Custom Carbon & Graphite Machining

31 Aug

Semco And The Diamond Tooling Industry

Don’t believe the advertising slogan - diamonds are NOT forever, at least not if we’re talking about diamond tools. They wear out too, it just takes them a while. Diamond tools are special, though, with many specific applications that demand the singular qualities provided by what is popularly understood to be the hardest natural substance. At Semco, we play a part in using synthetic graphite to produce diamond tools. We know what you’re thinking: “Diamonds and graphite are siblings -- they both come from the same parent substance, carbon. Semco must just press the graphite until it becomes diamond graphite!”...

14 Jan

Industries that Use Graphite

For many people, graphite is something associated with pencil lead. People may remember it has something to do with diamonds, high temperature, and, if they think back to high school chemistry, crystalline molecular structure. Outside of industry, graphite is a material that just doesn’t get a lot of play in the media like steel or aluminum do. Followers of this blog, though, know that carbon products are crucial in many industries and the many uses of graphite. Graphite is a versatile and extraordinary material, and at Semco, we make it our business to be experts in everything about graphite and...

10 Dec

Tooling Project

Graphite Manufacturing Graphite manufacturing is a complex business, especially for a company that specializes in custom orders. At Semco, a focus of our graphite production business is tooling graphite components to fit our clients’ specialized needs. To keep our production thrumming and our clients informed, we have plenty of raw material on hand and a system that tracks every step of the manufacturing process to keep the client up-to-speed on the progress of their order. As satisfied as our clients are, we don’t believe in resting on our laurels as an industry leader in graphite manufacturing. We analyzed ourproduction process...