Coating facility comprising at least the following means: a) Means for cleaning substrates to be coated b) Means for coating the substrates c) Means for curing the coated substrates wherein the coating facility is designed in a modular construction and a module is provided for each one of the means a) to c) and each module comprises its own transport device in such a manner that when the modules (203, 205, 207, 209) work together, a continuous inline transport through the modules (203, 205, 207, 209) in the direction of movement can be achieved, wherein each of the modules (203, 205, 207, 209) comprises an entrance door (241, 243, 245, 247) as well as an exit door (251, 253, 255, 257), wherein this means any type of closing mechanism for an opening through which the substrates can be transported in or out of the respective module (203, 205, 207, 209), wherein the individual modules (203, 205, 207, 209) are arranged in relation to one another in such a manner that the exit door of one module (203, 205, 207, 209) has in each case a connection with the entrance door of the subsequent module (203, 205, 207, 209), wherein connection means here that a carrier loaded with substrates can be transported from the exit door of one module (203, 205, 207, 209) to the entrance door of a subsequent module (203, 205, 207, 209), wherein the exit door of a module (203, 205, 207, 209) is preferably arranged in immediate vicinity of the entrance door of the subsequent module (203, 205, 207, 209), wherein only the entrance door of the first module (203, 205, 207, 209) of the facility and the exit door of the last module (203, 205, 207, 209) of the facility are isolated, i.e. they are not connected to a door of another module (203, 205, 207, 209), characterized in that in individual modules (203, 205, 207, 209) the entrance door and/or exit door can possibly be omitted, if the respective process step allows it, or if the processing steps of two adjacent modules (203, 205, 207, 209) do not affect each other negatively or it is not absolutely necessary that in the case where a module (203, 205, 207, 209) follows another module (203, 205, 207, 209), the exit door of the one module (203, 205, 207, 209) as well as the entrance door of the other module (203, 205, 207, 209) are realized and the transport devices (235, 237) of the modules (203, 205, 207, 209) are arranged in such a manner that the substrates can be transferred from one transport device (235, 237) of one module (203, 205, 207, 209) onto another transport device (235, 237) of another module (203, 205, 207, 209), wherein due to the driving mechanism of the transport device each substrate slides out of the one module and is displaced on the transport device of the subsequent module and for loading and unloading the coating facility an automatic device is provided and a transport device from the automatic device to the entrance door of the first module and a transport device from the exit door of the last module to the automatic device is provided and the exit door of at least one module and the entrance door of a subsequent module form one unit with a common driving mechanism and a module for PVD-coating is provided. a) Means for cleaning substrates to be coated b) Means for coating the substrates c) Means for curing the coated substrates wherein the coating facility is designed in a modular construction and a module is provided for each one of the means a) to c) and each module comprises its own transport device in such a manner that when the modules (203, 205, 207, 209) work together, a continuous inline transport through the modules (203, 205, 207, 209) in the direction of movement can be achieved, wherein each of the modules (203, 205, 207, 209) comprises an entrance door (241, 243, 245, 247) as well as an exit door (251, 253, 255, 257), wherein this means any type of closing mechanism for an opening through which the substrates can be transported in or out of the respective module (203, 205, 207, 209), wherein the individual modules (203, 205, 207, 209) are arranged in relation to one another in such a manner that the exit door of one module (203, 205, 207, 209) has in each case a connection with the entrance door of the subsequent module (203, 205, 207, 209), wherein connection means here that a carrier loaded with substrates can be transported from the exit door of one module (203, 205, 207, 209) to the entrance door of a subsequent module (203, 205, 207, 209),