Steel sheet coated with tin or chrome by electrolysis method, that is, tin, soft, low carbon, single or double rolling method, produced by thin sheet or rolled metal material offered for sale. The most common uses are meat, fish, vegetables and fruit preserves and soup, ready meals, sauce and vegetable oil cans production. Cans are also used in cans of soft drinks, beer and carbon dioxide drinks. Apart from tin food, it finds quite a wide range of uses.

Cans are preferred because they are resistant to corrosion and high temperatures, as well as being light, physically resistant and easy to lacquer, dye and print. An important advantage of tin cans is that they are almost completely recyclable. Today, the use of environmentally friendly packaging materials is an important issue affecting the future of the packaging industry. The trends in the packaging sector are also reflected in the production of tin packaging and the manufacturing companies develop strategies in this direction. Almost one percent of the world packaging market is 8 tin packaging (21 is a billion dollar market).

The thickness of tin cans is also an important criterion within the scope of these studies. Thickness detection studies in tin cans are carried out within the scope of packaging analysis in advanced laboratories. These measurements are based on standards published by local and foreign organizations. The standard used in this respect is:

• TS 13718 Cans

This standard is made of cold-rolled or electrolytic tin or electrolytic chromium or chromium oxide coated steel, coated with a suitable lacquer if necessary, for general use but most commonly used for food purposes, identification, classification, specifications, control and testing of cans and the methods of presentation to the market.