Graphite products are fabricated from machined graphite, carbon graphite or naturally occurring graphite.  As it is found in nature, and does not alter during manufacturing processes, graphite is shiny, dark to medium gray in color, brittle and electrically conductive. A wide range of industries use graphite in product formation and the type of graphite used will depend on the intended application of the product.
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Weaver Industries, Inc.Denver, PA 717-336-7507 At Weaver Industries, our experts can machine the smallest most detailed parts to the largest machined parts in the industry. Creating the quality graphite products you need is our specialty and we make every part to meet the highest quality standards. For all of your needs, look to our extensive line of products for your perfect application solution. Call today.
Industrial Graphite Sales, LLCHarvard, IL 800-891-6469 Industrial Graphite Sales is a company that will work closely with customers through the entirety of the production process. They do far more than just supply the graphite products you need, the company can also use their machining facilities to fabricate any component, help customers engineer new applications and help customers improve existing processes.
Becker Brothers Graphite CorporationMaywood, IL 708-410-0700 Becker Brothers Graphite can furnish your finished graphite products and other parts ready for assembly or if you prefer to do your own machining and finishing, we can provide you with various stock sizes. Whatever you procure from Becker Brothers Graphite will meet all of your specifications, will be fairly priced and delivered on time. Call today and let their experience work for you.
Graphite Machining Torrance, Inc.Lake Havasu City, AZ 928-453-4444 Graphite Machining Torrance has established a reputation for quality and detail and we continue to strive to live up to that reputation. Here, the job is never complete until customers are 100% satisfied with every order of graphite products. They provide quality workmanship, dependable deliveries, personal customer assistance, full technical support, competitive prices and lasting relationships.
Advance Carbon Products, Inc.Hayward, CA 800-283-1249 At Advance Carbon Products, Inc. (ACP), we strive to constantly improve our processes to meet the needs of our customers, by continually monitoring, evaluating, and evolving all processes which affect company quality. For all of your graphite products, ACP is the company you can depend on. With a complete line of the products you need, they are your solution. Call today.
R.W. Elliott & Sons, Inc.Ellwood City, PA 724-752-9082 When you choose R.W. Elliott and Sons, you choose a company that will do what it takes to get exactly what you require. We offer all common grades available on the market today and will provide you with other grades required for your specific needs. For all of your upcoming graphite products and other orders, choose a company you can depend on, call R.W.
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In its natural form, there are three different types of graphite-crystalline flake, which is flat with hexagonal edges, amorphous, which is very flaky, and lump, which is found in underground veins and fissures. Different uses for graphite are in both commercial and industrial applications. The most popular use for graphite is to make pencil lead. However, this mineral's applications are abundant within the industrial sector. In powder form, it acts as an effective dry lubricant, and is used in steel casting as a die lubricant to ease the part ejection. When combined with alumina and zirconia, graphite forms stopper rods, sub-entry nozzles and ladle shrouts. The nuclear, chemical, electrical, electronics, automotive, aerospace and mechanical industries all use graphite in products like paints, batteries, brake linings for large non-automotive vehicles and laptop components. Containers used to hold extremely hot liquids and materials called crucibles are often made of graphite, since it can withstand extremely high temperatures without burning, melting or chemically changing.
For most graphite products, graphite is manufactured synthetically, which does result in some different physical properties but it is still an effective conductor of electricity and heat. In addition to natural graphite's uses, the synthetic form proves very valuable in products used for steel making. Since graphite is electrically conductive, it serves as material for electrodes in electric arc furnaces, which carry electricity and melt scrap steel as part of the die casting process. Carbon is expensive, so graphite often serves as an alternative to carbon additives. Graphite electrodes are also used in printing processes. They are coated in a thin layer on wax impressions, underneath a copper layer. It gives the negative electrical connection used for electrolysis. Graphite is also commonly seen within nuclear applications to absorb neutrons, which aids in moderating a nuclear reaction. One of the main benefits of graphite products are their high recycling ability. Products and leftover scraps may be melted down and reused multiple times. A combination of used and new graphite is ground into fine powder by crushers. It is usually mixed with other materials, and formed into different shapes by extrusion, die molding or cold isostatic pressing. The products are then heat treated in a baking oven, where the graphite goes through carbonization.