EP0615651B1 - Contact avec un revetement de contact en argent et procede pour sa fabrication - Google Patents

Contact avec un revetement de contact en argent et procede pour sa fabrication Download PDF

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EP0615651B1
EP0615651B1 EP92923688A EP92923688A EP0615651B1 EP 0615651 B1 EP0615651 B1 EP 0615651B1 EP 92923688 A EP92923688 A EP 92923688A EP 92923688 A EP92923688 A EP 92923688A EP 0615651 B1 EP0615651 B1 EP 0615651B1
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Manfred Schneider
Dietmar Clauss
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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
    • H01H1/0231Composite material having a noble metal as the basic material provided with a solder layer
    • 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
    • H01H11/041Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches of switch contacts by bonding of a contact marking face to a contact body portion
    • H01H11/045Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches of switch contacts by bonding of a contact marking face to a contact body portion with the help of an intermediate layer
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00Metal working
    • Y10T29/49Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49117Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49204Contact or terminal manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49208Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts
    • Y10T29/4921Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts with bonding
    • Y10T29/49211Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts with bonding of fused material
    • Y10T29/49213Metal
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00Metal working
    • Y10T29/53Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53796Puller or pusher means, contained force multiplying operator
    • Y10T29/53896Puller or pusher means, contained force multiplying operator having lever operator
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00Metal working
    • Y10T29/53Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53796Puller or pusher means, contained force multiplying operator
    • Y10T29/53896Puller or pusher means, contained force multiplying operator having lever operator
    • Y10T29/539Plier type means

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  • the invention relates to a contact piece with a switching silver contact pad, which is soldered onto a contact carrier by means of an intermediate silver layer and a solder, and to a method for its production.
  • Such contact pieces are used in relays and switches of various types, among others.
  • solders required for soldering are available as flat material in specialist shops. They already contain metered surcharges for soldering aids. It is known to connect strips of contact silver and pure silver to one another by hot rolling and then to roll the flat solder material as a third layer onto this two-layer strip. The contacts are then cut off from this three-layer tape and soldered onto the contact carriers. It is a peculiarity of this manufacturing process that the rolling edges have to be trimmed so that waste is produced. Also, the cutting of the contacts with increasing contact strengths becomes increasingly problematic.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of showing a way in which the manufacture of contact pieces can be simplified without impairing the quality.
  • the position of the solder on the silver intermediate layer of the two-layer contact should remain reliably guaranteed.
  • the solder should also be prevented from creeping up onto the switching silver contact pad when soldering to the contact carrier.
  • this object is achieved according to the invention in that the solder is attached to the intermediate silver layer in the form of a plate before the actual soldering process. As a result, the solder remains reliably on the the silver intermediate layer is positioned without slipping or falling off prematurely, i.e. before the contact carrier is soldered on. In this way, a prerequisite for reliable handling of the parts to be soldered to one another is created.
  • this object is achieved in that the intermediate silver layer is pressed onto the switching silver contact pad and then the solder is attached to the intermediate silver layer in the form of a plate and then the contact carrier is placed on the solder plate and soldered.
  • This sequence in the manufacturing process ensures reliable manufacture of the contact pieces with regard to the position of the solder plate and with regard to the quality of the soldering process. At the same time, it reduces the cost of the manufacturing process.
  • solder plate is located in a recess of the intermediate silver layer before the soldering in a development of the invention.
  • the result of this is that during the soldering process the solder plate is enclosed by this edge of the intermediate silver layer resting on the contact carrier and cannot easily flow away to the side.
  • This depression can be produced by a press or embossing cut.
  • the solder plate can be stapled by welding.
  • the ultrasound welding of the solder plate on the silver intermediate layer has proven to be particularly advantageous, since this prevents the solder plate from heating up. The latter could otherwise reduce the quality of the subsequent soldering.
  • the solder plate can be pressed against the silver intermediate layer via a pressure plate with small punctiform elevations during the ultrasonic welding. This measure ensures that the ultrasonic welding is carried out only under the few contact points of the point elevations and can therefore be carried out with much less pressure force and ultrasonic energy. This in turn has the consequence that the side of the silver layer facing the solder layer has small depressions at those points where the point elevations of the pressure plate were located.
  • the prerequisite for a completely flat support on the contact carrier during subsequent soldering is created.
  • the lateral sealing of the solder plate by the intermediate silver layer thus produced prevents the solder from flowing out laterally when soldering to the contact carrier, because the solder is bound in the edge material of the intermediate silver layer. This also prevents the solder material from creeping up on the sides of the switching silver during soldering.
  • this step can replace a separate pre-embossing of the silver intermediate layer.
  • Figure 1 shows the structure of the contact piece 1 in an exploded view. It consists of a contact silver contact pad 2, an intermediate silver layer 4, a solder plate 6 and a contact carrier 8.
  • the contact silver contact pad 2 consists of a known contact silver alloy in the exemplary embodiment. In the exemplary embodiment, it has the shape of a rectangular plate with the dimensions of the subsequent contact. However, it could just as well have the shape of a flat round disk or a hemispherical dome.
  • the silver intermediate layer 4 can be seen in FIG. 1, the dimensions of which are matched to the outline of the switching silver contact pad 2.
  • the silver intermediate layer 4 consists of pure silver in the exemplary embodiment.
  • the soldering plate 6 can be seen under the intermediate silver layer 4.
  • the soldering plate essentially consists of copper and silver and contains the commercially available one Embodiment already all necessary soldering aids. It has been cut from a commercially available solder strip of the desired width. Its contour is adapted to the contour of the silver intermediate layer 4, but is surmounted on all sides by approximately 1 mm from the silver intermediate layer. Under the solder plate 6, the contact carrier 8 for the contact piece 1 is shown in FIG. It consists of a flat material made of steel, which is coated on the surface with copper.
  • the switching silver contact pad 2 is first pressed in a pressing tool with the silver intermediate layer 4 cut off from a flat silver material to a two-layer contact.
  • the solder plate 6 previously cut off from a strip of solder flat material is placed, positioned and attached or welded on by means of a sonotrode 10 using ultrasound.
  • the sonotrode 10 has a support surface facing the solder 6, which is provided with small elevations 12. In the exemplary embodiment, these are small pyramid-shaped tips 12 which press the solder plate 6 against the silver intermediate layer 4.
  • this contact surface of the sonotrode 10 swings in the direction parallel to the support surface onto the solder 6.
  • the surface elements of the solder plate 6 located below the conical elevations 12 of the support surface of the sonotrode 10 and thus increasingly pressed against the silver interlayer, weld with the silver interlayer 4. while the solder plate remains cold.
  • the two-layer contact 2, 4 provided with the soldering plate 6 in this way is subsequently placed under a pressing tool and pressed flat with a pressing pressure of several tons per cm2.
  • the solder plate 6 is pressed into the silver intermediate layer 4, so that the silver intermediate layer surrounds the solder plate on all sides, with the exception of the surface to be soldered on the contact carrier 8 later.
  • the two-layer contact is placed on the contact carrier 8 and soldered to the contact carrier 8.
  • the previous plan pressing ensures that the contact lies completely flat on the contact carrier 8 during soldering.
  • this plane pressing has the result that the solder plate is pressed into the silver intermediate layer and, with the exception of the contact surface on the contact carrier 8, is enclosed on all sides by the silver intermediate layer 4. As a result, excess solder alloys with the silver border and is thus prevented from crawling up onto the switching silver contact pad.
  • solder plate 6 can be reliably positioned on the silver intermediate layer 4 of the switching silver contact pad without having previously been heated to a temperature close to the soldering temperature. This avoids the risk that disadvantages in later soldering with the contact carrier 8 have to be accepted due to the heating of the solder. Furthermore, the handling of the parts has been simplified and made cheaper.
  • the ultrasonic welding of the solder on the silver intermediate layer can be demonstrated in the micrograph.

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Abstract

Il existe différents procédés de fabrication de ces revêtements de contact en argent mais ces procédés comportent des opérations de manipulation du revêtement de contact en argent, de la couche intermédiaire en argent, de la plaquette de contact et du porte-contact ainsi que des opérations de soudage de ces pièces qui sont très fastidieuses, ou bien ils consistent à employer en premier lieu un matériau en bande de composition appropriée, à laminer ces bandes l'une sur l'autre et à découper leurs bords. Ce dernier procédé produit cependant des déchets de métal noble. Pour éviter ces inconvénients, il est prévu dans l'invention que la soudure sous la forme d'une plaquette (6) soit fixée sur la couche intermédiaire d'argent (4) avant le processus proprement dit. Il est particulièrement avantageux que cette fixation s'effectue par soudage aux ultrasons. L'invention s'applique à tous les contacts en argent.

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  1. Pièce de contact ayant un revêtement (2) de contact en argent, qui est brasé au moyen d'une couche intermédiaire (4) d'argent et d'un métal d'apport (6) sur un support (8) de contact, caractérisée en ce que le métal d'apport est fixé sous la forme d'une plaquette (6), avant le processus de brasage proprement dit, sur la couche intermédiaire (4) en argent.
  2. Pièce de contact suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la plaquette (6) de métal d'apport se trouve, avant le brasage, dans une cavité de la couche intermédiaire (4) en argent.
  3. Pièce de contact suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la fixation s'effectue par soudage.
  4. Pièce de contact suivant la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que la fixation s'effectue par soudage par ultrasons.
  5. Pièce de contact suivant la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que la face de la couche d'argent, qui est tournée vers la couche de métal d'apport, comporte de petites cavités.
  6. Pièce de contact suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la fixation s'effectue par collage.
  7. Procédé de fabrication d'une pièce de contact, notamment suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à appliquer une couche intermédiaire (4) en argent sur un revêtement (2) de contact en argent et ensuite, à fixer un métal d'apport (6) sous la forme d'une plaquette sur la couche intermédiaire (4) d'argent et enfin, à mettre sur le métal d'apport et à y souder un support de contact (8).
  8. Procédé suivant la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à effectuer la fixation de la plaquette (6) de métal d'apport par soudage.
  9. Procédé suivant la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à effectuer la fixation de la plaquette (6) de métal d'apport par soudage par ultrasons sur la couche intermédiaire (4) d'argent.
  10. Procédé suivant la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à effectuer la fixation de la plaquette (6) de métal d'apport par collage.
  11. Procédé suivant l'une des revendications 7 à 9, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste pendant le soudage par ultrasons, à appliquer la plaquette (6) de métal d'apport à la couche intermédiaire (4) d'argent par l'intermédiaire d'une plaque (10) d'application d'une pression ayant de petites surélévations (12) ponctuelles.
  12. Procédé suivant la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que les surélévations (12) ponctuelles sont en forme de cônes.
  13. Procédé suivant la revendication 11 ou 12, caractérisé en ce que les vibrations ultrasonores de la plaque (10) d'application d'une pression sont dirigées tangentiellement à la surface d'appui de la plaquette (6) de métal d'apport.
  14. Procédé suivant l'une des revendications 7 à 13, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à enfoncer la plaquette (6) de métal d'apport avant le brasage de manière qu'elle soit à affleurement dans la couche intermédiaire (4) d'argent.
  15. Procédé suivant l'une des revendications 7 à 14, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à chauffer par induction, lors de l'opération de brasage, le support de contact (8), la plaquette (6) de métal d'apport, la couche intermédiaire (4) d'argent et le revêtement de contact (2) en argent.
EP92923688A 1991-12-04 1992-11-30 Contact avec un revetement de contact en argent et procede pour sa fabrication Expired - Lifetime EP0615651B1 (fr)

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DE4139998A DE4139998A1 (de) 1991-12-04 1991-12-04 Kontaktstueck mit einer schaltsilber-kontaktauflage und verfahren zu seiner herstellung
PCT/DE1992/000998 WO1993011550A1 (fr) 1991-12-04 1992-11-30 Contact avec un revetement de contact en argent et procede pour sa fabrication

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