The invention discloses an automatic cleaning and water saving device for electroplating production and a method, and belongs to the technical field of electroplating equipment. The automatic cleaningand water saving device for electroplating production mainly comprises a plating tank, a recovering tank which communicates with the plating tank, a washing tank, and a PLC automatic control system,wherein a concentration evaporator is arranged at the joint of the recovering tank and the plating tank. According to the automatic cleaning and water saving device for electroplating production disclosed by the invention, the concentration evaporator is arranged at the plating tank and the recovering tank to concentrate recovered cleaning solutions in the recovering tank; after a concentrated solution achieves a certain concentration, the concentrated solution is renewedly discharged into the plating tank to be used as an electroplating solution; through the manner, water resources are recycled, so that waste of the water resources generated when a plating member is cleaned is reduced; the automatic cleaning and water saving device is environment-friendly, energy-saving and emission-reducing; and in the process of the electroplating production, the cleaning water capacity is far greater than the vaporization loss of a plating solution, so that level meters are mounted in the plating tank and the recovering tank, according to the liquid level change of the recovering tank and the plating tank, the PLC automatic control system can automatically control the evaporation capacity and the sprinkling water capacity for atomizing sprinkling, the plating tank and the recovering tank can keep the liquid level to be balanced, and the situation that too many tank solutions are in the recovering tank, and overflow is generated is avoided.