Abstract: A cold rolled steel flat product for packaging made of a low carbon steel having a thickness of less than 0.49 mm and a method of making. The steel flat product has a martensite-free microstructure and represents a standard grade for packaging with tensile strengths from 300 to 550 MPa, which can be produced from a cold-rolled steel sheet with a carbon content from 0.01% to 0.1% by weight by inductive annealing of the steel sheet and subsequent water cooling for quenching the recrystallization-annealed steel sheet. To achieve flatness of 5 I-units or less, the induction annealed steel sheet is first primarily cooled in the manufacturing process to a take-off temperature at a rate of less than 1000 K/s, with the take-off temperature being below the transformation temperature of 723° C., and thereafter a secondary cooling by water cooling with a water temperature of less than 80° C. at a rate of more than 1000 K/s.

Abstract: A cold rolled steel flat product for packaging made of a low carbon steel having a thickness of less than 0.49 mm and a method of making. The steel flat product has a martensite-free microstructure and represents a standard grade for packaging with tensile strengths from 300 to 550 MPa, which can be produced from a cold-rolled steel sheet with a carbon content from 0.01% to 0.1% by weight by inductive annealing of the steel sheet and subsequent water cooling for quenching the recrystallization-annealed steel sheet. To achieve flatness of 5 I-units or less, the induction annealed steel sheet is first primarily cooled in the manufacturing process to a take-off temperature at a rate of less than 1000 K/s, with the take-off temperature being below the transformation temperature of 723° C., and thereafter a secondary cooling by water cooling with a water temperature of less than 80° C. at a rate of more than 1000 K/s.

Abstract: A method for producing a corrosion-resistant steel sheet made of an unalloyed or low-alloy and cold-rolled steel having a carbon content of less than 0.1 wt %. The method includes the following steps: applying a metal coating to the steel sheet; annealing the coated steel sheet in a recrystallizing manner by heating the coated steel sheet to temperatures in the recrystallization range by electromagnetic induction in an inert-gas atmosphere; and quenching the coated and annealed steel sheet. The metal coating is fused on during the recrystallization annealing.

Abstract: A method for producing a corrosion-resistant steel sheet made of an unalloyed or low-alloy and cold-rolled steel having a carbon content of less than 0.1 wt %. The method includes the following steps: applying a metal coating to the steel sheet; annealing the coated steel sheet in a recrystallizing manner by heating the coated steel sheet to temperatures in the recrystallization range by electromagnetic induction in an inert-gas atmosphere; and quenching the coated and annealed steel sheet. The metal coating is fused on during the recrystallization annealing.

Abstract: The invention relates to sheet steel for use as packaging steel, made of a non-alloy or low-alloy and cold-rolled steel having a carbon content of less than 0.1%. According to the invention, in order to use such sheet steel for packaging steel that has good formability and can be produced in a cost-effective way, the sheet steel contains less than 0.4 wt % of manganese, less than 0.04 wt % of silicium, less than 0.1 wt % of aluminum, and less than 0.1 wt % of chromium and is provided with a multi-phase structure, comprising ferrite and at least one of the structure constituents martensite, bainite, and/or residual austenite. The invention further relates to a method for producing such packaging steel from cold-rolled sheet steel.