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EXPERIENCE WITH ALUMINIUM MILK CANS
Author(s) -
Bailey J. C.,
Brace A. W.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
international journal of dairy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1471-0307
pISSN - 1364-727X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0307.1956.tb01773.x
Subject(s) - aluminium , christian ministry , metallurgy , engineering , materials science , forensic engineering , environmental science , political science , law
Summary At the beginning of this brief account of experience, references were made to laboratory tests of detergents for use on aluminium, and to trials of prototype cans; the main conclusions reached are based on observations made on the behaviour of cans—and in one case, of strainers—under normal service conditions. Close comparison of aluminium cans with those of tinned‐steel has shown the aluminium can to be the cleaner, less liable to damage, longer lasting, and without danger of affecting milk‐flavour. Certain faults in aluminium can design have been revealed in the early trials and have been, or are being, rectified; in some cases by foregoing changes from traditional style and in others by taking advantage of processes, such as brazing, now more fully developed for aluminium. The value of this experimental and development work is shown not least by the beginning of large‐scale production‐in particular 45,000 cans, an initial order from the Ministry of Food. These cans, welded up by the modern inert‐gas, shielded arc process, are not only crevice‐free, but are a sound economic proposition.