Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.

Norihito Saiki

Shinichi Taya

Junichi Tanabe

Hidekazu Tomaru

Masahiro Kai

Katsuhiro Imazu

Akira Kobayashi

Tomomi Kobayashi

Etsuro Tsutsumi

Mitsuhiko Aoyagi

Etsuro Tutsumi

A method of drawing and ironing a resin film laminated metal sheet for forming a can body having a bottom portion, a can wall portion and a flange-forming portion by drawing the resin film laminated metal sheet obtained by laminating at least one surface of a metal sheet with an organic resin film, followed by ironing by using a punch and a plurality of dies neighboring each other. The can wall is effectively prevented from being broken by a decrease in the thickness of the can wall, and drawn and ironed cans are efficiently formed having a thickness which is decreased as designed.

Method of drawing and ironing a resin film laminated metal sheet and resin film laminated drawn and ironed can using the same method

A method of drawn and ironed processing of a resin coated metal sheet, in which in the drawn and ironed processing of resin coated metal sheet, there can be obtained a can body of satisfactorily small wall thickness and at an opening edge part of the can body, the coating resin is free from any defect; and a resin coating drawn and ironed processed can produced thereby. There is provided a method of drawn and ironed processing of a resin coated metal sheet, comprising performing drawn and ironed processing of a resin coated metal sheet composed of a metal sheet having at least one major surface thereof coated with an organic resin with the use of a punch and a die into a can body, characterized in that ironing is conducted with the use of a punch having a small-diameter portion at its rear end so that the ratio of ironing at an opening edge part of the can body after shaping falls within the range of 0 to 15%. Further, there is provided a drawn and ironed processed can of resin coated metal sheet produced through the processing method.

Method of drawn and ironed processing of resin coated metal sheet and resin coated drawn and ironed can produced thereby

A method and a device for manufacturing a synthetic resin coated metal can body capable of drawing and ironing the synthetic resin coated metal can body with a large processing quantity without causing can body breakage. First and second ironings are conducted to the side wall of a redrawn can () formed by drawing a thermoplastic resin-coated aluminum sheet () on both surfaces by a first ironing die () and a second ironing die () in that order according to the pressing-in of a punch () with such processing quantities that sheet thickness reduction ratios from an original sheet thickness come within the rages of 35 to 55% and 60 to 75% respectively for manufacturing a metal can body. Since the coated layer of a thermoplastic resin acts on a metal body in a direction for preventing the metal body from being broken (ruptured), processing conditions for ironing are relieved, and even if an ironing with a high sheet thickness reduction ratio is performed, an ironing capable of maintaining quality is allowed without causing the can body breakage in a first step can () and a second step can ().

Method and device for manufacturing synthetic resin coated metal can body

A method of producing seamless cans wherein a blank holder 2 is inserted in a metal cup 5 coated with an organic film 12, a punch 1 is advanced into a cavity 7 in a die 3 while pushing the bottom 5a of the metal cup onto the flat surface portion 3a of the die by the blank holder 2, so that the side wall 5b of the metal cup 5 is brought into intimate contact with the flat surface portion 3a of the die and with the working corner 3b having a small radius of curvature, thereby to reduce the thickness of the side wall 5b by bend-elongation. Moreover, the portion to be subjected to the necking is ironed at an ironing ratio of not smaller than 5% by the punch 1 in cooperation with the front end 3b.sub.1, of the working corner 3b, or by the front end 3b.sub.1, and an ironing portion of a short cylindrical portion in front thereof, or by the punch 1 in cooperation with the ironing portion 3g of the die 3 by advancing the side wall 5b slightly toward the inside in the cavity 7, thereby to obtain a seamless can 20 having a reduced thickness in the side wall 5b. This method makes it possible to control the thickness distribution in the side wall and, hence, to produce seamless cans having reduced thickness in the side wall permitting the organic film to be least whitened during the necking working.

Method of producing seamless cans

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Yokohama, Japan

Norihito Saiki