Abstract: In the manufacture of steel strip or sheet, suitable for use as deep-drawing steel for the manufacture of can bodies by deep-drawing and ironing, a low-carbon steel is provided in the form of a slab, the slab is rolled in the austenitic region to reduce its thickness to a transfer thickness, the rolled slab is cooled having the transfer thickness into the ferritic region, and the rolled slab is rolled in the ferritic region to a finished thickness. To provide a steel having reduced tendency to "earing" in can body manufacture, the transfer thickness is less than 1.8 mm and the total thickness reduction in the ferritic region from the transfer thickness to the finished thickness is less than 90%.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a strip of formable steel comprises the steps of (i) forming liquid steel by continuous casting into a slab having a thickness of not more than 100 mm, (ii) rolling the slab in the austenitic region into an intermediate slab having a thickness in the range 5 to 20 mm, (iii) cooling the intermediate slab to below the Ar.sub.3 temperature, (iv) holding the intermediate slab in an enclosure for temperature homogenisation, (v) rolling the intermediate slab into strip, with at least one rolling pass applying a thickness reduction of more than 50%, at a temperature below T.sub.t and above 200.degree. C., wherein T.sub.t is the temperature at which 75% of the steel is converted into ferrite, and (vi) coiling said strip at a temperature above 500.degree. C. Advantages of simplicity of the method and the plant required for it are obtained.

Abstract: Flow guiding faces (1,2) adapted to be arranged at the rear end (4) of a ship with at least one propeller (5). Each flow guiding face is located in front of a propeller (5). The center of the area enclosed by each flow guiding face (1,2) and the hull lies above the centerline of the propeller (5). The spatial angle between the centerline of the flow guiding faces (1,2) and the longitudinal axis of the ship is adjustable.

Abstract: Electrolytic tinning is performed in a tinning line having a series of tinning tanks through which metal strip moves while electrolyzing current is passed, and having at at least one of the entry side and the exit side at least one buffer apparatus for storing a variable amount of the moving strip. In order that some speed variation in the tinning tanks can occur, allowing the use of lower capacity buffer apparatuses, the current passing in each tinning tank is adjusted during tinning for portions of the strip.