Contribution to the methods of solving problems for the evaluation of electric contacts

Author

Merz, H.

Author_Institution

Landis & Gyr Betriebs AG, Zug, Switzerland

fYear

1990

fDate

20-24 Aug 1990

Firstpage

433

Lastpage

441

Abstract

The evaluation of designs and materials for electrical contacts is complex-there are nearly always special conditions for the application, i.e. interactions between materials and with certain environmental influences. An evaluation index has been established referring to such uncommon influencing factors. The evaluation index follows the normal procedure for evaluating a new type of electrical contact. Construction parameters and stress parameters during production and use are considered. A table is included which lists classical examples of problems and more complex problems in two columns, which are tabulated against the parameters that are evaluated. Evaluation of new electric contact systems with this technique is discussed

Keywords

electrical contacts; environmental testing; materials testing; classical examples of problems; complex problems; construction parameters; contact design evaluation; contact materials evaluation; environmental influences; evaluation index; evaluation of electric contacts; interactions between materials; new electrical contact systems evaluation; special conditions; stress parameters; uncommon influencing factors; Building materials; Conducting materials; Contacts; Geometry; Life testing; Production systems; Relays; Springs; Stress; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Contacts, 1990. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth IEEE Holm Conference on ... and the Fifteenth International Conference on Electrical Contacts

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HOLM.1990.113040

Filename

113040