DIRECT CURING OF REACTIVE RESINS BY MEANS OF PLASMA INDUCTION

The invention relates to a new type of method for marking or coating surfaces, such as floors, flat roofs, balconies, and metal structures, and in particular roadways, such as streets. Said new type of method is characterized in that the method enables simplified application of reactive-resin-bonded coating masses as a one-component system in comparison with the prior art and at the same time can be carried out without the addition of procedurally critical substances such as peroxides as a second initiator component, which addition is otherwise necessary for said systems. In the conventional method, the reactive mass must be processed within the so-called pot life; otherwise, the curing reaction starts in the container or in the spraying machine and leads to malfunctions. Said new method is characterized in that a reactive resin system is applied to a surface without the addition of an initiator and is then cured by means of a plasma. Because the apparatus to be used to apply the road marking must be as simple as possible, a so-called atmospheric-pressure plasma is used as a radical source. The invention also relates to a machine for curing such a coating or a machine for applying and then curing the coating. Furthermore, the new type of method according to the invention can be quickly carried out in a very wide temperature range and leads to quick restoration of trafficability, for example of marked road surfaces.