Tinplate Coil

Tinplate Coil 1

Tinplate is made of low carbon thin steel plate, also known as tin-plated iron. The main materials are steel and tin. There is a layer of tin on the iron sheet. Tinplate has strong corrosion resistance, and its own strength is hard and has good ductility. It is generally used for food packaging or chemical packaging

Tinplate Features

  • Opaque;
  • Good sealing;
  • Reduction of tin: it can react with residual oxygen, and the preservation effect is better;
    Provide a source of effective iron (trace iron required by the body);
  • Tinplate also has the characteristics of corrosion resistance, non-toxicity, high strength and good ductility, and is suitable as a metal packaging material.

The Basic Structure of Tinplate

DOS Oil
Oil film (0.02 um)
Oxide
Chemical treatment or oxide layer (0.002 um)
Tin
Tin layer (0.35 um, 2.8g/m2)
Aluminum alloy (0.15 um)
Aluminum alloy (0.15 um)
SnFe2 0.15-0.5mm
Iron sheet (200 um=0.2mm)

Classification of Tinplate

According to the annealing method, it is divided into CA—continuous annealing. Cold-rolled coils are unrolled into strips and then annealed in a protective atmosphere BA—box annealing.

Cold-rolled steel strip is annealed in the form of tight coils in a furnace with a protective atmosphere according to a predetermined time-temperature cycle. The chrome-plated iron is dark in color, wear-resistant and suitable for lids.

Box annealed tinplate: It can produce tinplate with good soft processing performance; good crystallographic direction, suitable for processing.

Continuous annealing tinplate: high quenching and tempering degree, can save the thickness of tinplate; uniform material, also suitable for high-speed can making.

The purpose of annealing is to reduce the hardness of steel, eliminate cold work hardening, improve the properties of steel, and restore the plastic deformation ability of steel. Eliminate the residual internal stress of steel, stabilize the structure, prevent deformation, and uniform the structure and chemical properties of the steel.

Tinplate production

Classification by number of rollings

  • One cold rolling: ≥0.16mm;
  • Secondary cold rolling: ≤0.16mm;

Sort by material grade

  • Food grade;
  • MR Chemical Materials: SPCC
  • MR steel: The vast majority of food packaging uses tinplate steel base. It has few residual trace elements and has excellent corrosion resistance.

Classified by hardness

According to the amount of tin plating

Note: The minimum average adhesion amount of equal-thickness tin plating is the sum of the amount of tin plating on both sides.

The higher the amount of tinned tinplate, the higher the price, the stronger the corrosion resistance, and the gradual decrease of the adhesion of the surface coating.

Sort by width

  • Tinplate steel plate: 750-1000mm;
  • Tinplate narrow strip: less than 750mm;

Generally, the products of very small tinplate factories are narrow strips, and only a tinplate factory with a certain scale can produce iron with a width of more than 1000mm.

The commonly used width of tinplate for producing aerosol cans and beverage cans in the market is 832mm.

Tinplate Packaging

Tinplate packaging is divided into box board packaging and coil packaging, and coil packaging is further divided into horizontal packaging and vertical packaging.

The box plate packaging is generally 1200 iron per pack, the thick iron is generally 800 iron per pack, and the coil packaging weight is generally 5-8 tons.

Tinplate Packaging
Tinplate Packaging
Tinplate Horizontal Roll Packaging
Tinplate Horizontal Roll Packaging
Tinplate Vertical Roll Packaging

Tinplate Cutting Machine

  • Thickness: 0.12 to 0.50mm;
  • Width: 260 to 1050mm;
  • Coil diameter: 300/420/508mm;
  • Tin coating: 2.8/2.8 ~ 5.6/5.6 g/m2;
  • Raw material: SPCC and MR;
  • Thickness: 0.16 to 6mm;
  • Width: 260 to 1050mm;
  • Tin coating: 2.8/2.8 ~ 5.6/5.6 g/m2;
  • Thickness: 0.05 to 6.0mm;
  • Width: UP to 1600mm;
  • Finish: Hair Line/No.2/8K(mirror)/AB/2B;
  • Coil Rolled Coil;
  • Hot Rolled Coil;