EP0064191A1 - Matériau composite pour contacts électriques et procédé pour sa fabrication - Google Patents
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- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
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- the invention relates to a composite material for electrical contacts made of at least two components that are not dissolved in one another, one component of which is a copper alloy, in particular for low-voltage and installation switching devices.
- the invention further relates to a method for producing this composite material.
- Composites for electrical contacts must contain electrically and thermally conductive parts to prevent excessive heating. Your mechanical properties such as Hardness, strength or elastic behavior are optimal for the respective application. adapt. In addition, the susceptibility to corrosive media should be low. In general, tarnish and scale layers and thus high contact resistances can only be avoided on relatively noble materials. Furthermore, the composite materials must not stick or weld when switching, and their burn-up and material migration should be low.
- composite materials with silver and its alloys meet these and other requirements to be met by good contact materials to such an extent that these materials have been widely used in low-voltage technology.
- silver is a ver relatively expensive material, so that efforts are being made to replace it with other, less expensive materials.
- copper, its alloys or composite materials with a metallic matrix of these materials are suitable (cf. e.g. A.Keil: “Materials for electrical contacts", Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1960; or D. Stöckel and others: “Materials for electrical Contacts ", Kunststoff & participate Vol. 43, Expert Verlag, 7031 Grafenau 1 / Württ., 1980).
- No other contact material achieves the high electrical and thermal conductivity of the copper, combined with favorable mechanical properties, affordable costs and generally good procurement options. Because of its less noble character than silver, in particular its readiness to oxidize, this material in its pure form can often not be used for the manufacture of contact pieces, especially for low-voltage switchgear and installation switching devices such as contactors, auxiliary contactors, circuit breakers or circuit breakers. By adding certain elements to this material, the material properties such as the oxidation behavior can be improved.
- known contacts made of copper alloys or of composite materials with such alloys, with inexpensive elements being alloyed with the copper generally have a relatively high contact resistance even after a few circuits, so that they are usually not suitable for low-voltage switching devices or installation switching devices.
- a corresponding contact element made of a composite material is known, the matrix of which consists of a copper alloy which contains deposits of, for example, tin oxide or graphite. Palladium is the alloying partner for copper.
- this noble metal which is to be used, for example, in a proportion by weight of between 8 and 50% of the alloy, is so expensive that a replacement of silver or silver alloys for cost reasons cannot be considered with the known copper alloy.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a composite material with a copper alloy which, on the one hand, has at least approximately similar contact properties to the known silver-based composite materials used for contacts of low-voltage or installation switching devices and, on the other hand, is less expensive than these known materials.
- the composite material should show lower scale rates compared to pure copper composite materials and at the same time have a relatively low contact resistance.
- the alloy component of the copper is at least one element from the group of antimony, gallium and germanium, the antimony content of the alloy being between 0.01 and 7 atomic % or the corresponding gallium content between 0.5 and 20 atom% or the corresponding germanium content between 0.5 and 10 atom%.
- the copper alloy components mentioned have a finite solubility in solid copper.
- the component of the composite material which is not dissolved in these copper alloys is generally known materials, the usual mixing ratios of these materials must be provided with the component of the copper alloy (see, for example, the book by D. Stöckel et al., in particular pages 35 and 109 to 113).
- the advantages achieved by the invention are to be seen in particular in that, by alloying the elements mentioned with the copper, on the one hand the corrosion resistance of the composite material is increased compared to the pure copper composite material and on the other hand contacts made of composite materials with these copper alloys in switching tests one for the intended application show tolerable contact resistance. Since the alloys mentioned are generally less expensive than the silver-based materials used in composite materials, they can thus advantageously serve as a replacement for these silver-based materials.
- its copper alloy can also contain at least one further alloy component.
- This component is then one or more elements from the G group cadmium, chromium, cobalt, palladium or silicon.
- the cadmium content is between 0.1 and 2 atom% or the chromium content between 0.01 and 0.8 atom% or the cobalt content between 0.1 and 1.8 atom% or to choose the palladium content between 0.1 and 3 atom% or the silicon content between 0.5 and 10 atom%.
- the proportion of these further components of the alloy should at most be equal to the proportion of antimony or gallium or germanium in the alloy.
- FIGS. 1 to 4 show frequency curves of contact voltages. 1 to 3 are based on metallic alloys for composite materials according to the invention, while in FIG. 4 exemplary embodiments of such composite materials are assumed.
- the copper alloy as the first component of the composite materials according to the invention must be corrosion-resistant and lead to a low contact resistance.
- the second component also called the active component, is used primarily to increase the wear resistance and to reduce the erosion of the contacts.
- the behavior of the first component is discussed in more detail below. For this purpose, a table provides information on the scale and corrosion behavior of some binary copper alloys to be used for composite materials according to the invention compared to pure copper.
- Sheets were used to test the corrosion resistance of these materials. These sheets can be produced, for example, by melting the alloys mentioned using chemically pure starting materials under argon as a protective gas in a graphite crucible and at temperatures between 600 ° C. and 950 ° C to avoid segregation.
- the homogeneous bodies of these alloys obtained in this way can be processed into sheet metal using customary forming processes such as rolling or hammering.
- the weight increase ⁇ m of the individual materials measured in micrograms per square centimeter in the table can be obtained after oxidation in air after a 24-hour heat treatment at 250 ° C.
- the contact resistance of contact pieces made of materials according to the invention can be estimated.
- the predetermined copper alloys contained in these materials largely determine the contact resistance of these materials.
- the embodiment according to the curves in the diagram of the figure is therefore based on a contactor with contacts placed, which are made only from the pure matrix material of some of the predetermined copper alloys.
- This diagram shows the contact voltage U k in millivolts (mV) on the abscissa, while the ordinate shows the cumulative frequency W of the contact voltages measured at the respective contactor contact according to the so-called Weibull statistics. These contact voltages are measured after approximately 2000 switching operations of the contactor under an average load of 45 A at 110 V AC voltage under an ohmic load.
- I In the area of the diagram denoted by I are the frequency curves of contact voltages on contacts which are produced from copper alloys to be provided for composite materials according to the invention. Three copper alloys are selected as the exemplary embodiment, the proportion of antimony or gallium or germanium in each case being approximately between 1.75 and 7 atom%.
- a curve labeled II is entered in the figure, which shows the frequency of the. Indicates contact voltages on contacts made of pure copper.
- the frequency curve labeled III results for contacts made from a common composite material based on silver, here for silver-oadmium oxide with a cadmium oxide content of 15% by volume.
- the diagram of Fig. 1 shows that the. Contact voltages — the alloys to be provided for materials according to the invention correspond at least approximately to the contact voltages of previously used silver-based materials.
- contact voltages are indicated in a diagram, which are to be measured on contacts made of binary copper-germanium alloys with different germanium concentrations.
- the germanium concentration in atomic% is plotted on the abscissa and the contact voltage U k in mV on the ordinate for a frequency of 50%.
- the exemplary embodiment of the figure is based on contact voltages on contacts at 45 A and 110 V AC under ohmic load after 2000 switching of the contacts.
- the contact voltages and thus the contact resistances are particularly low, in particular at germanium concentrations between 3 and 7 atom%, preferably around 5 atom%.
- composite materials can be produced in a known manner.
- the materials which are generally known in the field of composite materials for electrical contacts from the switching devices mentioned can be provided as active components. These active components are to be introduced into the metallic matrix of the composite material in the usual mixing ratios.
- oxidic Active ingredients such as beryllium oxide (BeO), cadmium oxide (Cd0), molybdenum oxide (Mo03), lithium oxide (Li 2 0), bismuth oxide (Bi 2 0 3 ), zinc oxide (Zn0) or tin oxide (Sn0 2 ) or carbon or refractory metals such as molybdenum, tungsten, niobium, tantalum, vanadium or carbides such as tungsten carbide (WC), titanium carbide (TiC) or tungsten titanium carbide [(W, Ti) C] can be provided.
- BeO beryllium oxide
- Cd0 cadmium oxide
- Mo03 molybdenum oxide
- Li 2 0 lithium oxide
- Bi 2 0 3 bismuth oxide
- Zn0 zinc oxide
- Zn0 zinc oxide
- Sn0 2 tin oxide
- carbon or refractory metals such as molybdenum, tungsten, niobium, tanta
- the composite materials mentioned according to the invention can be produced, for example, on a powder-metallurgical basis by single pressing technology or by extrusion.
- a powder mixture of the individual elements of the alloy and the active component can be assumed here.
- Composite materials with refractory metals or carbides can also be produced using the known sintering technique.
- Some of the composite materials according to the invention composed of the copper alloys and the active components mentioned are based on the diagram in FIG. 4.
- the following three composite materials were selected as exemplary embodiments: Cu - 5 atomic% Ge - 5% by volume Mo; Cu - 5 atomic% Ge - 5% by volume ZnO and Cu - 1.5 atomic% Ge - 5% by weight C.
- the molybdenum additive and the zinc oxide additive guarantee a high erosion resistance with at the same time favorable welding behavior, while contacts with carbon or graphite additives show particularly high weld strength.
- the curves in the diagram can be used to make statements about the contact resistance of contact pieces made from these materials.
- the abscissa shows the contact voltage U k to be measured on the contactor contact in mV, while the ordinate shows the cumulative frequency W of these contact voltages.
- an average load of the contactor contacts of 45 A at 110 V AC voltage was assumed, the contacts being switched about 2000 times under an ohmic load.
- the frequency curves of the contact voltages of contacts made from the aforementioned composite materials according to the invention lie in the region of the diagram of FIG. 4 designated by A.
- a curve labeled B is entered in the diagram, which indicates the frequency of the contact voltages of pure copper contacts.
- the frequency curve labeled C results for a common silver-based contact material, here for silver-cadmium oxide with a cadmium oxide content of 15 vol. 96.
- the contact voltages of the materials according to the invention approximately correspond to the contact voltages of previously used silver-based materials. It is therefore possible to replace more expensive silver-based contact materials with the relatively inexpensive composite materials according to the invention.
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DE19813116657 DE3116657A1 (de) | 1981-04-27 | 1981-04-27 | Verbundwerkstoff fuer elektrische kontakte und verfahren zu seiner herstellung |
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EP (1) | EP0064191B1 (fr) |
JP (1) | JPS57181349A (fr) |
DE (2) | DE3116657A1 (fr) |
DK (1) | DK184482A (fr) |
ES (1) | ES511704A0 (fr) |
FI (1) | FI820843L (fr) |
GR (1) | GR75431B (fr) |
NO (1) | NO821253L (fr) |
PT (1) | PT74798B (fr) |
ZA (1) | ZA822857B (fr) |
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GB2130013A (en) * | 1982-10-26 | 1984-05-23 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Improved vacuum interrupter contacts |
EP0144959A2 (fr) * | 1983-12-13 | 1985-06-19 | Scm Metal Products Inc. | Composite en poudre métallique |
EP0172442A2 (fr) * | 1984-08-18 | 1986-02-26 | DODUCO KG. Dr. Eugen Dürrwächter | Chambre de commutation pour un appareil de commutation électrique, en particulier pour l'utilisation en technique énergétique basse-tension |
GB2189077A (en) * | 1986-04-10 | 1987-10-14 | Gen Electric | Vacuum interrupter contacts |
CN104117748A (zh) * | 2014-08-19 | 2014-10-29 | 郑州机械研究所 | 一种高压输变电触头及其焊接方法 |
WO2018111680A1 (fr) * | 2016-12-13 | 2018-06-21 | Eaton Corporation | Alliage de contact électrique amélioré pour contacteurs sous vide |
CN114427049A (zh) * | 2022-01-12 | 2022-05-03 | 中国科学院金属研究所 | 一种Cu-TiCx复合材料及其制备方法 |
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GB2189077B (en) * | 1986-04-10 | 1989-11-22 | Gen Electric | Vacuum interrupter contacts |
GB2189077A (en) * | 1986-04-10 | 1987-10-14 | Gen Electric | Vacuum interrupter contacts |
CN104117748A (zh) * | 2014-08-19 | 2014-10-29 | 郑州机械研究所 | 一种高压输变电触头及其焊接方法 |
CN104117748B (zh) * | 2014-08-19 | 2016-10-19 | 郑州机械研究所 | 一种高压输变电触头及其焊接方法 |
WO2018111680A1 (fr) * | 2016-12-13 | 2018-06-21 | Eaton Corporation | Alliage de contact électrique amélioré pour contacteurs sous vide |
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CN114427049A (zh) * | 2022-01-12 | 2022-05-03 | 中国科学院金属研究所 | 一种Cu-TiCx复合材料及其制备方法 |
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ZA822857B (en) | 1983-03-30 |
GR75431B (fr) | 1984-07-17 |
DE3264643D1 (en) | 1985-08-14 |
NO821253L (no) | 1982-10-28 |
DE3116657A1 (de) | 1983-01-27 |
ES8307065A1 (es) | 1983-06-16 |
FI820843L (fi) | 1982-10-28 |
EP0064191B1 (fr) | 1985-07-10 |
DK184482A (da) | 1982-10-28 |
PT74798A (de) | 1982-05-01 |
JPS57181349A (en) | 1982-11-08 |
ES511704A0 (es) | 1983-06-16 |
PT74798B (de) | 1983-11-07 |
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