Protective Coatings Research & Development

Research and Development Capabilities

DECC maintains a 10,000-square-foot R&D department that replicates the company’s high-volume production application methods on a smaller scale. This department is a vital asset, allowing DECC to test, refine, and validate coating solutions before they move into full production.

Protective Coatings Research & Development | The DECC Company

Sample Processing

Because it can be difficult to break into normal production schedules on short notice, our R&D department provides us a means to turn high quality samples quickly and efficiently, allowing our customers get parts on test as soon as possible and giving them a leg up on their competition.

Technician performing sample prep for coating application inside a production spray booth at DECC

New Coating Validation

As much as many coating resin systems are the same in nature, they are also all a little different. Our R&D spray personnel have over 50 years of combined spraying experience and understand subtle variations in coating spray behavior. By having the ability and knowledge to spray unfamiliar coatings in an R&D environment to determine wet-out characteristics, DECC can hit the ground running on production volumes for an application with an unfamiliar coating.

Mixing bucket with metallic coating compound being stirred during quality coating validation process

Low Volume & One of a Kind Production

Not every part that DECC coats is high-volume and can be hung on a hook. In our R&D department, we apply coating to plastic injection molds, commercial laundry dryer panels, food production die rollers, 2000lb machinery bases, waffle irons, and an endless variety of larger sized, lower volume components from numerous industries.

Explosion-proof, low-volume industrial coating booth with hanging metal parts ready for finish application

Critical Component Performance Production

Sometimes, coating performance is so critical that every production run must be heavily scrutinized and 100% inspected. For instance, DECC applies an adhesive for rubber over-molding to a medical component used in open heart surgery. Even though it is higher volume, this type of production is performed in our R&D department to ensure every part meets the extremely stringent quality standards expected from our customer.