| TERM | MEANING |
| TOOL
Useful |
See useful. |
| COPPER WIRE | Copper wire used as electrode in electric welding operation. of a body of a container. Its diameter is usually between 1 to 1.5 mm although it is previously profiled to an approximately elliptical shape. It moves simultaneously with the container and always has an untouched surface at the point of welding. |
| HOJALATA | Metallic material that is commercialized in sheets or coils . It basically consists of nine superimposed layers: a thick central layer of steel, two thin layers of tin-iron alloy that cover the previous one on both sides, another two layers of metallic tin that surround the previous ones, also thin, another couple of negligible thickness of chromium and finally, on the outside, a thin film of lubricating oil. The tinplate is the basic raw material for metal metal packaging. |
| BAKING
Curing |
Operation of passing through an oven different raw materials or packaging components (tinplate, lids…) to apply heat to them. |
| DRYING OVEN
Stove |
Equipment that cures, polymerizes, dries…the varnishes, inks, compounds…that are applied on the different components of the containers by means of heat. |
