Wisconsin Metal Fabrication Coating Equipment
Many Wisconsin fabricators build heavy: frames, booms, buckets, bases and weldments that move by crane. Coating that work takes large booths, serious make-up air and handling that keeps finished surfaces from getting damaged. Double D Mechanical installs, relocates and services paint booths, powder systems, cure ovens and their exhaust, make-up air and utility connections.
Discuss your installationCrane Coverage Into the Booth
Getting a heavy weldment into a booth usually means a bridge crane, a rail cart or a transfer car. If the crane runs into the booth, the booth roof has to accommodate the rail and trolley. If parts arrive on carts, the floor rails and doors must match. Either way, handling decisions come before booth size is set.
Large-Volume Exhaust in a Cold Climate
A big booth moves a lot of air, and through a Wisconsin winter all of that replacement air must be heated. Direct-fired make-up air units, recirculation during cure cycles where the booth allows it and controls that scale with use all reduce the burden.
- Size heating for the booth's real exhaust volume
- Use controls that follow booth operating modes
- Keep heated air directed toward the work area
Liquid Coatings on Heavy Steel
Heavy equipment parts often take liquid primer and topcoat because of size and field-repair needs. Flash and force-dry areas after the booth must hold large parts while they cure, with enough air movement to carry off solvent.
Crane Capacities and Rail Heights
Note the heaviest and largest weldment, how it moves today, crane capacities and rail heights, coatings used and the gas service available.
Planning a booth or oven project in Wisconsin
Crews mobilize from Houston; Wisconsin is roughly 1,000 miles away, so equipment, panels and tooling are staged and shipped ahead of the install crew.
Manufacturing in Wisconsin is concentrated around Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, and Appleton. The sectors most likely to be specifying spray booths, blast rooms, powder systems and cure ovens there include heavy machinery and engines, paper products, food processing equipment, and metal fabrication.
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
Can a crane run into a paint booth?
Yes, with a booth designed for it. The booth roof and seals must accommodate the crane rail and trolley.
How do we cut heating costs on a big booth?
Match exhaust to need, use controls that reduce airflow in idle or cure modes where the design allows, and keep make-up air directed where it is useful.
Can heavy parts be powder coated?
Yes, but heavy parts need ovens with enough burner capacity and time to bring the steel up to cure temperature.
Do you relocate large booths?
Yes. Large booths are disassembled, moved and reinstalled with new exhaust, make-up air and utility connections.