Custom Carbon & Graphite Machining

02 Sep

High School Rocket Team Looks to Graphite

Imagine you are on a high school rocket team trying to solve engineering problems that have bedeviled, well, rocket scientists for decades. What will you use for rocket propellant, and what kind of rocket engine will you employ? Maybe graphite doesn’t immediately come to mind as a material important to the success of your rocket team, but seniors on a Texas high school rocket team would disagree. This year’s senior class at Fredericksburg High School is working to complete a Goddard-level rocket through the Systems Go program to fly at the White Sands missile range in New Mexico. They have...

23 Aug

Graphite: An Unsung Hero of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

As the world turns its eyes to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, athletes will be pushing the boundaries of human performance. But behind many of their incredible feats of speed, power generation, and skill will be an unsung hero: graphite. This high performance, versatile material, especially in the form of carbon fiber and carbon fiber composite materials, usually combined with an epoxy resin to improve toughness and durability, is set to play a crucial role in numerous Olympic events and venues, from sports equipment to clothing and supplies. Semco employees are excited as anyone about the Paris Olympic games this...

24 Jun

The Installation of Our New 2000 lb Gorbel Overhead Crane

Semco is excited to share another significant update from our graphite machining facility in Lorain, OH: we recently installed a new 2000 lb Gorbel Overhead Crane. This state-of-the-art crane is a game changer for our operations, particularly in our lathe department. Our Haas lathes are state-of-the-art, but the ways we were moving graphite blocks and tools around the department was not. That changed with the installation of the Gorbel Overhead Crane, which spans across the shop floor, creating a safer work environment for our team and enhancing efficiency in loading and unloading parts and tools. The Overhead Crane’s Safety Impact...

06 Jun

New Quality Manager at Semco

Meet Sam Milo, our new Quality Manager! Sam is new to this role, but he’s not new to Semco. For five years, Sam has been invaluable in his role as Semco Production Manager, and we’re excited to welcome him into his new role. Sam’s 27 years in manufacturing have prepared him well for this position. The Role of Quality Manager The role of Quality Manager is crucial at a company like Semco that prides itself on getting and keeping a strong client base that returns to us again and again for their graphite manufacturing needs. Trust is a huge part...

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...