Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

Humio Kunishige

Atsuo Tanaka

Keiichi Shimizu

Junichi Tanabe

A steel sheet of which both sides are laminated with a resin film wherefrom a two-piece can having a can height about twice the length of the can diameter and a thin wall thickness from 40 to 70% of the original sheet thickness can be formed under a special wall thickness reduction process without water based coolant or lubricant.

Resin film laminated steel sheet for can by dry forming

A laminated steel sheet for dry forming drawn and ironed cans wherein the steel sheet comprises a steel containing iron, carbon, manganese, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur and optionally titanium and/or niobium and wherein the steel sheet is electrolytically chromium-coated and covered on both sides with a 10-50 .mu.m thick thermoplastic resin layer. The sheet sheet has a crystal grain size of 8-30 .mu.m, a surface roughness of 0.05-0.6 .mu.m and a thickness of 0.15-0.3 mm.

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Kudamatsu, Japan

Humio Kunishige