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BOITE 2 PIECES [3 records]

Record 1 2006-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
  • Food Preservation and Canning
CONT

Since the early 1970s a different concept of can making has gained acceptance in commercial production. In this the body and one end is formed in one entity from a flat circular blank by press-forming techniques ... Sealed with the usual packer's end, it is known as a two-piece can.

Key term(s)
  • two piece can

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
DEF

Boîte métallique fabriquée à partir de deux composants principaux : le corps, avec son fond en une seule pièce, et le couvercle.

CONT

Boîtes rondes à sertir pour produits alimentaires [...] Dans le cas du fer-blanc, les boîtes vides sont livrées avec un fond de fabrication serti [...], ou soudé [...], ou embouti (boîtes 2 pièces).

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Paperboard
DEF

Packaging made of two pieces, an inner five-panel scored sheet and an outer joined liner. The scored sheet slides into the joined liner to provide a double thickness on two faces and a single thickness on the remaining four faces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en carton
DEF

Emballage constitué d'une enveloppe cinq panneaux glissée dans un manchon, formant ainsi un emballage dont deux des parois sont à double épaisseur et les quatre autres sont à simple épaisseur.

OBS

Le terme "boîte à tirette deux pièces" a été normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clocks, Watches and Bells

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horlogerie et sonnerie

Spanish

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