EP0369282A2 - Matériau de contact fritté dans appareillages interrupteurs à basse tension de la technique de l'énergie, spécialement pour des contacteurs - Google Patents

Matériau de contact fritté dans appareillages interrupteurs à basse tension de la technique de l'énergie, spécialement pour des contacteurs Download PDF

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EP0369282A2
EP0369282A2 EP89120514A EP89120514A EP0369282A2 EP 0369282 A2 EP0369282 A2 EP 0369282A2 EP 89120514 A EP89120514 A EP 89120514A EP 89120514 A EP89120514 A EP 89120514A EP 0369282 A2 EP0369282 A2 EP 0369282A2
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Wolfgang Haufe
Bernhard Rothkegel
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00Contacts
    • H01H1/02Contacts characterised by the material thereof
    • H01H1/021Composite material
    • H01H1/023Composite material having a noble metal as the basic material
    • H01H1/0237Composite material having a noble metal as the basic material and containing oxides
    • H01H1/02372Composite material having a noble metal as the basic material and containing oxides containing as major components one or more oxides of the following elements only: Cd, Sn, Zn, In, Bi, Sb or Te
    • H01H1/02376Composite material having a noble metal as the basic material and containing oxides containing as major components one or more oxides of the following elements only: Cd, Sn, Zn, In, Bi, Sb or Te containing as major component SnO2
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22CALLOYS
    • C22C32/00Non-ferrous alloys containing at least 5% by weight but less than 50% by weight of oxides, carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides, sulfides, whether added as such or formed in situ
    • C22C32/001Non-ferrous alloys containing at least 5% by weight but less than 50% by weight of oxides, carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides, sulfides, whether added as such or formed in situ with only oxides
    • C22C32/0015Non-ferrous alloys containing at least 5% by weight but less than 50% by weight of oxides, carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides, sulfides, whether added as such or formed in situ with only oxides with only single oxides as main non-metallic constituents
    • C22C32/0021Matrix based on noble metals, Cu or alloys thereof
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22FWORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
    • B22F2998/00Supplementary information concerning processes or compositions relating to powder metallurgy
    • B22F2998/10Processes characterised by the sequence of their steps
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H11/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches
    • H01H11/04Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches of switch contacts
    • H01H11/048Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches of switch contacts by powder-metallurgical processes

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  • the invention relates to a sintered contact material for low-voltage switching devices in energy technology, in particular for motor contactors, containing silver (Ag), tin oxide (SnO2), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) and copper oxide (CuO) and made from an internally oxidized alloy powder (IOLP) of the metals silver, tin , Bismuth and copper, the tin oxide being present in mass fractions of 4 to 12% and the ratio of the mass fractions of tin oxide to bismuth oxide on the one hand and of tin oxide to copper oxide in the internally oxidized alloy powder, respectively, between 8: 1 and 12: 1.
  • Contact materials made from silver-tin oxide have proven to be particularly advantageous for use in low-voltage switchgear in power engineering, for example in motor contactors, but also in circuit breakers.
  • Contact pieces made of silver-tin oxide have a long service life in motor contactors, but have the disadvantage that thermally stable oxide layers form on the contact surfaces when exposed to arcing, which lead to increased contact resistance. This results in impermissibly high excess temperatures on the switching elements in the case of continuous current flow in the switching device, which in particular can lead to damage to the plastic parts.
  • DE-OS 34 21 758 and DE-OS 34 21 759 sintered contact materials of the constitution AgSnO2Bi2O3CuO are described which are made from internally oxidized alloy powders and describe the demands made today on the number of lifespans and on the other hand meet the switch-on capacity.
  • These materials may have a relatively high proportion of bismuth oxide, which is introduced either via the internally oxidized alloy powder or via a separate admixture of the bismuth oxide to the internally oxidized alloy powder.
  • these materials only reach acceptable values with regard to overtemperature if the total mass fraction of oxide is limited to 8% to 11%.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to create a material of the constitution AgSnO2Bi2O3CuO made of internally oxidized alloy powder, in which the silver content is as high as possible and the excess temperature as low as possible and in which the other properties are left in an optimal ratio to one another in order to save silver.
  • the object is achieved in that at least zirconium oxide (ZrO2) is still present in a contact material made of the internally oxidized alloy powder of the type mentioned.
  • the mass fraction of zirconium oxide is between 0.1 and 5%.
  • bismuth oxide may optionally also be present outside the composite powder particles.
  • the mass fraction of zirconium oxide and optionally bismuth oxide is preferably between 0.1 and 5%, the total content of the oxides in mass fractions being a maximum of 20%.
  • an internally oxidized alloy powder of a predetermined composition is mixed with zirconium oxide powder and, if necessary, bismuth oxide powder is added for sintering with the liquid phase, organic solvents, in particular propanol, being used when the internally oxidized alloy powder is mixed with the powder of the additive oxides.
  • the table shows measured values for the number of life cycles and for the overtemperature.
  • the lifetime switching number corresponds to the volume erosion of the contact material and the overtemperature corresponds to the contact resistance.
  • alloys made of AgSnBiCu are melted at a temperature of approximately 1323 K (1050 ° C.). Alloy powders of the same composition are obtained by atomizing the melt with water in a pressure atomization system. After drying, the powders are sieved to ⁇ 300 ⁇ m.
  • the specified AgSnO2Bi2O3CuO powders were added to the powders of zirconium oxide and optionally additionally bismuth oxide by wet mixing in a stirred ball mill using propanol and steel balls. After drying, the steel balls were separated from the respective powder mixture by sieving.
  • the starting powders for the contact piece production of the material examples given in the table were composed as follows: 1. AgSnO29.3 Bi2O30.93 CuO0.93 + ZrO20.6 IOLP - PM 2. AgSnO28.8 Bi2O30.88 CuO0.88 + ZrO21.3 IOLP - PM 3. AgSnO27.5 Bi2O30.75 CuO0.75 + ZrO21.4 IOLP - PM 4.
  • the internally oxidized alloy powder forms the basis with 100 percent by mass, to which the additional oxides are added in percentages by mass.
  • the starting powder mixture produced is compressed with a pressing pressure of, for example, 600 MPa.
  • the compacts obtained are sintered in air at a temperature between 1123 K (850 ° C.) and 1148 K (875 ° C.) for 2 hours.
  • the sintered contact pieces are hot pressed at a temperature of 923 K (650 ° C) and a pressure of, for example, 1000 MPa.
  • two-layer finished molded parts with a solderable pure silver layer are expediently produced. These molded parts can be soldered directly onto the contact carrier, for example by motor contactors.

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EP89120514A 1988-11-17 1989-11-06 Matériau de contact fritté dans appareillages interrupteurs à basse tension de la technique de l'énergie, spécialement pour des contacteurs Expired - Lifetime EP0369282B1 (fr)

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EP1142661A2 (fr) * 2000-04-06 2001-10-10 dmc2 Degussa Metals Catalysts Cerdec AG Procédé de préparation de poudres composites à base d'argent-oxyde d' étain et leur utilisation pour la préparation de matériaux de contact
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BR8905829A (pt) 1990-06-12
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