Tips for customizing tinplate cans

 Tips for customizing tinplate cans

When customizing tinplate cans, it is very important to understand the relevant materials, printing methods, shape structures and common terms. The following are detailed tips for customization:

1. Raw materials

The raw materials for customizing tin cans include tinplate, frosted iron, galvanized iron, substrate iron (commonly known as black iron), etc., and aluminum is sometimes used.

1. Tinplate: The most commonly used raw material, Guangzhou Boxin Metal Products Co., Ltd. commonly uses a thickness of 0.19-0.35mm. Iron materials exceeding this thickness cannot be printed.

2. Frosted iron: Commonly used for unprinted products, not easy to scratch, but more expensive.

3. Galvanized iron: Generally used to make products such as iron barrels, not commonly used, the thickness is generally 0.28mm and 0.30mm.

4. Substrate iron: Used to make double-sided printed products.

2. Printing method

1. Offset printing: Offset printing, various patterns are printed with four basic colors of red, yellow, blue and black in different proportions. The general quotation is the price of four-color printing.

2. Pantone color printing: Special printing, not four-color printing, but specially adjusted colors. The purchaser provides the spot color number, and the color is matched with the pantone book during printing. The printing factory needs to charge extra for printing spot colors.

3. White lacquer: The whole tinplate is painted white.

4. White printing: Print part of the whole iron in white, and keep the tinplate color in other places.

5. Silver lacquer: Generally used for the inside or bottom of unprinted iron boxes or iron cans.

6. Golden lacquer: Generally used for the inside or bottom of unprinted iron boxes, iron cans.

7. Shiny finish: Make the surface of the tin can have a shiny effect.

8. Matt finish: Make the surface of the tin can have a matte effect.

9. Glossy and matte: Part of the tin can is varnished, and part is matte.

In addition, there are special effects such as rubber oil, pearl oil, explosion oil, orange peel oil, cracking oil, etc. These effects are more expensive and less used.

When describing the requirements for tin box printing, it is necessary to indicate whether it is white magnetic or white printing, whether the printing is four-color or spot color, whether it is glossy or matte, and whether the other side is varnished or gold oiled.

3. Shape and structure of tin box

Shape: According to the appearance characteristics, common can types such as rectangular cans, round cans, oval cans, octagonal cans, and special-shaped cans such as handle cans, heart-shaped boxes, etc.

Structure: Tin boxes are mainly divided into one-piece cans, two-piece cans and three-piece cans.

- One-piece can: Made of a single piece of iron sheet, such as trays, iron plates, stove top covers, etc.

- Two-piece can: Made of two pieces of iron, the cover and the bottom, stamped out. Note that the height of the two-piece can should not exceed 40-50MM, and the length and width cannot be changed after the mold is made.

- Three-piece can: Made of three parts, the cover, the body, and the bottom. Unlike the two-piece can, the height of the three-piece can can be modified according to customer requirements.

4. Common terms for iron boxes

1. Hinge: The part that connects the lid and the bottom of the iron box. There are three types of hinges: wire hinge, window hinge, and iron sheet hinge. The window hinge is the simplest and cheapest, and the iron sheet hinge is the most complicated and expensive.

2. Gong bottom and buckle bottom:

- Gong bottom: The bottom curling edge is turned outward, and the bottom wraps the body.

- Buck bottom: The bottom curling edge is turned inward, and the body wraps the bottom.

Tip: The bottom height of the gong bottom and buckle bottom can be adjusted.

3. Step: refers to the small step on the lid.

4. Neckline: a protruding line on the can body.

5. Engraving: divided into 2D engraving (flat engraving) and 3D engraving (three-dimensional engraving). 2D engraving is mostly used for LOGO and text, while 3D engraving is mostly used for images to reflect the three-dimensional sense of characters.

Understanding these customization requirements will help ensure that the customization process of tinplate cans goes smoothly and meets the specific needs of customers.