East opens paint facility designed for trailers
Jun 25, 2003 12:00 PM
East Manufacturing has completed a new painting facility specifically designed to improve the quality of paint application and provide a baked-on paint finish on steel dump trailers, frames and subassemblies.The facility is part of East’s ongoing investment in product quality improvement.
Painting is a three-step process at East. First, the metal is prepped for painting by cleaning and/or sandblasting, and dried in a special oven. East works with a Sherwin Williams primer and finish-coat paint mixes formulated for extra long life, which are applied in a temperature-controlled paint booth environment. The paint is then cured in a specially designed oven for a baked-on finish.
For the painting facility, East built its own fixture that allows a trailer chassis to be rotated a full 360 degrees. This provides easy access to areas such as the underside of axles, suspension springs and brake dust covers that are normally hard to reach.
For curing the paint, East built an oven dedicated to the needs of large equipment. To the company’s knowledge, no other trailer manufacturer uses an oven-curing technique that provides a baked-on paint finish. Paint cured in this manner has been proven to last longer and provide more durable resistance to the elements.
Headquartered in Randolph, Ohio, East Manufacturing Corporation offers a full line of aluminum dump, platform and refuse trailers, straight trucks with dump bodies, and heavy duty trucking accessories. Ranked in the top 20 trailer manufacturers in the U.S., East has a network of over 50 trailer distributors and 400 accessories dealers nationwide.
