Our Guide to 7 Industries That Use Powder Coating for Better Products

Powder Coating Being Applied

Powder coating is a versatile way to help make many products and surfaces last longer. Industrial powder coating offers limitless color options, resistance to scratching, chipping, temperatures, and corrosion, and it’s more cost-effective than other industrial coatings like liquid paint.

Our guide from Coating Systems showcases the top seven industries that use powder coating every day to improve their products.

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Appliances

The surfaces of kitchen appliances can offer better protection with powder coating, which is a durable and protective finish that enhances both their performance and longevity. Appliances are often exposed to harsh conditions, such as heat, moisture, and cleaning chemicals, all of which can degrade their surfaces over time. 

Powder coating forms a thick, resilient layer that shields the metal or even plastic surfaces of the appliance from these factors. This protection is especially important for kitchen appliances like refrigerators and ovens, which must withstand frequent use and high temperatures without compromising their appearance or functionality.

Powder coating offers aesthetic benefits that make appliances more attractive to consumers. The finish can be applied in a wide range of colors and textures, allowing manufacturers to create sleek, modern designs, or even retro designs. Think colorful mixing bowls, toasters, or coffeemakers that sit on a kitchen counter. 

Benefits of Powder Coating on Appliances

  • Provides excellent corrosion and rust resistance.
  • Enhances durability, and helps to make appliances last longer.
  • Offers a variety of finishes, colors, and textures.
  • Environmentally friendly, with minimal waste and no harmful solvents.
  • Heat-resistant, ideal for high-temperature applications like ovens.

Automotive

Powder coating plays a critical role in the automotive industry by providing vehicles with a robust, long-lasting finish that protects against environmental damage. Automobiles are regularly exposed to challenging conditions such as extreme outdoor temperatures in the summer and winter, UV rays, moisture, and road debris, all of which can contribute to wear and tear. 

Industrial powder coating forms a durable, protective barrier that guards metal, and sometimes durable plastic, components against corrosion, rust, and chipping, significantly extending the vehicle’s lifespan. It is commonly used on various automotive parts, including wheels, chassis, and the inside of body panels, ensuring both functional and aesthetic longevity. Clear powder coats can protect parts without creating a color variance from the substrate layer.

Unlike traditional painting methods, powder coating provides a more uniform application, ensuring smoother surfaces and fewer defects on parts. Powder coating is perfect for auto parts suppliers.

Advantages of Powder Coating in the Automotive Industry

  • Provides superior resistance to corrosion, rust, and weather damage.
  • Enhances durability for longer-lasting automotive parts.
  • Allows for a wide variety of finishes and colors with smooth, even application.
  • Environmentally friendly with fewer VOC emissions and less waste when applied.
  • Heat and UV-resistant, ideal for outdoor and high-temperature exposure.

Construction

In construction, materials such as steel, aluminum, and iron are exposed to various environmental challenges like moisture, UV radiation, and harsh chemicals. Powder coating protects against corrosion and other forms of degradation that can weaken superstructures over time. This makes it particularly useful for outdoor applications, such as architectural frameworks, metal roofing, and railings, where longevity and structural integrity are crucial.

Beyond its protective qualities, powder coating enhances the aesthetics of construction materials, allowing for a wide variety of colors and finishes that can complement modern architectural designs. Powder coating can also foster LEED designations for buildings because of its eco-conscious approach, which doesn’t produce VOCs during production.

Benefits of Powder Coating in the Construction Industry

  • Provides exceptional resistance to rust, corrosion, and environmental wear.
  • Increases the longevity and durability of metal structures.
  • Offers a wide range of colors and textures for aesthetic flexibility.
  • Eco-friendly process with low waste and no harmful solvents.
  • The uniform application ensures a smooth, defect-free finish ideal for architectural use.

Electronics

Electronics can be sensitive to environmental factors such as moisture, heat, and chemicals, which can degrade their performance and longevity. Powder coating provides a tough, insulating layer that shields components like delicate circuitry and metal casings that are near the outer layer of the electronic device. This is particularly important for devices that operate in industrial environments or face frequent handling, where wear and tear could compromise their function.

Powder coating can come in many colors, which can stand out from others. For example, a metal control panel can be one color to designate a certain piece of machinery or another color to indicate a different piece of equipment. You can’t afford to have your electronics break down at an inopportune time. Powder coating can help lengthen the lifespan of electronics and electrical components.

Advantages of Powder Coating for Electronics

  • Protects electronic components from moisture, heat, and chemical damage.
  • Insulates against electrical interference and static discharge.
  • Improves the durability of casings and housings.
  • Provides a wide range of colors and textures for aesthetic appeal.
  • Ensures a smooth, uniform finish with no surface imperfections.

Furniture

Help your furniture last longer and stand out from your competitors with quality and colorful powder coating. Outdoor or metal furniture is ideal for powder coating as a substrate. So, think lawn chairs, patio chairs and tables, firepits, loungers, outdoor sofas, cots, benches, and hammocks. Adding powder coating can add years to the longevity of your products while protecting the items from corrosion, chipping, and cracking on the outer surface. Heat, cold, and weather can wreak havoc on outdoor furniture. Powder coating can protect these items from these environmental conditions.

Industrial powder coating can be made into almost any color. So, if you want to add a splash of color to your furniture, it can make an instant, eye-catching impression not only in a showroom but also in photography and on advertising. So, powder coating offers more than just physical protection. It can create aesthetically pleasing pieces of furniture.

Benefits of Powder Coating on Outdoor Furniture

  • Helps furniture last longer.
  • Protects against heat, cold, and weather.
  • Resists corrosion.
  • Creates a colorful, aesthetically pleasing appearance.

Sporting Goods

You want your sporting goods to last longer for your customers because they have an online presence, and they review your products. One or two influencers can truly drive engagement with your brand. Powder coating helps your items last longer while preventing damage from the elements. Sporting goods also endure extreme conditions, from the tops of mountains to scorching hot deserts and the depths of the ocean and pouring rain. Adding an outer coating can help your products withstand these harsh environments.

Powder coating can also help your products have a visual appeal and help customers notice your brand. For example, you might have a line of high-end bicycles that someone can custom order. One of these customizations includes color choices, which powder coating can provide. 

Sporting Goods That Need Powder Coating

  • Bicycles
  • Ski poles
  • Tent poles
  • Water sports equipment
  • Boat trailers
  • Personal watercraft
  • ATVs
  • Snowmobiles
  • Benches 
  • Outdoor bleachers
  • Goal posts
  • Basketball goals, poles, and backboards
  • And more!

Medical Equipment

Medical-grade equipment needs to be sturdy enough when it comes to biocompatibility. Powder coating must withstand high-grade sanitizers and cleaning chemicals in between procedures and patients. Additives to certain powder coatings can create anti-microbial properties that resist bacteria, mildew, mold, parasites, and viruses in medical settings, which is important for sanitization and meeting regulatory standards.

Equipment for hospitals, clinics, dentists, doctors’ offices, and pharmaceutical labs must all conform to regulatory requirements. Powder coating can help achieve that. 

Items That Can Benefit From Medical-Grade Powder Coating

  • Hospital beds
  • Wheelchairs
  • Handrails
  • Dental chairs
  • Electrosurgical units
  • Angled lighting
  • Operating tables
  • Anesthesia machines
  • Heart pumps
  • Patient call systems
  • And more

Custom, Professional Powder Coatings at Coating Systems

Coating Systems, located in Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, can develop powder coatings for your products. We have decades of industry experience and use top-of-the-line equipment to make sure every square inch is covered in a smooth, durable finish.

Reach out to us by calling 503-367-5600 or contacting us online.