Metallurgy of Canning Materials

• Metallurgy basics
• Can body: aluminium & steel
• Can end
• Tab
• Typical Properties and microstructures
• Behaviour during can making and in service (strengthening, softening, formability, galling resistance, corrosion)
• Common defects and their origin

Lubrication in Aluminium Beverage Can Manufacture

• Surface generation during rolling
• Tribology during can making
• Lubricant chemistry (rolling lubricant, post lube, cupper lube, bodymaker coolant)
• System compatibility
• Effect on efficiency and quality
• Common defects and their origin

Surface Treatment and Coating of Aluminium Beverage Cans

• Cleaning
• Pre-treatment
• Lacquers
• Overall system requirements
• Latest developments (Cr-free pre-treatments, water-based lacquers, radiation curable lacquers)
• Common defects and their origin
• Legislative issues

Corrosion of Beverage Cans

• Corrosion basics
• Measurement of corrosion (laboratory tests, pack testing)
• Scoreline corrosion (outside, underscore)
• Tab staining
• Secondary corrosion
• Good practice throughout supply chain

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