ORMOCER^® color coatings on glass

The manufacturing of colored glass by adding metal oxides, metal sulphides or selenides to a suitable molten glass batch often involves the use of toxic heavy metal compounds. The coloring of achromatic glass by means of vacuum process or inorganic sol-gel coatings requires complex and expensive plant technology. ORMOCER^® coatings, on the other hand, as hybrid polymer functional materials, are non-toxic and applicable at low temperatures by conventional lacquer techniques.

Possible applications

• Opaque layers: flat glass coating with pigmented ORMOCER^®
• Industrial glass
• Packaging glass
• Glass sheets for furniture and sanitary appliances
• Glass in architecture and the building industry
• Glazing in the automotive sector

The advantages

• Good adhesion to various glass surfaces
• Unlimited color palette
• Easy reproducibility of the colors
• Finishing by conventional wet painting procedures
• Low curing temperatures (< 200 °C)
• Economical even for smaller batches
• Toxicologically safe
• Additional decorative effects possible (color gradients, partial coloration)

The properties

• Properties and processing techniques of the soles and coatings
• Lead solubility of untreated and pretreated lead crystal glass surfaces

Other areas of application

• Color coatings on mineral surfaces
• Color coatings on metal surfaces