Texas Powder Coating Booth Installs and Upgrades
Texas has a deep bench of powder coating work, and the electrical equipment build-out of the last few years has added to it. Switchgear, UPS and drive cabinets, transformer components, HVAC equipment and oilfield valves all commonly carry powder finishes. Double D Mechanical installs, relocates and connects powder coating booths for Texas manufacturers and coaters.
Discuss your installationElectrical Equipment Is Driving Demand
Several Texas projects point to more powder coated steel ahead: IEM's switchgear expansion in Bexar County, LITEON's AI power infrastructure plant in McKinney, TMEIC's third Houston-area factory in Waller County building UPS and medium voltage drives, Electronic Power Design's data-center electrical plant in North Houston and Hammond Power Solutions' transformer plant in Fort Worth. Cabinets and enclosures in that class are commonly powder coated, either on in-house lines or by local job shops.
Matching Booth to Product Mix
We help Texas shops choose and lay out booths around their parts.
- Enclosure and cabinet makers: conveyorized booths with automatic guns and recovery
- Valve and pipe component coaters: booths sized for heavy parts and preheated work
- Job shops: quick-clean booths plus recovery for high-volume colors
- Training programs: open-face booths with clear sightlines
Dry Air in Humid Regions
Moisture is powder's enemy. In Gulf Coast plants around Houston, Beaumont-Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, compressed air drying and powder storage conditions deserve extra attention. A properly sized dryer, point-of-use filtration and powder rooms kept out of the humid air stream help keep powder fluidizing and spraying evenly.
Install and Startup Sequence
Our typical powder booth project runs: confirm layout and part flow to the oven, set the booth, connect exhaust and filtration, install compressed air with drying, coordinate electrical and interlocks, verify grounding, then start up and check face velocity and pulse cleaning. Relocations add documentation and disconnection at the start.
Planning a booth or oven project in Texas
Double D Mechanical is based in Houston, so Texas jobs are home territory.
Manufacturing in Texas is concentrated around Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, and El Paso. The sectors most likely to be specifying spray booths, blast rooms, powder systems and cure ovens there include oil and gas equipment, petrochemical, aerospace and defense, and heavy fabrication and electrical equipment.
Hot, humid summers and mild winters put the emphasis on make-up air cooling or tempering, filter change schedules and keeping intake away from loading doors.
Frequently asked questions
Can a powder booth keep up with a switchgear enclosure line?
Yes, with automatic guns, conveyor openings and recovery sized for the line speed and part size.
How do we prevent powder clumping in humid weather?
Use well-dried compressed air, store powder in a controlled area and keep hoppers covered when not in use.
Can you install a powder booth in a school or training center?
Yes. Training booths need good visibility, interlocks and simple controls. The same airflow and grounding principles apply.
Can an existing booth be upgraded instead of replaced?
Often. New cartridges, fans, controls, lighting and air drying can bring an older booth up to current production needs.
Do you move powder booths between Texas locations?
Yes. We disconnect, move and reinstall booths, including duct, compressed air and electrical coordination at the new site.
Local sources
- IEM switchgear expansion, Brooks, Bexar County ($200M, up to 3,000 jobs) · plant
- LITEON AI power infrastructure plant, McKinney ($307M phase 1) · plant
- Hammond Power Solutions transformer plant, Fort Worth ($35.4M) · plant
- General Dynamics 155mm shell plant restart, Mesquite ($200M) · plant
- UUDS America paint booth installation, Irving ($250K) · tabs record
- Tarrant County College paint booth replacement, Fort Worth ($93K) · tabs record
- TMEIC third Houston-area factory, Waller County (UPS / MV drives) · plant
- Electronic Power Design 144k sq ft data-center electrical plant, North Houston · plant
- Constellation Industries pipe fabrication expansion, North Houston · plant
- Anchias Fleet Care new paint booth, Houston ($148K) · tabs record
- All Pro Auto Reconditioning booth renovation, Houston ($400K) · tabs record
- Davie Defense / Gulf Copper shipyard modernization, Port Arthur (up to $1B) · plant
- Saronic Port Alpha autonomous naval shipyard, Brownsville (>$3B) · plant
- STI Group blast and paint booths, McAllen ($750K) · tabs record
- Warren Equipment paint booth conversion, Lubbock ($523K) · tabs record
- IAC widebody aircraft paint hangar, Amarillo · plant
- City of McKinney spray booth permit packet · permit source