Tinplate & Modern Canmaking Technology
- 1st Edition - June 1, 1985
- Latest edition
- Author: E. Morgan
- Editor: D. W. Hopkins
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 2 8 6 8 0 - 8
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 2 8 6 8 1 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 3 0 0 - 4
Provides a fully illustrated and practical guide to current industrial practice in the production, processing and use of tinplate with specific emphasis on its relevance to the… Read more
Provides a fully illustrated and practical guide to current industrial practice in the production, processing and use of tinplate with specific emphasis on its relevance to the packaging industry. Written primarily to provide the technician and apprentice with a sound working knowledge of the industry, it provides, for the first time in one concise volume, a readily comprehensible account of all the major aspects of the subject. Includes up-to-date details of modern equipment and plant, industrial processes, conversion techniques, recovery methods, and examines possible future developments.
Of interest to apprentices, industrial trainees and engineering students.
(partial) Introduction. Tinplate Manufacture: Manufacture of pig iron. Direct reduction processes. Steelmaking. Properties of Tinplate and Testing Procedures: Surface appearance and grading. Mechanical properties. Tincoating properties. Alternative metallic coatings. Canmaking Processes: Mechanical strengths of empty and filled cans. Three-piece can manufacture. Solders and fluxes. Welding techniques. Modern Canmaking Technology: Deformation behaviour of low carbon steel under applied stress. Deep drawing. Drawing and wall-ironing (DWI) process. Protective and Decorative Coating Systems: Protective coatings. Decorative systems. New materials and processes under development. Corrosion of Cans: Corrosion processes and factors affecting them. Atmospheric corrosion. Waste Recovery and Recycling: Recycling of industrial tinplate scrap. Recycling of used cans. Alternative recovery methods. A View of Future Developments. Index.
206 lit. refs., 120 illus.
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 1, 1985
- Language: English
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D. W. Hopkins
Affiliations and expertise
University College of Swansea, UKEM
E. Morgan
Affiliations and expertise
formerly of R & D Division, Metal Box Plc, UKRead Tinplate & Modern Canmaking Technology on ScienceDirect