Block Foam Glass with Plasma Protective and Decorative Coatings

An innovative energy-saving technology for producing block foam glass with a protective decorative coating has been developed, including the preliminary application of an intermediate heat resistant coating followed by the application of the main coating and the plasma jet melting. The optimal composition of the intermediate heat resistant coating, its preparation technology and laying on the front surface of the foam glass block are determined. It is shown that the main factor shaping the quality of the foam glass insulating block with a protective decorative coating is the speed of the plasma burner movement with a plasma jet on the front surface of the foam block glass with a preliminary applied two-layer heat resistant protective decorative coating. The formation regularity of the front layer texture of a protective and decorative coating on the plasma jet speed to the enclosing foam glass block has been established. It is shown that at the optimum plasma processing speed of 10 mm/s, a continuous, high-quality protective and decorative coating is formed. The features of the phase composition and microstructure of a multilayer heat resistant protective decorative coating are investigated. It is established that the surface layer is represented by an amorphous vitreous phase.