AS 1517-1991

Specifies requirements for standard grade cold-reduced electrolytic tinplate and cold-reduced blackplate supplied in either sheet or coil form.

This Standard specifies requirements for standard grade cold-reduced electrolytic tinplate and cold-reduced blackplate, either in sheet form or in wide coil and slit coil form, as follows:(a) Single cold-reduced material with nominal thickness from 0.20 mm up to and including 0.60 mm.(b) Double cold-reduced material with nominal thickness from 0.14 mm up to and including 0.29 mm.It includes requirements for equally-coated, differentially-coated and low tin-coated (LTS) tinplate. This Standard does not apply to material described commercially as tinned sheets, steel sheets or TFS (electrolytic chromium-coated steel).NOTES:1 Advice and recommendations on information to be supplied by the purchaser at the time of enquiry or order are contained in the purchasing guidelines set out in Appendix A.2 Alternative means for determining compliance with this Standard are given in Appendix B.

First published in part as AS 1517.1-1973.
Second edition 1982.
AS 1517.2 first published 1973.
Second edition 1982.
AS 1517.1-1982 and AS 1517.2-1982 revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS 1517-1991.