UNITED STATES STEEL MANUFACTURE & RECYCLING OF TIN CANS "TREASURE CHEST" 76414
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2016
- Witness the entire supply chain process of tin cans as this film leads you from the point of a can being discarded back into the cans' creation and finally its origin. The industrial process of metal work is on in full display as skilled workers across various industries each do their part to contribute to the final product. The film emphasizes how easily the smallest parts of our daily lives can play a huge role in shaping a global economy.
Film starts with a groomsman setting up a newlywed car. The wedding party soon enters the scene as the narrator begins to talk, mainly about the way many things work together to play a part. A tin can become the focus of the film.
2:35 Vintage grocer explains the code on the bottom of the can and starts narrating about a specific customer who’s a regular. They begin discussing the various types of tomatoes.
4:23 A factory setting where workers hand pack the tomatoes that are sold in the grocers.
5:34 A factory owner begins to talk about the process of making tin cans starting with the tin plates used to make the cans. Sheets have enamel coating, and then direct labeling for some. Tin is slit into body blanks and put through a seaming machine that puts them into can bodies, they are then pressed to seal one end. Cans are also tested for leaks with air pressure. Cans are packed and sent out to canneries.
9:00 The narrator moves on to the tin plate at Unites States Steel. They explain the process of making a tin plate. Slabs of steel or softened with 2200 degrees of heat which creates a crust that is broken off and removed, put through roughing stands and moved to the finishing stand, with each process making the slab longer and thinner. The final runout is 1600 feet where the steel moved out at 25mph and the coiled for processing. A code number is assigned.
12:21 Rolls are cleaned processed, thinned and tested. Coiled again at a mile a minute and is now 13,000 feet long. The rolling hardens the steel and softened through electrolytic cleaning and placed under a furnace. Coils are welded together end to end, moved down a line for further cleaning. The steel is now too soft, so a temper mill gives it the finish required to make it industrial grade.
15:57 Tin is now added through the hot dip process where the steel plates are coated with heavy tin. Another method is another electrolytic process where coil ends are again welded together. The welding operation shows loops of 60ft pits feeding the line. The steel is run through cleaning tanks before being sent to plating cells. An illustration is shown to explain the process. This allows a more flexible process for selecting how much tin is placed on whatever side requires it.
19:00 The tin plate is cut into sheets after being measure for variations in thickness. Plates go through final check and are then packaged to be shipped out to canaries and other consumers around the world. Overseas packers require special packaging.
Where do the slabs of steel come from?
21:40 Iron ore is brought in by barges along with coal and limestone which are all shipped to make the steal in a blast furnace. The materials must be tested and sorted prior to manufacturing, we see the ingots formed out of open hearths.
The narrator then talks through the process in a summary of events.
24:00 Various products that can be canned are shown and the way cans have contributed to changing the economy. All types of cans are then shown, and tribute is paid to the team work that goes into making the “Treasure Chest of Steel”.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com
Can only hope to bring more manufacturing jobs back to American not everybody wants to work in an office some people like to make things
I think we will, all this supply chain interruption stuff of the last few years I think we learned we can't have everything made overseas
Worked on the cont. Caster, stands, and in the pickle line. Gen Z Pipefitter babyyy
Fascinating video.
At 7:15 a guy grabs a can without cutting his hand open 😮😮😮.
Check out how tiny her shopping cart is...LOL
Hey look...real men who shave. No dooshy looking anteefa beards here.
@21:36 . . . . the Hulett Unloader in action (:
Somebody should have saved at least one in complete working order.
Still may be enough parts left on Whiskey Island, somebody please save them.
Your description is inaccurate. There is nothing about recycling.
Those where the good old days?
I believe there is only 2 electrolytic tin lines remaining in North America today. One in USA, one in Canada. It doesn't have the need or market share it once had, but it is still needed for Canning not suitable for Aluminum.
Do you have more information on where the plants are or who owns them? Do you know which products are not suitable for aluminum? I’m very curious!
@@bmingo2828 There is one in Hamilton Ontario, Arcelor Mittal Dofasco. I retired from there. The other, not sure, but I still think there is only one left in the USA. Hamilton has been in production since the 30's I think. From what I remember, one reason that the steel can is still used, is cost vs strength of can. Most foodstuffs and acidic liquids still demand a can less prone to inner damage of the polymer coating, a can that dents easy is more prone to spoilage as the contents react with the can substrate, and as such the thicker Steel can is a cost effective way to build in some robustness. An equivalent thick walled aluminum can could certainly rival steel in strength, but surely would be cost prohibitive. Here's a little story, back when all the pop cans were switching over to aluminum (early 80's?), Coke went first. Pepsi still hung on to steel at least in our region. In my company, all the Coke machines were ordered out of the mills at that time. Alas, Pepsi followed suit, and then shortly after, the Coke machines returned.... Cheers.
@@cdnpont Thank you for the detailed response! I’m going to assume that Arcelor Mittal also controls the plant in the US(since their such a huge player). I’ll have to pay attention in store now and see if can tell who is using which cans.
I hope you’re enjoying you’re retirement. 👍 Cheers!
Cans are canny.
Whereas bottles are uncanny.
1:50 Better do some forensics on that can.
It could be involved!
How difficult is it for Periscope to tell us what year this film was made, or did I miss something?
It’s at the very beginning, 1955.
MCMLVI
Filmed in 2 strip color.
Those 2 steaks looked awful.
Zero marbling.
U.S.Steel, when America was strong and proud. The only rainbow was during a sun shower, the only pronouns were him and her.