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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Richard Liichang Shao, North Royalton, OH (US);
James William Kortovich, Strongsville, OH (US);
Irwin Charles Lewis, Strongsville, OH (US);
Richard Thomas Lewis, Strongsville, OH (US);
UCAR Carbon Company Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A process for preparing pins for connecting carbon electrodes is presented. In particular, a process for preparing pins for connecting carbon electrodes including the steps of combining calcined coke, a liquid pitch binder and carbon fibers derived from mesophase pitch to form a pinstock blend; extruding the pinstock blend to form a green pinstock; baking the green pinstock to form a carbonized pinstock; and graphitizing the carbonized pinstock by maintaining the carbonized pinstock at a temperature of at least about 2500° C. for no more than about 18 hours is presented. The pins prepared by the inventive process are also presented.