{"id":5709,"date":"2017-02-21T09:05:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T17:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-prod.qad.com\/blog\/?p=5709"},"modified":"2020-11-06T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T22:22:18","slug":"manufacturing-aluminum-cans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/manufacturing-aluminum-cans","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing Industrial Goods: Do You Know How Aluminum Cans Are Made?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5719&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever seen the show, &#8220;<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencechannel.com\/tv-shows\/how-its-made\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How It&#8217;s Made<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?&#8221; It&#8217;s a great look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/solutions\/manufacturing-erp\">manufacturing<\/a> process of many of the products we use every day. In my role, as part of the Customer Success Marketing program, I&#8217;m always looking at our customers in search of the next success story to share, and I love looking into what they make. It is also fascinating to learn about all the different equipment they use. From an all in one welder, to a revolutionary plasma cutter, in the welding and construction industries, the possibilities are endless. Ultimately, we serve such a wide spectrum of industries, and each is so unique in their manufacturing process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Manufacturing Aluminum Cans<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I think of our customer <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ball.com\/na\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ball<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I tend to think of the glass jars my grandmother would use to can her jams and preserves, but did you know that Ball is also a producer of metal packaging? They <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ball.com\/na\/solutions\/markets-capabilities\/markets\/beverage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manufacture aluminum cans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> used by soda, beer, energy drinks and various other beverage makers. I wanted to see see how aluminum cans are made, and I was able to easily locate the episode &#8220;<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V4TVDSWuR5E\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How It&#8217;s Made: Aluminum Cans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V4TVDSWuR5E&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that the aluminum can will always be recyclable? No matter how many times it&#8217;s used, melted, used, and melted down again, it never deteriorates. Even the byproducts &#8211; scraps of aluminum &#8211; left from the can manufacturing process get put back into the process to make new sheets of aluminum, and then more cans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another crazy fact is that cans are made from a giant roll of aluminum sheeting that weighs nine tons! One roll makes 750,000 cans. The entire process is fascinating. The sheet of metal is pressed into round pieces, those pieces are formed into cups, and the process goes on as a can is made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you think the process stops there, you&#8217;re wrong. The cans have to be washed, dried, coated with varnish and printed. Just to get an idea of how fast the printing machine runs, it processes 1,800 cans per minute. 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