Many industrial consumers of synthetic carbon and graphite products simply dispose of their used carbon and graphite components in landfills. Here are three good reasons to participate in a graphite recycling program.
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Cost, is a large factor when disposing of used carbon and graphite industrial components. It simply is expensive to landfill this type of material. If the used graphite materials can be successfully segregated from other materials and contamination is not an issue these materials can be successfully recycled as opposed to being sent to landfills. There are processing facilities that will accept used synthetic carbon and graphite products.Much of this graphite ''scrap'' has value and processors are willing to pay for this materials.One reason to recycle is that receiving a payment for the used materials is better than paying to dispose of them.
The goal of the graphite recycling process is to find and alternate use for the materials. Typically used carbon and graphite products are re-purposed as ''Carbon Riser''. This carbon riser is used to modify the carbon content of steel and ferrous metal products.
An important consideration when re-purposing used carbon and graphite items for use as a carbon riser material is contamination. The carbon risers purpose is to increase the carbon content of molten metals as an additive. If the graphite being recycled has contamination such heavy metal salts, silicon carbide scale or non-ferrous metal contamination it may be ill suited for this purpose without additional processing.
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It is much more environmentally friendly to dispose of the used carbon and graphite materials in a manner that reduces landfill volume. If the existing materials can be used to fill an industrial need, new product with its associated costs does not have to be created.
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Graphite Sales, Inc. is America's largest recycler of graphite and carbon materials. We commenced business in by purchasing broken graphite electrodes from steel mills that employed electric arc furnaces and re-machining them into smaller usable sizes. Today we recycle all types of graphite and carbon materials. Graphite Sales, Inc. segregates all materials by chemistry and then re-processes by machining into specific components or crushing and sizing into useful granular products for the steel and foundry industries. We now purchase used synthetic graphite from all industries that utilize graphite and carbon raw materials in their processes.
If you have or generate truckload quantities (ie. 40,000 lbs.) of graphite or carbon by-products from your process, Graphite Sales, Inc. is interested in purchasing those materials from you. For LTL (less than truckload) quantities contained in Gaylord boxes, bulk storage containers or steel drums, GSI will not purchase, but will accept as scrap at your cost to ship to our Nova, OH plant location. To sell your truckload quantities of graphite and carbon by-products please call 419-652- and ask our Purchasing Manager for a quote.
Contact us to discuss your requirements of Graphite Electrode Scraps. Our experienced sales team can help you identify the options that best suit your needs.