VIDEO "The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can"

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Thanks for that!.. I've seen them made real time but never known the science behind the design. I love anything about building anything pretty much.

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Interesting, yet no mention of the math behind the shape of the can. Basic high school calculus (well, it was basic 50 years ago) taught one of the more useful equations --Max/Min -- to get maximum interior volume using the minimal amount of exterior material.

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Love this stuff!

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Thanks sigalert. That was interesting.

At Miss. State University in the 1960's, freshman chemistry was taught by Dr. Clyde Q. Sheely, who was quite the card. Reportedly paid a nominal $1 salary, he invented the liner for (steel) beer cans. We sometimes toasted him at the Crossroads taverns.

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I've seen them made real time but never known the science behind the design. I love anything about building anything pretty much.

Cruiser, I’m curious... where did you see cans made? Chicago area?

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Nope somewhere in New England when I was growing up or maybe in Atlanta when we were visiting relatives. I was completely amazed at the speed with which they rolled through the process.

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Interesting, I am also old enough to remember the evolution of the tab and before when we used to have to use the punch opener.

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Interesting video.

Anyone else think the narrator's voice could fill in for Agent Smith?

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Interesting, thanks for posting this Sigalert. I just had to pop a can of beer while watching.

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Interesting. Someone may read Popular Mechanics and enjoy Math.

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Fascinating

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Interesting video.

Anyone else think the narrator's voice could fill in for Agent Smith?

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Thanks for that. I love the “how it’s made” stuff!

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I didn’t realize it was so complicated. Interesting how so much much engineering went into such a simple everyday item.

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I once had a job where I had to dump expired cans of pop into a crusher so we could recover the aluminum.

It was soda pressing, I could barely stand it.

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I once had a job where I had to dump expired cans of pop into a crusher so we could recover the aluminum.

It was soda pressing, I could barely stand it.

I'm sure it was just metal fatigue.

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I'm sure it was just metal fatigue.

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