Comments on: Making Pencil Lead from Generator Brushes

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:14:12 +0000

acimasiz op

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:14:08 +0000

acimasiz op

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:14:08 +0000

Do they take old generator brushes and recycle them into new ones?

By: Toby

Toby — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:07:49 +0000

I am intrested in buying for export used generator set in canopy or open diesel or gas please let us know if you have any

By: lora

lora — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:42:44 +0000

hmm so how is lead made

By: alexanderhorre

alexanderhorre — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:49:01 +0000

It depends on the graphite composition. Graphite to Graphite could be considered an upcycle, or high-quality to high-quality recycle. Now I’d agree with you if this graphite when to make a basketball hoop.

By: Theyjust Dontgetit

Theyjust Dontgetit — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:26:50 +0000

I have to wonder why they don’t adopt proper sustainability protocol. They should process worn-out brushes back into new brushes. The pencil lead approach is really just down-cycling, it doesn’t prevent this commodity from going to landfill… only postpones it.

By: Treehugger

Treehugger — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:45:51 +0000

Making Pencil Lead from Generator Brushes

Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) and Tombow Pencil recently announced that they have jointly developed mechanical pencil “leads” recycled from generator brushes used in TEPCO’s thermal power plants. Generator brushes are made from highly pure graphite (ove…