Method of producing aluminum can sheet

Abstract

A method for producing aluminum can sheet includes the steps of providing a body made of an aluminum alloy type AA3004, AA3104 or other aluminum alloy suitable for making aluminum can sheet; homogenizing the body at a homogenization temperature of about 525° C. or less; hot rolling the homogenized body in a single stand hot rolling mill to produce a hot rolled sheet, said hot rolled sheet exiting the single stand hot rolling mill at a hot rolling exit temperature lower than the hot rolling starting temperature with a hot mill exit gauge; annealing the sheet to form a recrystallized hot rolled sheet; and cold rolling the recrystallized annealed sheet to apply a cold reduction to produce a cold rolled sheet with a final gauge.

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