OUR FACILITIES AND SERVICES

 

FACILITY

Express Coat’s facilities include two buildings with a total of 67,120 Square Feet and 5.12 acres. The main building is 55,120 square feet providing our main offices, lab, and total process equipment area in addition to a covered loading area with 8 loading docks. The second building at our facility provides warehouse space with additional loading and unloading areas.

 

Process Equipment

Our process equipment includes two, conveyor-driven Autophoretic® 800 series coating lines. Line A and B have a “parts window” or total output size of 38” x 62” and 27” x 45” respectively. The two output sizes allow us to process a variety of sizes and shapes; parts as small as a bolt or nut and as large as a 74” drive shaft. The two lines also provide Express Coat with the flexibility that is required to meet “just-in-time” applications with little or no down-time. Line A and B both include a 9 stage process which is detailed below.

 
Line 2

 

Process Stages

  1. Spray Alkaline Cleaner (Heated to approx. 170° F.)
  2. Immersion Alkaline Cleaner (Heated to approx. 170° F.)
  3. Tap water spray rinse.
  4. Tap water immersion rinse.
  5. De-ionized water immersion.
  6. 866 Autophoretic® immersion (Ambient Temp.)
  7. Tap water immersion.
  8. Seal Rinse immersion.
  9. Conventional oven cure. (Low temp bake approx. 220° F.)
 
Line 1

 

Services and Capabilities

 
  1. Full EDI capabilities.
  2. Light Assembly, Inspection, and Packaging.
  3. Freight and Delivery Services Available.
  4. 24 hour turn-around time in most cases.
  5. In-house design and fabrication team for job specific tooling.
  6. Specialized in design of masking components for tooling.
  7. Full Shipping and Receiving capabilities with certified scale.
  8. ISO 9001:2000/ISO 14001 certified, providing full PPAP packages and related quality services.
  9. Chemical testing and control equipment.
  10. General coating consulting and advice.
  11. Currently providing services as a North American supplier to Ford, GM, and Daimler-Chrysler at various Tier 1, 2, & 3 levels.