the slightly greater costs of the aluminium container and in some cases the need to during thermal processing. retorts to prevent the light gauge plate from deforming Since the mid 197os tapered two-piece tinplate available. Here the and aluminium have been other cans in can body is drawn from a blank and transported while with The system offers savings equipment, costs and space compared with un-nested conventional three-piece tinplate cans; it also overcomes the need to complete fabrication in the cannery. as occurs with cans bodies that are despatched in the flat for later erection (reforming) and addition of the can makers end, prior to normal filling and sealing