Powder Coating Provides Maximum Flexibility for Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson now powder coats the components of its drive train at a
powder coating facility in Milwaukee.
Until late 1994, Harley-Davidson’s Milwaukee power train division used liquid paint on the engines and transmissions it manufactured. But there were problems. “One of the big reasons that steered us toward powder was stability,” explains Ken Ellis, senior manufacturing engineer and process lead.