Furnace Graphite Electrode Introduction

Furnace graphite electrode is an important electrode material widely used in high-temperature electric furnaces in metallurgy, chemický průmysl, electric power, and other industrial fields, mainly for smelting metals and generating high-temperature reactions.

Furnace Graphite Electrode
Furnace graphite electrodes

The manufacturing process of furnace graphite electrode

Graphite electrodes are made of natural graphite as the main raw material through processing, baking, and graphitization. It has the advantages of high electrical conductivity, high-temperature stability, chemical stability, a mechanickou pevností, and is suitable for high-temperature and high-pressure environments.

grafitová elektroda
grafitová elektroda


The process of manufacturing graphite electrodes includes mixing raw materials, lití, baking, grafitizace, atd. Ve stejnou dobu, the difference in the manufacturing process will affect the physical properties and service life of the electrode.

Graphite electrodes application

Graphite electrodes application
Graphite electrodes application

Graphite electrodes are mainly used in high-temperature smelting equipment such as electric arc furnaces and induction furnaces to smelt steel, alloys, non-ferrous metals, and other ores, as well as electrochemical processes such as electrolytic aluminum and electrolytic copper.

Klasifikace grafitových elektrod

Graphite electrodes can be divided into different types according to their use and size, such as ultra-high power graphite electrodes, high power graphite electrodes, normal power graphite electrodes, atd. They differ in terms of electrical conductivity, odolnost vůči vysokým teplotám, and service life.

Furnace graphite electrode working principle

Furnace graphite electrode
Furnace graphite electrodes

The principle of graphite electrode is to use the arc between the end of the electrode and the steel material in the furnace to generate high temperature as a heat source to melt the furnace material for steelmaking; similarly, it can also be used to smelt various other metal raw materials.