Tinplate offers several unique properties that make it a preferred material for packaging:
These advantages make tinplate indispensable in industries like food, cosmetics, and chemicals.
| Specification | |
| Thickness: 0.15mm – 0.50mm | Width: 700mm -1050mm |
| Anneal: CA/BA | Material: MR/SPCC |
| Temper | |
| Single Reduced: T1,T2,T2.5,T3,T4,T5 | Double Reduced: DR8, DR9, DR10 |
| Surface Finish: Bright, Stone, Silver, Matte | |
| Tin-coating: | |
| Equal Tin-coating: 1.1/1.1, 2.0/2.0, 2.8/2.8, 5.6/5.6,8.4/8.4,11.2/11.2 | Differential Tin-coating: 2.0/1.1, 2.8/1.1, 2.8/2.0,5.6/1.1,5.6/2.0,5.6/2.8,etc |
| Temper | ||||
| Standard | Japanese Standard | Chinese Standard | European Standard | American Standard |
| JIS3303-2002 | GB/T 2520-2000 | DIN EN 10203-1991 | ASTM623M-2002 | |
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Single-Reduced
|
T1 | TH50+SE | TS230 | T1(T49) |
| T2 | TH52+SE | TS245 | T2(T53) | |
| T2.5 | TH55+SE | TS260 | T2.5(T55) | |
| T3 | TH57+SE | TS275 | T3(T57) | |
| T4 | TH61+SE | TH415 | T4(T61) | |
| T5 | TH65+SE | TH435 | T5(T65) | |
|
Double-Reduced
|
DR7 | H71+SE | TH520 | DR7(T71) |
| DR8 | H73+SE | TH550 | DR8(T73) | |
| DR9 | H76+SE | TH620 | DR9(T76) | |
| Surface Finish | ||
| Classification | Symbol | Specific feature |
| Bright Finish | B | A luster finish provided by a flow-melted tin coating on a smoothly finished steel based with grindstone-pattern. |
| Stone Finish | R | A luster finish provided by a flow-melted tin coating on a steel base characterized by a directional grindstone-pattern. |
| Silver Finish | S | A luster finish provided by a flow-melted tin coating on a coarse dull-finished steel base. |
| Matte Finish | M | A dull finish usually provided by an unflow-melted tin coating on a dull finished steel base. |
| Tin Coating | ||||
| Type | Former Coating Designation | Coating Weight Code | Nominal Coating Weight(g/m2) | Minimun Average Coating Weight(g/m2) |
| Equal tin-coating (E) | 10# | 1.1/1.1 | 1.1/1.1 | 0.9/0.9 |
| 20# | 2.0/2.0 | 2.0/2.0 | 1.8/1.8 | |
| 25# | 2.8/2.8 | 2.8/2.8 | 2.5/2.5 | |
| 50# | 5.6/5.6 | 5.6/5.6 | 5.2/5.2 | |
| 75# | 8.4/8.4 | 8.4/8.4 | 7.8/7.8 | |
| 100# | 11.2/11.2 | 11.2/11.2 | 10.1/10.1 | |
| Differential tin-coating (D or A) | 20#/10# | 2.0/1.1 | 2.0/1.1 | 1.8/0.9 |
| 25#/10# | 2.8/1.1 | 2.8/1.1 | 2.5/0.9 | |
| 50#/10# | 5.6/1.1 | 5.6/1.1 | 5.2/0.9 | |
| 50#/25# | 5.6/2.8 | 5.6/2.8 | 5.2/2.5 | |
| 75#/25# | 8.4/2.8 | 8.4/2.8 | 7.8/2.5 | |
| 75#/50# | 8.4/5.6 | 8.4/5.6 | 7.8/5.2 | |
| 100#/25# | 11.2/2.8 | 11.2/2.8 | 10.1/2.5 | |
| 100#/50# | 11.2/5.6 | 11.2/5.6 | 10.1/5.2 | |
| 100#/75# | 11.2/8.4 | 11.2/8.4 | 10.1/7.8 | |
| 125#/50# | 15.1/5.6 | 15.1/5.6 | 13.9/5.2 | |