Our Service | Benefits of Using PCL | Features | Typical Components
Plastic Coating Ltd’s electrophoretic painting,
also known as e-coating, service provides a high-quality solution for components of all sizes.
Typically utilised within the automotive industry, e-coating provides an even and full coverage coating, typically applied between 15 microns and 30 microns thick.
This in-house operation ensures a professional finish while keeping costs within your project’s budget. Our numerous quality accreditations, including IATF 16949, ensures Plastic Coatings maintains a high standard throughout.
As an established industry service provider, Plastic Coatings can supply a comprehensive offering, from pre-treatment, including degreasing and phosphate conversion, to countrywide delivery of coated parts.
Our expert team maintains an open line of communication, ensuring the most effective and efficient service is provided for the specifications of your project.
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E-coat, EP paint, electropaint or electrophoretic paint. Known by various names, electrophoretic painting has become established in recent years as an economical and corrosion resistant finish on its own or as a primer.
It’s predominantly used in the automotive market for under bonnet and passenger compartment components. E-coat achieves a black paint finish with a uniform thickness ranging from 15 microns up to 30 microns. The coating system’s economical benefits mean that it has in recent times been adopted by varying industries as an undercoat or finish of choice where cosmetics are less critical than performance.
The application process is a complete submersion coating process. The system is similar to a zinc plating application in that it is an immersion process which starts with degreasing and rinsing. The next stage of the process is to carry out phosphate conversion to enhance corrosion resistance. The coating material is applied to the components using an electrical current (cathodic electrodeposition) in the bath of coating material – a water-based solution with a paint emulsion.
The final coating is an organic coating that is around 20um thick on average. It has excellent corrosion resistance and good chemical resistance. Unlike many of the coatings that we offer at Plastic Coatings, this material is not UV balanced and therefore is best suited to applications such as engine compartment, under body, interior bracketry and braking components or where used as a cost effective, performance enhancing primer or undercoat.
Benefits
of Using PCL
Plastic Coatings is a leading name within the coating industry. Established since 1952, we have the knowledge, skilled workforce, and facilities to support your project throughout for the automotive sector and beyond. Our e-coatings are produced for maximised performance, ensuring a high-quality end product.
We further have the in-house facilities for application of a top-coat on your e-coated product. With the ability to greater enhance the coating system performance, it offers improved longevity, better chemical resistance, increased performance in harsh environments, and an attractive finish for aesthetic purposes.
Features
&Typical Components
Features:
Black paint thickness ranging from 15 microns up to 30 microns
All over coating due to submersion process
Excellent corrosion resistance, in excess of 1000 hours to ASTM B117
Good as a primer to enhance performance of other coatings
Economical
Fast turnaround as process is 'always on'
Prototype to production volume
Typical Components:
Fuel filler tubes
Car and commercial vehicle seat frames, components, runners and bracketry
Brackets, levers and operating parts
Under bonnet components
Seat belt anchors
Tow bar plates
Door catches
Striker loops
Speaker grilles
Speak to the experts today
Require electrophoretic painting for your automotive project? Speak to a member of Plastic Coatings today.
