At least one shielding device, which protects the vacuum chamber walls and/or the components arranged in the chamber from undesired deposits of the layer starting material is arranged in the vacuum chamber of a coating installation according to the invention in which vitreous, glass-ceramic and/or ceramic layers are applied to substrates by deposition from the gas phase. It is important that in the event of temperature changes in the vacuum chamber, the expansion or contraction of the shielding device corresponds to the expansion or contraction of the vitreous, glass-ceramic or ceramic layer or deposits.