Because the can flexes, build up of internal pressure is minimized during retorting. Consequently, can materails can be downgauged.
Flexible food can
Hoogoven Packaging Steel (Ijmuiden, the Netherlands), with Stork Food and Dairy Systems, has developed a concept for a flexible food can. Called Le Carr/, the 3-pc tinplate can has a square shape, stiff ribs and a thin body to make the can flexible.
Jul 31, 1999
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