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Helwig Carbon Brush Holders are Custom Engineered for High Performance
Helwig has specialized in custom designed holders. Their brush holder rebuild program refurbishes holders at a fraction of the cost of a replacement holder.
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Helwig Carbon Promotes Kevin Koenitzer to Sales Manager
Milwaukee, WI, August 21, 2020 – Helwig Carbon Products, Inc. announces the appointment of Kevin Koenitzer to the position of Sales Manager. Kevin joined Helwig Carbon Products in 2016 as Customer Service Supervisor and eventually moved to Business Development. Kevin was instrumental in leading several strategic vision projects as well as implementing new software for increased operational…
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Teflon Coated Brush Holders
The brush holder corrosion causes hang ups, leading to arcs and sparks and motor failure. Teflon coating reduces corrosion.
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Helwig Carbon’s Comprehensive Guide for Industrial and Railway Technology
The name “brushes” comes from bundles of tiny copper wires, which were used as elastic contacts at the starting period of the electrical engineering industry. The term “carbon brush” appeared with the change to materials made out of graphite and carbon. Carbon brushes have been developed for several decades: they are also indispensable hardware for…
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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…
