Over 50 Years Exceeding Customer Expectations

An ISO-9001: 2015 Company

Experts in the Industry

You are experts in your industry, and we are experts in ours. Together, we can create custom solutions to meet your goals, budget, and expectations.

Client Consultations

Our expert client consultations produce specialty pieces. No matter how unique the application, we go straight from sketch to three-dimensional solution.

Huge Inventory

Our huge inventory of raw materials, grades, shapes, and sizes allows us to respond quickly to customer demands, so that we can begin machining your product immediately.

Recycle With Us

Put some green in your pocket by going green with your obsolete carbon and graphite materials! Recycle with us, and you will reduce your liability and your ecological footprint.

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

09 Oct

Teflon: Not Just for Non-Stick Cookware

Teflon History and ApplicationsGraphite is a high temperature-resistant material. It isn’t too surprising then to find that graphite and Teflon have been combined in industrial applications that go beyond just non-stick cookware, like gasket material (and many others). Teflon-coated graphite refers to a material that consists of a layer of Teflon (a brand name owned by The Chemours Company, for polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE) applied to the surface of graphite. This combination offers unique properties and applications, primarily due to the characteristics of both materials. Teflon was a revolutionary invention (or "lucky accident" in the eyes of some!) from it's conception. Roy...

30 Sep

Synthetic Graphite and Its Various Grades

Here’s a question: What do electric discharge machines, degassing systems, and li-ion batteries all have in common? Yep, synthetic graphite. Ok, so that was easy, but extra points if you added to that list on your own things like nuclear graphite, anode material, and a million other products and machine components that require various grades of synthetic graphite to function properly. Synthetic graphite is classified into different grades based on its characteristics, properties, and intended applications. Synthetic graphite grades used in electric discharge machines will differ from synthetic graphite grades used in degassing systems. These grades are designed to meet...

18 Sep

International Organization for Standardization 9001 Certification

Semco Carbon is proud to be an ISO 9001-2015 certified company. The decision 4 years ago to prepare, apply, and become certified was driven by our belief that we were already operating at a high standard that the certification would indeed confirm. We also knew that working towards and achieving this certification would contribute to the success of our company in many ways, from strengthening supplier relationships to improving the morale at our manufacturing facility in Lorain, OH. It was no small decision to apply for this certification, and it took hard work and collaboration by and across all departments...