The tinplate indicates sheet of Acier soft, thickness lower than 0,5 mm, covered with tin.

It is primarily used for:

  • the manufacture of the metallic containers intended for food preserve.
  • the manufacture of various ustensils

History

The invention of the tinplate goes back to the 13th century and is allotted to the metallurgists Bohemia and of Saxony. The secrecy of its manufacture was preserved a long time and preciously. At the request of Colbert, this material is imported into France by German technicians.

The first tinplate manufacture in France is founded in 1665 with Beaumont-the-Tool bag in Gâtinais. Others settle in Franche-Comté, Alsace or Normandy. But they périclitent soon under the competition of the English and the Welsh who became Masters in the art of manufacture of the tinplate. The production of the tinplate remains the Apanage of the Great Britain which provides the totality of the French request until the last years of the 19th century.

Remarks

In certain areas, of Swiss mountain in , and Haute-Savoie in particular, the roofer-zinc workers working and posing works in Acier Galvanisé are called, the Ferblantier S.

See

External bonds

  • All technical data of the tinplate

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