We see them everyday but how are they made?
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Dave>>> very interesting...never thought of the mechanics involved...Carl

 

Not to mention (well, blew that one as well) but how the 'container' made of such a thin material, can hold so much pressure. We recycle our aluminum cans, he11, have used the aluminum in a project or two (and a few repairs where a flat, slim, cut-down piece of metal was needed). Funny how you remember that stuff is SUPER SHARP, just AFTER you accidentally slice into something your not supposed to. I wonder what process (in the brain) so vividly recalls things when PAIN is introduced? One good thing, the cut (or cuts, especially when a jerk-back impulse isn't suppressed) usually is clean. I hear they do heal a lot more quickly than say, a jagged cut?

 

The aluminum beer bottle is even more impressive.

Back in the mid seventies I was involved in the design of a mold that made plastic beer bottles. We shipped the mold and then the FDA said that the material used was banned for carbonated liquids.

Coors has or had a lot of patents for the aluminum cans and made a lot of money on licensing.



What can you make with a beer can? Maybe this.