Dead-plates, transfer fingers, sweep-out fingers and stacker bars for container glass: Cerberite® CM20 / CM80 composite typically doubles lifetime versus conventional C/C, with a clean, oil-free process.
Carbon/Carbon Parts for Hot Glass Handling (Cerberite®)
Mersen has decades of experience in the production of dead-plates, transfer fingers, sweep-out fingers and stacker bars made from Cerberite® CM20 and CM80 composite.
Cerberite® CM20 and CM80 grades differ from common carbon/carbon materials by their pyrolytic graphite matrix and reinforcement in the third direction, giving outstanding oxidation resistance and a significant increase in lifetime — usually double that of conventional carbon/carbon composites.
Advantages over metal: carbon/carbon needs no oil or lubrication system, so the process stays clean; with no glass-to-metal contact there is no contamination and product quality improves. It can replace expensive tungsten for some parts.
- Higher lifetime, fewer maintenance stops — and improved product quality
- High resistance to vibration and mechanical shock — 3-D reinforcement
- Lowest reactivity to oxidizing gases and chemicals — pyrocarbon matrix
- Less impact of degraded surface on glass
- Clean, oil-free process — for applications requiring FDA compliance
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