Graphite is used as an additive for improving lubrication, strength, and thermal / electrical conductivity. Graphite is added to phenolic resins, thermal set resins, epoxies, rubber, and polystyrene, and offers lubrication that improves wear characteristics of seals. Graphite also strongly increases thermal and electrical resistivity of Polymers. ThermoPURE™ and Signature™ graphites are high in purity, offer excellent thermal and electrical conductivity, and have unique lubrication properties. Processing these materials in Superior Graphite’s exclusive thermal purification process removes impurities such as quartz, silicon carbide, and iron that add friction points in seals.

The new Resilient Graphitic Carbon™ materials (RGC) product line offers unique properties providing unique performances for customers not found anywhere else than from Superior Graphite. RGC’s are produced using Superior Graphite’s continuous High Temperature proprietary technology, and carefully-selected feed material. RGC particles have a very specific morphology and high porosity, which offer a very high contact surface to polymer matrices, allowing a perfect and homogeneous distribution. Used together with other reinforcement materials like short carbon fibers, or nano-scaled ZnS and TiO2, in Engineering Polymers, RGC’s strongly contribute to improved tribological properties of such materials in automotive applications, which can be characterized as “steel replacement applications”.