A brief summary of the vast variety of applications for carbon and graphite.
Electrodes
Arc furnace electrodes, electrolysis, spark erosion/ EDM, Gouging rods, anodes and cathodes
Aluminium
Run out tables, extrusion guides and canisters, stirring rods, rotors and impellors, centrifugal pumps
Solar, PV, Semiconductor and Optical Fibre
Plasma etching electrodes, crucibless and moulds, epitaxy susceptors, ion implantation, liners and crucibles for electron beam welding.
Felts and insulation in boards and cylinders, induction susceptors and guides
Coating carriers, slicing beams
Glass and Fibreglass
Take out tongs in graphite and CFC, pushers, pullers, hermetic seals, rollers for stretching fibreglass
Nuclear
Complex reactor parts, test samples, melting crucibles, stirrers
Xray
Calibration targets
Sintering
Diamond tool manufacture, Diamond synthesis, Sintering Moulds
Continuous casting
Continuous casting dies for many non ferrous metals and alloys
Brushes
Carbon and graphite brushes for diverse applications from household white goods and automotive to heavy industry
Iron and steel
Arc furnace electrodes, sill blocks, launders and chutes
Manufacturing
Diverse applications wherever there is heat, hot metals, corrosion or other extreme conditions lend to the use of graphite
Defence
Crucibles, moulds, vacuum furnace interiors, chokes, rocket nozzles
Aerospace and Aeronautics
Heat treatment vacuum furnace parts, bearings, seals, vanes, jigs and fixturing using graphite and CFC
