The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can

Bill details the engineering choices underlying the design of a beverage can He explains why it is cylindrical, outlines the manufacturing steps needed to created the can, notes why the can narrows near it lid, show close ups of the double-seam that hold the lid on, and details the complex operation of the tab that opens the can.
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[@chrisclowers7735]

Dude this guy made something that's normally really boring into a really fascinating and enjoyable video to watch. Never thought I'd enjoy a 12 minute long video about cans.

[@irvingm.rodriguez6539]

That was 12 minutes?!

[@yazan13]

lmao same.. just realized it's 22 mins 😂 amazing tho!

[@giantecco4942]

Insane! I just realized that the video was 12 min long!

[@jfiekms]

Why is this comment under a video about the ingenious design of tin cans

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Everything is really fascinating. You just have to find somebody that makes it so.

[@DolanDarker]

Can time

[@dohnutz6454]

Can

[@PingWizardMusic]

Yeah

[@standby75]

Thank you for the addition Dolan, very cool.

[@sjorsangevare]

Can't time

[@alejandromendez488]

Can you?

[@siddharthprakash8942]

This is the way engineering should be taught

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

How do you pronounce your name?

[@siddharthprakash8942]

@@TopStrikerMaverick Google it

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

Siddharth Prakash Is it Sidd-harth or SIDDHARTH all at once?

[@siddharthprakash8942]

@@TopStrikerMaverick All at once

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

Siddharth Prakash Cool.

[@kevinwilson6804]

You sir, are the David Attenborough of the mechanical world. I imagine I would stayed transfixed listening to you talk about anything. Thank you. Kevin

[@engineerguyvideo]

I take that as the highest compliment; and may I stay as active for as long as he has!

[@alphabetsoup6837]

I'm not lying, and I can't be the only one like this, I've watched this at least 50 times simply because I enjoy watching it and listening to this man explain how aluminum cans are made.

[@engineerguyvideo]

That’s very kind of you to say.

[@vachan-maker]

@@engineerguyvideo Can you give me permission to re upload this video to another platform? I will give you credit.

[@engineerguyvideo]

Sure

[@Saitama-gm9fv]

egg

[@vachan-maker]

@@engineerguyvideo thanks!

[@dsndansegovnetwork4054]

Man, this video was 11:00 minutes long. It was also about cans. But man this was an extremely interesting video!!!

[@dangerx69]

I am honoured to give you the 1000'th like to your comment

[@dsndansegovnetwork4054]

Danger X69 Thank you very much

[@noobilicious4042]

And 39 seconds!

[@BFFsEngineer]

Don't know why this was in my recommended but it is a well made video. Enjoyed watching it

[@TrevorPhillips2024]

BFFs Engineer Very true

[@aylakristen]

BFFs Engineer same!

[@definitelynotatroll]

BFFs Engineer yup

[@killedbyaninja1655]

BFFs Engineer same i dont know y i saw this

[@Footballcrazy-tv]

BFFs Engineer what i don't is why the cans are so big. Must be different in America.

[@MarioGoatse]

I’ve watched this video at least 4 times now. KZbin recommends it to me every couple years, and I watch it every time. So much amazing engineering on what we think as a simple invention, but it really isn’t. It’s the evolution of 80-100 years of engineering, and has been improved over and over again until the consumer can’t even see the improvements anymore. It’s gone from a good design, to the best possible design within the parameters. Truly amazing.

[@VenkuRocketryInternational]

He’s coming out with a new book this week!

[@engineerguyvideo]

Yesterday!

[@kma3647]

If you ever find yourself questioning biological evolution, just think about this. This is just a behavioral version of the same process. There's continual experimentation. Against that, the variations are tested. If they work, we keep them. If they don't, they are replaced. By keeping the things that work well, we close the search space, so to speak. We eliminate a lot of the randomness. And the various selective pressures all compete against each other with the more important ones having more weight on deciding whether a variant works and is kept or doesn't work and gets lost. Here, we see variants tested for ease of production, amount of material required, cost, material strength across a whole variety of factors, amount of volume contained, amount of pressure accommodated, stackability (tensile and compressible strength), even simple ease of use by a human so that it fits in a human hand, opens with a human finger, and doesnt encourage the human to do stupid or wasteful things with a tab. And biological machines like proteins, enzymes, tissues, etc, all evolve in an analogous process. (Yeah, I'm a nerd =D)

[@blackfacegaming191]

Too bad they don’t implement the same standards and ideas in vehicles. Cars are cheap plastic and throw away design anymore. Disgusting. Wish cars were perfected and made to last

[@civlyzed]

@@blackfacegaming191 Agreed. I drive a 15 year old wagon with 255K miles on it. I'm shooting for a million :D

[@WhatIsMisophonia]

You know you're a good teacher when you can make something as seemingly mundane as the aluminum can into one of the more captivating videos I've ever seen. Almost everybody, including I would say most instructors, struggle to keep explanations in layman's terms without dumbing it down, as almost none of us speak the internal language of whatever industry is presented.

[@anactualtexan777]

Dude makes me want to eat a baby in front the mother. Got stay grounded 💪

[@DistinguishedSombrero]

@@anactualtexan777 📸🤨

[@jackCollin403]

@@anactualtexan777 📸🤨

[@devynyates1929]

I hate to say this, but if I was watching this in high school, I would have fucked off. I'm 26 now though and it's very interesting 🤣

[@jackCollin403]

@@set65 same tbh.

[@huzzzer6083]

What a video. No clickbait, no sponsors, nothing. You got to the point straight away. Very informative, quality video. 10/10 would watch again. Brilliant 👍

[@kxewws7681]

If Rod Serling had been an engineer.

[@garethobrien2821]

Fanta? :oDDD

[@bzenga5981]

damn 2015 was a better year than we thought

[@dominokos]

Also, notice how there is not a single jump cut in the audio. This is all perfectly executed in full. No stuttering, no nothing. That's talent.

[@zarrowthehorse]

@@bzenga5981 Oh stfu about what year is bad or not and live in the moment

[@JustaMinor12]

Thank you, KZbin Recommendations. This one was surprisingly good.

[@CurtHowland]

Agreed!

[@TaigiTWeseFormosanDiplomat]

：）

[@jaydunbar7538]

I concur.

[@Tim3.14]

I love that feeling of learning an interesting answer to a question that I never even thought to ask.

[@k_lemek]

666th like

[@RockyRacoon5]

This is (no joke) one of the greatest videos on KZbin. It is absolute masterpiece and also a masterclass on how to make an extremely interesting video out of a typically boring topic.

[@engineerguyvideo]

Thank you for the kind words

[@TheWerecatboy]

I love the efficient design of this video. Move one camera, have 6 separate stations. Simple, efficient and well done. I love this channel now.

[@engineerguyvideo]

+Mama Rora there is a making of video somewhere on the channel. The effect we wanted was what you described, but we obtained it by moving the tables between takes and keeping the camera stationary.

[@TheWerecatboy]

***** The engineering part of me instantly is trying to speed up the process with ideas like a stationary chair and a rotating, foot-operated spinning platform. This is why I'm going into engineering. Seriously though, this is now one of my top channels. Time to binge watch all of your videos. I love it! Keep up the good work.

[@Aperson156]

+Mama Rora KISS

[@Jako1987]

+Mama Rora I subscribed to this channel because of this comment. Thank you.

[@TheWerecatboy]

Its awesome, isnt it?

[@darthnihilus511]

His clarity and inflection are easy on the ear, pleasing and interesting. He is direct and efficient. Excellent all around.

[@pastorofmuppets8834]

Very similar to chef John on food wishes

[@mattmahoney890]

He’s like agent smith. Everything about the matrix he knows

[@invisibilius1978]

thank you darth nihilus

[@jobbe-wijnen]

Not 'his', but 'their'. He has an entire production team and a dedicated co-writer for these texts. Well made, indeed, but a team product. ;-)

[@OfficialRainsynth]

He explains it pretty clearly, because he can.

[@OfficialRainsynth]

I'm happy, that you clearly "can" understand this.

[@TheMalevolentSpoon]

Goddammit

[@kongbiglort4998]

@@TheMalevolentSpoon godcannit

[@inoob5906]

Shut your can

[@reonero958]

L

[@nickyhr]

I come back to this video every now and again. Not because I forget how cans are made, but rather to remind myself of what I consider to be an example of how every teacher should behave. You took a seemingly simple and uninteresting topic, and made it into an extremely informative, concise and most importantly interesting "class". Thank you for sharing this with us

[@andrewroberts7428]

it's ok if you come back to remember how cans are made

[@hindugoat2302]

@@andrewroberts7428 he has swag so people want to tune in, but you cant copy his technique, you either have swag or you do not.

[@andrewroberts7428]

@@hindugoat2302 sounds abstract

[@kazmark_gl8652]

Likewise. the Algorithm returns this video to me periodically.

[@hindugoat2302]

@@kazmark_gl8652 the algorithm keeps spamming the same old videos from years ago... I mean I did like the video and the algorithm knows that

[@r-mur]

I never thought I'd watch eleven minutes of someone talking about cans. Incredibly informative and exceptionally well presented! Thank you!

[@liamskeen2884]

For me it depends what kinda cans you're talking about...

[@colinmccarthy9445]

even weirder for me- i already spent several semesters listening to professors lecture about this stuff in my industrial engineering program... yet i watched this anyway.

[@xlaythe]

took the words right out of my mouth

[@Texan.Insomniac]

Same

[@zagaberoo]

I watch this every few years and enjoy it like the first watch. This and the injection molding video are peak YT. Bill's a fantastic lecturer.

[@engineerguyvideo]

Thank you

[@DanielVCOliveira]

@@engineerguyvideo the video is 7 years old, this comment is 4 weeks old, and you still responded?? Absolutely incredible. Just goes to show how you care about your audience and your content. Keep up the good work!

[@water4039]

I’m assuming everything got this in their recommended again? Definitely not complaining lol. Never thought 12 minutes about cans could go by so quickly

[@mtunayucer]

@@water4039 yeah bro, just saw this video. Shame that the channel does not upload anymore

[@deathwingelitegantz5264]

@@engineerguyvideo When are you coming back?

[@Mildcat743]

Oh boy, time for my biannual rewatch of this video.

[@engineerguyvideo]

Biannual! I expect more diligence and ambition from you ... let’s aim in the future for three times a year working your way toward four.

[@engineerguyvideo]

I know ...

[@Snort70]

@@engineerguyvideo LMAO I've watched this video about 5 times over the past 3 years. Shown it to my parents, friends, idk why but this video is just so perfect

[@sensiblewheels]

@@engineerguyvideo Did you stop producing new content? You're amazing at this ❤️

[@engineerguyvideo]

Had two small kids ... oldest just started kindergarten

[@Nick_Espinosa]

KZbin recommended this for my annual aluminum beverage can pilgrimage, see you guys next year

[@engineerguyvideo]

I will check you off the list … we had been waiting for you and we were concerned that you had not visited yet.

[@dankpeblo5564]

Just a reminder your can pilgrimage is due next month

[@LOOTLLAMA7708]

​@@dankpeblo5564hello fellow pilgrim

[@ArtanisKizrath]

@@LOOTLLAMA7708 Hello to you too fellow beverage can pilgrim.

[@Threadsinger]

Checking in for my 2024 rewatch.

[@bl1tz533]

Virgin Cuboid and Sphere vs THE CHAD CYLINDER

[@SickUserName]

Nigga got 500 likes in 2 days

[@thehylianloach9473]

Goddamn no wonder our society is breaking down

[@bl1tz533]

holy jesue this is the first time i got over 100 likes let alone 500

[@burnedfromthesun4696]

That’s turbulent juice

[@RabbiHerschel]

@@sweballthegreat7078 Gamers awake, arise from slumber Soon comes the daybreak of rebirth

[@itsdokko2990]

you can find complex engineering even in the most mundane thing you can imagine and take for granted. truly an awesome world we live in, lads

[@topgoat4421]

Almost everything around you that you use in your daily life takes complex engineering to process/manufacture.

[@moretrash4you]

You CAN?! 😝

[@wichjr]

Take for granite *

[@wymple09]

I made those lids and the opening tabs for 20 years. Billions of them.

[@nicechunkymilk4887]

Thank you for your work, mate. Cheers

[@laurenhydride2336]

Billions of them? Hey that’s pretty cool! We’ve all most likely opened one of yours :))

[@ATMAtim]

I bet you're tired!

[@wymple09]

@@ATMAtim On a decent day, over a million. Our fastest machines when I retired made about 2 million per 12 hour shift, & they ran around the clock except for maintenance.

[@jackc70]

@@wymple09 what was the product? Did you also add the labels and expiration dates?

[@piercebales9546]

I briefly worked in a can factory, there was a machine there that was the size of a small house, half the machine rose a few feet and then fell. Each impact produced thousands of cans. It was a little awesome to see.

[@benjaminlamothe2093]

The can bungalow

[@andrewroberts7428]

@@benjaminlamothe2093 makes lil can babies

[@SoloPilot6]

How long did it take after you stopped working there before you stopped "feeling" the WHAM WHAM WHAM of the machine all day long? ;)

[@Helios8170]

Yep, it's about that time for everyone to watch this again.

[@garyevans3421]

Yep, this is my second time around! Watched it a couple of years ago and was just as enthralled this time!

[@ruairim7551]

Yeah here for round 2

[@tikityler1386]

I'm at round 6, I remember when this was new. I watch it through all the way every time and I'm still amazed.

[@zhivix8263]

@@tikityler1386 nerd

[@MLGRDR]

right? swear I've watched this before hahaha

[@mueezadam8438]

I’ve watched this on average 3 times a year. Anytime I see it in my recommendations or I remember it I go back and give it a watch because it’s so concise and informative

[@lucy4621]

I know right? Same with me over here, one way or the other this video always goes back to my recommendeds, and I can't help it but watch it until the end. It's just so well made and manages to actually explain how the can it's made, why it's made the way it is and some extra things. This is how things should be explained.

[@Jebu911]

Yeah i remember watching this few years ago too. His presentation is incredible.

[@topspeederalmond]

I thought I was alone.

[@casyhd463]

Saaaaame

[@atmosandolshek7235]

Same

[@ussi]

Every so often, this video pops up in my recommended page.. I don't know why, but I can't stop watching it every time it does

[@tjja7321]

100th like

[@natedsamuelson]

I literally just had that experience. This man is fascinating. So thorough.

[@dinoflame9696]

The tab-part is the best

[@Razzy1312]

This video randomly came into my "up next" suggestions and I was two minutes in before I even realized what was happening.

[@CarlosIvanFocus]

Same here, it’s like my fifth time watching it completely, just can’t stop watching once it starts.

[@MNGLD-do2kc]

Videos like this show the insane amount of engineering that goes into everything we take for granted

[@JKurayami]

Amazing. I never knew how incredibly ingenious and complicated our modern cans were. This wasn't just informative, but fun, thank you.

[@engineerguyvideo]

You are welcome.

[@webber7300]

@@engineerguyvideo you ever making new videos?

[@nuts5388]

@@webber7300 he has a kid now or something so he’s been super busy

[@EezePuffy]

@@nuts5388 yea, he's a relative of mine

[@nuts5388]

@@EezePuffy that’s cool

[@patatamas9158]

✓Appropriate video title. ✓Perfect filming. ✓Proper demonstrations. ✓Awesome animations and sprites. ✓Highly informative and detailed presentation of the topic. ✓Very well-written text. ✓Flawless narration. This video is the best I have seen in my life in tearms of quality and professionalism. Every KZbin video should learn from it. You are a true engineer.

[@blobbem]

+Pata Tamás It's almost perfect. Unfortunately, I'll have to mark it down a bit for the following reason: - Pronunciation and spelling of 'aluminium' incorrectly. Sadly, I feel like this negative point means I'll have to give the video a 1/10.

[@lowercherty]

+blobbem It's an American video, we say aluminum here and in Canada. The Brits say aluminium. Just like tire and tyre, harbor and harbour (Canadians spell that with the u), "zee" and "zed" for the letter Z, and a host of other common words. Not better or worse, just different. America and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language.

[@blobbem]

B Laquisha I am aware of this. I was merely making a joke.

[@lowercherty]

+blobbem Dry British humor? (humour?)

[@blobbem]

B Laquisha A bit, yeah. I often see people go on about how people spell things differently, so I thought I'd satirise them.

[@stuffandthat157]

This guy is incredible. The production quality is ridiculous. The explanations are flawless. The editing is seamless. The voice is silky. I haven't had any interest in product design and engineering for over a decade but this brought back that interest instantly.

[@rostislavsvoboda7013]

Take a look at 10:13 before getting exit too much about the product design.

[@danem2215]

Rostislav Svoboda If you paid attention, that was a demonstration of how it's *not* supposed to work. He's demonstrating using the tab solely as a first class lever. The tab acts as 2nd class, to vent, then first to open the top

[@Mark-pp9jf]

This is one of the best videos on this website.

[@engineerguyvideo]

Thank you

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

Absolutely a design masterpiece. The opener alone is close to brilliant. I’m old enough to remember the pull tabs that littered beaches and wooded areas that cut feet and were a health hazard. The opener that doesn’t detach unless with concerted effort is by itself is fantastic. And it turns to allows a straw to fit! It’s a miracle of engineering.

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

Not to mention they still expected people to throw the tabs on the ground against all odds and designed them to not cut at your feet if you step on them.

[@Charlie-hv3dh]

ludwigs still talking about you, hes got issues.....

[@engineerguyvideo]

I know, I know ...

[@michael_zarbo]

@@engineerguyvideo are you a big Ludwig fan? Or do you just kinda know about him from all of us spamming his name on this video.

[@engineerguyvideo]

I have seen his work: he seems to have this video memorized!

[@cowmilker2973]

@@engineerguyvideo so whens the next engineering video like this one?

[@jkane]

@@engineerguyvideo pog

[@alexanderthegreat7258]

It’s easy to forget how well engineered even the most simple things in our day to day life really are.

[@cereal-killer4455]

Yup! Most people don’t realize the alien levels of ingenious design and engineering that goes into basic stuff. Forget about nasa or apple, century old stuff like limited slip differentials or the commutator that made it possible to make dc powered electric motors are so brilliant

[@NJ-wb1cz]

It's horribly engineered just like most of other consumer single use items. It is engineered to irreversibly destroy a finite resource for absolutely no reason

[@Khan0156]

@AndrewWithEase11 11 but nearly nobody is recycling those metals and they end up in waste polygons. But they can be easily divided from other waste using magnets

[@TeddyBear-ii4yc]

I always thought the pull-tab that remained on was a simple, everyday example of "e=mc²" :-) But without consultation, it removed the purchasers fun of using the old tab as a UFO! Using the old pull-tab, the flat part (which is springy) could flick the round part quite far! :-)

[@Khan0156]

@AndrewWithEase11 11 well, you must first ensure that everybody can recycle that one-time thing and then start to design it

[@modjohnsenglishdisco]

I used to collect beer cans as a kid in the 70s. I was fascinated by the design advances, as well as the variation of graphics, over the decades. Until now I didn't know about aluminum can manufacturing, or indeed the genius of the stay-on tab. Marvels of engineering and art they are. Thanks for the info!

[@ErickG]

I know what I’m going to talk about for 3 hours at my next house party

[@deim3]

Must be a real fun

[@thegoynextdoor]

If it takes you 3hr to explain it, you're explaining it wrong.

[@mr.e1292]

buzz killington

[@alexeysaranchev6118]

@@thegoynextdoor Well he did say "talk about", not "explain".

[@farhanmarco7827]

@@thegoynextdoor hard to explain it while drunk or high

[@CapScreenplay]

The production quality of these videos baffles me. I follow many other science channels and they often leave me hanging, as I don't fully understand what is being said. Some even fail to answer the question they themselves pose. But this channel? I am glued to the screen start to (hilarious) finish, and I understand every word. Every question I come up with is promptly answered. I applaud you, sir, and your production team.

[@engineerguyvideo]

You can look at early drafts of this video and see our process on our preview page.

[@mathportillo]

CapScreenplay I was going to comment the exact same thing. The production quality of this channel is amazing.

[@BenEtherington]

***** Oh, posh. I saw the first draft months ago and even that was really, really well done.

[@TheTigero]

Its true, every time I expected this video to end, leaving me with questions...he dives right into that question... I love this channel, you would probably like SmarterEveryDay if you like this guy...

[@BenEtherington]

holdmybeer I talk to him on the phone now and again. I couldn't disagree with you more.

[@sh33pboi]

Why was this so interesting? Seriously, there is no way I should have enjoyed this as much as I did.

[@ebayauxions]

I used to work in this industry. We designed and built Cupping and Shell (lids) presses. I remember we did a 24-out, 750 strokes/minute shell press. That's 24 lids each press X 750 strokes = 18,000 Per Minute!!! And that included blanking and drawing, forming, and pre-curling the edge in one "pass"! This brings back memories, I was involved in some major deals back in the day. Busch, Coors, Pepsi, and many overseas companies as well. If you think this video was interesting, and it was and is great to be sure, but you should see the plant in operation. The sheer speed and quantities produced, and the size of the huge presses, is something to see indeed.

[@maenad1231]

The sphere can is oddly satisfying to look at

[@DanHaiduc]

Indeed; looks like a metal fruit

[@maenad1231]

@@DanHaiduc OMG it totally does!

[@Petroglyph1]

❤ "Cans!"😂❤🎉

[@ferretmayn7045]

KZbin: you wanna see a guy talk about cans for twelve minutes again Me: your goddamn right I do

[@ladiesman2048]

I believe this is now my fifth time watching this

[@beansntoastyt2616]

ladiesman2048 YOU TOO? I've watched this video without fail every time it's recommended to me

[@ladiesman2048]

@@beansntoastyt2616 and here we go again...

[@thetacbac]

You’re*

[@hunkpapa5843]

KZbin keeps recommending me the same videos and for some reason I keep watching em

[@Dloweification]

I don't even drink soda, but I could listen to this guy talk all day.

[@boring5718]

So can I

[@alphaadhito]

+Just Some Guy I can listen this guy all day while holding a soda can while watching a guy explaining how beverage can works

[@boring5718]

Alpha Adhito I can listen to this guy all day while reading and replying to your reply to my reply of a comment on a video about a guy explainin how a beverage can works

[@pedroapples1680]

I just woke up from a nap. I'm sitting in front of my computer, and this video was on. I don't even kn--

[@mad_max21]

Beer?

[@8BitGamer4life]

I could listen to this guy talk about aluminum cans for the next 2 hours.

[@garrettcannon2120]

8BitGamer4life I think its his delivery. He doesnt sound boring.

[@Kanadabalsam]

8BitGamer4life Same, never thought i would be so interested about leaning about cans.

[@seansides5192]

8BitGamer4life same

[@munjee2]

8BitGamer4life then yoi should get his audiobook (it is free)

[@rsc9520]

Me too !!!

[@elkpants1280]

As an aspiring mechanical engineer at the end of my Junior year, I love watching videos like these. I find them to be inspiring and the design beautiful.

[@EvilFerret55]

Jesus Christ, dude. I wish that level of sources and extra details was a standard. First video, randomly pulled here by my recommeneded, but you got a sub in me. Loved it.

[@pjlu2]

Thanks for mentioning J.C. which leads me to a question for you...... Know the difference betwixt an R1a Aryan, such as bibi nyet&yahoo, and an R1b Arbin as myself, a French-Canadian Catholique, and which plausibly could have had Ancestors in Mesopotamia and the Levant between 4000 and 2000 years ago?

[@PhoenixTwoFiftySix]

I have a love/hate relationship with yt recommendations. This is the love part

[@bladedninja8853]

When Cuties show up, The FBI shows up

[@codiserville593]

@Shadow Knight thats the name

[@blackdarkdarkerbleach7100]

Came here to get this video removed from my Recommendations, but stayed for over 11 minutes because it was really well explained.

[@blackdarkdarkerbleach7100]

@@dancalvano8702 ok

[@Rockmaster867]

You mtube tries to recommend this video to me for years now. It is weird

[@Crecross]

@@Rockmaster867 And you finally watched it tho.... Didn't you? Good job KZbin.

[@billhanna2148]

@@dancalvano8702 but that takes more effort 🙄🤔🙉

[@judahnat6529]

Wow, I am impressed by the level of detail that goes into can manufacturing

[@croncorcen]

Yet again the algorithm has brought us back together. I enjoy it every time. See you next year.

[@engineerguyvideo]

I always look forward to it.

[@wallywutsizface6346]

This guy could talk about dirt and still make it interesting.

[@DrBrainTickler]

but dirt IS very interesting... "HUMANS" even turn into dirt! How can we not be interested? ;-)

[@TheMasterOfCornedy]

Beyond Psychology *vsauce music plays* but what even IS dirt? may it be the production of alien lifeforms or maybe just an anomaly in the time space continuum?

[@DrBrainTickler]

Straiden I enjoy Vsauce. ;-) Are they even alien? Perhaps they are just more of the same. Masses of microbiological symbiosis. Complex consciousness. Perhaps the universe is a life-form of which we and the so-called aliens are the sensory organs and or brain cells of said universe or lifeform. Even if the aliens did create the dirt and us, what created the aliens? If something created the aliens then what created the aliens creator? Eventually emergence becomes our answer out of infallible logic. In regards to space time... Time is a mathematical tool of measurement. It's a representation of motion. Objects in motion with certain structural geometries will interact with other objects in motion and that will produce the so-called dirt, in the long run... So that would be correct that dirt is a product of the space time continuum... as are we all.

[@DrBrainTickler]

Straiden as simple as possible... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXvNkoShm6ydg7c that is what there it is.

[@DrBrainTickler]

Straiden and more about the ultimate questions, again, as simple as possible for the demographic of KZbin and for communication purposes. The Ultimate Questions!: kzbin.info/aero/PLgYS5hso2hsnvcFIBAZgAXTqQnCt-vr_Z

[@DoThingsYk]

I have to admire that this video is six years old and he has a stunning amount of quality in this video. Also he has responded to comments made just a month ago. I don’t know why but videos like this just make me happy

[@youllwatchanything6296]

This is mine and my cousin’s 7th time watching this together. We cannot get enough of this incredible piece of content. Thank you so much for making this video. You have brought so much joy into our lives. We are eternally grateful. ❤

[@dupeken]

That's the type of content that KZbin was made for.

[@thecrazedchef7278]

I thought it was made for cat videos, and home movies

[@jaroslavsvaha6065]

It was actually made for sharing family videos.

[@samuelurb2214]

Sexy Biscuit jes

[@ArtStoneUS]

Then the brainiacs at Google decided to demonetize the production of quality videos

[@callmeprofessorneegusphd.9155]

I've never had something explained to me in such a calm, interesting, and digestible fashion. You can really see the work put into this presentation and tbh I wanna watch it again.

[@jdtreharne]

This shows up in my suggestions about once a year. I watch it every time.

[@Toolmamon]

Me too!!! LOL

[@soapydandy]

Who wouldn't? It's a masterpiece.

[@Hethra19]

I've never seen one of engineerguy's videos before today, and not only is this video a fascinating lesson on an everyday item, but Bill has such an easygoing and friendly way of presenting all of this information. There's no talking down, no monotone delivery, just someone sharing great info in an approachable and enjoyable fashion. Looking forward to watching and learning more

[@Syclone0044]

Excellent insight. I never thought about how subtly irritating it is when they talk down to you

[@FOWBOWZ]

This has been the best informational video I've seen in months.

[@31337flamer]

wow u must be very dumb.

[@RSRemington]

Powder That was unneeded.

[@aidanmaley9826]

Powder You forgot to capitalize "Wow." And that is an incorrect statement.

[@xL3G1TxxB3A5TX]

Powder key words "been the best". Not that he doesn't watch them, but this guy is probably smarter and explains things way better than most other informative youtubers/teachers. You dumbass

[@dougwhole6009]

+Powder troll....

[@dvl973]

The lever is absolutely ingenious! It took me a while to understand the implications but oh once I did it made so much sense! The fact that you're essentially opening the can not by pressing in the tab but by drawing out the pin getting help from the pressure to shear an opening that lets out the pressure and then you push the metal tab in, is an absolutely amazing engineering solution and I have never realized it!

[@neosharkey7401]

It is crazy though how people can never be bothered to throw their trash away instead of litter. Companies actually need ti design their products with the schema that people will litter.

[@xisumavoid]

Welcome back! This was fascinating, thank you :-)

[@wood-eye]

xisumavoid Look who's here! I love your videos, dude!

[@Luemas]

xisumavoid I found this channel through your liked videos and am now watching loads of the videos here. Thank you!

[@abadlydrawnsnowman1648]

XISUMA

[@cast.]

holy fishmoley

[@hibuddy2768]

Shashwammyvoid?

[@dalegray934]

As a survey archaeologist, I have been using cans to date the age of historic sites discovered in the field. We need to know when sites are over 50 years old. When I began my career, the steel beverage can with church-key openings was historic and all aluminum cans were modern. As time went by, bi-metal beverage cans (steel cans with aluminum tops) became the indicators of historic sites. Then pull tabs became historic. Now we monitor the shape of the aluminum can openings to precisely date the can manufacture year. I was unaware that can diameters had changed through the years, this I learned from this video! In the future, printed bar codes will help archaeologist date sites. However, I am finishing up my career, so will leave bar codes to the new generation!

[@chadam1399]

After watching Lud for so long I suppose it’s inevitable this showed up in my recomended

[@engineerguyvideo]

I told KZbin that Ludwig has recommended it to you.

[@thecrazycookie3679]

Same, the algorithm is favoring this video again.

[@LeMeeps]

Same, and I'm not disappointed

[@kidsmack5624]

Haha that's weird I thought I was just watching a random video that randomly was recommended to me, but apparently it's because I started watching ludwig so much 😅

[@Diamondraw4Real]

Who?

[@pyrosnake346]

My simple mind: "it's shaped like that to mimic barrels." This man, who obviously went to Harvard: "YOU FOOL! the cylindrical design promotes surface area efficiency while maintaining a stackable advantage!"

[@emulus4000]

I almost didn't want to like this comment as you were on 69 likes!

[@yay4life183]

PyroSnake you fell for it FOOL!

[@bobbytonson5890]

You fell for it fool. THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK

[@magmadude_]

Incredible, I never knew I’d meet fellow JoJo fans on a video about cans

[@pyrosnake346]

@@magmadude_ stand users attract each other.

[@KirbyMobile1]

Do I have your permission to use this for my engineering class? I ask my professor and he said I could if you allowed me.

[@engineerguyvideo]

Yes! Use it, reuse it, reversion it, add your own comments ...

[@phanti5040]

That moment when the reply has more likes than the comment

[@KirbyMobile1]

@@phanti5040 he deserves it for such a kind action.

[@alexmontgomery1176]

@@KirbyMobile1 what grade did you get

[@Godsecution]

@@alexmontgomery1176 0

[@DreamwalkerFilms]

If people would watch more videos like this the world would be a much, much better place

[@joeshmoe7789]

I don't know how it would, but I believe you!!!

[@erdniealinik]

Well then you should also watch videos about how to fly an airplane so you can fly it yourself incase of an emergency because everyone should know about everything! What a silly comment

[@joeshmoe7789]

@@erdniealinik Some people have no sense of humor.

[@DreamwalkerFilms]

@@erdniealinik okay guy. Go crash a toddler's birthday party

[@erdniealinik]

@@DreamwalkerFilms what does that have to do with anything? I didnt know i was talking to someone this stupid you know what im so sorry

[@admiralbiatch1988]

I love educational videos like this. No NordVPN sponsorship, no random "funny" videos or stock images that interrupt the flow, no "upbeat" music to distract from what he's saying, just a great, informative lecture. Keep at Bill!

[@JammyLammy420]

You`re an ad. xD

[@JammyLammy420]

But you`re also right. :)

[@LowEndMarauder]

Fanta product placement?

[@moltenshard]

Can someone list some more channels like this ?

[@buickboy92]

@@moltenshard Technology Connections is one, Periodic Videos (channel focusing on chemistry) is also good but is more focused on science than tech or manufacturing.

[@micallef87]

you know it's a well made/narrated video when you watch an 11 minute video on how cans are made when you're not an engineer..

[@Blankult]

True xD, he reminds me of michael stevens

[@nibbel94]

This is one of my all time favorites on youtube. I keep going back to it, i have probably watched it 15 times over the years. More engineerguy plz

[@engineerguyvideo]

I am at work ...

[@ado-mas521]

@@engineerguyvideo Big sad...

[@nj-bu6ux]

@@engineerguyvideo awh man

[@studentaccount6811]

This is the best video. You don't dumb down language, you just demonstrate the concepts. It makes the viewer feel smarter, but not get overwhelmed by jargon.

[@sourdough7791]

This content is very pure and genuine.

[@ajmatney5]

I wish I was as passionate about something as he is about cans

[@MarufHossain-ft5iv]

J. Matney He is passionate about engineering

[@Wangdalf]

I often wonder why I have no friends, and here I am, watching an 11 minute video on aluminium cans.

[@joshuak3211]

Probably all the aluminium can watchers should form a network of like minded people.

[@jonathanlin66]

theyre jabronis for not being friemds with you

[@samtischler787]

Duke Memelord III so did 3 million other people were not alone! Lol

[@AnthonySmith-vs2pk]

😂😂stoned

[@isiahrodriguez64]

same

[@ExtraThiccc]

I watch this video again a couple times a year because its just so well done. Easy to understand but not patronizing. Full of info and still very entertaining. Always make sure to have a can of soda with me while I watch this.

[@ninetyninepercentmilk]

I’ve watched this video too many times now.

[@engineerguyvideo]

This isn’t up to you, the KZbin recommendation algorithm and I will determine this.

[@smashingtaco3323]

I know. For some reason everytime this video is recommended to me I click it.

[@puerkito9893]

@@smashingtaco3323 I’ve come to the point of looking it up myself, I really like this video and I don’t know why

[@georgiobenelli4854]

217 times for me. I can quote the whole video in my sleep..

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

@@georgiobenelli4854 bruh moment

[@arlin411]

I recently discovered another feature of the modern aluminum can. Having left a full beverage can in my car for several below-zero days, I discovered another reason for the concave top and bottom: they were no longer concave! As we all know, water expands when it freezes. It turns out that the concavity in both top and bottom of the can is precisely what is required to absorb the expansion of a frozen beverage. The can was still intact, but fully ballooned out at both top and bottom. Try this yourself. It’s quite impressive! (And, when the liquid thaws, the can retains the ballooned shape but has a negative pressure.)

[@KalonOrdona2]

Whoa!

[@AlejandroCastilloRapper]

Arlin Geyer woah that’s genius

[@marios449]

I actually recently thought of trying this out to see if the can will fail. But I didn't want to risk hearing a bang in the middle of the night from inside my freezer and cleaning up after it 😂

[@Thealldaywalk]

@@marios449 no worries, it should be cold enough. so when the pressure is released the content should, as far as i know, freeze immediatly.

[@thorr18BEM]

I once had 12 cans explode in my car, leaving cola spatter on every surface, particularly the ceiling fabric, until I finally detailed it years later. Desert heat is not as forgiving as your cold.

[@montygansit9328]

Why is Mark Hamill teaching me about aluminium cans?

[@rayhan_2k841]

Well that's what happened to his force ghost in the next life

[@trevorkinman1946]

Also he sounds like Neil DeGrasse Tyson

[@ladymecha8718]

Uhm that’s not mark hamill

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

@@ladymecha8718 r/woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[@coyotelong4349]

Because The Force (of internal pressurization) is strong with them

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

You are a pleasure to listen to, good sir.

[@sir1179]

this is definitely one of those, “sure youtube, I guess I’ll watch this” moments

[@graemezimmerman109]

It didn’t disappoint

[@doomslayer2438]

Trade pfp with me

[@LodanSD]

Sure KZbin, I guess I'll watch this Again... like it keeps coming up in my feed every few months... but it's still such a good video!

[@rambi1072]

@@LodanSD I remember when I firshed watched it it had just over 1 million views now it has 8 million. I'll probably see this comment I'm posting now some time in the future when I watch it again. Hi future me

[@ohmzen9695]

This video is exactly how I want all my life questions answered! "Detailed perfection." Subscribed

[@tony_T_]

I’ve never been so thankful in my life that I don’t have to drink out of a rectangle or ball.

[@liamgross7217]

It’s why coconuts never really took off.

[@gachanimestudios8348]

Yep. Don’t want to cut my hand or spill my drink every single time that I try to put it down.

[@tony_T_]

@@liamgross7217 lol

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

Everyone knows that the MOST efficient shape for the soda can, is REALLY a flat, 2d disk. Just like the earth, itself.

[@hr7936]

I have never wanted to drink out of the ball this much.

[@francismallard5892]

This is perhaps the very best video that explains a complex concept. Pacing, clarity, wording, the visuals. Everything.

[@fairybreadpng7597]

This video has popped up in my feed too many times to count, yet I watch it every single time.

[@engineerguyvideo]

The KZbin algorithm and I don’t feel that you fully understand it yet; when you do we will stop recommending it.

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

@@engineerguyvideo ok

[@munchlad7112]

@@engineerguyvideo it’s been 4 years. Please, make the loop stop

[@yea4663]

Never thought I'd be interested in a the design of a soda can

[@Karmy.]

same

[@jessesmidt734]

Viagra Works it's the man, he can make anything interesting, wish I had him as a teacher.

[@davidlaker1013]

This is a presentation format that all wannabe KZbin talking heads should be required to watch before being allowed to post their drivel.

[@jillvalentinefan77]

Agreed citizen.

[@speedwheel1807]

You literally just used the word drivel. I don't know who you are, but I'm proud.

[@YoutubeGuy825]

I know right. Hes right to the point. No lame jokes or garbage music no clickbait.

[@palehorse24681]

Says the guy who only watches the videos on KZbin. Smh

[@otamo_]

@dead body do you mean its "driven" not "drivel" cause if so you are fairly dumb

[@Chuck-f-s-Sneed]

This video is one of the best videos ever on KZbin.

[@swift.]

it’s 2am. help

[@lordnuminex5738]

2:37am 2019

[@silversoul9314]

5:10am XD

[@anselcantin4735]

Your comment matches your profile picture

[@gameender8239]

It's midnight help

[@coryswanson2247]

Design aluminum beverage can

[@georgethakur]

rolling off the table is worth feeling like you're drinking outta freakin _grenade._

[@scaper8]

Hell, a slightly flattened bottom would stop the rolling and you still get to drink out of grenade! I'm honestly surprised that no company has done a limited-time promotional spherical can, as it would be completely awesome even if totally inefficient.

[@juan3450]

This made me laugh a lot thanks! 😂😂😂

[@scorpion67890]

@@scaper8 didnt coca cola do the limited edition ornament cokes that were round? Granted they were plastic but still.

[@scaper8]

@@scorpion67890 I had forgotten about those, true, but they were plastic as you said.

[@spethmanjones2997]

Lol! Hell yeah!

[@Force05289]

I can now never look at a can the same again. It’s should be considered one of the engineering marvels if the world.

[@ydoomenaud]

Considering how toxic aluminum is, how most of the multistage drawing process takes place in one movement, how a shell thin as a human hair holds a pressurized beverage and the weight of a human standing on it, how infinitely recyclable the end product is and in all likelihood still cheaper to manufacture than its steel predecessors, you might be right here

[@ghoulbuster1]

yup, cans are a marvel of engineering

[@Honda-wing5811]

I'm so glad youtube's algorithm suggested your channel thank you very much.

[@jeremy1392]

Ego: "alright. It's 1:00 AM. Time to go to bed" Id: "BUT HOW DO THEY TURN IT FROM A DISK TO A CYLINDER!?"

[@drewlop]

Accurate lol At first thought it seems like the ego would be the scholar, but no, that raw hunger for moar knowledge is pure id

[@jeremy1392]

@Clear4ort nope, just took freshman honors English at a school in Massachusetts. It was a crazy class. I got a D but learned loads.

[@cosmic_drew]

why are we here YT? We are all here..........

[@Harrison_801]

4am here bruh

[@mewbork]

Me but it’s 4:00 AM

[@kgmarcussen]

Back when I did calculus regularly, I once used it to determine the most efficient cylindrical shape that a soda can should be. If I remember correctly, the most efficient design was wider and shorter than what is currently used. The manufacturers don’t use the most efficient cylinder design because shelf space on a grocery store is limited more on the x and y axis than the z axis. So, the amount of aluminum in each can today is more than it needs to be if horizontal space was not a concern.

[@fenderpleb2942]

you're right, i never took calculus but i had an engineer dude spend a half hour talking to a group of us about this at work lmao (pizza delivery), dude had the exact same energy as this video i swear

[@fenderpleb2942]

engineers are something different, just so passionate

[@waldolemmer]

maximizing in calculus is so cool

[@Mindraker1]

You remember that one factoid from Calc III as well, fine student.

[@seronymus]

Is there any hope for change?

[@NintendoWizard24]

i opened the video saying "wow who would watch 11 minutes on this"... 11 minutes later, i was not disappointed

[@YawnGod]

+PhantomArtist I know, right.

[@Frost640]

+PhantomArtist Jesus christ, this was 11 minutes? I didn't even notice until I read this.

[@Time2Splitt]

+Frost640 Same thing happened to me... it's so conversational in its explanation, and no BS drawn out "dramatic" silences like in documentaries (ok they got to fill time). This video was produced, scripted, directed, edited so efficiently and ergonomically. Incredibly well designed & engineered just like the things covered in the videos.

[@gr1nder07]

sameeee

[@undrtakr900]

Haha same here!

[@kutthroat2336]

I just found this video while looking into how can tops are sealed to the cans and I just realized I will now be binging all this man’s videos. I could listen to him talk forever. This video is extremely informative and his voice is engaging and so easy to listen to.

[@ploof592]

Me at the beginning: This video is going to be boring Me at the end: Ive never been so educated about a can.

[@carlj7466]

Really? Im still bored

[@kyle2546]

Me at the end, why am I watching this?

[@carlj7466]

@@BrainStem-jn5xp seriously its about cans. Pretty sure the nitwits are the ones enjoying lmao

[@carlj7466]

@@BrainStem-jn5xp Trump would applaud you for your comment

[@geezus3]

BackToTh3L0bby 1000th like

[@Confuzledish]

I absolutely love how even the most mundane things can have a complex history and ingenious design behind them.

[@ham164cs]

Ok

[@MaxNoSleeves]

That was unbelievably interesting

[@matrasia]

I couldn't stop watching.

[@blueninja012]

it still is

[@shaneconlon5116]

It is still?

[@globetrotter7778]

My father and I watched this video together a few years ago and it's had a transformational impact on both our lives in that we don't take things for granted as much and we appreciate the engineering behind every single man-made object that we encounter.

[@bartekmil]

Thanks to this I admire Team Fortress 2's art direction - game takes place during 60s so scout's energy drink has a flat top tabless can

[@ViciousVinnyD]

Scout's bonk was the first thing I thought of when I saw the flat top can example. Gotta admire the historical accuracy.

[@Helperbot-2000]

Yeah same

[@painandmisery8971]

Ah yes! They were definitely not lazy to add extra stuff on the can! Rather, they wanted to set the same aesthethic as the time it was set in!

[@Pussmash]

I drank a jumex can the other day that needed a little pop tool to open. I dont know the name of them. I love those cans lmao

[@dylankellogg8203]

A church key?

[@docsavage5063]

My father worked at Rexam ( Formerly National Can) can makers in Saint Paul, Minnesota...I recall touring the plant several times and working there one summer as a teen; watching this entire process from start to finished product was always amazing. This video brought back all the neat memories I had of that place and my Dad.

[@jacksonbing7892]

Yo I’m a big fan and my Calculus teacher just showed this video in class! You’re a true inspiration.

[@engineerguyvideo]

Thank you the kind words ... much appreciated

[@NameFirst834]

Replying even after 5 years, Pog

[@patozarantonello8572]

Pog

[@MC_MMV]

POG is internet slang for good 👍

[@rubberduckes]

yeah same I'm in class rn

[@GrahamCrannell]

This is one of the best videos on KZbin, no questions asked. This is simply a pinnacle of well-researched and well-presented information that can be easily understood by anyone. The proof is in the 18M+ views. If there's ever a "KZbin Hall Of Fame", this should easily be a first-ballot.