System for electroplating a strip

System (10) for continuously electroplating a portion of a strip (12) having an unwinding reel station (14) from which the non-electroplated strip (12) is unwound and having a first electroplating station (16) and having a driven winding reel station (18), in which the electroplated strip (12) is wound up on a reel, and having a control unit (20), wherein the first electroplating station (16) comprises:

• a circular horizontally disposed support means (22) that rotates about a vertical axis and at which outer edge (28) the strip (12) is held, wherein the area to be plated (38) protrudes downward,
• an endless drive belt (30) which lies against a part of the circumference at the outer edge (28) and the strip (12) is held between the outer edge (28) and the drive belt (30) and is conveyed in the circumferential direction,
• a drive (35) for rotating said support means (22),
• electroplating baths (42), which are distributed over part of the circumference of the support means (22) and arranged below the support means (22) so that the region (38) to be plated of the strip (12) is conveyed through the baths (42) and electroplated there.