Carbon and Graphite Machining and Recycling Facility - Semco Carbon

Custom Carbon & Graphite Machining

Fifty Years of Experience

Our custom carbon and graphite machining capabilities are engineered from the ground up with our client's budget, goals, and expectations in mind. No matter the tolerance, no matter the finish, no matter how specific your need, our years of experience coupled with the most advanced machining resources will keep your organization humming with minimal delay. We aren’t just experts in carbon and graphite machining—we’re also experts in client consultation and collaboration. We’re in the business of creating solutions, no matter how unique the problem.

Carbon & Graphite Material Recycling

We’ll purchase your obsolete carbon and graphite materials for reclamation or proper disposal. Less waste in the landfill, more green in your pocket — just the kind of win-win solution we’re in the business of creating.

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Custom Carbon & Graphite Machining

01 Sep
Cross Training for Graphite Manufacturing Success

Cross Training for Graphite Manufacturing Success

What We Mean by “Cross-Training” No, this article isn’t about a fancy exercise regimen. Cross-training, in our sense, means broadening the skills of our graphite manufacturing workforce. It is about developing our employees to improve our business and our customers’ experience. Semco’s practice of cross-training allows our employees to expand their skills and knowledge of graphite engineering and machining graphite components. This training is on the job — employees work on projects outside their typical role and gain the skills necessary for specialization. Put simply, our cross-training program is an investment in our excellent employees, and effort we are confident...

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29 Aug
Phenolic Treatment for Specialty Graphite Applications

Phenolic Treatment for Specialty Graphite Applications

The Right Graphite Grade At Semco Carbon we work with our customers to offer the graphite grade best suited for your graphite applications. We understand how manufactured graphite parts perform in specific environments, and that these different environments call for special graphite grades. For that we have created a line of treated graphite, designed for graphite applications with specific requirements. Phenolic treated graphite is one of these materials. Phenolic resins are used as impregnating agents for graphite (you can read more about the graphite impregnation process in this Semco blog: https://www.semcocarbon.com/blog/graphite-impregnation). The composite material that results from our proprietary phenolic...

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17 Aug
Safely Milling Graphite Materials

Safely Milling Graphite Materials

In Graphite Engineering, It’s Safety First As we detailed last in a blog last month, cutting, grinding, and shaping graphite materials requires great force and precision. Because of the powerful forces at play, graphite engineering must always have safety in mind first. In this blog, we will detail how we ensure that the employees in our milling department stay safe when cutting graphite materials. Safety When Milling Graphite Material As with all departments on our shop floor, we have created a set of general guidelines and safety operation procedures for our mills department. These procedures guide our employees when the...

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