The 3 most important properties for a drinks can are:

• Cleanness / consistency
• Formability
• Cost

Number of steel cans used for soft drinks and beer in the UK per year:

• 3 - 5 billion (more accurately 3.5 billion)

Type of inclusion that may be formed in drinks can strip steel:

• Elongated MnS

Forming route and formability parameter used when producing drinks cans:

• Deep drawing and value

Type of coating used on a drinks can:

• Barrier coating  more accurately an electrolytic tinplate coating