Industrial Application:

Felt

Felt
Carbon felt as well as graphite felt are produced and have unique textile, chemical and thermal properties.

Carbon felt
Carbon felt This type of felt is manufactured by carbonisation of natural and synthetic fibres. Thermal properties Chemical properties Applications

Carbon felt thermal properties

Thermal properties: Low thermal conductivity Low specific heat Permits rapid heating and cooling of furnace. High thermal stability In oxidizing atmosphere up to 350C, in protective atmosphere or vacuum up to about 3000C. Favourable resistivity Coupling in an inductive field occurs only above 12kHz. Easy of handling Felt can be cut with scissors or knife and adapts to small bending radii. Favourable surface properties

Carbon felt Chemical properties

Chemical properties of carbon felt: For hot and/or corrosive gases and liquids For molten metals (no wetting) Catalyst support: simplified recovery of the catalyst by heat treatment Porous electrodes: for accumulators and fuel cells

Carbon felt Applications

Applications of carbon felt: For resistance- or induction heated vacuum furnaces and inert gas furnaces, such as degassing furnaces, brazing furnaces, soft and bright annealing furnaces, sintering furnaces for hard metals, carburising furnaces, laboratory graphitising furnaces. For inductively heated melting and heat treatment furnaces, in which a proportion of the ceramic insulating material is replaced by felt in order to increase the electrical efficiency and prevent the liquid metal from coming into contact with the induction coil in the event of crucible fracture (no wetting). For nuclear reactor technology (small cross-sectional area for neutron absorption). Felt is applied as thermal insulation, as filters, and as catalyst support. It can also be applied for porous electrodes.

Customized Products:
Customized self supporting insulation cylinder consisting of solf felt, cfc and graphite foil

Insulationcylinder from felt with CFC support Graphite foil can be applied in order to avoid diffusion Flexible quantities according to application

Graphite felt:
Graphite felt Graphite felt is manufactured by graphitisation of carbon felt. Graphite felt is applied as insulating material, for filters, heat shields or insulating claddings as well.

Properties

Customized products

Graphite felt: properties

The characteristic properties of graphite felt are: Low thermal conductivity: Graphite foil-faced felts ensure heat reflection (to the furnace interior) and the foil acts as a diffusion barrier Low specific heat: Graphite felt permits rapid heating and cooling of the furnace. High thermal stability: The felt is stable in oxidizing atmospheres up to 400C, in vacuum up to about 2500C and under inert atmospheres up to 3000C. Shape retentivity: The felt does not undergo compression under normal operating conditions. The bulk density thus remains unchanged throughout the entire insulating layer. The properties are constant and no voids, channels or hot sports occur. Low absorption of gases or vapours: Graphite felts hardly absorb any moisture in difference to carbon felt. Brief pumping times in vacuum furnaces are possible. Erosion resistance Due to the carbon binder, the rigid felt fibres are securely anchored and not even torn off at high gas velocities. Low ash content Due to the temperature treatment during graphitisation ash content is much lower than for carbon felt