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Electric Motors

Carbon Brushes for Electric Motors – Long-Lasting Quality for Industrial Applications

Schunk develops and manufactures high-quality carbon brushes for industrial applications – precisely tailored to your requirements, industry conditions, and performance ranges. Our expertise covers a wide range of demanding applications with varying operational requirements.

Carbon Brushes for Electric Motors

Custom-Engineered Carbon Brushes for Demanding Requirements

Each application places specific demands on carbon brushes – from current density and operating conditions to contact materials and mechanical stress. Our solutions are precisely adapted to your operating conditions. With state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies, we ensure consistent quality and optimal performance – even for complex technical requirements.

Typical requirements for carbon brushes:

  • Load change resistance
  • Low wear of brushes and counter material
  • Adaptation to individual motor parameters
  • Secure current transmission


This results in maximum safety in motor operation – reliable and long-lasting.

Materials & Technologies

What sets our motor carbon brushes apart

For our carbon brushes, we use premium materials such as electrographite, metal graphite, or resin-bonded graphite. Each composition is specifically adapted to the mechanical and electrical demands of your application. This results in solutions offering optimal current transmission, low abrasion, and high resistance to load changes – even under extreme conditions.

Regardless of whether a DC (direct current) or AC (alternating current) motor is used, material selection and design are critical. In aggressive environments – such as the chemical industry – special impregnations and precisely matched forms significantly enhance performance.

Carbon brushes for electric motors in practice

Our carbon brushes for electric motors are used across numerous industries – from highly sensitive industrial sectors to large-scale consumer applications. Requirements vary depending on the environment, load, and speed.

 Close-up of an opened electric motor showing copper windings, rotor, and carbon brushes.

Industry-specific requirements:

  • Chemical industry: Corrosive media and temperature fluctuations require durable, impregnated specialty materials.
  • Textile, paper & printing industry: Dust, chemically contaminated environments, humidity, and fluctuating loads demand long-term material stability.
  • Cranes: Start-stop stress, dynamic load changes, and varying ambient temperatures require robust materials and reliable current transfer.
  • Power tools & household appliances: High rotational speeds, vibrations, and strict EMC requirements call for specially adapted material and design combinations.
  • Steel & cement industry: Dynamic load changes, different climatic and extreme environmental conditions, as well as mechanical stress.
  • Micromotors: Compact dimensions, tight tolerances, and minimal abrasion are critical for precise results.

As diverse as the applications may be – our carbon brushes deliver consistent quality.

Schunk

Your Partner for Industrial Carbon Brushes

As a technology leader, Schunk has been developing high-performance carbon brush solutions for a wide range of industries and applications for decades. Our expertise spans from material research and prototyping to series production – always tailored to your requirements.

Your advantages with Schunk:

  • In-house material development
  • Application-specific consulting & custom material design
  • Certified high-quality manufacturing standards for stable processes
  • Technical know-how for the most demanding applications
  • Global presence with direct customer support


Benefit from a partner who doesn’t just deliver – but thinks along with you. From the initial inquiry to final implementation.

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