Abstract: Laminates of a metal base having a plasma or flame sprayed metal coating thereon, which coating comprises at least about 50% by weight of a transition metal, and including a layer of a solid film lubricant of effective lubricating amounts of a lubricating pigment dispersed in a polymeric binder on said flame sprayed or plasma sprayed metal coating. These laminates may be used at various glass contacting locations for handling glass in its process of manufacture.

Abstract: An improvement is provided in methods for conveying a charge, or gob, of formable glass along glass loading equipment, from the point of severance of the gob to the point where the charge of formable glass is discharged into a mold for forming; the improvement essentially resides in increasing the effective glass contacting life of lubricants, which have been previously employed on the glass loading equipment, by providing a support coating for the previously employed lubricants, which support coating comprises a transition metal in a major amount applied from a flame spray or plasma spray and presents an abrasion-resistant, rough surface profile upon which the previously employed lubricants are then deposited.