Aluminum soft drink can
Soft drink can is a metallic container which is designed to contain a specific amount of a certain liquid like alcoholic beverages, energy drink, fruit juices and much more. In day to day world, soft drinks continue to widely consume as they have become cheaper and easy to carry as they are contained in beverage cans. There had been a problem with soft drink industry is improper seals in bootless which were had been tried to be improved to accommodate the pressure in carbonated drinks.
Functions
Producers of soft-drink and beverage containers in the world produce millions of aluminum beverage cans per day. If we may consider whether soft drink cans requires a kind of special care when manufacturing as compared to those of other objects used in the home, the conclusion is that they don’t require any special manufacturing treatment the aluminum cans (Schaefer, 1999). The process of making a vehicle and aircraft wings apply to the manufacturing of aluminum cans. The aluminum can standard is of high standards as it is not heavy as other glass containers.
Strong of economic incentives is used to motivate it toward more and more improvements. Engineers are doing their research on how to maintain the performance of the cans as they continue to minimize the capacity of material needed. By reducing the mass of the can by 1 percent we are going save like $20 million in one year in aluminum making it easier. Other than savings the yields, the advanced today's manufacturing process will result in the highly reflective surface on the exterior of the can, which can also act a nice base on decorative printing. This makes aluminum can more competitive as compared to others in the same industry. Beverage can come up as one the biggest aluminum market. Most cans are used to hold bears and others to hold other beverages (Diekhoff, 2000).
The material used and why they are used.
Aluminum cans have a lot advantage as compared to other soft drink containers, they have a high rate of recycling because aluminum waste containers can be recycled again and manufactured again which reduces cost. Aluminum cans are valuable than those of glass and plastic as it helps in recycling through a municipal recycling which saves finances and subsidizes effectively and the less valuable material is taken into waste. Aluminum is recycled more time through closed loop process where glass and plastic are done through the down cycled process (Allwood, 2012), the closed loop is most preferable. Even in the domestic cycling aluminum rate of cycling is higher than that of plastic and glass as they can last three times the others. This shows that it is good environment conservation. In the value of the material used aluminum cans help the municipality in possible recycling programs hence effectively subsidizes where very little materials are sent to the bin.
They are light in weight, strong and stackable as compared with another brand this helps in packaging and transporting arrangements. A very strong indication shows material management is done and industrial efficiency there is a reduction of aluminum material where aluminum makers still continue to come up with more cans which have less metal while the strength is still maintained and live span increased. The cans which are lighter have better shipping efficiency and aluminum can are more lightly than glass containers hence reduce packaging and transportation cost (Carle, 1999).
How is aluminum can being manufactured?
When manufacturing aluminum can one must have materials like aluminum which is gotten from a metal ore called bauxite which is refined and melted but most of the aluminum used in the industry is recycled. The process starts by cutting the blank or an ingot into two and the curved to a thin sheet. Then the cap is being redrawn and transferred to another machine and the punch force cup to the ironing rings which stretch the walls of the cup another press is made towards the base to force the container to bulge inward (Allwood, 2012). There are small metal ripples called ears which have an effect on aluminum sheet structure crystalline. The cleaning and some decorations were done depending on the beverage to be contained in the containers. The lid or the cover is made of different kind of an alloy which can withstand the pressure then it is kept and inserted beneath and it is secured then it will be easily detached. After neck is made it can be filled easily then the container is held tight to the seat and the beverage is put inside then it is covered by the lid and sealed and it is now ready to be sold (Carle, 1999).
Another feasible process
Another process of same properties may be used when making aluminum can where the body appears from the operation formation with walls where top there is wavy edges, make sure the top is flat and trim the top like a quarter inch. Then the cup passes through a number of operations which are high speed and washing is done together with printing and labeling a crack is checked and a pinhole, the ironing were done with final finishing and the can is ready for use (Allwood, 2012).
Other feasible material
Apart from recycled materials, we can use bauxite which is an alloy made of aluminum and iron elements where the aluminum can be extracted and the same process can be repeated as one of the recycled aluminum (Allwood, 2012).
References
Allwood, J. M. (2012). Sustainable materials: with both eyes open (p. 64). Cambridge: UIT Cambridge.
Carle, D. &. (1999). The suitability of aluminium as an alternative material for car bodies. Materials & design, 267-272.
Diekhoff, H. H. (2000). U.S. Patent No. 6,010,026. . Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Schaefer, M. W. (1999). U.S. Patent No. 5,992,892. Washington, DC: U.S. . Patent and Trademark Office.
