The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can
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- Bill details the engineering choices underlying the design of a beverage can He explains why it is cylindrical, outlines the manufacturing steps needed to created the can, notes why the can narrows near it lid, show close ups of the double-seam that hold the lid on, and details the complex operation of the tab that opens the can.
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I often wonder why I have no friends, and here I am, watching an 11 minute video on aluminium cans.
Probably all the aluminium can watchers should form a network of like minded people.
theyre jabronis for not being friemds with you
Duke Memelord III so did 3 million other people were not alone! Lol
😂😂stoned
same
His calm enthusiasm coupled with the knowledge of the process in creating the aluminum can is what makes this so interesting.
I just imagine he's talking about beautiful female breasts every time he says the word CAN. Thats what makes it fun for me. To each their own though!
Quaglium Quagnarr I agree. If he wasn't so excited about them I wouldn't have seen myself able to sit through 11 minutes of this. I saw the length and thought "I'll just give him 2 or
3 minutes to kill some time"
Next thing I knew the video was over and it was very interesting throughout.
What a resource! This is a great video to give to a person who wants to learn to speak English.
Watch is enough times and a person will have a real advantage when combined with other teaching methods.
Quaglium Quagnarr don’t forget those eyes
would listen to a podcast with this clear articulate voice
I’ve watched this video at least 4 times now. CZcams recommends it to me every couple years, and I watch it every time. So much amazing engineering on what we think as a simple invention, but it really isn’t. It’s the evolution of 80-100 years of engineering, and has been improved over and over again until the consumer can’t even see the improvements anymore. It’s gone from a good design, to the best possible design within the parameters. Truly amazing.
He’s coming out with a new book this week!
Yesterday!
If you ever find yourself questioning biological evolution, just think about this. This is just a behavioral version of the same process. There's continual experimentation. Against that, the variations are tested. If they work, we keep them. If they don't, they are replaced. By keeping the things that work well, we close the search space, so to speak. We eliminate a lot of the randomness. And the various selective pressures all compete against each other with the more important ones having more weight on deciding whether a variant works and is kept or doesn't work and gets lost. Here, we see variants tested for ease of production, amount of material required, cost, material strength across a whole variety of factors, amount of volume contained, amount of pressure accommodated, stackability (tensile and compressible strength), even simple ease of use by a human so that it fits in a human hand, opens with a human finger, and doesnt encourage the human to do stupid or wasteful things with a tab. And biological machines like proteins, enzymes, tissues, etc, all evolve in an analogous process. (Yeah, I'm a nerd =D)
Too bad they don’t implement the same standards and ideas in vehicles. Cars are cheap plastic and throw away design anymore. Disgusting.
Wish cars were perfected and made to last
@@blackfacegaming191 Agreed. I drive a 15 year old wagon with 255K miles on it. I'm shooting for a million :D
You sir, are the David Attenborough of the mechanical world. I imagine I would stayed transfixed listening to you talk about anything. Thank you. Kevin
I take that as the highest compliment; and may I stay as active for as long as he has!
Dude this guy made something that's normally really boring into a really fascinating and enjoyable video to watch. Never thought I'd enjoy a 12 minute long video about cans.
That was 12 minutes?!
lmao same.. just realized it's 22 mins 😂 amazing tho!
Insane! I just realized that the video was 12 min long!
Why is this comment under a video about the ingenious design of tin cans
Everything is really fascinating.
You just have to find somebody that makes it so.
CZcams: you wanna see a guy talk about cans for twelve minutes again
Me: your goddamn right I do
I believe this is now my fifth time watching this
ladiesman2048 YOU TOO? I've watched this video without fail every time it's recommended to me
@@beansntoastyt2616 and here we go again...
You’re*
CZcams keeps recommending me the same videos and for some reason I keep watching em
CZcams recommended this for my annual aluminum beverage can pilgrimage, see you guys next year
I will check you off the list … we had been waiting for you and we were concerned that you had not visited yet.
I come back to this video every now and again. Not because I forget how cans are made, but rather to remind myself of what I consider to be an example of how every teacher should behave. You took a seemingly simple and uninteresting topic, and made it into an extremely informative, concise and most importantly interesting "class". Thank you for sharing this with us
it's ok if you come back to remember how cans are made
@@andrewroberts7428 he has swag so people want to tune in,
but you cant copy his technique, you either have swag or you do not.
@@hindugoat2302 sounds abstract
Likewise. the Algorithm returns this video to me periodically.
@@kazmark_gl8652 the algorithm keeps spamming the same old videos from years ago...
I mean I did like the video and the algorithm knows that
This is the way engineering should be taught
How do you pronounce your name?
@@TopStrikerMaverick Google it
Siddharth Prakash Is it Sidd-harth or SIDDHARTH all at once?
@@TopStrikerMaverick All at once
Siddharth Prakash Cool.
I'm not lying, and I can't be the only one like this, I've watched this at least 50 times simply because I enjoy watching it and listening to this man explain how aluminum cans are made.
That’s very kind of you to say.
@@engineerguyvideo Can you give me permission to re upload this video to another platform? I will give you credit.
Sure
egg
@@engineerguyvideo thanks!
I briefly worked in a can factory, there was a machine there that was the size of a small house, half the machine rose a few feet and then fell. Each impact produced thousands of cans. It was a little awesome to see.
The can bungalow
@@benjaminlamothe2093 makes lil can babies
How long did it take after you stopped working there before you stopped "feeling" the WHAM WHAM WHAM of the machine all day long? ;)
Videos like this show the insane amount of engineering that goes into everything we take for granted
Man, this video was 11:00 minutes long. It was also about cans. But man this was an extremely interesting video!!!
I am honoured to give you the 1000'th like to your comment
Danger X69 Thank you very much
And 39 seconds!
You know you're a good teacher when you can make something as seemingly mundane as the aluminum can into one of the more captivating videos I've ever seen. Almost everybody, including I would say most instructors, struggle to keep explanations in layman's terms without dumbing it down, as almost none of us speak the internal language of whatever industry is presented.
Dude makes me want to eat a baby in front the mother. Got stay grounded 💪
@@anactualtexan777 📸🤨
@@anactualtexan777 📸🤨
I hate to say this, but if I was watching this in high school, I would have fucked off. I'm 26 now though and it's very interesting 🤣
@@set65 same tbh.
I used to collect beer cans as a kid in the 70s. I was fascinated by the design advances, as well as the variation of graphics, over the decades. Until now I didn't know about aluminum can manufacturing, or indeed the genius of the stay-on tab. Marvels of engineering and art they are. Thanks for the info!
The sphere can is oddly satisfying to look at
Indeed; looks like a metal fruit
@@DanHaiduc OMG it totally does!
What a video.
No clickbait, no sponsors, nothing.
You got to the point straight away.
Very informative, quality video.
10/10 would watch again. Brilliant 👍
If Rod Serling had been an engineer.
Fanta? :oDDD
damn 2015 was a better year than we thought
Also, notice how there is not a single jump cut in the audio. This is all perfectly executed in full. No stuttering, no nothing. That's talent.
@@bzenga5981 Oh stfu about what year is bad or not and live in the moment
Don't know why this was in my recommended but it is a well made video. Enjoyed watching it
BFFs Engineer Very true
BFFs Engineer same!
BFFs Engineer yup
BFFs Engineer same i dont know y i saw this
BFFs Engineer what i don't is why the cans are so big. Must be different in America.
As an aspiring mechanical engineer at the end of my Junior year, I love watching videos like these. I find them to be inspiring and the design beautiful.
Explained well and in an engaging way. It's hard to find a video like this that explains concepts in a way that you could show to cub scouts or young children in schools without boring them. Bill gives just enough detail spreads out with diagrams and animations to keep the interest. I didn't even realize the video was nearly over until I saw the first bench on the right side of the screen.
Holy fuck, I didn't expect to watch the whole video...
Falcon The Pickle Smuggler same
here I was looking for youtube poop videos and other mindless braindead entertainment, instead I learn something. I don't regret it.
Usually happens when we don't expect much, but get hooked by all the interesting facts etc...
roastedmongoose That comment made me so depressed it gave me a fucking nose bleed. Idiocracy is coming true
Falcon The Pickle Smuggler So true. I was thinking 11 mins? Maybe I'll just watch the 1st 3 mins. Nope, stayed til the end, riveted.
I could listen to this guy talk about aluminum cans for the next 2 hours.
8BitGamer4life I think its his delivery. He doesnt sound boring.
8BitGamer4life Same, never thought i would be so interested about leaning about cans.
8BitGamer4life same
8BitGamer4life then yoi should get his audiobook (it is free)
Wow, I am impressed by the level of detail that goes into can manufacturing
I've never seen one of engineerguy's videos before today, and not only is this video a fascinating lesson on an everyday item, but Bill has such an easygoing and friendly way of presenting all of this information. There's no talking down, no monotone delivery, just someone sharing great info in an approachable and enjoyable fashion. Looking forward to watching and learning more
Excellent insight. I never thought about how subtly irritating it is when they talk down to you
Oh boy, time for my biannual rewatch of this video.
Biannual! I expect more diligence and ambition from you ... let’s aim in the future for three times a year working your way toward four.
I know ...
@@engineerguyvideo LMAO I've watched this video about 5 times over the past 3 years. Shown it to my parents, friends, idk why but this video is just so perfect
@@engineerguyvideo Did you stop producing new content? You're amazing at this ❤️
Had two small kids ... oldest just started kindergarten
The production quality of these videos baffles me. I follow many other science channels and they often leave me hanging, as I don't fully understand what is being said. Some even fail to answer the question they themselves pose.
But this channel? I am glued to the screen start to (hilarious) finish, and I understand every word. Every question I come up with is promptly answered.
I applaud you, sir, and your production team.
You can look at early drafts of this video and see our process on our preview page.
CapScreenplay I was going to comment the exact same thing. The production quality of this channel is amazing.
***** Oh, posh. I saw the first draft months ago and even that was really, really well done.
Its true, every time I expected this video to end, leaving me with questions...he dives right into that question... I love this channel, you would probably like SmarterEveryDay if you like this guy...
holdmybeer I talk to him on the phone now and again. I couldn't disagree with you more.
This is mine and my cousin’s 7th time watching this together. We cannot get enough of this incredible piece of content. Thank you so much for making this video. You have brought so much joy into our lives. We are eternally grateful. ❤
Not sure how I landed on this video..but I am telling you ..I am amazed the way the depth of this topic is explained in a very simple and very methodically way! I wish I had teachers like that in my school or college who were patient , calm and could explain with so much ease! Just wow!
Me at the beginning: This video is going to be boring
Me at the end: Ive never been so educated about a can.
Really? Im still bored
Me at the end, why am I watching this?
@@BrainStem-jn5xp seriously its about cans. Pretty sure the nitwits are the ones enjoying lmao
@@BrainStem-jn5xp Trump would applaud you for your comment
BackToTh3L0bby 1000th like
Friend: want a beer?
Me: It's easier to manufacture than a cuboid
Lol
Yes
Im honestly in tears. This is amazing
This is me at work the next day.
That's the only appropriate response from now on
The beauty and subtleness of engineering lies uncovered, and we require experts like you to bless our minds with such knowledge!
Loads of thanks from an aspiring engineer to the engineerguy!
I just found this video while looking into how can tops are sealed to the cans and I just realized I will now be binging all this man’s videos. I could listen to him talk forever. This video is extremely informative and his voice is engaging and so easy to listen to.
I’ve never been so thankful in my life that I don’t have to drink out of a rectangle or ball.
It’s why coconuts never really took off.
Yep. Don’t want to cut my hand or spill my drink every single time that I try to put it down.
@@liamgross7217 lol
Everyone knows that the MOST efficient shape for the soda can, is REALLY a flat, 2d disk. Just like the earth, itself.
I have never wanted to drink out of the ball this much.
I made those lids and the opening tabs for 20 years. Billions of them.
Thank you for your work, mate. Cheers
Billions of them? Hey that’s pretty cool! We’ve all most likely opened one of yours :))
I bet you're tired!
@@ATMAtim On a decent day, over a million. Our fastest machines when I retired made about 2 million per 12 hour shift, & they ran around the clock except for maintenance.
@@wymple09 what was the product? Did you also add the labels and expiration dates?
Very well presented video. No filler info. Everything I would want to know about aluminum cans. Love this type of video. You nailed it! And gained a subscriber. Looking forward to other videos you have that are hopefully like this.
Bill is so good. It takes immense work and knowledge to be this concise and engaging
This guy is incredible. The production quality is ridiculous. The explanations are flawless. The editing is seamless. The voice is silky. I haven't had any interest in product design and engineering for over a decade but this brought back that interest instantly.
Take a look at 10:13 before getting exit too much about the product design.
Rostislav Svoboda If you paid attention, that was a demonstration of how it's *not* supposed to work. He's demonstrating using the tab solely as a first class lever. The tab acts as 2nd class, to vent, then first to open the top
you can find complex engineering even in the most mundane thing you can imagine and take for granted.
truly an awesome world we live in, lads
Almost everything around you that you use in your daily life takes complex engineering to process/manufacture.
You CAN?! 😝
Take for granite *
That was great! Thank you. I was amazed by the lid sealing and the opening tab. Never knew that was a river that depressurized the can!
This video was recommended to me multiple times, but each time I thought I'll watch later. And now, I'm regretting why didn't I watch it earlier.
So well made and explained. It is a masterpiece, and a treat to watch.
His clarity and inflection are easy on the ear, pleasing and interesting. He is direct and efficient. Excellent all around.
Very similar to chef John on food wishes
He’s like agent smith. Everything about the matrix he knows
thank you darth nihilus
Not 'his', but 'their'. He has an entire production team and a dedicated co-writer for these texts. Well made, indeed, but a team product. ;-)
Ego: "alright. It's 1:00 AM. Time to go to bed"
Id: "BUT HOW DO THEY TURN IT FROM A DISK TO A CYLINDER!?"
Accurate lol
At first thought it seems like the ego would be the scholar, but no, that raw hunger for moar knowledge is pure id
@Clear4ort nope, just took freshman honors English at a school in Massachusetts. It was a crazy class. I got a D but learned loads.
why are we here YT? We are all here..........
4am here bruh
Me but it’s 4:00 AM
Absolutely fabulous short video. Extremely simplified and clear explanations of a complex piece of engineering. Well done 🎉
Very cool! Never gave much thought to aluminum cans but the design and manufacturing is impressive!
Thank you, CZcams Recommendations. This one was surprisingly good.
Agreed!
：）
I concur.
I love that feeling of learning an interesting answer to a question that I never even thought to ask.
666th like
I love the efficient design of this video. Move one camera, have 6 separate stations. Simple, efficient and well done. I love this channel now.
+Mama Rora there is a making of video somewhere on the channel. The effect we wanted was what you described, but we obtained it by moving the tables between takes and keeping the camera stationary.
***** The engineering part of me instantly is trying to speed up the process with ideas like a stationary chair and a rotating, foot-operated spinning platform. This is why I'm going into engineering. Seriously though, this is now one of my top channels. Time to binge watch all of your videos. I love it! Keep up the good work.
+Mama Rora
KISS
+Mama Rora I subscribed to this channel because of this comment. Thank you.
Its awesome, isnt it?
As a survey archaeologist, I have been using cans to date the age of historic sites discovered in the field. We need to know when sites are over 50 years old. When I began my career, the steel beverage can with church-key openings was historic and all aluminum cans were modern. As time went by, bi-metal beverage cans (steel cans with aluminum tops) became the indicators of historic sites. Then pull tabs became historic. Now we monitor the shape of the aluminum can openings to precisely date the can manufacture year. I was unaware that can diameters had changed through the years, this I learned from this video! In the future, printed bar codes will help archaeologist date sites. However, I am finishing up my career, so will leave bar codes to the new generation!
This are the things I would hear at my college, but explained quickly and interestingly!
And people wonder why some of us call it bs…
I never thought I'd watch eleven minutes of someone talking about cans. Incredibly informative and exceptionally well presented! Thank you!
For me it depends what kinda cans you're talking about...
even weirder for me- i already spent several semesters listening to professors lecture about this stuff in my industrial engineering program... yet i watched this anyway.
took the words right out of my mouth
Same
This guy's voice is like liquid gold, god
Wouldn't it be audible gold?
doodlebobble jones if God had a voice, it'd be so powerful your eardrums would give out and your head would explode.
TheUndeadTitan its a good thing that douche doesn't exist then. Cas that'd be bad.
doodlebobble jones what do you mean?
#josephwantstofuck #HornyJoseph #Josephfuckslikeaweeaboo
This may be the only educational video I routinely rewatch every time it pops up in my recommended videos. I feel like the can itself, bending drawn and redrawn further each time I let my brain soak in this plain, yet fascinating information
I remember as a child when you had to have a can opener to open a soda can, or a beer can.
Then came the pull off tab.
And then the tab we use now.
Great video.
Explains things very well.
Now I understand how the can keeps it seal.
I’ve watched this on average 3 times a year. Anytime I see it in my recommendations or I remember it I go back and give it a watch because it’s so concise and informative
I know right? Same with me over here, one way or the other this video always goes back to my recommendeds, and I can't help it but watch it until the end.
It's just so well made and manages to actually explain how the can it's made, why it's made the way it is and some extra things. This is how things should be explained.
Yeah i remember watching this few years ago too. His presentation is incredible.
I thought I was alone.
Saaaaame
Same
Yep, it's about that time for everyone to watch this again.
Yep, this is my second time around! Watched it a couple of years ago and was just as enthralled this time!
Yeah here for round 2
I'm at round 6, I remember when this was new. I watch it through all the way every time and I'm still amazed.
@@tikityler1386 nerd
right? swear I've watched this before hahaha
I love this channel! The explanations are simple enough for lay persons to understand, but technical enough to make the necessary subtle distinctions obvious!
I have watched this every now and then for the past 7 years. I think I will keep coming back and watch it again. Thank you for a great video.
Every so often, this video pops up in my recommended page.. I don't know why, but I can't stop watching it every time it does
100th like
I literally just had that experience. This man is fascinating. So thorough.
The tab-part is the best
This video randomly came into my "up next" suggestions and I was two minutes in before I even realized what was happening.
Same here, it’s like my fifth time watching it completely, just can’t stop watching once it starts.
Came here to get this video removed from my Recommendations, but stayed for over 11 minutes because it was really well explained.
@@dancalvano8702 ok
You mtube tries to recommend this video to me for years now. It is weird
@@Rockmaster867 And you finally watched it tho.... Didn't you? Good job CZcams.
@@dancalvano8702 but that takes more effort 🙄🤔🙉
I really enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I was going to. Absolutely loved it. Cannot wait for the next one
THIS WAS BRILLIANT! I've no interest whatsoever in cans or engineering on the whole, but now I'm intrigued as to what else I might learn simply by wondering how absurd I assume the video might be! I'm actually quite humbled to say that I'm in awe of the simplicity of the explanation and most gratified to have learned something that I'd never have considered as "interesting" before this video! Take pride in the fact that YOU are now considered among my educators! Simply stunning in quality and class!
you know it's a well made/narrated video when you watch an 11 minute video on how cans are made when you're not an engineer..
True xD, he reminds me of michael stevens
I watch this every few years and enjoy it like the first watch. This and the injection molding video are peak YT. Bill's a fantastic lecturer.
Thank you
@@engineerguyvideo the video is 7 years old, this comment is 4 weeks old, and you still responded?? Absolutely incredible. Just goes to show how you care about your audience and your content. Keep up the good work!
I’m assuming everything got this in their recommended again? Definitely not complaining lol. Never thought 12 minutes about cans could go by so quickly
@@water4039 yeah bro, just saw this video. Shame that the channel does not upload anymore
@@engineerguyvideo When are you coming back?
This is the best video. You don't dumb down language, you just demonstrate the concepts. It makes the viewer feel smarter, but not get overwhelmed by jargon.
This is perhaps the very best video that explains a complex concept. Pacing, clarity, wording, the visuals. Everything.
I know what I’m going to talk about for 3 hours at my next house party
Must be a real fun
If it takes you 3hr to explain it, you're explaining it wrong.
buzz killington
@@thegoynextdoor Well he did say "talk about", not "explain".
@@thegoynextdoor hard to explain it while drunk or high
✓Appropriate video title.
✓Perfect filming.
✓Proper demonstrations.
✓Awesome animations and sprites.
✓Highly informative and detailed presentation of the topic.
✓Very well-written text.
✓Flawless narration.
This video is the best I have seen in my life in tearms of quality and professionalism. Every CZcams video should learn from it.
You are a true engineer.
+Pata Tamás It's almost perfect. Unfortunately, I'll have to mark it down a bit for the following reason:
- Pronunciation and spelling of 'aluminium' incorrectly.
Sadly, I feel like this negative point means I'll have to give the video a 1/10.
+blobbem It's an American video, we say aluminum here and in Canada. The Brits say aluminium. Just like tire and tyre, harbor and harbour (Canadians spell that with the u), "zee" and "zed" for the letter Z, and a host of other common words. Not better or worse, just different. America and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language.
B Laquisha I am aware of this. I was merely making a joke.
+blobbem Dry British humor? (humour?)
B Laquisha A bit, yeah. I often see people go on about how people spell things differently, so I thought I'd satirise them.
If people would watch more videos like this the world would be a much, much better place
I don't know how it would, but I believe you!!!
Well then you should also watch videos about how to fly an airplane so you can fly it yourself incase of an emergency because everyone should know about everything!
What a silly comment
@@erdniealinik Some people have no sense of humor.
@@erdniealinik okay guy. Go crash a toddler's birthday party
@@DreamwalkerFilms what does that have to do with anything? I didnt know i was talking to someone this stupid you know what im so sorry
detailed explanation only using the way he explains the entire process & engineering, excellent!! very much understandable and delighted to watch.
This guy could talk about dirt and still make it interesting.
but dirt IS very interesting... "HUMANS" even turn into dirt! How can we not be interested? ;-)
Beyond Psychology *vsauce music plays* but what even IS dirt? may it be the production of alien lifeforms or maybe just an anomaly in the time space continuum?
Straiden I enjoy Vsauce. ;-)
Are they even alien? Perhaps they are just more of the same. Masses of microbiological symbiosis. Complex consciousness.
Perhaps the universe is a life-form of which we and the so-called aliens are the sensory organs and or brain cells of said universe or lifeform.
Even if the aliens did create the dirt and us, what created the aliens? If something created the aliens then what created the aliens creator? Eventually emergence becomes our answer out of infallible logic.
In regards to space time...
Time is a mathematical tool of measurement. It's a representation of motion. Objects in motion with certain structural geometries will interact with other objects in motion and that will produce the so-called dirt, in the long run...
So that would be correct that dirt is a product of the space time continuum... as are we all.
Straiden as simple as possible... czcams.com/video/GJjaQkfGjMU/video.html that is what there it is.
Straiden and more about the ultimate questions, again, as simple as possible for the demographic of CZcams and for communication purposes. The Ultimate Questions!: czcams.com/play/PLgYS5hso2hsnvcFIBAZgAXTqQnCt-vr_Z.html
I don't even drink soda, but I could listen to this guy talk all day.
So can I
+Just Some Guy I can listen this guy all day while holding a soda can while watching a guy explaining how beverage can works
Alpha Adhito I can listen to this guy all day while reading and replying to your reply to my reply of a comment on a video about a guy explainin how a beverage can works
I just woke up from a nap. I'm sitting in front of my computer, and this video was on. I don't even kn--
Beer?
Very well done. Thank you for the effort, Bill. 16 million have enjoyed it.
This might be the best CZcams video of all time. Interesting, informative, great narration, and useful. This is how to make a CZcams video.
Yet again the algorithm has brought us back together.
I enjoy it every time.
See you next year.
I always look forward to it.
rolling off the table is worth feeling like you're drinking outta freakin _grenade._
Hell, a slightly flattened bottom would stop the rolling and you still get to drink out of grenade!
I'm honestly surprised that no company has done a limited-time promotional spherical can, as it would be completely awesome even if totally inefficient.
This made me laugh a lot thanks! 😂😂😂
@@scaper8 didnt coca cola do the limited edition ornament cokes that were round? Granted they were plastic but still.
@@scorpion67890 I had forgotten about those, true, but they were plastic as you said.
Lol! Hell yeah!
I operate a CNC Turret punch for a job and it’s interesting to see the similarities between what my machine does and how these cans are made, especially with the forming dies and punches. Great video!
Great video. He has a soothing, calm voice and made this video definitely worth watching.
My dad always told me that more engineering hours have gone into designing aluminum cans than went into the space shuttle because saving a fraction of a millimetre of material can mean millions of dollars in the pockets of manufactures.
***** It gets food on the table
Yea, it gets food on the rich manufacturer's gold plated tables :P
That's capitalism for you.
Mr.chang cooler Better than anything else in the history of humanity.
+Alec Coates That "rich manufacturer" actually spent money into designing stuff and improve science. Dont question what God gave another man, but question how he gets it. If the wealth of a person is ethical/lawful then its all good
this is definitely one of those, “sure youtube, I guess I’ll watch this” moments
It didn’t disappoint
Trade pfp with me
Sure CZcams, I guess I'll watch this Again... like it keeps coming up in my feed every few months... but it's still such a good video!
@@LodanSD I remember when I firshed watched it it had just over 1 million views now it has 8 million. I'll probably see this comment I'm posting now some time in the future when I watch it again. Hi future me
Quite impressive how you use a lot of jargon yet still remain easy to understand and not boring. Well done sir
Fantastic explanation. You're correct , we don't think about how much thought goes into the little things we use everyday. Thank you for the enlightening. 👍👍
I recently discovered another feature of the modern aluminum can. Having left a full beverage can in my car for several below-zero days, I discovered another reason for the concave top and bottom: they were no longer concave! As we all know, water expands when it freezes. It turns out that the concavity in both top and bottom of the can is precisely what is required to absorb the expansion of a frozen beverage. The can was still intact, but fully ballooned out at both top and bottom. Try this yourself. It’s quite impressive! (And, when the liquid thaws, the can retains the ballooned shape but has a negative pressure.)
Whoa!
Arlin Geyer woah that’s genius
I actually recently thought of trying this out to see if the can will fail. But I didn't want to risk hearing a bang in the middle of the night from inside my freezer and cleaning up after it 😂
@@marios449 no worries, it should be cold enough. so when the pressure is released the content should, as far as i know, freeze immediatly.
I once had 12 cans explode in my car, leaving cola spatter on every surface, particularly the ceiling fabric, until I finally detailed it years later. Desert heat is not as forgiving as your cold.
It’s easy to forget how well engineered even the most simple things in our day to day life really are.
Yup! Most people don’t realize the alien levels of ingenious design and engineering that goes into basic stuff. Forget about nasa or apple, century old stuff like limited slip differentials or the commutator that made it possible to make dc powered electric motors are so brilliant
It's horribly engineered just like most of other consumer single use items. It is engineered to irreversibly destroy a finite resource for absolutely no reason
@AndrewWithEase11 11 but nearly nobody is recycling those metals and they end up in waste polygons. But they can be easily divided from other waste using magnets
I always thought the pull-tab that remained on was a simple, everyday example of "e=mc²" :-)
But without consultation, it removed the purchasers fun of using the old tab as a UFO!
Using the old pull-tab, the flat part (which is springy) could flick the round part quite far! :-)
@AndrewWithEase11 11 well, you must first ensure that everybody can recycle that one-time thing and then start to design it
Great video explaining everyday things that most have no idea how they are working around them, thank you the world needs more of this.
Amazing. I never knew how incredibly ingenious and complicated our modern cans were. This wasn't just informative, but fun, thank you.
You are welcome.
@@engineerguyvideo you ever making new videos?
@@webber7300 he has a kid now or something so he’s been super busy
@@nuts5388 yea, he's a relative of mine
@@sniper_monke561 that’s cool
Me learning about actually mildly important things in school: "I'm never gonna use this"
Me at 2am watching this on youtubube: "Interesting..."
Why the fbi in school
youtubube
Feoniix Music he did say 2am, checks out
Ⓨ Same
The fbi didnt pay attention in school? Figures
Wow! super comprehensive, easy to understand, great animations. I feel like the amount of research I needed to do just got slashed in half! Thanks ☺️
Worked in this industry for over 30 years and still found this interesting thanks to good presentation style.
He explains it pretty clearly, because he can.
I'm happy, that you clearly "can" understand this.
Goddammit
@@TheMalevolentSpoon godcannit
Shut your can
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Why was this so interesting? Seriously, there is no way I should have enjoyed this as much as I did.
I used to work in this industry. We designed and built Cupping and Shell (lids) presses. I remember we did a 24-out, 750 strokes/minute shell press. That's 24 lids each press X 750 strokes = 18,000 Per Minute!!! And that included blanking and drawing, forming, and pre-curling the edge in one "pass"!
This brings back memories, I was involved in some major deals back in the day. Busch, Coors, Pepsi, and many overseas companies as well. If you think this video was interesting, and it was and is great to be sure, but you should see the plant in operation. The sheer speed and quantities produced, and the size of the huge presses, is something to see indeed.
Kinda crazy how well he turned a seemingly mundane topic into something quite engrossing
Extremely good presentation and explanation skills
Thank you for the insightful explanation mr chuck mcgill
This has been the best informational video I've seen in months.
wow u must be very dumb.
Powder That was unneeded.
Powder
You forgot to capitalize "Wow." And that is an incorrect statement.
Powder key words "been the best". Not that he doesn't watch them, but this guy is probably smarter and explains things way better than most other informative youtubers/teachers. You dumbass
+Powder troll....
Absolutely a design masterpiece. The opener alone is close to brilliant. I’m old enough to remember the pull tabs that littered beaches and wooded areas that cut feet and were a health hazard. The opener that doesn’t detach unless with concerted effort is by itself is fantastic. And it turns to allows a straw to fit! It’s a miracle of engineering.
Not to mention they still expected people to throw the tabs on the ground against all odds and designed them to not cut at your feet if you step on them.
I've watched this multiple times over the years. Its just as fascinating every time.
I love the way you explain this subject!! Clear and well illustrated, and give us another resources ! Thanks for sharing this ! new subscriber here
This shows up in my suggestions about once a year. I watch it every time.
Me too!!! LOL
Who wouldn't? It's a masterpiece.
Dude sounds like he spent 10 years studying aluminum cans.
😆 👏 love it . wonderFULL comment!
That’s a well written script you can tell he puts time into this
who said he hasn't
I spent 4 hours in my engineering class
we all do
Way to make a subject that, even though is interesting it's hard to explain without boring the audience, into a very engaging and entertaining video!
_CZcams at 2:30am: wanna listen to this guy talk about aluminum cans for 12 minutes for the 5th time?_
Me: goddamn right I do
It 5:45a: would you like to start you day by reading a complimentary post. Me: Indeed.
@@engineerguyvideo the legend himself!! My father and I watched this video too and now we always look at the stamps on the bottom dome of the cans haha
Did...did I just watch a 11min video about cans?
Yes you did. and so did I. weird how youtube works x3
11:39
Hhhhhhhh
What am I doing with my life...
yeah u did m8, and u also thoroughly enjoyed it
ISPI4
No about engineering :-)