The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
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The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
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Re: The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
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#3One of the HN members grandfather iirc is responsible for the design of the tab.
Re: The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
#4A paean to the aluminum industry. No mention at all of the BPA-based polymer lining, which is critical to product quality and has adverse effects on health.
Re: The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
#5Insights into manufacturing processes that most of us know nothing about, and the output of which we take for granted on a daily basis, is always fascinating to me. Thanks for the post.
Re: The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
#6A paean to the aluminum industry. No mention at all of the BPA-based polymer lining, which is critical to product quality and has adverse effects on health.
This article was about refinements in the manufacturing the can itself from a mechanical standpoint. The can lining is based on the material it has to hold and is mostly unrelated to the mechanical properties of the can as a container. A can holding methanol probably won't be lined with the same thing a coke can is lined with.
Thanks for the off topic troll post, now why don't you cut open a gallon jug of Brakeleen, lick it clean and tell us what it's lined with...
Re: The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
#7A paean to the aluminum industry. No mention at all of the BPA-based polymer lining, which is critical to product quality and has adverse effects on health.
This article was about refinements in the manufacturing the can itself from a mechanical standpoint. The can lining is based on the material it has to hold and is mostly unrelated to the mechanical properties of the can as a container. A can holding methanol probably won't be lined with the same thing a coke can is lined with. Thanks for the off topic troll post, now why don't you cut open a gallon jug of Brakeleen,…
Your first paragraph was interesting and informative.
Your second paragraph... Not so much.
Re: The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
#8A paean to the aluminum industry. No mention at all of the BPA-based polymer lining, which is critical to product quality and has adverse effects on health.
> A paean to the aluminum industry
That's unduly dismissive of an article that is primarily about design. On HN it's better to make substantive comments than dismissive ones.
You have a good point about the polymer lining, but it would be better to make it informative instead of polarizing. There's no reason we can't all learn about flanges, rivets, polymer linings and health effects.
Re: The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
#9Insights into manufacturing processes that most of us know nothing about, and the output of which we take for granted on a daily basis, is always fascinating to me. Thanks for the post.
+1 -- great post.
Re: The Aluminum Beverage Can (1994) [pdf]
#10A paean to the aluminum industry. No mention at all of the BPA-based polymer lining, which is critical to product quality and has adverse effects on health.
> A paean to the aluminum industry That's unduly dismissive of an article that is primarily about design. On HN it's better to make substantive comments than dismissive ones. You have a good point about the polymer lining, but it would be better to make it informative instead of polarizing. There's no reason we can't all learn about flanges, rivets, polymer linings and health effects.
Nothing undue about it. Paean is not a negative word. "Reynolds Metals pioneered the contemporary method of production." Are you overeager to read something else into my comment?