Abstract
The microstructure and properties of the contact CuCr alloy produced by electron-beam cladding have been investigated. The effect of the electron beam cladding parameters and preheating temperature of the base metal on the structure and the properties of the coatings has been determined. The bimodal structure of the cladding coating has been established. The short circuit currents tests have been carried out according to the Weil-Dobke synthetic circuit simulating procedure developed for vacuum circuit breakers (VCB) test in real electric circuits. Test results have shown that the electron beam cladding (EBC) contact material has better breaking capacity than that of commercially fabricated sintered contact material. The application of the technology of electron beam cladding for production of contact material would significantly improve specific characteristics and reliability of vacuum switching equipment.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | AIP Conference Proceedings |
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics Inc. |
| Pages | 135-138 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 1623 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780735412606 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | International Conference on Physical Mesomechanics of Multilevel Systems 2014 - Tomsk, Russian Federation Duration: 3 Sep 2014 → 5 Sep 2014 |
Other
| Other | International Conference on Physical Mesomechanics of Multilevel Systems 2014 |
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| Country | Russian Federation |
| City | Tomsk |
| Period | 3.9.14 → 5.9.14 |
Keywords
- Breaking capacity
- Cucr-contact alloys
- Electron beam cladding
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)