Beyond Omniseal® Blog

With summer temperatures reaching record highs in many places, people around the world are finding ways to cool off. What better way to do so than drinking a refreshing beverage? Most of our favorite drinks come from cans. Every year, we use about 200 billion aluminum cans from beer and soda consumption. This comes to 6,700 cans every second - enough to go around the planet every 17 hours!

Have you ever thought about how these steel and aluminum containers are manufactured?  The process is quite interesting with many steps … forming, trimming, cleaning, decorating, necking, inspection … but with any precise manufacturing, there are challenges.  Using the right parts such as composites in canning applications CAN help!

The aerospace industry is one of the world’s largest manufacturing industries not only meeting the physical need of billions in transportation and communications but also inspiring generations to imagine, innovate and push research and development and technology. Global aerospace manufacturers such as Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier (designers, manufacturers and builders of aircraft) and Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney (designers, manufacturers and builders of engines) rely on a network of smaller companies to support them, among them being parts and materials manufacturers such as Saint-Gobain HyComp, LLC.  From the customer standpoint, reliability and safety are critical. How can this be achieved?  Aside from selecting the right materials, partnering with the right company who has the expertise to understand the materials and its manufacturing process in order to design and make precise fit parts for core applications is the key to success.