Belvac applies a proprietary “whitening” treatment to its YTZP ceramic necking dies and knock-outs. This custom process provides a bright, contrasting surface that lets technicians in the can manufacturing plant quickly and accurately inspect the tooling during operation and maintenance.

Belvac uses HIPped Yttria Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal (YTZP Ceramic) for demanding necking dies and knock-out tooling. Manufactured in-house with a proprietary powder formula, YTZP Ceramic delivers superior corrosion/abrasion resistance, extreme toughness, and longer tool life than traditional metals.

Belvac optimizes coil thickness and material usage to create industry-leading lightweight containers without compromising structural strength or dome stability. Using its in-house Pilot Line, Belvac validates down-gauged designs and tooling without disrupting a customer’s active commercial production lines.

FEA simulations help Belvac engineers digitally test a container’s structural strength, dome performance, and stress distribution under simulated load conditions before physical manufacturing. This ensures design viability, speeds up development, and eliminates costly design flaws early in the process.

Belvac’s CES team guides container development through a six-phase workflow: Defining Specs: Setting project parameters, requirements, and conditions. Concept Development: Developing design concepts, such as lightweighting or new container shapes. Visualization: Creating 3D models and images to visualize options and compare technical features. FEA Simulation: Running Finite Element Analysis to test structural integrity and performance…