Spherical Graphite (SG), natural graphite flake micronized and shaped to spheroidal form, has moved to center stage in the battery industry where SG is increasingly the preferred anode material of Li-ion batteries, deployed in residential and industrial energy-grid storage, electric vehicles, and consumer devices.
SG packed anodes are proving to outclass the results of anode materials alternatives, a function of the inherent properties of natural graphite flake (conductivity, heat-resistance, intercalated (layered) morphology, and the milled spheroidal shape. When compared to alternatives (including synthetic graphite), SG packed anodes will have superior (high) tap density, charging rates, and volumetric energy capacity.
CMS designs and manufactures the leading graphite micronizing milling systems (typically 150 – 400 HP), which are capable of achieving product grinds of all standard graphite powder products down to +/-5 µm. CMS also offers mill systems for the production of battery-grade Spherical Graphite.
Size reduction milling systems are at the heart of Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) technologies for regulatory compliant mitigation of sulfur dioxide, sulfur trioxide, and hydrogen chloride | SO2, SO3, HCl | and marginal pollutants. The quality of DSI performance is pronouncedly driven by the milled surface area of the injected sorbent material.
The residence time of the milled sorbent material with the toxins (pollutants) occurs within the flue-gas stream at a targeted temperature window, where the level of pollutant capture and neutralization occurs. By increasing the surface size of the sorbent, you are creating a greater contact area for adherence of toxins to the sorbent surface, and therefore achieving a higher pollutant capture value. Increasing particle surface area on a steep distribution curve is the challenge for sorbent milling technologies. CMS DSI Systems meet that challenge.
CMS is a leading manufacturer of industrial and environmental size-reduction milling systems and process technologies, including DSI systems.
CMS, in partnership with Marietta Industrial Enterprises, offers a complete range of milling services for bulk and specialty materials from our Ohio River processing center located in Marietta, Ohio. CMS Marietta provides inbound and outbound river terminal and trucking services, bulk delivery, and packaging, as well as warehousing. Additionally, CMS Marietta provides chain-of-custody logistics management from source to customer directed destinations. CMS Marietta will White Label production and logistics on behalf of customers.
To complement in-house production requirements during seasonal spikes, or to have reliable additional capacity for temporary or medium-term (and even long-term) production, then CMS may be the right solution.
Here are some of the benefits of toll processing with the right partner: • No added commitment to floor space for processing machines • No additional permits needed • No maintenance • No need for engineering and operators • Predetermined costs (contract) • The flexibility of production scale (seasonal, one-offs) and timing
Precision crafting, stringent quality standards, machining capacity, and fast turnarounds — these are the defining characteristics of our replacement parts program. From liners or rotor discs, hammer sets, classifier wheels, and spindle assemblies — we are experts at building close tolerance components from abrasive resistant and high temperature hardened refractory metals and ceramics. We also offer specially designed liner coatings for high temperature, corrosive, or abrasive applications.
If you need a spare part for CMS equipment, then be assured that we have it in stock for immediate delivery or that we can manufacture the component or part in record time. Need a replacement part for equipment from another manufacturer? We can accept your component or part drawing, or travel to your facility and validate the fabrication specifications, then manufacture and maintain an inventory on hand for immediate fulfillment.
Anything more? Yes, our warehousing and assembly locations have easy access to major highways, ports, and airports, further ensuring rapid and reliable delivery. So the next time you are sourcing replacement parts, think CMS—we will be excited to hear from you.
World consumer markets for carbon/graphite materials are broad-based and diverse. Mined natural graphite and manufactured (synthetic) graphite, are essential industrial materials used in the production of steel, iron, aluminum, battery, powdered metallurgy, and refractory products such as bricks, tiles, furnace linings, crucibles, and in the automotive and heavy equipment clutch plates, transmission rings, bushings, bearings, brushes, gaskets, heat baffles, precision metal parts, fire-retardant fabrics, coatings, lubricants, lacquer, media dispersions, greases, forging lubes; and in electronics (semi-conductor/capacitor coatings), battery, glass/ceramics; conductive composites (resins, polymers, plastic, paper, rubber blends); agricultural (seed coatings, lubricating dry and wet sprays); medical devices, heart valves, hip/knee/ligament replacements; construction materials (conductive flooring, insulation, fire-retardant electrical packing materials, lightweight structural composites); nuclear (containment liners for reflectors and columns); fuel cell (bi-polar plates, compounds, dense coatings/sealants).
Milling graphite involves upstream (mine-site) extraction and crushing/milling systems, or, in the case of synthetic graphite, crushing/screening of electrode stock. Natural or Synthetic Graphite will ordinarily require intermediate, fine, and ultra-fine powder milling involving production combinations of ball mills, hammer and pin mills, and when going ultra-fine, then Jet Mills and Air Classifier Mills.
CMS designs and manufactures the leading graphite micronizing milling systems (typically 150 – 400 HP), which are capable of achieving product grinds of all standard graphite powder products down to +/-5 µm. CMS also offers mill systems for the production of battery-grade Spherical Graphite.
Pneumatic Conveying systems rely on air streams to move dry bulk powders through horizontal or vertical pipelines of the powder processing system, utilizing conveying methods that are either dilute-phase (product suspended in the airstream) or dense-phase (product carried along at low velocity). At Classifier Milling Systems, our pneumatic conveying systems are designed to be efficient, sanitary, scaled and integrated for the unique flow requirements of the processed materials, whether dilute-phase (via vacuum pump, or at higher rates via positive pressure source) or low-velocity dense-phase for heavier, stickier, and for materials prone to bridging or for brittle materials.
Mechanical Conveying is another option for conveying bulk materials, used typically for materials that are difficult to convey pneumatically, such as high bulk-density materials and those materials prone to bridging, and for brittle materials.
Powder Sifting encompasses various systems for materials separation, such as sieving, classifying, scalping, de-lumping, and screening. Through vibration, rotation, or gyration, foreign materials can be removed from your product stream through a discharge spout, while sifted product continues into the powder milling system. Batch or continuous operations are possible by utilizing gravity-fed and in-line pneumatic designs. Powder Sifter designs include centrifugal sifters, vibratory sifters, tumbler screens, and gyratory sifters.
CMS integrates conveyor systems, sifters, and dust collection systems, ensuring optimal process efficiencies, ease of maintenance, and product quality across numerous feedstock materials.
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To complement in-house production requirements during seasonal spikes, or if only to have reliable additional capacity for temporary or medium-term (and even long-term) production, then CMS may be the right solution. No added commitment to floor space for processing machines
• No additional permits needed • No maintenance • No engineering and operator staff • Predetermined costs (contract) • The flexibility of production scale (seasonal, one-offs) and timing
And the operational experience of a leading designer and operator of size-reduction technologies.
