Patent ID: 7797978

Claim:
A method of forming two-piece beverage can components, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of pre-punched metallic disks in a uniform orientation to promote automation as a first step in a process for manufacturing two-piece beverage can components; providing a disk feeder for transferring at least one of said plurality of pre-punched metallic disks; providing a plurality of processing stations in operative alignment with said disk feeder; transferring a first disk from said plurality of pre-punched metallic disks via said disk feeder to a first station in the plurality of processing stations; performing a two-piece beverage can component manufacturing process on said first disk at said first station to form a deformed disk; removing said deformed disk from said first station; and transferring said deformed disk to each subsequent processing station in said plurality of processing stations, and performing a further two-piece beverage can component manufacturing process in each subsequent processing station to produce a substantially finished two-piece beverage can component.