Custom Carbon & Graphite Machining

12 Jun

Guide to Selecting a Custom Graphite Manufacturer: What to Look For

Selecting a Custom Graphite Manufacturer If you company requires custom graphite components, choosing the right custom graphite manufacturer can make the difference between a successful project and costly delays or performance issues. While we at Semco may be a little biased about this topic, we have over 50 years of graphite machining experience to back up our recommendations. Whether you need precision-machined components for aerospace applications or specialized graphite parts for industrial processes, selecting a manufacturer requires careful evaluation of several key factors. Below we explore several considerations when choosing a custom graphite manufacturer. Qualification and Reputation Start by researching...

16 May

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Turns Coal into Graphite

About 500 miles south of Semco Carbon’s manufacturing facility in Lorain, OH, in the hills of eastern Tennessee, sits Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a facility with a storied past in America's nuclear program. Today, this national laboratory continues its tradition of breakthrough research, but with applications far beyond nuclear power. One particularly promising development at ORNL involves transforming a declining but valuable material—coal—into high-quality graphite essential for renewable energy and clean energy technologies. Coal's Second Act: Clean Energy Technologies For generations, coal powered America's industrial might. As the nation shifts toward cleaner energy sources, coal mining communities face uncertain...

07 May

Synthetic Graphite in Electric Vehicles

Synthetic Graphite in Electric VehiclesThink back ten years. Do you remember seeing electric vehicles on the road? Hybrids, perhaps, and yes, those featured advanced battery technology. But lithium-ion batteries were not powering many cars. Now, think of your commute today. Chances are, you saw several electric vehicles, possibly even e bikes, on your way to work. Electric vehicles have become so common, you probably don’t even notice them. The electric vehicles revolution continues to accelerate in the market today, with automakers worldwide transitioning their fleets from internal combustion engines, with their carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels and emitting greenhouse...

07 Mar

Introducing Our New Haas VF-9: Revolutionizing Graphite Part Milling

Semco Carbon is thrilled to announce the arrival of the latest addition to our graphite machining arsenal: the Haas VF-9 vertical machining center. This cutting-edge machining center, built and assembled in the USA, is set to transform our graphite machining capabilities and enhance efficiency in milling graphite parts for our valued customers. If you require a precision-machined graphite component for your business, and you need it quickly, our acquisition of this new 3-axis vertical machining center puts almost any complex graphite component within our machining capabilities. The VF-9 Vertical Machining Center’s Capabilities Graphite machining demands precision, speed, and reliability, and...

15 Feb

Graphite and Oxidation

A recurring issue we hear about from people using graphite components is graphite oxidation. This term describes unwanted redox reactions where oxidizing agents modify graphite properties negatively. Hence, especially at high temperatures, steps need to be taken to eliminate oxygen presence so that oxidation and deterioration of graphite components is avoided. Semco strives to educate our clients who order custom graphite components about the proper environments in which those components should operate. However, new clients will come to us expressing their frustration that graphite components are failing long before they should. One reason to work with the synthetic graphite experts...