Custom Carbon & Graphite Machining

12 Apr

Dispatch Lists and Work Flow

Every manufacturing facility, like our graphite production facility in Lorain, Ohio, must prioritize tasks so that both human and machine resources are employed to maximize production. At any one time, Semco has many open orders, and they cannot all be completed at once. Running a shop where graphite fabrication for multiple clients is going on at the same time requires a system of information flow. Semco has hit on such a system to manage the flow of information in our workplace. It’s called a dispatch list. We didn’t invent the dispatch list, but we tailored it to our business, and...

05 Apr

Linda Husk, Controller at Semco, Trains Young Archers

Semco are leaders in graphite manufacturing. Our decades working with companies in various graphite industries has taught us one important lesson about running a great business: you have to hire great people. One of those great people that we’d like to highlight is Linda Husk from our Fiscal Department where she is the company’s Controller. From that perch, Linda makes sure our finances are sound. Like many great employees, Linda is passionate about things outside her role at Semco, something we encourage in our employees. In Linda’s case, that passion is community involvement, specifically mentoring young people in archery. That’s...

18 Mar

Thank you, Bob Wood

Semco would like to take this opportunity to thank one of our best and longest-serving employees, Bob (Robert) Wood. After more than 14 years working at Semco, Bob is retiring to sunnier climes in the Southwest where he plans to spend time outside by his swimming pool and take a well-deserved break from graphite machining. Graphite Manufacturing Since coming to Semco in 2005, Bob has had an effect on the success of our company that cannot be overestimated. The lead employee in the Grind department, Bob oversaw and directed employees on the shop floor. On his last day at Semco,...

11 Mar

Graphite - High Powered Rockets and Future Rocketeers

Semco are graphite suppliers to many businesses, but one of our favorite roles is supplier to high school science programs. This is a small but, to us, very important part of our business: we provide material either free of charge or at greatly reduced prices to educational programs that require small quantities of graphite. When our future scientists determine there is a graphite solution to a rocketry problem or other engineering project, Semco is happy to search our inventory for any graphite pieces appropriate for the task. Graphite Solution One high school Semco partners with to deliver graphite material for...

04 Mar

Challenges Producing a Large Diameter Graphite Disc

In machine shops, the size of the equipment limits the size of the pieces that can be produced. Occasionally, however, a client needs something bigger than a shop is used to handling. They need a graphite plate that’s 82” in diameter, for instance. Most shops, Semco included, rarely if ever work with a block of graphite large enough to cut this disk from. Semco, however, is not in the business of turning down business or turning away customers who need graphite components. We’ve made our reputation as leaders in the field of graphite machining on handling just this kind of...