Adding Coating Capacity for Ohio Enclosure Production
When enclosure orders climb, the coating line usually becomes the constraint. The answer is not always a second line. Sometimes the oven is short, sometimes the washer cannot keep up, and sometimes loading and unloading are the real limit. For Ohio enclosure manufacturers, Double D Mechanical installs, relocates and services the equipment and utilities needed to add coating capacity where it actually matters.
Discuss your installationFinding the Real Bottleneck
Start with what limits line speed today. If parts come out of the oven undercured at higher speed, the oven is short or underpowered. If parts arrive at the booth wet, dry-off is the issue. If operators cannot load fast enough, the line has a staffing or layout problem rather than an equipment problem.
Ways to Add Capacity
Options include extending the cure oven, adding burner capacity, adding a booth, extending washer stages or adding a parallel line for large cabinets. Each has its own utility impact.
- Longer oven: more floor space and gas load
- Second booth: more electrical and recovery equipment
- Parallel line: duplicate utilities and building air
Building Air After Expansion
More ovens and washers mean more exhaust, and the building must replace that air. Expansion projects often need an additional or larger make-up air unit to keep the plant balanced.
Utility Headroom
Before committing, check gas service, electrical capacity, water and drains. Upgrading service can drive project timing.
Planning a booth or oven project in Ohio
Crews mobilize from Houston; Ohio is roughly 1,000 miles away, so equipment, panels and tooling are staged and shipped ahead of the install crew.
Manufacturing in Ohio is concentrated around Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Toledo. The sectors most likely to be specifying spray booths, blast rooms, powder systems and cure ovens there include automotive assembly and suppliers, aerospace, steel and metal fabrication, and semiconductors.
Cold winters mean make-up air heaters are sized for sub-freezing intake, and booth or oven placement has to account for frost lines, snow loads on roof penetrations and winter slab work.
Frequently asked questions
Is it cheaper to extend an oven or add a new one?
It depends on the oven design and floor space. Extending is sometimes simpler, but not every oven can be lengthened easily.
Can a booth be swapped for a larger one without changing the oven?
Often, if conveyor routing and the oven can handle the increased throughput.
Will adding equipment require a new make-up air unit?
If exhaust volume increases significantly, additional make-up air is usually needed.
Can work happen during production?
Much of the prep can, with final tie-ins scheduled during planned shutdowns.
What should we measure before calling?
Current line speed, oven temperatures, reject rates and where parts pile up.