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Graphite electrode holders ready to be shipped to one of CMW’s steelmaking customers.

Columbia Machine Works’ newest electrode handling product: the fully-automated Hands-Free Electrode Addition Station. The top cone of this machine moves horizontally, allowing for an easier and more efficient addition process, while also automating the electrode addition process.

Two Electrode Column Lifting Devices (ECLD’s) awaiting shipment to a steel mill melt shop.

Pictured is one of CMW’s Electrode Column Lifting Devices in use in a customer’s steel mill. The “ECLD” assists in moving the heavy electrode columns around the mill. Also pictured is a CMW Electrode Addition Station.

An electrode column lifting device (ECLD) prepared to ship to a steel mill in the manufacturing facility of Columbia Machine Works, Inc.

An electrode addition station being fabricated at Columbia Machine Works, Inc. in Columbia, TN. Columbia Machine Works supplies graphite electrode handling equipment to steel mills across the entire United States and abroad.

CMW has been manufacturing its own line of graphite electrode handling products for several years. Our products are in current operation in many steel mills across North America and the world. Pictured is one of our Electrode Addition Stations being utilized to make a “hot” addition, which is where the electrode segments are joined after one has just been pulled …

These are some of Columbia Machine Works and Exo Steel’s proprietary electrode handling lifting devices. Find more information on Super Plugs at electrodehandling.com