Grafil Inc. Showroom

Contact Information

Please visit: www.grafil.com

Phone: (916) 386-1733
Toll-Free: (800) 365-5533
Fax: (916) 383-7668

Mailing Address:
5900 88th St.

Sacramento, CA USA 95828-1109

Sales Contact: Steven Carmichael , (916) 379-2116 scarmichael@grafil.com

Engineer Contact: Steven Carmichael , (916) 379-2116 scarmichael@grafil.com

Additional Locations:

» 6 Orchard Ct. Binley, Coventry , England, United Kingdom +44 (0) 2476 447272

Products/Services:
A vertically integrated supplier of PAN-based carbon fibers, available in 3K to 60K filament counts, and 34 Msi (235 GPa) to 66 Msi (450 GPa) moduli. Supplier to existing and emerging industrial, commercial and aerospace markets.

A Special Message from Grafil Inc.

Vertical Integration

Our Vertically Integrated Manufacturing Process

Our comprehensive vertical integration of the manufacturing process uniquely enables Grafil Inc., together with our parent company Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC), to fully control every step of the carbon fiber production process.

Our proprietary carbon fiber process begins in a world scale synthetic fibers plant and concludes in highly sophisticated carbonization facilities in the US and Japan.

We start by combining commodity raw materials in a series of chemical reactions to produce acrylonitrile, which is then polymerized to form polyacrylonitrile (PAN). A solution of this PAN is then spun into a precursor. This critical step ensures the maximum potential quality and consistency of the carbon fiber.

This potential is realized during the carbonization process, a precisely controlled pyrolysis of the PAN precursor to form carbon fibers.

Product Categories of Grafil Inc.

  • Materials
    • Fibers, organic
      • Carbon, PAN-based

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