Apparatus for separating metals from metal containing electrolytes

The appts. for precipitation of metals from electrolytes, in particular, those used for coating steel strip incorporates vertical coating cells arranged one after another. The strip to be coated passes from one cell into another via guide and/or current rolls. There is a gap between the vertical strip segments and vertically oriented anodes, while the direction of electrolyte flow points against the direction of strip motion. Two opposing walls of adjacent cells (2,3) take the form of anode plates (12,13) which bound a precipitation space (13) between them.