EP0091082A1 - Appareil de commutation actionné électromagnétiquement - Google Patents

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EP0091082A1
EP0091082A1 EP83103136A EP83103136A EP0091082A1 EP 0091082 A1 EP0091082 A1 EP 0091082A1 EP 83103136 A EP83103136 A EP 83103136A EP 83103136 A EP83103136 A EP 83103136A EP 0091082 A1 EP0091082 A1 EP 0091082A1
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Karl-Erik Ing. Jönsson
Gösta Ing. Lindgren
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H50/00—Details of electromagnetic relays
    • H01H50/54—Contact arrangements
    • H01H50/546—Contact arrangements for contactors having bridging contacts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/02—Details
    • H01H33/04—Means for extinguishing or preventing arc between current-carrying parts
    • H01H33/12—Auxiliary contacts on to which the arc is transferred from the main contacts

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  • the invention relates to an electromagnetically actuated switching device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the switching device can in particular be a contactor.
  • the contactors of larger contactors consist of a moving main contact and one or two fixed main contacts for each phase.
  • the contacts are usually made with contact elements (contact pads) made of any silver alloy, e.g. Silver cadmium oxide, provided.
  • the silver alloy is an expensive material and the cost of the contact elements is a significant part of the total cost of a contactor. It is therefore desirable to be able to reduce the amount of silver required.
  • the springs are arranged so that they act on a contact bridge carrier attached to the magnet armature with a restoring force directed directly against the tensile force of the magnet.
  • the switch-off springs are compressed, so that the counterforce of the spring increases as the magnetic air gap becomes smaller. Since the actuating magnet must additionally overcome the counterforce of the contact pressure springs during the final phase of the switch-on process, a relatively strong actuating magnet is required in the known construction. As a result, the dimensions, the price and the power requirement of the contactor are relatively large.
  • the invention has for its object to develop a switching device of the type mentioned, in which the amount of silver required in the contact system can be reduced without having to increase the dimensions of the switching device at the same time.
  • an electromagnetically actuated switching device according to the preamble of claim 1 is proposed, which has the features mentioned in the characterizing part of claim 1.
  • the invention is thus based on the one hand using a contact system with a movable main contact and a movable arcing contact, which are acted upon by separate contact pressure springs, and on the other hand using a magnet system with a so-called degressive switch-off spring.
  • the arcing contact closing and interrupting the main circuit and the main contact carrying the predominant current, for example approx. 95%, in the stationary switched-on state it is possible to cover the contact of the arcing contacts to produce silver-free material.
  • This material can be, for example, copper cadmium oxide or copper tungsten. Only the main contacts are given a contact coating made of silver-containing material. De the main contacts work almost arc-free (close and open), the burn-off on these contacts is very low, so that the contact pads can be relatively small. The total amount of silver for such a contactor can therefore be reduced considerably.
  • the contactor shown in the figures has three poles and is designed for a nominal voltage of 660 V, for example.
  • the rated current of the contactor can range from 40 to 800 A, for example.
  • the contactor is built on a base 1 made of die-cast light metal.
  • the base carries a holder 2 made of plastic with connecting rails 3, 4, with which it is inserted into an external main circuit.
  • the contactor of the contactor which is shown in the figures in the switched-off position, is surrounded by an arc shield 5 (FIG. 2) made of plastic, which is provided with extinguishing plates 6.
  • the contact device comprises two switching points electrically connected in series per phase, each of which is arranged in a switching chamber 7, 6 assigned to it and formed in the arc shield.
  • Each switching point has a fixed contact 9 or 10, which is attached to the connecting rail 3 or 4.
  • the fixed contacts are connected to one another in the closed contact position by a contact bridge, which consists of a movable main contact 11 and a movable arcing contact 12.
  • the contact bridge is arranged in an opening 13 of a contact guide 14 which is connected to the armature 15 of the actuating magnet of the contactor, the magnetic core and coil of which are designated 16 and 17, respectively.
  • the armature 15 is acted upon by four opening springs 18 (FIGS. 2-4). When the coil 17 is de-energized, these springs 18 press the armature 15 into the position shown in FIG. 2.
  • the contact bridge 11, 12 runs between the legs 19 of a U-shaped bracket 20, the is axially movable in the contact guide 14.
  • the free ends of the bracket legs 19 are connected by a pin 21.
  • a leaf spring 22 is arranged between this pin and the movable arcing contact 12.
  • two helical contact pressure springs 23, 24 are arranged coaxially with different diameters.
  • the spring 23 with the smaller diameter is connected to the movable main contact 11 via a centrally arranged pin 25, while the larger spring 24 acts on the movable arcing contact 12 via the bracket 20, the pin 21 and the leaf spring 22.
  • the movable main contact 11 is preferably made of copper and is provided with a contact coating 26 made of a silver alloy, e.g. Silver cadmium oxide, provided to carry out the electrical contact function.
  • a silver alloy e.g. Silver cadmium oxide
  • the movable arcing contact 12 is preferably made of steel and is provided with a contact coating 27 made of silver-free contact material, e.g. Copper cadmium oxide or copper tungsten.
  • the fixed contacts 9, 10 are preferably made of copper and are each provided with two contact pads 28, 29, which are arranged in pairs on different levels.
  • the contact pads 28 cooperate with the contact pads 26 of the movable main contact 11 and consist of the same silver alloy as this.
  • the other contact pads 29 of the fixed contacts work together with the contact pads 27 of the arcing contact 12 and consist of the same silver-free material as this.
  • the fixed contacts 9, 10 are also provided with arcing horns 30.
  • the opening springs 18 are coil springs, each of which is on a support pin 31 is arranged, which is inclined in relation to the direction of movement of the contact guide 14.
  • One end of the pin 31 protrudes into a hole 32 in a bearing housing 33 and is rotatably connected at its other end to a return pin 34 via a bearing point 35.
  • the support pin 31 is pressed against the bearing point 35 by a spring 18 which is supported on the bearing housing 33 and acts on the contact guide via the pins 31 and 34 in the contact-opening direction.
  • the contactor has two return pins 34, each of which is located on one side of the actuating magnet 16, 17.
  • Each of these return pins has two switch-off springs 18 (FIG. 4) which are arranged in a V-shape in relation to one another and are arranged on opposite sides of the return pin.
  • the tensile force of the magnet increases continuously as the magnetic air gap becomes smaller.
  • the angular position of which in relation to the return pin 34 changes with the displacement of this return pin in such a way that the component of the spring force which counteracts the magnetic force becomes smaller.
  • the movable contact device is accelerated quickly.
  • the total counterforce increases in two steps, namely that first the contact closure of the arcing contacts 12 and then the contact closure of the main contacts 11 take place.
  • the magnet must then also overcome the counterforce of the contact pressure springs 24 and 23 in addition to the counterforce of the opening springs 18.
  • the counterforce of the opening springs 18 in this phase is smaller than in the fully open position of the contactor, a lower magnetic pull force and thus a smaller contactor magnet is required than in the spring arrangements of the known contactors.
  • the contact pads 26, 28 can therefore be small, for example less than a third of the volume of the arcing contact pads 27, 29. As a result, the amount of silver required is relatively small, which leads to a considerable reduction in the costs for the contactor.

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DE3819935A1 (de) * 1988-06-11 1989-12-14 Kloeckner Moeller Elektrizit Hilfsschalter fuer ein elektromagnetisches schaltgeraet
US5592505A (en) * 1994-05-06 1997-01-07 Regents Of The University Of Minnesota Phase conjugating difractive elements and method
US8330122B2 (en) 2007-11-30 2012-12-11 Honeywell International Inc Authenticatable mark, systems for preparing and authenticating the mark

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DE2350914B2 (de) * 1973-04-14 1975-10-16 Matsushita Electric Works Ltd., Kadoma, Osaka (Japan) Elektromagnetisches Schütz
DE2730726A1 (de) * 1977-07-07 1979-01-25 Degussa Kontaktgliedpaar und kontaktbruecke fuer wechselstromschuetze mit doppelunterbrechung

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CH247323A (de) * 1945-04-14 1947-02-28 Maier & Cie C Wälzkontaktvorrichtung für elektrische Schalter.
DE1140263B (de) * 1960-12-23 1962-11-29 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Elektromagnetisches Schaltgeraet, insbesondere Schuetz
DE1237667B (de) * 1961-07-06 1967-03-30 Calor Emag Elek Zitaets Ag Elektromagnetisch betaetigtes Schaltgeraet, insbesondere Schuetz, bei dem die Zugkraft des Magneten ueber eine Kurvenbahn uebertagen wird
DE1894372U (de) * 1964-03-26 1964-06-11 Stotz Kontakt Gmbh Schaltgeraet, insbesondere luftschuetz fuer hohe einschaltstromspitzen.
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DE2730726A1 (de) * 1977-07-07 1979-01-25 Degussa Kontaktgliedpaar und kontaktbruecke fuer wechselstromschuetze mit doppelunterbrechung

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DE3819935A1 (de) * 1988-06-11 1989-12-14 Kloeckner Moeller Elektrizit Hilfsschalter fuer ein elektromagnetisches schaltgeraet
US5592505A (en) * 1994-05-06 1997-01-07 Regents Of The University Of Minnesota Phase conjugating difractive elements and method
US8330122B2 (en) 2007-11-30 2012-12-11 Honeywell International Inc Authenticatable mark, systems for preparing and authenticating the mark

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FI831141L (fi) 1983-10-07
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