The invention relates to a system for making a metal product, comprising —a lubrication source (225) for applying a first lubricant (235) on a punch side of a sheet metal blank (205); —a controllable current source (250) for applying different amounts of current; and —a punch (215) and a die (220) for drawing the sheet metal blank (205) into a metal product, wherein the controllable current source (250) is electrically coupled to one or more of the punch (215), the die (220), or a contact point for applying current through the first lubricant (235) while the sheet metal blank (205) is drawn by the punch (215) and the die (220) into the metal product and while the metal product is being ejected from the punch (215). The application further relates to a method for making a metal product with a such system. The invention relates also to a container manufacturing system (700), comprising —a cylindrical ram (720) comprising a ram body (722) and a ram nose on a distal end of the ram body (722), the ram nose engageable with abase of a container preform; —a die (730) comprising an opening concentrically aligned with the cylindrical ram (720), the opening sized and shaped for receiving the container preform in response to the ram nose engaging with the base of the container preform and the cylindrical ram (720) driving the container preform through the die opening; and —an ultrasonic device (740) coupled with the die (730), wherein the ultrasonic device causes the die (730) to vibrate while the cylindrical ram (720) drives the container preform through the die opening. The application further relates to a method for forming an aluminium container with such system and a die (730) for forming an aluminium container.

This manufacturing method of a hot press-formed article includes a heating step of heating an Al-plated steel sheet and a forming step of obtaining a hot press-formed article using a die after the heating step, the Al-plated steel sheet has a base steel sheet, an Al plating layer, and a coating layer, the coating layer is a metal layer containing at least one metal of Mg, Ca, V, Ti, and Zn, a metal oxide layer containing an oxide of one or more of Mg, Ca, V, Ti, and Zn, or a mixed layer including the metal layer and the metal oxide layer, the die has a hard layer on a surface, HV.sub.Die that is a surface hardness of the die at a position of the hard layer is HV1500 or more and HV3800 or less, and a temperature Tm of the Al-plated steel sheet at a start of forming and an average movement velocity V of the die in the forming step satisfy 800−(HV.sub.Die/40)≤Tm≤850−(V/4)−(HV.sub.Die/100).

The present invention relates to a hot stamped component, a precoated steel sheet used for hot stamping, and a hot stamping process. The hot stamped component of the present invention is provided with a coating of aluminium or an aluminium alloy on at least one surface of the base steel, the coating is produced by interdiffusion between the base steel and a precoating of aluminium or aluminium alloy, and the coating has a thickness of 6 to 26 μm.

A delivery device includes a first fluid supply path to supply first fluid, a second fluid supply path to supply second fluid to be mixed with the first fluid for obtaining a mixture, a mixing chamber to which first and second fluid supply paths are connected and in which the first and second fluids are mixed, and a delivery port for delivering the mixture from the mixing chamber, in which the first fluid supply path is connected to a downstream side end part in the flow direction of the mixing chamber, the second fluid supply path is connected to the upstream side end part in the flow direction of the mixing chamber, and the delivery port is provided on a side wall of the mixing chamber between the downstream side end part and the upstream side end part.

A method for forming a deep draw closure cap includes draw forming a first cup from a planar sheet of a metal material defining a base thickness. The first cup comprises a first cup base, a first cup wall, and an open end. A first redrawing of the first cup is performed to form a first redrawn cup including a first redrawn cup base, a first redrawn cup wall, and an open end. The first redrawn cup is passed through an ironing die to reduce a thickness of the first redrawn cup wall adjacent to the open end.

A method of manufacturing a hot press-formed part by hot pressing a coated steel sheet formed with a Zn—Ni plating layer on a surface of a steel sheet includes: heating the coated steel sheet to a temperature range of Ac.sub.3 transformation temperature to 1000° C.; cooling the coated steel sheet to 550-410° C. at a cooling rate of 100° C./s or higher by squeezing the coated steel sheet with a press tool for cooling having flat surfaces configured to contact the coated steel sheet; press forming the coated steel sheet with a tool of press forming to obtain a formed body, the press forming being initiated within 5 seconds after the cooling while the temperature of the coated steel sheet is 550-400° C.; and quenching the formed body, while squeezing the formed body with the tool of press forming and holding at its press bottom dead center, to obtain a hot press-formed part.

The invention relates to the use of an acidic aqueous composition for pretreating cans, wherein an inorganic-organic conversion layer is formed in the course of the pretreatment, said conversion layer, as such, offering an excellent adhesive base for wax which improves sliding of the formed can and for the subsequent coating. The invention relates to a wet-chemical pretreatment method in which a can cylinder is first contacted with an acidic aqueous composition that contains water-soluble inorganic compounds of Zr, Ti, Si, Hf or Ce, and water-soluble polymers comprising carboxyl groups or hydroxyl groups; and subsequently is contacted with an aqueous wax dispersion. The invention further relates to an acidic aqueous composition suitable for the pretreatment method comprising water-soluble polymers selected from condensation products of glycoluril and aldehydes. The invention further relates to a method for producing can cylinders, said method including the pretreatment according to the invention.

The present invention relates to a hot stamped component, a precoated steel sheet used for hot stamping, and a hot stamping process. The hot stamped component of the present invention is provided with a coating of aluminium or an aluminium alloy on at least one surface of the base steel, the coating is produced by interdiffusion between the base steel and a precoating of aluminium or aluminium alloy, and the coating has a thickness of 6 to 26 μm.

In at least one embodiment, a metal blank is provided including a metal sheet having a surface including at least one pair of channels defined therein. Each channel may have a first portion extending from an edge of the blank and a second portion in an interior of the blank. The second portion may be wider than the first portion. The blank may include at least one pair of thermocouple wires, with one wire being attached to each second portion. An adhesive material may be disposed in each second portion. The wires may be attached by welding and the adhesive material may be a metallic composite adhesive. The disclosed blank may be used to calibrate or otherwise assess a process where the blank is being heated or cooled, such as aluminum hot-stamping.

To solve the problem about the difference in temperature increasing rate between an overlapped part and a one-sheet part so as to further improve the corrosion resistance of plating after hot stamping. An overlapped blank for hot stamping includes: a first steel sheet; and at least one second steel sheet connected to a surface of the first steel sheet via a welding point and smaller in area than the first steel sheet, wherein: the first steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer on both faces of the first steel sheet, and the second steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer on both faces of the second steel sheet; a coating weight of the aluminum-based plated layer on the first steel sheet is W1 (g/m.sup.2) in terms of an average coating weight on both the faces; a coating weight of the aluminum-based plated layer on a surface on a side not in contact with the first steel sheet in the second steel sheet is W2 (g/m.sup.2); and each of the W1 and the W2 is within a range of 20 g/m.sup.2 or more and 120 g/m.sup.2 or less, and satisfies relationships of Expression (1) and Expression (2).