Beverage can manufacturing

A short video on how a can is manufacturing.

[@Knight21030]

This was one of my absolute favorite longform videos you have. It seems like such a mundane topic, but it was fascinating!

[@skyfeelan]

me too, I've watched it 3-4 times by now (along with the plastic injection molding one)

[@NotTodayBud]

This is longform?

[@Knight21030]

@@NotTodayBud No sir, he has a longer video on this subject in his channel. Check it out, I know it sounds pretty dull, but it’s seriously interesting 👍🏻

[@NotTodayBud]

@Knight21030 After I replied I realized what you meant 🤦🏾‍♂️. I thought this short was super interesting, so a more detailed version sounds great. I will check it out.

[@skyfeelan]

@@NotTodayBud cool, don't forget to check the plastic injection moldin one too XD

[@nicholashennessy4543]

"The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can" is one of my all time favorite KZbin videos. (And as I'm a Mechanical Engineer, I just love this stuff.)

[@jonathantaylor6926]

This guy needs to make more content!

[@engineerguyvideo]

I have a video coming out in a week or two on the engineering of duct tape.

[@somecsguy9824]

It's amazing that aluminum can be stretched out like that, without rolling it. Is it heated during that step to make it more pliable? It seems like cracking would be a common problem

[@engineerguyvideo]

That’s why it is done progressively (ie in steps)

[@user-dh6bj2me5p]

At every step, the aluminum is getting warmer (but not hot.) The amount of heat doesn't increase the elasticity however, if the process is stopped, and the aluminum loses heat, the piece will become brittle and might not be capable of making a finished can. The most critical aspect of the process is the temper/hardness of the raw material AND the amount of oil used in the process... especially the deepest draws.

[@Information_Seeker]

they're also coated on the inside with plastic, to protect the metal from the liquids inside.

[@JF32304]

Yep and they are extremely toxic! This is probably why society is completely GONE!

[@skyfeelan]

I chuckled a little imagining that you are scrambling in your storage looking for your beverage can cups from 8 years ago just to make this short

[@engineerguyvideo]

I did not scramble! All is clearly labeled in my studio and stored on shelving near the ceiling of the studio!

[@skyfeelan]

@@engineerguyvideo that's neat! I expect nothing less from theengineerguy

[@engineerguyvideo]

I buy all sorts of strange stuff for the videos and so I have this fear that an auditor will review the accounts and think I have been buying things for my own use … if this happens I can day “look here it is in this box and that box”

[@The-NSA]

@@engineerguyvideowho would audit you for that?

[@engineerguyvideo]

I work at a University

[@marioruggieri]

I work as an engineer in the specialty packaging industry and to see anyone talk about the industry made my day. Thank you. (I work in metal closures)

[@engineerguyvideo]

I love the engineering of packaging

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

'Hope they're not Too small!

[@PrinceWesterburg]

The groove in the pull tab is its own world of complexity

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

Where is your principality, Mighty Prince?

[@mydogbrian4814]

*> Scientific American* magazine had an indept article about the aluminum beverage can some 30 years ago. Which stuned me with its Engineering and manufacturing complexity.. To the point that I never forgot it.

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

Ingest an aspirin + a turmeric capsule every day & you probably won't. ❤

[@bobkoroua]

The noise is crazy and the cans shooting overhead is neat.

[@nerd_world8919]

This is still one of my favorite videos of yours and the first I ever watched on this channel

[@mvillegasv8]

Wow! These are cool! I love these shorts. Keep them coming! 👍🏻

[@virtualblackface3009]

Once a year i find a new favorite channel. My curious mind has settled on yours. Everything I've seen so far has been great!

[@yashimdavidgeorge8922]

😮 very illuminating, thanks a lot. Make more of this.

[@Wade-1]

What about the plastic lining

[@nin10jo]

He has the best videos. Love them.

[@imstillw8ing]

When is the plastic lining added?

[@Hyperchicken]

So interesting seeing you revisit this for the short form video! Like a band playing one or their hits!

[@AusterEngineer]

Since pop cans have a plastic lining on the inside, at what stage is this added? At the beginning I would assume, like a plastic coated sheet of aluminum?

[@IDentification77]

I wonder if it is added after the can, like by filling it with the lining solution then curing it?

[@daniell.raharitahiana5727]

There's a full video by the engineer guy on this topic - I think it's literally this channel's most famous video. Definitely worth watching!

[@NicholasManley]

What about the bpa plastic liner?

[@skyfeelan]

they added it after the top is added, watch the full video for explanation

[@georgethornburg9259]

When does the inside plastic layer get added?

[@Brutus-co9dt]

Non-engineer here…I’m fascinated with these posts. !

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

Eye🦻hear KCS/Union Pacific might be hiring.

[@johnjersey7844]

My favorite KZbinr by far thank you for giving me useful information to my brain

[@engineerguyvideo]

You are welcome

[@BBelugawhale]

Hey! You forgot to mention that the top of the can between steps 3-4 gets trimmed to remove the little bumps and waves! Now how am I going to learn what happened to the can edges??…

[@ReemHgs]

Love all your videos, lightly informative and to the point, and this video is one the best. Thank you

[@da33smith37]

The longform video on aluminum cans is a MUST SEE! 😄

[@TimmyTheTurtleTVOKids]

there is also a thin layer of plastic inside the metal can to prevent the acid from eating away the metal can.

[@mojojojoplus2]

Maybe include a link to the longer videos in the comments? Hopefully these shorts are reaching new people who have never seen them before.

[@engineerguyvideo]

Good suggestion; tbh I am trying to figure out if shorts on KZbin are right for this channel. (Other venues feature only short form video, perhaps that’s the only place they should be.)

[@geeksdo1tbetter]

​@@engineerguyvideo Hello! This is a great space, and I came to the comments looking for the full video link.

[@davidellis4084]

Also, the aluminum cannot have crystallographic texture from rolling or the top will form ears during the processing At that point, the entire roll of aluminum sheet is rejected, often with penalties, according to my professor.

[@michaelflo9429]

Just bought your book and it’s great so far!

[@kentGrey]

INSTANT SUBSCRIBE! That's how these videos should be done. Quick, informative, and accurate. thanks.

[@Godspeedjosh]

When do they add the plastic liner?

[@dannyi6860]

This is sort of how a cartridge case is made except it also is lathed at the end for the extractor groove

[@Mb-vs3lw]

Why does the dome strengthen the bottom?

[@-TAPnRACK-]

I worked at an alcohol factory that made cans and aluminum bottles and also filled and capped them. It was pretty cool.

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

How much did you git 2 drink in a day?

[@lostzwolf7269]

i love these informational shorts.

[@Malally2]

I love your videos!!! ❤

[@rattus7455]

At what point do they add the plastic liner?

[@roberth4372]

Love the videos. Learned recently that the bottom dome is also used to make stacking more efficient and you can also use one can to open another.

[@SuperUltimateLP]

That still NOT the original reason for the dome... The hole in the handle is also NOT for a straw (like some stupid "lifehack" videos implied) Correlation is not causation! If it happens to stack better then that's a bonus not the reason for it.

[@aperocknroll88]

At what point is the plastic film interior added?

[@Jehuty80]

It’s there to reduce the amount of liquid my uncle worked at Coca Cola in the 90s and they spent a lot of time trying to come up with packaging that would deceptively look larger than it could hold while still holding 347 mil. Same goes for bottles, the bottom indents shaped into a star.

[@thearchergravity]

Fascinating. There was a show on TV like this. "How it's made." Back when the history channel and the learning channel were still about those things.

[@Ronin.E001]

You're Awesome ! I'd love to legitimately be your Apprentice

[@jacexiong]

Do they spray the polymer liner inside after these steps before filing with drink and sealing? does the top have a liner on the inside too? Thanks!

[@Lordjerm78]

You forgot that just before the neck is crimps, that a plastic sleeve is added.

[@PlayboiCarti-ny9nz]

how fast can this be done in a factory?

[@Watthead80]

When does the plastic liner get installed? I presume it's attached to the lid and installed at that point.

[@jonjones3958]

You should drop the tag line at the end of each video

[@CM-xr9oq]

Fruit/Veg cans aren't domed on the bottom. Pretty strong

[@engineerguyvideo]

They are made much, much thicker than an aluminum soda can; also, note that some of these non-pressurized cans have corrugated sides to increase strength.

[@malcolm8564]

Sadly this can is then used to sell health damaging junk.

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

But it employs A Lot of people.

[@kreatuslucina]

Your full video about the soda can is so interesting. I usually send your videos to people when I can. Even if the subject is only tangentially connected, I take it as an opportunity to share your content.

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

Well you got Me👻on a tangent now.😮

[@bakeNeat]

Now only if the products in the cans could be as consistent, instead of being lessened year by year

[@dirtabd]

Weren’t you on 60 mins? 😂

[@annhalton1963]

Great videos, but get rid of the combover.

[@engineerguyvideo]

It’s not a comb over!

[@POVShotgun]

How do you add the top tho

[@merkazoidduff7651]

Where’s the plastic?

[@JasonAStillman]

Love the book cover

[@huntergirl7275]

So then why does the can dissolve to a plastic substance in some acids?

[@shadnlyd]

@engineerguyvideo Bill, you missed the best part: tell ’em how they squirt fizzy soda into the cans (dozens per second ) without it foaming all over and leaving the can half empty….

[@johndododoe1411]

So these are not formed on the fly like bags?

[@ShootNowAskLater01]

I’m not jealous of the machine operators who have to run these lines.. surely they’re off-line lines but still, so many ways they could malfunction

[@thepoorman2]

What about the plastic on the inside?

[@broda_d5751]

How much for the whole machine?

[@bobrobert1123]

What about the plastic coating inside

[@PiracyAgreement]

Nah mehn, I've gotta get your book fr

[@horehoundbasedcandy8736]

For anyone that wants to scratch that engineering itch, a cheap way is play a video game called Factorio.

[@sulemanmughal5397]

I have begun to be obsessed with his obsession on beverage cans 😂❤

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

Have you ever had sex?

[@EverythingsEventuall]

Dude loves cans lol

[@darkabacus2479]

❤

[@ImN8Dwg]

I love this guy

[@engineerguyvideo]

I love this commenter.

[@marshalllapenta7656]

Question? What if we invented a magnet you could put in a freezer then attach it to a can to cool it down?

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

Your🥸intelligence is Leaps & Bounds above😢mine!👻 Plz Xplain.

[@mcpr5971]

Can is made in a second or two, but the diabeetus lasts a lifetime :)

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

Not 4 all.

[@automotive474]

There aint NO way that the dome design would have been approved if it somehow SECRETLY INCREASED the amount of liquid in the can, I'm just saying 😐

[@manxman8008]

mention it's a superplastic alloy

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

It's refined bauxite.

[@janpratalemany3217]

One question, how does the dome increase the strength of the bottle?

[@engineerguyvideo]

Perhaps better to look at it as same strength but with less material than a flat bottom

[@janpratalemany3217]

@@engineerguyvideo Ahh I saw the full video now. It increases the strength concerning the internal pressure, nothing to do with external forces. Didn't think about that! Thanks! Cool videos by the way, keep it up!

[@herecomesforego1787]

How did the word pop happen --believe me it was no engineer😅

[@matthewcantu4654]

This dude learned all this because he thought the dip at the bottom was so they could serve less soda... are you Theo Vons dad?

[@ARCoventry]

Lot of soda can specific content

[@brianscott3021]

I’m confused what is a pop can I know what a coke can is

[@christopherbodnar9934]

I remember seeing this video years ago

[@DavidG2P]

I wonder how the outside gets decorated

[@japanse_samurai9456]

So it is all made out of one peace right?

[@goblinslayer6375]

be creative be engineer

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

Eye👻wannabe but I'm too olde.

[@chrisdrummond8893]

I love Fanta.

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

Pretty Good w/ vodka.❤

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

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[@Tvz42]

Dome

[@ProfessorDeezNutz]

some actual useful short material for once!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@951meatjr]

In a few seconds

[@raccooncityhunk497]

Oh boy, an ad for a book from someone I've never heard of explaining something we've all seen before

[@engineerguyvideo]

Enjoy!

[@JennaHasm]

Say that to my face. Punk.

[@JennaHasm]

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[@lewischacon6009]

Add at the end “be a man!” 🗿

[@danu1807]

Soda can. Pop is an adverb

[@Justakidthatrantsisapimp]

If Disney remade movies like this, everyone would watch. Certified hood classic.

[@avantcdmx2028]

Be creative, drink pure water

[@merkazoidduff7651]

Lots of engineering required for that.

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

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[@xNULNULx]

What about the internal plastic?

[@Blacklightwarrior]

The engeneerguy....some people put effort in their work some are just suckers....honorless copycats are definetly suckers...

[@user-lq1tb1eq7z]

You are a Twin... but took milk from the smaller titty??