beverage cans Articles
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Lightweighting the can pack - a technical review and recommendations for the can package: performance requirements and lightweighting
Executive summary This project has successfully demonstrated that the current beverages aluminium can pack has the potential to be lightweighted further than the industry initially thought possible, not only by reducing the gauge of the can and end but by modifying the design of the can package. The partnership with WRAP enabled the can makers in Europe (a non-profit organisation - Beverage Can ...
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Oil Skimming in the Beverage and Canning Industry: Meeting Local and Federal Regulations for Wastewater Discharge
Today, beverage canning facilities can produce 2,500 cans or more per minute on one production line. In the United States there are more than 200 can manufacturing plants. The canning process produces waste oil when seamer machines lose oil that is used for lubrication. This oil becomes mixed with wash water or wastewater and must be removed prior to discharge. Removing the oil helps companies to ...
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Rising UK Metal Packaging Recycling Tonnage
The latest data from the UK Environment Agency’s National Packaging Waste Database for quarter 2 2020 shows a 9.7% rise on quarter 1 2019 in the tonnage of recycled and recovered Used Beverage Cans (UBCs) and metal packaging. However, whereas the recycled tonnage of aluminium packaging has steadily increased over the period, there has been a 5% fall in the amount of steel in quarter 2 on ...
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Master Magnets introduce the `R` type
Eddy Current Separators are one of the most widely used types of magnetic separation equipment in the world today and are being increasingly used in various industrial applications for the separation of non-ferrous metals, such as aluminium and copper, from various types of product. Applications that often call for Eddy Current Separators include the separation of aluminium from crushed ...
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Oil Skimming in the Beverage and Canning Industry
Meeting Local and Federal Regulations for Wastewater Discharge Today, beverage canning facilities can produce 2,500 cans or more per minute on one production line using high-speed machinery. In the United States, more than 200 can manufacturing plants in 38 states produce approximately 130 billion cans each year. Aluminum beverage cans, which are the most widely used, were first introduced in ...
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82% UK Aluminium Can 2020 Recycling Rate
With a 6% rise on 2019, the recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the UK reached a record high of 82% in 2020 (Alupro – April 2021). According to Environment Agency (EA) published Packaging Recovery Notes (PRNs), 151,515 tonnes of aluminium packaging was collected and recycled, up 31% from 115,808 tonnes in 2019. This positive news follows the announcement by European Aluminium ...
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Aluminum Shredder Machine in KSA
Aluminum shredder machine in KSA makes it easier to sort and separate impurities from the scrap. Downsizing through shredding is the necessary first step in this process. As well as reducing the scrap in to more manageable size, shredding separates the different components from one another. Once separated, sophisticated downstream sorting technologies will liberate the aluminium shred from ...
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5 Key Eddy Current Separator Operating Parameters
Recycling plants around the world rely on Eddy Current Separators to separate and recover non-ferrous metals. The technology utilises high strength magnetic forces to repel and eject non-ferrous metals in many different forms including aluminium beverage cans, car frag, and foils. The large UK-based metal recycler, the Bird Group, developed the world’s first Eddy Current Separator in ...
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Assessment of recycling potential of municipal solid waste in Mauritius
The purpose of this paper is to implement a Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) which would divert valuable resources to recycling centres. It assessed materials having attractive scrap values such as glass, PET bottles and Used Beverages Cans (UBC). In this paper, two scenarios were proposed, namely: Scenario 1 which dealt with the selling of recyclables to recycling plants and Scenario 2 which ...
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Aluminum Scrap Metal Shredder and Shredding Plant for Sale
Whether it is a beverage can, cosmetic container, or any other scrap aluminum product, aluminum has value as a metal. Among all the things we use daily, aluminum makes up a good portion of those things. As well, those manufacturers who make those items have scrap. Aluminum is another product / metal that does not need to go into a landfill – it can be recycled. Scrap like this can easily be ...
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LiquiDrainer
LiquiDrainer – automatic, quick and profitable emptying of filled liquid containers Efficient and automatic emptying – time-consuming manual emptying is over! The LiquiDrainer empties filled PET bottles, TetraPak and beverage cans. Even entire packages can be emptied. High-cost manual opening of the bottles is no longer necessary, the LiquiDrainer takes over this job automatically ...
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Heavy Duty Single Shaft Shredder for Sale
GSD Series Single Shaft Shredders are heavy duty, reduction machines specifically designed for shredding a wide variety of untreated waste material streams down into either coarse or medium sized fractions. The powerful, wear resistant machine structure is well suited to demanding recycling tasks. Application Plastics – Mouldings, Purging/Lump, Profiles, Films etc. Timber/Wood – ...
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8 Critical Oil Removal Opportunities in Food Production (Free Guide)
Whether you are washing down farm equipment, transporting edible oils, cooking meat, or manufacturing food packaging, in each segment of the vast food and beverage industry there is a universal problem: fat, oil and grease (FOG) in wastewater. Without effective and efficient oil removal solutions in place, food and beverage companies can face increased costs for water treatment and discharge, ...
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Learn how GC is used in Alcohol Profiling to ensure product quality and to keep consumers safe
Gas Chromatography (GC), a core technique for separating and analyzing compounds, is commonly used across multiple industries. One of those industries is the alcohol industry, where GC is used to keep consumers safe and to ensure flavors are at their best. In beer analysis and brewing, beverages are characterized by complex mixes of compounds which create the signature aromas and flavors enjoyed ...
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Single Shaft Shredder for sale
Single Shaft Shredders are reduction machines that are suitable for processing a wide range of materials to a uniform particle size. This includes aluminum, plastics, paper, copper cables, tires and rubber. The end product from the Industrial Shredder can often be sold, or sent for further processing through additional equipment. Please note that a single shaft shredder is only used for softer ...
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When only the best is good enough - Case Study
Recycling areas: Aluminium Company name: Alutrade Limited Located: Oldbury and Redditch, UK Founded: 1986 Employees: 100 Alutrade is one of the largest recyclers of aluminum extrusion scrap in the UK. They operate from a modern 100,000 square foot factory in the Birmingham area (Oldbury and Redditch). The central location coupled with a fleet of new vehicles, enables Alutrade to offer a ...
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Five Benefits of Continuous Oil Removal in Canmaking
The global demand for beverage cans will increase between two and three percent in 2015, according to a recent forecast by Alcoa, one of the world’s leading suppliers of aluminum canstock. With the number of cans rolling off production lines fast approaching one-half trillion a year, canmakers are constantly challenged to optimize their plant operations. Each step of can manufacturing ...
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Recycling aluminium explained - Case Study
A major magnetic equipment manufacturer has successfully solved numerous Aluminium Recycling problems world wide. Master Magnets Ltd is a world leader in the field of Metal Separation applications, they are now willing to share the secrets behind their success. The recycling of aluminum generally produces significant cost savings over the production of new aluminum even when the cost of ...
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Aluminum Recycling
The Customer The Company is one of the largest producers of aluminum. They conduct business worldwide and serve the aerospace, automotive, building, construction, commercial transportation, consumer electronics, oil & gas, packaging and industrial products & services markets. Aluminum is infinitely recyclable and 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today. The Process The ...
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Mistrust at the tap? Factors contributing to public drinking water (mis)perception across US households
How individuals perceive the safety of their public drinking water influences whether they reach for the tap to quench their thirst, or an alternative such as bottled water or a sugary drink. In turn, mistrust of drinking water quality and subsequent reliance on alternative beverage sources can adversely impact health, welfare and the environment. Using data from the 2013 American Housing ...
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