Application
Here are some of the reasons why craft breweries are moving to cans:
- They help protect beer from light and oxygen
- They retain fresh hop flavours
- Modern cans are lined with a polymer lining so that the beer doesn't touch any metal
Cans also have other shared benefits for a wide range of beverages:
- They are highly portable
- They are welcome in places where bottles are not
- They can be crushed down when empty and are easily recyclable
- Compared to bottles, they are space-saving, lighter and they won't smash
- The unit cost of a can is cheaper than that of a bottle, label and cap
The canning process using an CraftCan 35 includes:
- Filling head process:
- Oxygen purge
- Fill
- CO2 micro-burst for reducing dissolved oxygen pickup
- Lid applicator gasses to reduce oxygen pickup
- Secure lid-tamping and seaming process, which includes seamer monitoring (see features)
- Can rinse & drying