Custom Carbon & Graphite Machining

29 May

Welcome Alan Smith, Our New CAD/CAM Expert

Semco is always delighted to welcome new members to our graphite machining team. It is a special pleasure to introduce Alan Smith, our new process engineer with years of experience in computer-aided machining and mechanical design engineering. Alan comes to us with extensive CAD/CAM experience and training. Alan Smith and Family Alan is a family man with many interests. Before we get to the family side of Alan’s life (a big side), let’s discuss what Alan does in his free time. He enjoys a variety of outdoor activities such as riding ATV’s, kayaking, bicycling, hiking, fishing, and boating. In addition...

09 Jul

Vacuum Furnace -- Really?

According to Aristotle, nature abhors a vacuum, but we at Semco, and the graphite components we manufacture, especially the ones used in furnaces, love vacuums. What graphite abhors is oxidation, something that occurs in vacuum furnaces when the vacuum is not maintained and oxygen-rich air rushes in. And while flawed material resulting from problems during graphite production may be the first explanation when someone notices deteriorating graphite materials in their vacuum furnaces, what we have learned through investigation is that simple fixes to the vacuum seal of a furnace can save the graphite, and the furnace’s owner, much grief. Let...

17 Dec

Reverse Engineering, the Unconventional Way

We at Semco are graphite experts, and people from all over the country come to us for custom graphite solutions. We are diligent in solving even the most difficult manufacturing dilemmas faced by our clients. We wouldn’t be the go-to graphite manufacturing shop for so many companies if we didn’t use every available means, including resourcefulness and creativity, to produce the components that keep our clients’ businesses going. Graphite Tool A perfect example of the ingenuity Semco engineers bring to the knottiest problems is a reverse engineering feat we recently achieved for a client in need of one of the...