rosol can produced on Schuler’s ICON V-Drive packaging machine has won the “Can of the Year Award” in silver. The packaging manufacturer Tubex was formally presented with the award at “The Canmaker Summit” in Edinburgh, Scotland. “We are proud of this award for our project partner Tubex and are absolutely delighted,” commented Markus Roever of Schuler’s Highspeed Technology division. “This award confirms that we chose the right technology for the future production of aerosol cans.” The prototype can has a diameter of 50 millimeters and rounded shoulders produced using the vertical drawing and ironing process.
Material savings of around 20 percent
In contrast to the conventional impact extrusion method, it was possible to produce the award-winning can with a thinner wall and thus reduce material consumption by around 20 percent. Moreover, the ICON V-Drive uses aluminum alloys for this product which are up to 80 percent recycled.
Based in Rangendingen, Germany, the packaging manufacturer Tubex produces aerosol cans and tubes made of aluminum and plastic mostly for the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food industries. The company uses a number of lines supplied by Schuler. The award was organized by the trade journal “The Canmaker”, founded in 1988.
