Metal band having metallic appearance excellent in forming stability and seamlessly formed can body and method for production thereof

• Main Authors: YOKOYA HIROKAZU, CHICHIKI TORU, SUEHIRO MASAYOSHI, KATAOKA TAKAHARU, MIYAMAE OSAMU, NISHIDA HIROSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.10.2006
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; PUNCHING METAL; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

A metal band having metallic appearance and being excellent in forming stability is provided. The metal band includes a coating film containing not less than 20 mass % in the coated and dried state, of filler of aluminum or aluminum alloys on the side thereof corresponding to the outside of a can. The metal band also has a resin-rich portion containing not more than approximately 5 mass % of the filler, approximately 0.1 to 20 mum in thickness in the coated surface far from the metal strip surface, seamlessly-formed can bodies made of such strips. Methods for manufacturing such strips and can bodies are also provided.