Pure copper electrode tips machined on our own dedicated production line, for electric arc furnaces, submerged arc furnaces and ferroalloy plants. Built to your drawing, or copied from the worn tip you send us.
This part is described differently from plant to plant. If any of the terms below match what you buy, you are on the right page.
Electrode tip, electrode head, copper contact tip, contact shoe, electrode nose. Dimensions are quoted in inches, threads in UNC / NPT unless you specify otherwise.
Electrode head, copper electrode tip, contact piece; Elektrodenkopf, Kontaktbacke, tête d'électrode. Dimensions in millimetres, threads metric or to your drawing.
Send the drawing, the worn tip or photos with the outside diameter, length, bore and thread. We work in inches or millimetres and the drawing carries both.
The electrode tip is the last copper part in the current path before the arc. It has to carry very high current, keep contact resistance low and survive the heat radiating off the furnace, so the material and the machining both matter.
We produce tips on a dedicated arc furnace electrode tip line, CNC turned and milled from solid high-conductivity copper. Contact faces are machined rather than cast, and water-cooled designs carry an internal passage with the connection placed where your installation needs it.
Because the part is machined to a drawing, we can reproduce a tip from any manufacturer — send the worn one and we copy it.
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| Product | Copper electrode tip / electrode head |
|---|---|
| Furnace types | Electric arc furnace (EAF), submerged arc furnace, ferroalloy furnace |
| Material | High-conductivity pure copper (T2 / C11000), or to your specification |
| Production | Made on our own dedicated arc furnace electrode tip line |
| Machining | CNC turned and milled from solid copper, contact faces machined |
| Cooling | Internal water passage where the design calls for it |
| Connection | Threaded, flanged, bolted or tapered — to drawing |
| Dimensions | Outside diameter, length, bore, thread and hole pattern all to drawing |
| Surface | Bare copper, tin plated or silver plated on the contact face |
| Supply | Loose tips, or assembled to the cable or holder |
| Testing | Dimensional inspection, and pressure test on water-cooled designs |
| Customisation | Built to drawing, to sample or copied from the worn part |
Electrode tips are not a catalogue item — every furnace has its own geometry. Dimensions, cooling arrangement and connection are confirmed on the drawing before production.
Steelmaking EAF installations, where the tip carries the current into the electrode circuit.
Ferroalloy, calcium carbide and silicon plants, with the tip exposed to continuous high radiant heat.
Refining furnaces producing ferrochrome, ferronickel, ferrosilicon and silicon-manganese.
Most orders replace a tip that is already in service. If the original drawing is lost, photos of the worn part with a few measured dimensions are enough for us to prepare a manufacturing drawing for your approval.
Send the drawing, the worn tip or photos with the main dimensions. We confirm the geometry and quote with price, weight, lead time and packing.
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