Mersen
Carbon Brush Leading Manufacturer
DC Motors Carbon Brushes
Mersen offers a wide range of electrographitic brushes, particularly adapted to DC motors. They are prepared from carbon powders and coke; they are then subjected to high temperature thermal treatments (> 2500 °C) to transform the basic amorphous carbon into artificial graphite.
Generators - Alternators Carbon Brushes
Mersen offers a wide range of carbon brushes for generators and alternators.
- For turbogenerators, our LFC brush grades are internationally renowned, especially LFC 554
- For wind mills, CG626 grades are known throughout the world.
Asynchronous Motors Carbon Brushes
Mersen metal graphite brushes suited to asynchronous motors used in paper and cement plants
Mersen offers a wide range of metal graphite brushes, particularly adapted to asynchronous motors with wound rotor.
Signal - Power Transmission Carbon Brushes
Mersen offers a wide range of metal graphite brushes for current and signal transmission. Some of the applications are Wind mills (pitch motors, yaw motors), Metallurgy (annealers, electrolytic treatment lines, finishers), Packaging, Elevators etc.
Grounding Device Brushes
Mersen offers brushes for grounding systems, made from metal graphite grades which are prepared from purified natural graphite and metal powders (copper, silver) pressed and baked to bring them to the required solidity and cohesion levels.
Applications includes Electric Locomotives, Diesel Electric Locomotives, Wind mills (generators, surge protection), Hydro-electric plants, Ports & marine.
Leading Manufacturer of Brush-holders of Electric Machines
Brush-holders
Mersen manufactures all the parts of our brush-holders, from foundry to assembly.
Whether you need to install brush-holders in new machines (OEMs), replace or re-design existing brush-holders, acquire brush-holders components (pressure systems…), Mersen will study your needs and manufacture the solutions that fit best your equipment.
Our brush-holders are suitable for all types of motors, generators and alternators, grounding systems and current and signal transmission.