Manufacturing and granting mirrors
Mirrors at all times personified the luxury in the decoration of the premises. Amalgama – an alloy of mercury with silver, bronze, titanium – material is very expensive. In addition, the manufacture of mirrors is associated with the need to select a special, polished glass. Traditionally, the mirrors were richly framed, and every copy played an important role in the interior of the premises. Today, the mirror canvases themselves are the basis for the decor – they are decorated with the doors of the rooms and wardrobe wings, reflecting panels are faced with ceilings, pieces, and columns. Masters skillfully use the optical properties of glass to create special effects.
Types of glass processing in a mirror-steel workshop
The most popular operation that masters face is glass cutting. It is performed on digital equipment with an accuracy of 0.1 mm. Additional glass processing in the workshop includes:
engraving,
Mating,
Faceatting,
Molting.
With the help of engraving, get patterned glass. To apply lines, use special equipment that allows you to process the array to different depths. With the help of this technology, the workshop experts achieve an additional optical effect – playing glare on the faces of the image.
To matting the surface, use the method of chemical or machining. In the first case, the surface is treated with chemicals. The most common rectification is swimming acid. The second method is sandblasting. Using a pneumatic or hydraulic pistol, the processed plane is exposed to water-sand or air-sand suspension. Stream is sprayed under high pressure and at high speed.
Grand processing and polishing
Faceting is a cut. A rib is cut off from a mirror canvas along the edge, leaving a slanting polished edge. The master polishes the line, tries to achieve the effect of the prism. One fatset can be applied-at a constant angle to the surface, or two or three-at a few corners. The specialist is faced with the game – to achieve the game of light on the tops of the faces. Special requirements are imposed on the quality of surface polishing: the shine of rays should resemble the game of light on diamonds.
Fatsets can be applied to one side of glass or two. The processed edge is straight, rounded or curly. In this way they create colorful panels, windows. Mirror tiles obtained in this way are particularly expressive.
The manufacture of the ornament was white
One of the techniques for manufacturing parts with fatcet is called the Boveli. Its essence is that many curlys of proximal elements gather in the pattern. The finished ornament is glued to the mirror panel. The peculiarity of the technology is that at the first stage, glass strips of different sizes are harvested. Each tile is given its own, special form, then the facets are processed on all elements. All work is carried out on digital equipment, so the quality of the fatsets is perfect. The finished composition is glued to the decorated element.
Fuzing is used for fastening – sintering. Finished products obtained in this way are durable and indescribably beautiful. Glass parts can be glued. High reliability of the connection is provided by photopolymer compounds. Adhesives of this type are hardened under the influence of ultraviolet radiation.
Molting – bending. Warm by a critical temperature, glass is laid on a matrix of a given shape. The semi -finished product is burned, polished, if necessary, the edges are processed. This method of processing allows you to create expressive relief and sculptural images.
