Method for manufacturing a metal packaging in the form of a bottle
AssigneeTrivium Packaging Group Netherlands B.V.
InventorMarc Lemiale
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a metal packaging in the form of a bottle. The method includes a step of forming a tubular part, in order to form a threaded neck. This manufacturing method includes, prior to at least one operation for forming a roll, preferably prior to the step of forming the tubular part, a step of localised annealing which is carried out in order to confer an annealed state on the tubular part, at least over the height of a downstream strip of the tubular part intended to be formed into a roll.
Claims15
A method for manufacturing a bottle-shaped metal packaging, said metal packaging having a body connected to a threaded neck through a shoulder, said method comprising:
- a step of manufacturing a preform including a tubular part, defining a longitudinal axis and a free, downstream edge, wherein said tubular part is connected to a body through a shoulder, and
- a step of forming said tubular part, to form said threaded neck,
- said forming step comprising forming operations suitable to form one-piece structures on said tubular part:
- an operation of forming a roll within a downstream strip of said tubular part, ended by said downstream edge, to form the roll at the downstream edge of the threaded neck,
- an operation of forming a thread within an intermediate strip of said tubular part, and
- an operation of forming a transport ring within an upstream strip of said tubular part, on the shoulder side, configured to cooperate with a handling device,
- wherein said manufacturing method comprises, prior to at least said roll forming operation, a localised annealing step that is carried out in order to provide an annealed state to the tubular part, at least over a height of the downstream strip of said tubular part,
- wherein the localised annealing step is executed to provide the annealed state:
- only at said downstream strip, or
- only at the downstream strip and the upstream strip, in such a way as to keep at least part of a height of the intermediate strip in non-annealed state.
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