Tin can

A tin can is a storage container made ​​of metal. Depending on the application, one can distinguish between food cans and not intended for food cans.

Until the introduction of plastic packaging sheet was in many forms in addition to glass, paper and cardboard to 1950 one of the basic packaging materials. Among them include, for example, Cans for paints, varnishes, solvents and especially toxins. The material used here very often aluminum used.

Food cans are predominantly either aluminum or tinplate. After their use, a distinction between beverage cans and food cans, which were soldered earlier today but closed at the ends of the can barrel with crimping. Laterally cans are glued or welded. The rolled-in in the can jacket grooves serve the mechanical stiffening of the can body.

EOE are provided with a semi- milled round edge on the upper side and a finger ring. Said ring is pulled away from the lever-like Doendeckel so that the shorter side of the lever as a load arm depresses the can lid in a predetermined breaking point, designed as a rolled- circular groove in the direction of the can bottom, and released from the can body. By further raising the lid with relatively little effort from the can be solved as a whole.