Conductive Carbon Black Specialty Carbon Blacks ... - Timcal Graphite

Conductive Carbon Black
Specialty Carbon Blacks
for Plastics, Rubber, Power Cables and Paint Applications
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good conductivity
easy and excellent dispersion
easy mixing and processing
smooth surface finish
good balance of conductive,
mechanical and flow properties
high extrusion throughput
an excellent price to performance ratio
ENSACO TM conductive carbon blacks
should be a key ingredient of your formulations
Since 1982, our plant has been producing a specific range of carbon blacks to serve the battery, power cable, plastics, rubber and paint industries.
The plant, located in Belgium, Willebroek, uses the most modern technology and has succeeded in becoming a recognized worldwide
supplier of high quality carbon blacks.
The production process, namely ‘MMM process’, is based on the partial oxidation of a carefully selected high purity petrochemical feedstock.
It differs from the furnace process mainly by its aerodynamic and thermodynamic conditions, especially the low gas velocities, leading to
nearly grit-free carbon blacks. Neither water nor any other quenching additive is injected to reduce the temperature. Neither water nor any
other binding additive is used during the granulation step, which guarantees very low sulphur, low ash and very low ionic contamination.
Our proprietary granulation process leads to soft, flake-like granules, characterised by homogeneous and very low crushing strength ensuring
an outstanding dispersibility and the absence of bigger and harder agglomerates.
To a certain extent, ENSACO carbon blacks are combining the properties of acetylene and furnace blacks, but overall production conditions
result into the synthesis of unique types of carbon blacks.
TIMCAL Ltd.
Head Office of the Group
CH-6743 Bodio, Switzerland
Phone: +41 91 873 20 10
Fax: +41 91 873 20 19
info@ch.timcal.com
www.timcal.com
Providing customer-related solutions

Providing customer-related solutions
Conductive Carbon Black
Specialty Carbon Blacks
for Plastics, Rubber, Power Cables and Paint Applications
Main features
Specialty carbon blacks produced by TIMCAL BELGIUM are socalled
‘conductive carbon blacks’ having a high level of
structure with chain-like aggregates. These enable the building
of a conductive network in polymers at low to very low carbon
black levels. The various ENSACO carbon blacks differ by their
specific surface area, structure level and stability. They offer a
good protection against electrostatic discharges and electromagnetic
interferences. As an example, good balance of properties
is achieved with:
ENSACOTM 250 G
• conductive carbon black
• low surface area and high structure
• easily dispersible
• high purity
• low water absorption
• low cure inhibition
• suitable for most polymer applications
About Timcal
Timcal Graphite & Carbon, a member of Imerys, is a
worldwide leader in providing carbon-related solutions to
its customers. With plants and sales offices in Switzerland,
Canada, USA, Japan, China, Germany, France and Belgium,
Timcal Graphite & Carbon offers a full spectrum of
products and services (Natural and Primary Synthetic
Graphite, Dispersions, Cokes, Secondary Synthetic Graphite
and now also high end Conductive Carbon Black) to
various applications (Mobile Energy, Engineering Materials,
Additives for Polymers, Lubricants and Refractory &
Metallurgy).
TIMCAL Ltd.
Head Office of the Group
CH-6743 Bodio, Switzerland
Phone: +41 91 873 20 10
Fax: +41 91 873 20 19
info@ch.timcal.com
www.timcal.com
Applications
ENSACO carbon blacks can be incorporated into an unlimited
number of polymers such as polyolefins, engineering plastics,
rubbers, technical rubbers, silicones, fluoroelastomers, epoxy…
to serve technical applications like:
• antistatic packaging
• handling of electronic components
• films
• power cables and accessories
• the automotive industry
• belts
• hoses
• seals
• protective coatings
• non-conductive niche applications
TEM picture of ENSACO Carbon Black
showing the high level of aggregation.
By courtesy of University of Louvain
(Louvain-La-Neuve)