HIGH WEAR RESISTANCE
pvd-coated surfaces resist abrasion and daily use better than traditional coatings.
OPTIMIZED LEAD TIME
Guaranteed speed and precision.
WIDE RANGE OF FINISHES
PVD technology allows for gold, black, bronze, copper, iridescent finishes, and many other customizable shades not achievable with other technologies.
HIGH CUSTOMIZATION
PVD technology allows customization of color, texture, and resistance, adapting to the customer's design needs.
IDEAL FOR DIFFERENT MATERIALS
Steel, titanium, and brass are some of the substrates that can be treated with PVD technology.
COMPATIBLE WITH COMPLEX GEOMETRIES
Our machinery is designed to ensure uniformity even on intricate and small-sized objects.
Contact us for more information on our PVD division
We create high-quality coatings that combine aesthetics and resistance, customized for every need.
Available PVD finishes
LEM offers a wide range of PVD finishes, each designed to meet the specific needs of our customers.
FAQs on the our PVD plant
PVD technology allows surface finishes that cannot be obtained with the galvanic method, thus offering greater versatility in terms of finishes and applications.
The PVD coating thickness varies between 0.4 and 3 µm.
Yes, PVD finishes guarantee high resistance to chemical agents and detergents, protecting treated surfaces from chemical wear.
Our systems designed to apply precious metal finishes can accommodate items up to 80 cm in length and 15 cm in diameter. Other finishes can be applied to items with a maximum lateral size of 30 cm.
In special cases, it is possible to exceed these dimensions following the development of custom frames. Minimum dimensions, on the other hand, depend on the ability to secure the pieces to the frames, but there is no strict lower limit.
It depends on the process: from 5 days for direct PVD to 9 days for combinations with sandblasting or galvanic treatment.
Yes, the finishes can be customized in terms of color, texture, and resistance, adapting to the client’s design requirements.
Absolutely. Our machinery is specifically designed to ensure uniformity even on intricate and small-sized objects.
LEM production plants
Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD)
Discover LEM's PVD Division: advanced technology for resistant coatings suitable for complex materials and geometries.
Semi-automatic rotary barrel galvanic plant
The LEM semi-automatic rotary barrel plant ensures production efficiency and quality in precision galvanic treatments for metal small parts.
Manual galvanic plant
Discover LEM's manual galvanic plant: artisanal precision finishes for fashion, luxury, and design accessories. Customized and high-quality treatments.
Automatic galvanic systems
Discover LEM's automated galvanic systems: exceptional production capacity, Nickel-Free processing, and advanced wastewater recovery technologies.
Vibro-tumbling
LEM's vibratory finishing system creates vintage finishes with pre and post-galvanic processes for fashion, luxury, and design accessories, ensuring unique and original results.
Contact us for more information
If you want to learn more about our PVD solutions and how we can help enhance your products, contact us today. Our expert technicians are available to provide personalized consultations and tailor-made solutions.