In a method of forming a beverage container, a can body is formed from a metal alloy. A can end is formed from a substantially compositionally identical metal alloy. The metal alloy is a heat treatable aluminum alloy . The heat treatable aluminum alloy is produced from up to 100% recycled aluminum material.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin sheet made from aluminum-based alloy comprising, as % by weight, 2.2 to 2.7% Cu, 1.3 to 1.6% Li, less than 0.1% Ag, 0.2 to 0.5% Mg, 0.1 to 0.5% Mn, 0.01 to 0.15% Ti, a quantity of Zn of less than 0.3, a quantity of Fe and of Si of less than or equal to 0.1% each, and unavoidable impurities with a content of less than or equal to 0.05% by weight each and 0.15% by weight in total, the remainder aluminum, wherein optionally the hot-rolling input temperature being between 400° C. and 460° C. and the hot-rolling output temperature being less than 300° C. and the mean heating speed during the solution heat treatment is at least approximately 17° C./min between 300° C. and 400° C., aging conditions such that the yield strength in the long-transverse direction Rp0.2 is between 350 and 380 MPa.

To provide a chassis for a small electronic device that can be formed efficiently by drawing work with low cost, is hard to cause forming failure, and causes no damage on the surface thereof on forming to provide an excellent appearance. The rolled aluminum alloy laminated sheet material is for forming a chassis for a small electronic device by drawing work, and contains a rolled aluminum alloy sheet material having a 0.2% proof stress of 200 MPa or more, and a covering material laminated at least one surface of both surfaces of the rolled aluminum alloy sheet material, and the covering material contains any one of a synthetic resin film, and a laminated material containing a metal foil having synthetic resin films laminated on both surfaces thereof. The rolled aluminum alloy sheet material may have a fibrous crystalline structure extending in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction thereof.

Described herein are formable, high strength aluminum alloy products and methods of preparing and processing the same. The methods of preparing and processing the aluminum alloy products include casting an aluminum alloy and performing tailored rolling and downstream thermal processing steps. The resulting aluminum alloy products possess high strength and formability properties.

A macro-molecular leakage-free self-adhering aluminum foil has two layers of aluminum foil compounded using a PET film, and the other surfaces of each layer coated with a modified PE adhesive layer respectively; or air gaps in one surface or two surfaces are filled with nano-aluminum to form a permeable air gap-free surface. The foil has advantages: 1, high folding resistance, fatigue resistance and strength 2, wrapping self-adhering performance is good, and stripping strength formed after adhesion is several times as high as that of the prior art; 3, air gaps in the surface of the aluminum foil filled with nano-aluminum powder result in improved compactness; manufacture from low-grade aluminum foil, and so that rolling precision requirements are lowered, and manufacturing cost reduced; 4, insulating strength is high, shielding effect is good, the return loss phenomenon is avoided, and tensile strength is good.

A flatness control system includes a work stand of a finishing line, a plurality of actuators, a flatness measuring device, and a controller. The work stand includes a pair of vertically aligned work rolls. A first work roll of the pair of work rolls includes a plurality of flatness control zones configured to apply a localized pressure to a corresponding region on a substrate. Each actuator corresponds with a one of the plurality of flatness control zones. The flatness measuring device is configured to measure an actual flatness profile of the substrate. The controller is configured to adjust the plurality of actuators such that the localized pressures modify the actual flatness profile to achieve the desired flatness profile at the exit of the stand. The thickness and a length of the substrate remain substantially constant when the substrate exits the work stand.

Disclosed are alloys for anodized-quality aluminum sheets with improved surface quality, and methods for making these sheets. The alloys are designed to minimize the formation of cathodic intermetallic particles that result in surface streaks of anodized sheet products formed from the alloys. Further, the alloys allow the incorporation of recycled scrap aluminum in anodized-quality sheets.

An aluminum foil is formed from an alloy of type AA1xxx, AA3xxx, and/or AA8xxx, which has a cold-solidified state and contains on its surface a rolling oil layer with a polyalkylene glycol or a compound containing a polyalkylene oxide structure. The aluminum foil has a thickness of 4 μm to 100 μm and can be easily coated with an electrode suspension for producing a battery film.

Provided is a method for rolling a strip with a roll stand with at least two work rolls. A rolling gap with a pass line is defined between the work rolls. A control roll is arranged before the rolling gap of the work rolls in the rolling direction, the strip is guided into the rolling gap of the roll stand via the control roll at an entry angle relative to the pass line and the surface structure of the strip is controlled through the selection of the entry angle depending on the positioning of the control roll relative to the pass line. Also provided is an apparatus for rolling a strip with a roll stand having at least two work rolls. A rolling gap with a pass line is defined between the work rolls.

This application discloses cold rolled surfaces having a dulled gloss finish. The finish has a fairly uniform glossiness with a slightly matted appearance and with minimal directionality. The surfaces are prepared from work rolls having an Ra value of from 0.2 to 0.4 μm and an Rz value of less than 3.0 μm. Methods of preparing the surfaces are also described herein.