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Why a beverage can is cylinder and not a cuboid or a sphere.

[@marsilies]

The original full-length video of this is my favorite KZbin video ever, so it's fun to see it in this abridged form, but I'm still going to point everyone I can to the full length one.

[@engineerguyvideo]

It’s fun to make these shorts, but to me how to organize the information in a 12 minute video interests me greatly.

[@dissociativealeks]

I was about to leave the same comment. It was the first video I saw on the channel years ago and I was instantly sucked in.

[@willmellon6650]

@@engineerguyvideoThe power of shorts is they’re just so great at pulling interest to the long form videos, and they have just the right amount of information in them that they don’t leave you hanging for an answer, but still make you want to watch the long form videos for more

[@dozerday4836]

Excited to see more shorts!

[@MikehMike01]

Shorts stink

[@engineerguyvideo]

@MikehMike01 they do have a different purpose than the longer videos; it is not my preferred format - in fact, I think they are more appropriate for other venues that focus on short form only. That said, I have enjoyed the challenge of how to do something (I hope) coherent in 45 seconds. Still, as I note, my heart is in the 8 to 12 minute YT video - it is 6:35a here and I am working on a script for a long format video right now ….

[@Zveebo]

While I enjoy the longer format videos, I think Bill has also done a great job with these Shorts: concise and still fact-filled.

[@glabifrons]

@@engineerguyvideo I agree with both sides. I have a dislike for shorts as they're instant time-sinks,, but in this case they introduced me to a channel that I'm fairly certain I'm going to love. For unknown reasons, youtube has never pitched the long form videos from this channel to me before, and this is right up my alley.

[@clydegarcia2047]

😅😅😅😅😅😅​@@engineerguyvideo

[@ThatRandomGermanGuy]

Now I want spheres of soda…. Where’s my 3D printer at?

[@YD_.]

Disney’s made some Star Wars grenade ones and other Christmas ornament ones.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

Just buy a Buzzballz 😂

[@lostfan5054]

The first Engineer Guy video i ever saw was Bill's explanation of the soda pop can. It was so informative and makes me REALLY appreciate the brilliant engineering in something as simple as a beverage container. Thanks Bill!

[@osoiderman]

Please keep bringing content!!

[@davidfreakinglosoya]

I LOVE WHEN THESE VIDEOS POP UP! Thank you sir!

[@AlmonMalk]

I have a masters in Aerospace Engineering, yet I still learn new stuff from you everyday. Thank you for keeping my brain stimulated

[@piotrholocinski5901]

should've paid attention in school

[@AlmonMalk]

@@piotrholocinski5901 wow you’re rude

[@elm9607]

*You just blew my mind…*

[@Foster_-gx8sm]

Every human should watch the full length video. You will be amazed and appreciate other seemingly small things

[@corvinbarnette2963]

Your videos are awesome, I love the obvious excitement and your perspective

[@nokitoki6907]

This channel is gold. Thank you for making these videos

[@bruceradford8284]

The machine shop that held the pop top patent is here in Cleveland! Dies go a 100k each!!!!

[@engineerguyvideo]

This tab described in this video is US3967750A by Dan Cudzik for Reynolds Metal.

[@DavidG2P]

Engineering ASMR, I love it

[@vwdeathwishwv6498]

They also had the brilliant idea of putting the engine oil filter less than an inch away from the cat

[@mr.ptolemy8947]

He has a voice smoother than better.

[@jeebusmcfries8114]

he's answering questions we never asked

[@gasgaslex_photos]

I can listen to Bills voice feeding my brain all day

[@michaelherron362]

Bill is a marvel and we all owe him for his incredible work.

[@joeking5917]

The full length video is one of my favorites!

[@therecyclingguy256]

As a guy who picks these up for a living, I can say that I appreciate the design and the engineering behind aluminum beverage cans. 😅

[@rodnee2340]

As somone who manufactures oil drums I can tell you there is alot that gose into them. The tops alone have 4 stages of process. Cutting the basic shape with a press, rounding the edges, putting sealing compound around the edges and welding the handles. The bottom takes 3 prossess. Minus the handle weld. Then both go to "the line" that creates the cylinder body (another welding prossess) that then marrys the bottom and then the top. Alot of scrap tinplate is made during these prossess. And if you're making EU drums for chemicals then the drums need to be tested to destruction. Definitely an engenders nightmare...

[@axelgalloway4294]

Also while the round can is the toughest, it also has the worst space optimization, and while the square one is perfect the cilindrical one is a good compromise.

[@Lucifersfursona]

The circular can is good to look at

[@choryferguson2196]

These are really great. As a person who doesn’t come from a stem background they’re accessible.

[@lasarousi]

The best example of human engineering are the ones that i hold in my hand daily and not question it. Not an experimental drug or space rocket.

[@brainwashingdetergent4322]

Thanks Bill Hammock!

[@engineerguyvideo]

You are welcome

[@ZerqTM]

i want the spheroid can now!!!! it could easily be prevented from rolling away too you just need stacking trays for it :p its probably harder to manufacture though since you would have to probably hydroform it... not impossible though...

[@aroncanapa5796]

Man this guy needs to do voice overs

[@mitchellliston9358]

I love engineering! It's marvelous

[@erik-fisher]

Cool 😎

[@ArtemEzhov]

Bloody marvelous!

[@testy462]

I bought the book a few days ago, first few chapters are great. I keep reading it in your voice.

[@7prudent]

But do you think they really considered the other options? :)

[@penguinista]

The opening mechanism in the top panel is also spectacularly engineered.

[@HoldYourSeahorses]

This guy and I both have a soda obsession, however they are drastically different.

[@hdufort]

One of my favourite problems is finding the optimal height to diameter ratio for a cylindrical can. The ratio that uses the least metal.

[@PrecioustheMovie1]

Cylinders have a pretty high packing density too. It’s a badass design.

[@mekbebtamrat817]

Plus the bottom of the upper can opens the lower one

[@BAKER-zi3iw]

You could put a circular lip on the bottom of the sphere so it won’t roll

[@42468]

The cylindrical shape also allows the body of the can to be drawn and the seam at the top to be rolled and folded over. Lots of thought goes into the tiniest design choices if millions of that product are made-take a look at your zipper, for example :) I realize now that I learned these from your video. :) double smiles

[@kingsman428]

We covered this can design in electronic engineering as a way to demonstrate maximum and minimum limits. You start off thinking it's all intuitive but it absolutely isn't.

[@thecaptainplus]

where did you find a spherical and rectangular can?

[@niranjanraguraman253]

Also the even pressure distribution

[@OkraPlutonium]

I saw the original video years ago and think about it all the time

[@matthewdorsett9446]

Shocked for two reasons. How they came up with it, and why it needed to be explained.

[@bi5048]

Every time I drink pepsi I will remember this engineering marvel.

[@IRuleEverything101]

Oh cool i love learning new facts!

[@irelandgrt]

Why is the can cut in half and taped together?

[@man-throwing-thing]

Been watching your videos for years and I am loving the short form content! I’m sure they’re easier for you to make, and they are still interesting like your other videos.

[@yograj_22]

Nice info

[@ChronicBongitis420]

There are spherical beverage cans technically.

[@aljeandropacheco3608]

I never thought about this

[@josephcharles2917]

Curious as to why the can was sliced in half.

[@laprepper]

I have a masters of engineering degree mechanical engineering it for five years at a aerospace company. I tried to work my way into an engineering role and failed but I just recently quit so we’ll see if the world wants to offer me an engineering job.

[@XroorX]

Cylindrical has SA:V ratio for Nucleation points to maintain carbonation gramps. This guy is from the slide rule generation of engineering….

[@24juan68]

You should make your own channel

[@ItsYusha]

Let all just agree that this guy popped out of nowhere

[@phatwayne]

The inside of a can plant is something else, 2000+ Cans per minute per line, each one individually printed and checked.

[@haruruben]

I want the sphere can, just flatten the bottom. Cylinder cans roll around anyway

[@durrclips746]

Why not just make the first sphere can have a flat bottom?

[@kallekas8551]

No straight lines in nature…good engineering thinking.

[@aidenhenderson7888]

It would honestly be really cool to see a spherical soda can

[@devilslighter2987]

The want to crack open a orb of cola is intense and i now need this

[@xofox_studio]

That's the first time I saw spherical and cubical tin can

[@yeti4269]

Wait a second, YOURE the original soda can video??

[@engineerguyvideo]

Yes!

[@Gho2sH]

Well I prefer the spherical one where I can shout "fire in the hole" every time I open it.

[@etherstar1137]

We need hexagons.

[@wheel1775]

It’s always the most mundane products that have the most interesting manufacturing processes. People throw away soda cans every day and never give them a second thought.

[@DreStyle]

I remember it was because it's strong and takes the least amount of space

[@juhis5936]

Pretty sure it would also kind of be a pain in the ass to make the other shapes

[@Hascienda27]

Okay but i look at the 70s styles and crave them or better still, just glass bottles

[@manxman8008]

Ha! A tube can can also roll away!

[@EddieRod]

I know I'm 80% wrong, but aren't you Saul Goodman's brother (Charles) from BCS?

[@die_ware_jacob]

"Spherical cans aren't real, they can't hurt you." Spherical cans:

[@lennynull-funf-zehn5416]

I want a ball soda can now

[@mikenelson1347]

Be creative, be a poet…

[@theragequitter910]

It’s so it can fit in cup holders

[@RoyArrowood]

Also those other two shapes would be a pain to drink from

[@Ketoswammy]

Ball corporation. Same company as the ball jars.

[@engineerguyvideo]

It was Reynold Metal at the time (1970s), which was acquired by Ball in 1998.

[@Roam865]

That's like telling flat earthers that the can is a cylinder as the earth is a Sphere.

[@xzm996]

it still rolls awaaaaay 😅

[@markb9051]

My cans are flat, i.e., a low profile, and resemble a disk.

[@xst9880]

Bill, this is cool, where did you get the first two soda cans? 😂

[@engineerguyvideo]

Props built by the machine shop

[@cezarcatalin1406]

@@engineerguyvideo Spherical cans with a concave section to form a flat edge used to be a gimmick though. Forgot what brand used those but I remember those were definitely a thing when I grew up.

[@isaactroyer5689]

It just takes 1 person to develop something that everyone will use in the future

[@craigarthur7599]

WW 2 gave us Nuclear power, the soda wars gave us better cans.

[@GivusADurryGronk]

Now I’m pissed off that we don’t have spherical cans. Even a short fat ball shaped can with the same bottom design as the one we have. That’d be cool as hell

[@VX-cy4du]

👍🙌

[@user-sc3gp8ho4z]

Funny how this fundamental engineering looks and takes the basic principles of a normal glass. It is so sad that in the old days there was no one to give props to the Glassman.

[@engineerguyvideo]

That is curious ….

[@Sluxslol]

it looks like that because thats how they CAN THINGS

[@metinibrahimdemir1877]

Because it looks like a cup but with a lid, and the cup is a familiar object that people are already used to using in their everyday lives?

[@juhis5936]

I’d wager the guy who invented cans didn’t even consider any other shape

[@danwellington3571]

The real reason we don't drink battery acid out of orbs is because the would-be orb makers are cowards

[@meme-ville]

Ok but honestly if coke came in a sphere I would buy it instantly

[@GizmoBeach]

Pyramid shaped. 🔺

[@davidbarnett342]

The answer to the question I was to busy to ask.

[@bagoquarks]

... and cuboids and cylinders stack better ... ... and cylinders waste more shelf space which means you are denying your competitor shelf space which is good marketing but very inefficient ...

[@husc7775]

Siema co tam na alasce u was ?

[@Fargoleafy]

Reject cylinder can. Embrace cube

[@jay9950]

The can was designed to handle the pressure of carbonated drinks.

[@engineerguyvideo]

Yes!

[@gaijintendo]

A can doesn't roll away like a spherical one would... but let me tell you if your bag splits on the bus and one rolls away then gets a tiny puncture just as the bus reaches a hill... They do roll away. It is messy. People don't find at as funny as I did either. All round 9/10 for the can

[@Niddez]

Imagine drink a coke in a sphere

[@gio3061]

You also can't stack spheres easily