Abstract:
Contact of acid or alkaline cleaned aluminum surfaces, particularly cans, with a water based composition containing a combination of (i) alkoxylated phosphate esters, (ii) ions of aluminum, zirconium, iron, tin, and/or cerium, (iii) a metal etching component, and (iv) a combination of alkoxylated alcohol and alkoxylated alkyl phenol emulsifiers, gives the surface after drying lowered surface friction without loss of high quality printability and lacquer adhesion and removes any brown spotting on the cans that may have developed during the cleaning or post-cleaning rinses. The cans after treatment are substantially free from any water breaks when rinsed with water. The foaming resistance and storage stability of the water based composition as described above, and of other similar surface friction reducing treatments for aluminum containers, may be advantageously increased by adding a biocidal agent, preferably hydrogen peroxide, and a combination of liquid paraffin, solid wax, and a high molecular weight fatty acid derivative(s) as antifoam agent.
Abstract:
A process for treating an aluminium can, comprising the steps of cleaning with an aqueous acidic or alkaline solution, drying and subsequently conveying the cleaned and dried can via automatic conveying equipment to a location where it is lacquered or decorated by printing or both. At least one exterior surface of the can, prior to the last drying of the surface before automatic conveying, is contacted with a lubricant and surface conditioner forming composition comprising ethoxylated, hydrogenated castor oil triglycerides, and the can is then dried without subsequent rinsing, thereby forming a film on the can to provide the surface of the can after drying with a reduced coefficient of static friction compared to an otherwise identical sequence of treatments where the lubricant and surface conditioner forming composition is substituted with water.
Abstract:
Contact of acid or alkaline cleaned aluminum surfaces, particularly cans, with a water based composition containing a combination of (i) alkoxylated phosphate esters, (ii) ions of aluminum, zirconium, iron, tin, and/or cerium, (iii) a metal etching component, and (iv) a combination of alkoxylated alcohol and alkoxylated alkyl phenol emulsifiers, gives the surface after drying lowered surface friction without loss of high quality printability and lacquer adhesion and removes any brown spotting on the cans that may have developed during the cleaning or post-cleaning rinses. The cans after treatment are substantially free from any water breaks when rinsed with water. The foaming resistance and storage stability of the water based composition as described above, and of other similar surface friction reducing treatments for aluminum containers, may be advantageously increased by adding a biocidal agent, preferably hydrogen peroxide, and a combination of liquid paraffin, solid wax, and a high molecular weight fatty acid derivative(s) as antifoam agent.
Abstract:
Invenţia se referă la procedeul de tratare a suprafeţelor metalice fasonate, în particular a containerelor pentru băuturi. În procedeul de tratare este utilizată substanţa de condiţionare formată prin contactarea suprafeţei metalice cu compoziţia apoasă, care include material organic solubil în apă, selectat din esteri fosfatici, alcool, acid gras din grupa mono-, di-, tri- şi poliacizilor; derivaţii acizilor graşi, bunăoară săruri, oxiacizi, amide, esteri, eteri, derivaţii şi amestecurile lor.Rezultatul tehnic constă în reducerea coeficientului de frecare statică a suprafeţelor metalice şi uscarea lor la o temperatură mai joasă.
Abstract:
A process for the production of aluminum cans to be used as beverage containers, in which the formed cans are cleaned with liquid acidic or alkaline cleaners to remove aluminum fines and other contaminants from at least the outside of said cans, the thus-cleaned cans are dried, and the dried cans are thereafter conveyed along a production line towards a station at which the thus-cleaned-and-dried cans are printed, lacquered and/or filled, in which in order to enhance the mobility of the cans along the production line one reduces the high coefficient of static friction of the dried exterior surface of the cans without preventing the adhesion of lacquer or printing ink thereto by applying to the exterior surface of the cans, before the last drying before the cans are printed, lacquered and/or filled, a water-soluble organic surface conditioner so as to form a film of the latter on the exterior surfaces of the dried cans.
Abstract:
Contact of acid or alkaline cleaned aluminum surfaces, particularly cans, with a water based composition containing a combination of (i) alkoxylated phosphate esters, (ii) ions of aluminum, zirconium, iron, tin, and/or cerium, (iii) a metal etching component, and (iv) a combination of alkoxylated alcohol and alkoxylated alkyl phenol emulsifiers, gives the surface after drying lowered surface friction without loss of high quality printability and lacquer adhesion and removes any brown spotting on the cans that may have developed during the cleaning or post-cleaning rinses. The cans after treatment are substantially free from any water breaks when rinsed with water. The foaming resistance and storage stability of the water based composition as described above, and of other similar surface friction reducing treatments for aluminum containers, may be advantageously increased by adding a biocidal agent, preferably hydrogen peroxide, and a combination of liquid paraffin, solid wax, and a high molecular weight fatty acid derivative(s) as antifoam agent.
Abstract:
A process for the production of aluminum cans to be used as beverage containers, in which the formed cans are cleaned with liquid acidic or alkaline cleaners to remove aluminum fines and other contaminants from at least the outside of said cans, the thus-cleaned cans are dried, and the dried cans are thereafter conveyed along a production line towards a station at which the thus-cleaned-and-dried cans are printed, lacquered and/or filled, in which in order to enhance the mobility of the cans along the production line one reduces the high coefficient of static friction of the dried exterior surface of the cans without preventing the adhesion of lacquer or printing ink thereto by applying to the exterior surface of the cans, before the last drying before the cans are printed, lacquered and/or filled, a water-soluble organic surface conditioner so as to form a film of the latter on the exterior surfaces of the dried cans.
Abstract:
A process for the production of aluminum cans to be used as beverage containers, in which the formed cans are cleaned with liquid acidic or alkaline cleaners to remove aluminum fines and other contaminants from at least the outside of said cans, the thus-cleaned cans are dried, and the dried cans are thereafter conveyed along a production line towards a station at which the thus-cleaned-and-dried cans are printed, lacquered and/or filled, in which in order to enhance the mobility of the cans along the production line one reduces the high coefficient of static friction of the dried exterior surface of the cans without preventing the adhesion of lacquer or printing ink thereto by applying to the exterior surface of the cans, before the last drying before the cans are printed, lacquered and/or filled, a water-soluble organic surface conditioner so as to form a film of the latter on the exterior surfaces of the dried cans.
Abstract:
A lubricant and surface conditioner for formed metal surfaces, particularly beverage containers, which reduces the coefficient of static friction of said metal surfaces and enables drying said metal surfaces at a lower temperature. The conditioner is a water-soluble organic material selected from a phosphate ester, alcohol, fatty acid including mono-, di-, tri-, and poly-acids; fatty acid derivatives such as salts, hydroxy acids, amides, esters, ethers and derivatives thereof; and mixtures thereof.