Category: Helwig Carbon Products

  • Helwig Carbon Adjustable Ring Brush Holder

    New Ring Style Brush Holder Flexibility Revolutionize Existing Holder Designs This new design adapts to a wide range of post locations and replaces single holder and bank of two designs. This wide range of flexibility makes it ideal for multiple applications and provides optimal stable electrical contact for the brushes. Adjustable to: Offered in six…

  • Helwig Carbon BPK-Probe Datalink™

    New Product Announcement: BPK-Probe Datalink™ App BPK-Probe DataLink™ App Helwig Carbon Products created the DataLink™ App to wirelessly record and store shaft voltage detection results from their patented BPK-Probe™. The app can be used to manage test results for multiple VFD-driven motors in various facilities. The DataLink™ is designed for technical service providers, predictive/preventative maintenance…

  • Helwig Is Awarded Best Value Add & Engineering from Wolong – GE

    We are pleased to announce that we have received the 2019 BEST VALUE ADD & ENGINEERING award from our major customer as an appreciation for supplier performance.  WOLONG (formerly known as GE Industrial Motors, Mexico) has presented this award to Helwig as our products are on more than 500 GE motor models as an OEM supplier. Read more.

  • Helwig Carbon Innovations

    Longer product life and improved performance motive each Helwig innovation and history shows the successful outcome.

  • HELWIG CARBON PRODUCTS ACQUIRES J. REAM MANUFACTURING

    Helwig Carbon Products, Inc. recently announced the acquisition and integration of the carbon brush holder product line of J. Ream Manufacturing, Inc.

  • Commutator Conditions: Problems and Causes

    The commutator should have a smooth film and consistent color. The film should be from light to dark brown. A streaky film is often a warning that the commutator might thread. If this is the case, fine copper dust will be found on the brushes and brush rigging. Bar marking, where some bars are lighter…

  • Helwig Carbon Celebrates 85 Years of Innovations

    The technical product innovations developed by Helwig Carbon Products have received universal acceptance over many decades, have been copied by carbon brush manufacturers world-wide, and are still in use today. There is no question that the development of carbon brushes was key to the future of electrical machines as the primary drive system of the…