Objective The aim of the project is to optimise the metallurgical structure and the crystallographic texture of continuously-annealed steel sheets for highly competitive tinplate end tops of easy-opening full-aperture cans. The application requires the lowest resistance to tearing by shear normal to the sheet plane compatible with the required resistance to internal can pressure. Such compromise involves fracture and plastic properties of the material, related with structural parameters (inclusion contents, hardening state, crystallographic texture), which can be independently controlled during the metallurgical process. In particular, a fundamentally-based index for qualifying tin-plate for the application will be looked for. Such index will be used as a guide for the comparison of the relative aptitude of different steels grades, different continuous annealing cycles and different final (single or double) reduction states for making easy-opening can ends. Programme(s) ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002 Topic(s) F4 - Thin sheets Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS E INVESTIGACIONES TECNICAS DE GUIPUZKOA EU contribution No data Address M. de Manuel Lardizábal, 15 Barrio de Ibaeta 20018 SAN SEBASTIAN Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ACERALIA CORPORACION SIDERURGICA Spain EU contribution No data Address Carmen, 2 48901 BARACALDO (VIZCAYA) See on map Total cost No data CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI Italy EU contribution No data Address Via di Castel Romano 100 00128 ROMA EUR See on map Total cost No data RASSELSTEIN HOESCH Germany EU contribution No data Address Koblenzer Straße 141 56625 ANDERNACH See on map Total cost No data
