Halesowen-based Erodex (UK) Ltd
(www.erodex.com), which specialises in carbon and graphite, has formed a partnership with industry leader SGL Carbon and invested £750,000 in a bid to enter the high-temperature furnace market with its new Erodex HT product range.
It can now provide a complete design and manufacturing service to meet all furnace-charging needs for products such as fixtures, jigs or baskets. These can either be custom-designed for specific requirements or based on a cost-effective and robust modular design concept.
The company’s ‘one-stop’ solution also includes the quick-turn-round machining of graphite spares for any emergency breakdown or complete re-lines — carried out in its new facility at Darlaston, In addition, it holds extensive stocks of insulation products, CFC fixings and many other furnace consumable items.
The company’s new graphite specialist, Sean Peck, says: “The vacuum and controlled-atmosphere heat-treatment sector is a vital part of the UK’s manufacturing infrastructure. To remain strong and competitive, it needs the support of a committed and dedicated supplier network. Erodex is proud to join this network, in the knowledge that, together with our own market-leading machining and design capabilities plus unrivalled raw-material quality from SGL Carbon, we have possibly the strongest and most complete supply package available in the UK today.”