Why should I use Stainless Steel SUMOCAN? What shall I gain from it?
Just think about those very regular problems you encounter from milk cans made of conventional materials like Aluminum, mild steel & plastic. broken handles, broken bottom rings, wobbled lids,, rusted and dented interior surface and not to forget the amount of expenditure you incur to get them repaired Above these-, they also result in bad (inefficient) cleaning and thus milk stored in them gets stinking odor and higher microbial load and increases probability of milk sourage.
On the other hand, SUMOCANs are free of all such problems. They keep milk cooler and prevent sourage. They are designed to give long life services with zero maintenance.
In short, with SUMOCANs you will gain by avoiding loss due to sourage of milk, less maintenance cost, less cost for cleaning chemicals, less cleaning time, less steam consumption loss, higher inventory of milk can, less replenishing period, less replenishing cost and most important - you will get clean, good quality milk.

Who are using it?
It is being used by scores of dairies and milk collection networks in India and abroad in there Endeavor to procure high quality raw milk for getting best quality in their products. The list includes many big names in India. It was also approved by National Dairy Development Board, Anand for Kiriya Milk Industries - their venture in Sri Lanka. For further details please refer our customer list.

What is the material of construction of SUMOCAN? Is it food gradable?
The material of construction for SUMOCAN is pure non-magnetic austenitic stainless steel of ANSI-200 series. Indian Stainless Steel Development Association, New Delhi, has certified this series for Food Gradebility.

Is SUMOCAN subscribing to any standards?
The SUMOCAN, with respect to all parameters is well recognized by all its user dairies.
Since SUMOCANs are a new innovation in its product category as on now there are no standards available to subscribe. To facilitate compatibility with other products, it takes into consideration the dimensional requirements of aluminum alloy milk cans through IS: 1825-1983 of Bureau of Indian Standards. As mentioned in the above query, the product has been approved by NDDB of their venture in Sri Lanka.

Till date why only Aluminum Alloy cans were available? Why not Stainless Steel?
As material of construction of milk cans Aluminum Alloy was introduced decades ago on account of the following reasons: Cheap availability of Aluminum at that time. Lack of technical know-how of economizing high quality fabrication of Stainless Steel. Lack of awareness about Public Health Hazards of Aluminum.
But now, with burgeoning technological knowledge and price parity Stainless Steel has been brought within the purview of its eager consumers. SUMOCANs are manufactured with the latest technology and with it's quality being constantly upgraded, they have proved to be the best available milk can in the world.

How will SUMOCAN improve milk quality?
The major attribute with Stainless Steel SUMOCAN is it's superior Cleanability and Sanitation efficiency. The graph shown below clearly conveys that the cleanability of Stainless Steel is at par with that of glass and is much better than other conventional materials like aluminum, plastic etc.
Better cleaning would mean lower load of micro-organisms on it's surfaces. The Rinse Test report of SMC College of Daily Science along with their photographs very effectively conveys this fact.
More over, SUMOCANs keep milk cooler in comparison to that of Aluminum Alloy cans (Test Report of Indian Institute of Packaging - Mumbai). This fine attribute shall help you to curb the milk sourage problem you face especially in summer.Thus, with cooler milk and lower microbial load, every drop of milk stored or transported in SUMOCAN remains of superior quality.

Is there any need to change any of the present operational parameters of milk can handling to use SUMOCAN in place of other conventional milk cans?

No. There is no need to change any of the present operational parameters of milk can handling.
SUMOCANs are manufactured in accordance with the dimensional requirements of IS: 1825-1983 of Bureau of Indian Standards. Washing it can be manual, rotary or straight through using the same detergents used for other can handling. In fact, SUMOCANs will give better efficiency with your existing system at lower operating cost.

Is it possible to make permanent marking of our company's name and logo?
Yes, any detail you wish could be embedded permanently on the outer surface of the can. This is done by a special electrolytic technique and it comes to you free of cost

Is SUMOCAN resistant to stress and strain of Rural Milk transportation?
Definitely Yes,
Our cans have proved to be the best among all other available alternative types of milk cans. Various Test Reports (esp. that of Indian Institute of Packaging - Mumbai: Strength to weight ratio of Stainless Steel is 4400 while that of Aluminum is mere 2200) and Field Trail Reports of several user dairies clearly appreciate this fact.
Most important is that even after considerably long years of service it will not require any sort of maintenance. SUMOCANs shall never give any problem of lid wobbling, breakage of handle or bottom ring or any such problem regularly encountered with other type of milk can. These cans are designed to be technologically superior. The material of construction of bottom ring is of double strength to that of can body and it has been provided with a "smart" grove to impart elastic effect for greater stress resistance.

Are the lids interchangeable?
Yes. All & lids and the neck of the can, irrespective of the can capacity, are of compatible dimensions and design, Thus each SUMOCAN lid is interchangeable with any other SUMOCAN irrespective of the capacity of the can.

Is the welding enough strong?
Yes. All the joints are welded using the latest technology of Argon Arc TIG welding. This work is undertaken by specially trained people to deliver high effectiveness. For sure, these welding shall never give any problem through out life of the can.

Will the milk kept in SUMOCAN get heated up faster than that kept in Aluminum Alloy can?
No., The tests conduced at Indian institute of Packaging, Mumbai very clearly prove that for an increase of 3 Dec. centigrade (from 15 to 18 deg.) milk kept in SUMOCAN took 57 minutes. While the same milk in Aluminum Alloy can took 43 minutes. I.e. 14 minutes less. This difference of 14 minutes clearly indicate that milk shall remain cooler in SUMOCAN than in Aluminum Alloy can.

What is the serviceability and reparability of SUMOCAN?
SUMOCANs come with full one-year guarantee against any manufacturing defect. Any can found defective and reported to us with in the guaranteed period shall be replaced free of cost.
As a matter of fact, even after 4 years (till date) in the Industry they have never shown any need for any servicing. But in case of any damage, it can be repaired or serviced like any other Stainless Steel Dairy equipment used in the dairy. We don't believe in after sales service because our products are too good to require any service.