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Record 1 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
CONT

To save metal in that thicker top, aluminum cans have come to have a characteristic stepped neck that requires a smaller-diameter top. Reducing the diameter as little as a quarter of an inch can save 20 percent of the metal required to make it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
CONT

Avec la diminution du diamètre du col des boîtes-boisson (col 202), le procédé de formage par «die necking» s'est particulièrement bien développé ces dernières années [...] Il existe principalement deux variantes de ce procédé : La première [...] consiste à former un col à gradins. [...] L'autre variante consiste à former un col lisse.

Spanish

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