EP0104384B1 - Kontaktanordnung für Vakuumschalter - Google Patents

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EP0104384B1
EP0104384B1 EP83107901A EP83107901A EP0104384B1 EP 0104384 B1 EP0104384 B1 EP 0104384B1 EP 83107901 A EP83107901 A EP 83107901A EP 83107901 A EP83107901 A EP 83107901A EP 0104384 B1 EP0104384 B1 EP 0104384B1
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    • 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
    • H01H33/60—Switches wherein the means for extinguishing or preventing the arc do not include separate means for obtaining or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/66—Vacuum switches
    • H01H33/664—Contacts; Arc-extinguishing means, e.g. arcing rings
    • H01H33/6642—Contacts; Arc-extinguishing means, e.g. arcing rings having cup-shaped contacts, the cylindrical wall of which being provided with inclined slits to form a coil

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  • the invention relates to a contact arrangement for vacuum switches with coaxial opposed axial field contacts according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the maximum breaking capacity of vacuum switches is known to be given by the maximum values of the current during the arc phase and the recurring voltage after the arc has broken off and can be favorably influenced by a magnetic field parallel to the direction of the arc current.
  • a contraction of the arc which leads to an increase in the arc voltage and the power conversion associated with this voltage, can be prevented by a coaxial magnetic field in the area of the arc between the opened contacts.
  • a coil which encloses the switching chamber cylindrically can be provided in these so-called axial field contacts. It is electrically in series with the switch contacts and builds up an axial magnetic field that is dependent on the current and penetrates the gap between the coaxial contacts in the axial direction.
  • the coil can also be constructed in two layers and the turns can be made to go back and forth helically.
  • the prior art according to Article 54 (3) and (4) EPC includes contact arrangements for vacuum switches with axial field contacts arranged coaxially opposite one another, in which slitting of the contact carriers in the same direction in the two contacts generates the axial field after the contacts have opened, and those with a cover are provided and in which the power supply forms a support body. The end of the support body is separated from the cover by an air gap when the contacts are open.
  • This design is based on the task of generating a diffuse arc by concentrating the axial magnetic field between the opened contacts. This requires that an air gap is created by resilient material after the contacts have opened (EP-A-0 073 925).
  • the contact arrangement for vacuum switches known from US-A-4 117 288 contains axial field contacts, the contact base of which is connected via essentially hollow cylindrical contact carriers to a contact disk, the free flat side of which serves as a contact contact surface. The ends of a turn that are approximately opposite each other at the contact circumference are connected to the contact base or the contact disk.
  • the contact carrier is formed by two half-turns of a field coil, which generates the axial magnetic field.
  • a hollow cylindrical support body is arranged centrally between the contact base and the contact disk and essentially consists of an annular ceramic body which is soldered to the contact base and the contact disk.
  • this support body is practically ineffective in the region of the contact near the axis and is not suitable for high contact pressure.
  • the half-turns of the field coil have a relatively large resistance.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a contact arrangement with axial field contacts that generate such a flux density between the open contacts that a contraction of the arc and thus thermal overload, in particular the respective anode, avoided and the switching capacity is increased accordingly.
  • the contacts should be low-resistance, low-induction and insensitive to high contact pressure when the vacuum switch is closed.
  • the contacts consist essentially of three parts, first of all the contact carrier made of electrically highly conductive material, preferably copper, which is placed on the contact base and is provided with slots which are inclined in the same direction, preferably helically, in both contacts and thus represent the coil part for the axial magnetic field , and the substantially columnar support body made of electrically poorly conductive material, for example a chromium-nickel steel, which at least at its end facing the other contact is preferably expanded to approximately the inside diameter of the contact carrier and thus in this embodiment the cavity on the end face of the contact, thirdly, the contact disc resting with its edge region on the contact carrier and with its central region on the support body, which preferably is inseparably connected, in particular soldered, to the end face of the contact carrier. can be.
  • FIG. 1 a contact arrangement according to the invention is shown in a partially sectioned side view.
  • Figure 2 shows a special embodiment of the contact disk.
  • two contacts 2 and 4 with mutually facing end faces are arranged coaxially to one another.
  • These contacts each consist of a hollow cylindrical contact carrier 6 or 8, which is connected to current supply bolts 14 or 16 via a contact base 10 or 12.
  • the end faces of the contact carriers 6 and 8 and in each case a fully cylindrical support body 18 or 22 are each provided with a contact disk 26 or 28. which are each provided with a bevel 27 and 29 at their edges, so that a central part of the contact disks 26 and 28 forms the contact contact surface of the contacts 2 and 4.
  • the support bodies 18 and 22 can each be provided on their end face facing the contact disk 26 or 28 with an extension 19 or 23 serving to center the contact disk 26 or 28.
  • the end faces of the support bodies 18 and 22, which face the contact base 10 and 12 are each provided with an extension 20 and 24, respectively.
  • These extensions 20 and 24 are preferably much larger than the extensions 19 and 23 so that they have a favorable effect on the current transfer from the power supply 14 or 16 via the contact base 10 or 12 to the associated contact carrier 6 or 8.
  • the supporting bodies 18 and 22 are each designed as a rotating body, the ends of which are expediently expanded in a particular embodiment of the contact arrangement in such a way that the cross section of the supporting bodies 18 and 22 each approximately forms the profile of a double-T beam.
  • the ends are expediently widened to such an extent that the diameter of the end faces of the support bodies 18 and 22 is approximately equal to the inner diameter d ; the contact carrier 6 and 8.
  • the contact carriers 6 and 8 are each provided with slots 7 and 9 which are inclined with respect to the axis of rotation of the contact arrangement shown in dot-dash lines in FIG. 1 and which run in the same direction in the two contacts 2 and 4, so that those formed between the individual slots 7 and 9 are formed Repeat the bars in the opposite contact in the same direction.
  • the slots 7 and 9 can preferably form a helix.
  • Such slots can be produced in a simple manner with a cylindrical milling cutter, the diameter of which is equal to the slot width and which is at least as long as the wall thickness of the contact carriers 6 and 8 and which is guided helically with a predetermined pitch angle radially to the axis of rotation of the contacts 2 and 8 .
  • the angle of inclination of the screw bar line of the slots 7 and 9 is preferably selected in the range from approximately 60 to 76 °, a preferred value for the angle of inclination is approximately 70 °.
  • the contact disks can each be provided with radially extending slots 32 which prevent eddy currents.
  • the specific axial magnetic flux density B / I is plotted as a function of the contact distance a K . It can be seen that up to a maximum contact distance of 20 mm used in practice, the specific axial magnetic flux density in the region of the rotation axis is at least 4 ⁇ T / A reached.
  • the magnetic field generated by the contact carriers 6 and 8 when the contacts 2 and 4 are open between the contacts is essentially homogeneous over the entire contact distance a K.
  • This special contact distance is indicated in the diagram in FIG. 3 by an arrow marked with an H.
  • the specific axial field remains approximately constant up to a diameter of approximately (d a + d ; ) / 4 and then drops outwards. It is therefore preferably effective in the central area between the opened contacts 2 and 4, in which the arc is ignited when disconnected under load current.
  • the annular cavity between the support body 18 or 22 and the contact carrier 6 or 8 is shielded by the contact disk 26 or 28 or by the extended end faces of the support body 18 or 22 against the electric field between the contacts, so that a hollow cathode discharge can't burn in this room.
  • the support body 18 and 22 also relieve the slotted contact carrier 6 and 8, so that the slots 7 and 9 can not be squeezed together. Since the entire end face of the contact disks 26 and 28 is available for the arc, the thermal load on the contacts 2 and 4 is correspondingly low. Furthermore, the mean solid angle at which the plasma of the arc can diffuse out of the gap between the opened electrodes 2 and 4 is relatively small. The shield current is thus further reduced and the voltage-lowering effect of the magnetic field is supported accordingly.
  • the slots 32 divide the contact disks 26 and 28 into disk segments, each of which covers one of the end faces of the webs, which are formed by the slots 7 and 9 in the contact carriers 6 and 8, respectively.

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