Akabindi gakozwe mu mavange ya garafite n'ibumba ryihanganira umuriro, guhuza ubushobozi bwa garafite bwo gutwara ubushyuhe no kwihanganira imiti n'ubukomere bw'ibumba. Kihanganira ubushyuhe burenga 1.500 °C — gakoreshwa mu gushonga umuringa, umuringa w'ibara ry'umukara, zahabu, ifeza n'icyuma cyashonzwe.