KR20020021162A - Switch - Google Patents

Abstract

It has a molded article made of a flame retardant material containing 35 to 50% by weight of resin, 20 to 60% by weight of reinforcing material, 5 to 40% by weight of inorganic compound dehydrating at a predetermined temperature or more, and 0.3 to 1.8% by weight of red flame retardant. Disclosed is a switch, characterized in that. The switchgear of the present invention has good flame retardancy and metal contamination or metal corrosion resistance.

Description

Switchgear {SWITCH}

For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-171847 discloses that polyamide, glass fiber, and magnesium hydroxide are contained as a flame retardant material for a switch.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. Hei 2-125943 discloses that polyester, glass fiber, calcium carbonate, aluminum hydroxide, halogen flame retardant, and antimony oxide are included as a flame retardant material of a socket for a lighting fixture.

EF-A1-278555 also describes, as a polyamide composition, for example, polyamide containing at least 40% by weight, 5 to 5% by weight of glass fibers, 50% by weight or less of magnesium hydroxide, and 4 to 15% by weight of red phosphorus. have.

The flame retardant material for switchgear disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 8-171847 contains magnesium hydroxide as a flame retardant, imparting high flame retardancy, and improving flame retardancy is difficult. Moreover, it is necessary to contain a large amount of magnesium hydroxide in order to fill high flame retardance, for example, flame retardance equivalent to those containing the halogen-type flame retardant or red phosphorus mentioned above. However, when a large amount of magnesium hydroxide is contained again, there is a problem that the appearance of the mother tube of the molded article becomes white and a decrease in the pressure resistance occurs, which is unsuitable as a flame retardant material for switchgear.

The technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. Hei 2-125943 and EP-A1-278555 is not intended for the switchgear, and the technical field is different from the present invention, and these techniques are particularly described as metal contact parts as described below. Can not be used in switchgear because it cannot solve the problem of pollution or corrosion.

The flame retardant material of the socket for lighting fixtures of Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. Hei 2-125943 has high flame retardancy, but is not suitable for switchgear for the following reasons. The reason is that this material contains halogen-based flame retardant, so depending on the type of halogen-based flame retardant used, it may cause problems such as contamination or corrosion of metal parts such as contacts or electronic parts when used as a part material of switchgear. Because there is.

Contamination or corrosion of these metal parts is presumed that halogen gas, that is, contaminant gas or corrosive gas, generated from halogen-based flame retardant over time contaminates or corrodes the metal parts. In addition, halogen-based flame retardants may generate dioxins and have problems in terms of environment.

In addition, antimony used as a flame retardant is a heavy metal and there is a risk of polluting the environment.

The flame retardant material of EP-A1-278555 is polyamide containing at least 40% by weight, glass fiber 5-50% by weight, magnesium hydroxide 50 or less, red phosphorus 4-15% by weight, and has a high flame retardancy, but for the following reasons Not suitable for switchgear The reason is that this flame retardant material contains magnesium hydroxide and red phosphorus as flame retardants, and the inventors have found that the flame retardant material has a problem of contaminating or corroding metal parts having excellent flame retardancy. This pollution or corrosion problem is presumed to be due to the contamination or corrosion of metal parts by the polluting gas or corrosive gas generated from economically red soil.

In this case, contamination or corrosion corresponds to at least one of occurrence of insulator on the surface of the metal part, increase in contact resistance of the metal part, or detection of highly reactive elements (halogen element, lean) on the metal surface. Will be.

In addition, a polluting gas or a corroding gas means the gas estimated to generate | occur | produce pollution or corrosion.

In addition, the reduction in insulation resistance due to the contamination or corrosion of the above-described metal parts is a major obstacle in reducing the size and high breaking capacity of the switch. In order to reduce the weight of the switch, a flame retardancy of thin thickness is required.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to obtain a switch having a molded article excellent in flame retardancy.

(Initiation of invention)

The present invention is composed of a flame retardant material containing 35 to 50% by weight of resin, 20 to 60% by weight of reinforcing material, 5 to 40% by weight of inorganic compound dehydrating at a predetermined temperature or more, and 0.3 to 1.8% by weight of red flame retardant. It is to provide a switch characterized by having a molded article.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a switchgear, characterized in that the red flame retardant is 0.5 to 1.8% by weight.

The present invention also provides the above-mentioned switchgear, characterized in that the inorganic compound is 30 to 40% by weight and the red flame retardant is 0.5 to 1.0% by weight.

The present invention also provides the above-mentioned switch, wherein the resin is thermoplastic.

Moreover, this invention provides the above-mentioned switchgear characterized by the thermoplastic resin being polyamide.

Moreover, this invention provides the above-mentioned switchgear provided with the molded article in at least one part of the base of a housing.

Moreover, this invention provides the said switch characterized by providing the molded article in the vicinity of the arc which generate | occur | produces between contacts, and the structural material excellent in mechanical strength than the said molded article in other parts. In addition, in this specification, weight% is not what is called a weight percentage, but the ratio with respect to the weight of the whole composition is shown.

That is, even if it totally adds up the weight% of the said component, it does not necessarily become 10 weight%.

The present invention relates to a switch using a molded article made of a flame retardant material having flame retardancy.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a side cutaway view of a switch of Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a cross-sectional view of the switch of FIG.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view including a partial cross section of the base of the whitening of the opener according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Composition and Action of the Invention

Hereinafter, an Example demonstrates this invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail.

Molded articles used in the present invention is 35 to 50% by weight or more of the thermoplastic resin, 20 to 60% by weight of the reinforcing material, and 5 to 40 inorganic compounds that dehydrate at least one thermoplastic resin molding temperature (predetermined temperature) or more. Wt% and flame retardant containing 0.3 to 1.8% by weight of red flame retardant, preferably 0.5 to 1.8% by weight of red flame retardant or 30 to 40% by weight of inorganic compound and 0.5 to 1.0% by weight of red flame retardant to be.

[Thermoplastic resin]

Thermoplastic resin is applied to polybutylene telephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyamide, aliphatic polyketone, polyphenylene sulfide, alloy materials thereof, and the like. desirable.

[Reinforcement]

The reinforcing material is at least one type selected from the group consisting of glass fibers, inorganic minerals and ceramic fibers, which is used to improve the pressure resistance strength, and preferably contains at least 20% by weight of glass fibers.

[Inorganic compound]

The inorganic compound contained in the molded article containing the flame retardant material and dehydrated is believed to contribute to the improvement of the flame retardancy of the molded article.

When this molded article is exposed to high temperature (for example, 340 degreeC or more), it is thought that heat generation is suppressed by the endothermic reaction at the time of steam generation, while suppressing heat generation by the water-based group which the inorganic compound in the molded article thermally decomposed.

In addition, an inorganic compound contained in a molded article containing a flame retardant material and dehydrated is different from a halogen-based flame retardant or a red flame retardant, and does not cause metal contamination or corrosion. It is estimated to have the effect of preventing metal contamination or corrosion. In particular, as a material composition of a molded article excellent in both flame retardancy and metal contamination or corrosion, a specific compounding ratio of an inorganic compound and a red flame retardant dehydrating at a predetermined temperature or more was found.

In addition, the inorganic compound contained in the molded article containing the flame retardant material and dehydrated is believed to contribute to the prevention of the insulation degradation after the arc is generated between the contacts of the electrodes at the time of opening and closing the electrodes of the switch.

An arc is generated between the contacts of the electrodes at the time of opening and closing the electrode of the switch, and the temperature is usually about 4000 to 6000 ° C. As a result, the internal component metal parts of the electrode, the contact point and the switchgear are heated, metal heavy metal or molten metal droplets are generated and scattered from the metal, and at the same time, the bodies and switchgear of the switchgear are not only arcs but also these metal heavy metal or molten metal droplets. The internal components of the organic matter decompose and free carbon is generated. At this time, an insulating imparting gas is generated from the inorganic compound contained in the molded article, and the insulating imparting gas is formed of glass carbon, contacts, or internal constituent metals, which are formed in the housing or internal mechanical parts, etc. It is considered that the sublimation metal and scattered molten metal droplets generated in the component are insulated and contribute to the prevention of the insulation degradation after the arc generation. For example, when the inorganic compound undergoing dehydration is magnesium hydroxide, the insulating imparting gas generated is assumed to be H ₂ O.

In addition, when free carbon, metal heavy metal, and molten metal droplets are insulated by insulating imparting gas, near contact is generated by high pressure steam due to arc and expands, so generated insulating imparting gas cannot access near the contact. The free carbon, metal vapor, and molten metal droplets are not insulated from each other and do not interfere with energization.

When the inorganic compound to be dehydrated is kneaded with a thermoplastic resin or the like, in order to prevent the dehydration reaction of the inorganic compound during kneading, the dehydration reaction starting temperature is preferably 250 ° C. or higher.

Inorganic compounds that dehydrate above 250 ° C include calcium aluminate (Ca ₃ Al ₂ (OH) ₁₂ ), zinc borate (2ZnO, 3BO ₂ O ₃ , 3.5H ₂ O), calcium hydroxide (Ca (OH) ₂ ), Magnesium hydroxide (Mg (OH) ₂ ), and the like.

In the case where the thermoplastic resin is polyamide, in addition to the set temperature at the time of kneading the thermoplastic resin, the reinforcing material, the inorganic compound and the red flame retardant, it reaches a temperature of about 340 ° C. at the time of kneading or molding in consideration of the shear heat generation. In this case, in order to prevent the dehydration reaction from occurring during the kneading or molding, the dehydration reaction starting temperature of the dehydration reaction inorganic compound is preferably 34 ° C or higher. On the other hand, since the initiation temperature of polymer decomposition immediately before combustion is generally between 400 ° C. and 550 ° C., if the initiation temperature of the dehydration reaction is too high, that is, if the initiation temperature of the dehydration inorganic compound is too high than the initiation temperature of the polymer decomposition, the flame retardant effect is exhibited. It is not preferable because it does not show enough.

Calcium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, etc. are mentioned as an inorganic compound dehydrating which satisfy | fills such conditions.

Magnesium hydroxide is preferable because the higher the endothermic amount per unit mass, the higher the flame retardant efficiency.

Moreover, calcium hydroxide, calcium aluminate, and magnesium hydroxide are preferable among the inorganic compounds which dehydrate.

When the inorganic compound dehydrating at the molding temperature of the thermoplastic resin is 40% by weight or more, the tensile strength decreases, the surface of the molded article becomes white, and the appearance defect of the switch tends to manifest.

[Red flame retardant]

Red phosphorus flame retardant was coated with a red phenol with an average particle diameter of 25 ~ 35㎛.

When the red flame retardant exceeds 1.0% by weight, the current carrying property tends to be deteriorated, and especially when it exceeds 1.8% by weight, it is remarkable.

This trend is presumed to be due to an increase in the proportion of red flame retardants. It is thought that phosphine (PH ₃ ) and phosphoric acid (H ₂ PO ₃ ) are generated as phosphorus compounds having metal contamination or corrosiveness from red flame retardants, and an insulating compound is generated at the contacts of the switch, that is, the contacts are metal contamination or corrosion.

On the other hand, when the red flame retardant is added in an amount of less than 0.5% by weight, in particular less than 0.3% by weight, the flame retardant effect tends to be insufficient.

The weight percent of the red phosphorus flame retardant is based on the amount of red phosphorus.

In order to prevent deterioration of current-carrying properties, that is, metal contamination or corrosion, the red phosphorus flame retardant preferably includes at least one of a surface coating of red phosphorus and a lean compound adsorbent.

Moreover, it is preferable to use a pollution or corrosion inhibitor together with a red flame retardant. Contamination or corrosion inhibitors are substances which inhibit metal contamination or corrosion by red phosphorus. For example, when the resin is polyamide, an alkaline substance is preferable.

Here, after exposure to an arc of a molded article containing a red flame retardant, a reinforcing material, and a thermoplastic resin without containing an inorganic compound dehydrating at or above a predetermined temperature, the electrical resistance after arc generation tended to decrease. This is considered to be due to the carbonized layer adhering to the inner body surface of the switch or the inner component surface of the switch.

In addition, since the red flame retardant is not a halogen flame retardant, it does not generate dioxins.

In addition to the resin and reinforcing material as described above, using a red flame retardant and an inorganic compound dehydrating at a predetermined temperature or more, in particular, by selecting a compounding ratio of red flame retardant and inorganic compounds, the switch excellent in both flame retardancy and metal contamination or corrosion The molded article of the dragon was obtained.

In other words, this blending ratio is a small amount of red flame retardant added, the formation amount of the carbonized layer is reduced, and the carbonization layer is insulated by the insulating imparting gas generated from the inorganic compound which is dehydrated, and the electrical resistance is prevented from being lowered. In addition, the insulation degradation after arc generation is suppressed, and it is considered that flame retardancy can be improved by both red flame retardants and inorganic compounds which are dehydrated.

It contains an extremely small amount (0.3 to 1.8% by weight) of red phosphorus flame retardant and a small amount (5% to 40% by weight) of an inorganic compound which dehydrates above a predetermined temperature. The flame retardant level can be reached. At this time, from the viewpoint of flame retardancy and metal contamination or corrosion, the inorganic compound becomes 5% by weight or more and a relatively small amount, and can be thinned without lowering the pressure resistance strength of the molded article.

In addition, as the inorganic compound was increased at 5% by weight, the flame retardancy showed a tendency to improve.

In addition, compared to the case where only the red flame retardant is used as the flame retardant, the amount of red phosphorus required when maintaining the same flame retardancy is reduced by using the red flame retardant and the inorganic compound which dehydrates at a predetermined temperature or more compared with the case where only the red flame retardant is used as the red flame retardant. This can improve metal contamination or corrosion resistance.

When the inorganic compound dehydrating and the red flame retardant are used together above a predetermined temperature, when the dehydrating inorganic compound is alkaline such as hydroxide, it becomes a contamination or corrosion inhibitor of the red flame retardant and has a high effect of suppressing metal contamination or corrosion. I think.

Example 1.

As shown in Table 1 below, the following flame resistance test was carried out using test pieces molded of various materials having flame retardancy.

1 is a cross-sectional view cut from the side of the switch of Embodiment 1 of the present invention. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the switch of FIG.

[Combustion test 1 (960 ℃ GWFI)]

The state after removing a rental glow wire to the 30-minute sample piece of the glow wire heated to 960 degreeC in the combustibility test of JISC0074 is evaluated.

The sample piece is 75 mm, and the thickness is arbitrary constant thickness.

The criterion is that the flame or red light will be extinguished within 30 seconds and that the packaging foil placed under the sample will not catch fire. Satisfying this criterion three or more times in succession is the pass at a given thickness. In this evaluation, rank order is given by the thickness of a board.

[Combustion Test 2 (HWI)]

Combustion test as described in IEC 947-1. The specified nichrome wire is wound around the specimen, the specified power is applied, and heating is continued until the specimen is on fire. If ignition is turned off, record the time until ignition. Test five of each material. In this evaluation, the time until ignition is 30 second or more as a pass.

A sample piece is 150 mm long, 13 mm wide, and thickness is arbitrary fixed thickness. Nichrome wire is wound 5 times with a 6mm gap.

[Metal contamination (corrosion) test]

The molded article of Example 1 was used for the following metal contamination or corrosion test. The molded article is the base 1 of the housing in FIGS. 1 and 2.

As a substance to be stained or skin-derived (hereinafter referred to as a substance to be stained), two types of copper plate (C 11001 / 4H) and 28 × 14 × 1 mm plated plated with silver plated copper plate were used.

After ultrasonically cleaning the contaminant with acetone, the contaminant (one sheet of copper and two sheets of silver plated) is placed on the base bottom 5 shown in FIG.

Next, the periphery of the base 1 is wrapped. This is to make it difficult to enter into the gaseous packaging in a temperature bath (environmental bath) which will be described later while trapping the metal polluting gas or the metal corrosion gas generated from the base.

Then, Base 1 which is a packaged sample is left to stand in a temperature bath (120 degreeC) for 300 hours.

After prevention in the temperature bath, the non-contact surface between the skin cortex and the molded article (base 1) was analyzed by SEM (runner electron microscope) and XMA (energy dispersive X-ray analyzer) and evaluated for metal contamination or metal corrosion.

Here, although both the contact surface and the non-contact surface with the molded article (base 1) can be considered as the measurement site of the substance to be polluted, the non-contact surface was measured and evaluated by the following prior examination.

After standing in a temperature bath, the contact surface between the contaminant and the molded product (base 1) and the non-contact surface between the contaminant and the molded product (base 1) are analyzed by SEM (runner electron microscope) and XMA (energy dispersive X-ray analyzer). As a result, a lot of red phosphorus was detected on the non-contact surface side between the contaminant and the molded article (base 1).

This contamination or corrosion is not the corrosion occurring at the interface with the molded product, but is assumed to be the contamination or corrosion by the gas emitted from the molded product. Therefore, as mentioned above, metal corrosion evaluation was performed in the non-contact surface with the molded object (base 1) of a to-be-contaminated body.

[Contact resistance measurement]

The measurement of the contact resistance was carried out by placing a portion of two silver plating sheets drawn from a package (base 1) after being left in a temperature bath, and flowing a constant current (1A) between the two plates while a constant contact pressure was applied to the overlapped portions. Contact resistance is measured by the voltage strengthening in the part where the sample overlapped.

The overlapping part of the silver plated sample at the time of contact resistance measurement was 14 x 15 mm, and the contact pressure was about 98 kPa (about 1.0 kg / cm 2).

Surface analysis of the blood pollutant was performed by SEM and XMA (applied voltage 15KV of the electron layer). The analysis area of the XMA is about 10 x 7 mm angle.

Surface analysis of the contaminants is based on SEM images and XMA detection peaks (particularly, mass ratios converted from P and Ag detection peaks).

[Test result]

Next, the test results will be described. Table 1 is a table displaying the test results of Samples 1 to 7.

Samples 1 to 3 are 40 to 50% by weight of nylon 6, 45 to 60% by weight of glass fiber or a mixture of glass fiber and wallistite as reinforcing material, 5% by weight of magnesium hydroxide as flame retardant and 1.2 to 5.4% by weight of red phosphorus. It has a composition to contain.

Samples 4 to 6 have a composition containing 40 to 50% by weight of nylon 6, 20% by weight of glass fiber as a reinforcing material, 30 to 40% by weight of magnesium hydroxide as a flame retardant and 0.3 to 1% by weight of red phosphorus.

Sample 7 has a composition containing 50% by weight of nylon 6, 20% by weight of glass fiber as a reinforcing material, and 30% by weight of magnesium hydroxide alone as a flame retardant.

Sample 1 (red 5.4% by weight, magnesium hydroxide 5% by weight) shows excellent flame retardancy of 1.5 mm as a result of the test of 960 ° C GWFI, but there is a problem with metal contamination or metal corrosion resistance. Lean-based compounds were seen around the surface by SEM and XMA at 120 ° C x 1000 hours, and lean was detected on the silver-plated surface. Moreover, the contact resistance which laminated | stacked the silver plated board also increased remarkably, and shows that lean was detected.

When a molded article made of this flame retardant material is used as a switch, there is a possibility that the above-described lean compound is deposited on the surfaces of the fixed contact 2 and the movable contact 3 to cause poor conduction.

In addition, since lean was detected in the silver plated sheet, the analysis by SEM and XMA of the copper plate which is more likely to detect lean than the silver plated sheet is not performed.

Sample 2 (1.8 wt% red, 5 wt% magnesium hydroxide) and Sample 3 (1.2 wt% red, 5 wt% magnesium hydroxide) exhibited good flame retardancy of 2.0 mm at 960 ° C GWFI, while contaminating or corroding the silver plate It was also favorable in the test.

There is a slight lean detection (P / Cu = 0.3) in copper fouling or corrosiveness but it is trace and there is no problem in using switchgear.

Sample 4 (1.0% by weight red, 40% by weight magnesium hydroxide) and sample 5 (0.5% by weight red and 30% by weight magnesium hydroxide) were 1.5mm in the test result of 960 ° C GWFI and 1.5mm in the test result of HWI. Indicated.

Regarding metal contamination or corrosiveness, lean detection was detected in the silver plate contamination test or corrosion test in samples 2 and 3 having a higher content of red phosphorus than samples 4 and 5 and a lower ratio of magnesium hydroxide as an antifouling or corrosion inhibitor. Since lean is not detected, it is assumed that lean is not detected in the silver plated contamination test or the corrosion test in Sample 4 and Sample 5, which are smaller than Sample 2 and Sample 3.

Sample 5 was added with a slight red phosphorus (0,5% by weight) to Sample 7, but had good metal contaminant or metal corrosion resistance, and further improved flame retardancy by Sample 7.

In order to achieve equivalent flame retardancy with only magnesium hydroxide as a flame retardant, it is necessary to contain a larger amount of magnesium hydroxide (for example, more than 40% by weight of magnesium hydroxide). However, when 40% by weight or more of magnesium hydroxide is contained, appearance defects such as whitening of the surface of the molded article are remarkable, and it is not preferable at lower pressure resistance.

Sample 6 (0.3 wt% red, 30 wt% magnesium hydroxide) failed at 1.5mm in the test result of 960 ° C GWFI, passed at 2.0mm, failed at 1.5mm in the test result of HWI, and passed at 2.0mm, The flame retardancy was good. Regarding metal contamination or metal corrosion resistance, lean was not detected in any of the silver plated and copper plates and was good.

Sample 7 was a comparative example containing no red phosphorus, and was excellent in regard to metal contamination or metal corrosion, but was found to be inferior to Samples 1 to 6 in flame retardancy.

From the above results, the molded articles of the flame retardant materials of Samples 2 to 6 have good flame retardancy, and both characteristics of metal contamination or metal corrosion are obtained, and the molded articles of the flame retardant materials of Samples 4 and 5 are flame retardant, and It can be seen that in both properties of metal contamination or metal corrosion.

When red phosphorus is less than 1.8% by weight, the presence of 5% or more of magnesium hydroxide is not a problem in contamination or corrosiveness, and the effect of the antifouling agent or the corrosion inhibitor is assumed to be sufficient.

The mixing of 30 to 40% by weight of magnesium hydroxide in Samples 4 to 7 is contained in large amounts to improve the flame retardancy.

Example 2.

3 is a perspective view including a partial cross section of the base of the housing of the circuit breaker according to the second embodiment. 3 to 11 are the base of the housing of the circuit breaker, 13 is the base base which is located at a position away from the arc which possesses the outer surface of the base 11 and is generated between the contacts (not shown), and is a structural material having excellent mechanical strength. For example, a thermosetting resin, a thermoplastic resin member, or a composite of a reinforcing material as described in Examples in these resins. 15 is a base peak portion disposed at a position exposed to an arc generated between the contacts (not shown) of the base 11, and constitutes the composite described in the first embodiment. In addition, for convenience of explanation, the base peak portion 15 is attached to the humping.

The base 11 can be obtained by arranging the composite material of the base base portion 13 and the composite material of the base peak portion 15 at predetermined positions of a mold (not shown), respectively, by hot press molding both composite materials.

As described above, a molded article that is flame retardant and excellent in metal contamination or corrosion is disposed on the base pike portion 15 of the base 11, while the base base portion 13, which is separated from the source of arc generation, has excellent mechanical strength. Therefore, the degradation of the insulation resistance on the surface of the base 11 after arcing can be reduced without deteriorating the creep property.

In addition, in the second embodiment, an example in which the mixture of the first embodiment is incorporated only in the base pick portion 15, which is a part of the inner surface of the base 11, especially the contact exposed to the arc and having a large drop in insulation resistance will be described. However, it is also effective to arrange the mixture of Example 1 over the entire inner surface of the base 11.

The switch according to the present invention includes 35 to 50% by weight of resin, 20 to 60% by weight of reinforcing material, 5 to 40% by weight of inorganic compound dehydrating at a predetermined temperature or more, and 0.3 to 1.8% by weight of red flame retardant. It possesses molded parts made of flame retardant materials, so it has good flame retardancy and metal contamination or metal corrosion resistance.

If the red flame retardant is 0.5 to 1.8% by weight, the flame retardancy is more excellent. In addition, when the inorganic compound is 30 to 40% by weight and the red flame retardant is 0.5 to 1.0% by weight, the metal contamination or metal attachment property is excellent.

Moreover, if resin is a thermoplastic resin, shaping | molding is easy and it can be made thin.

Moreover, when thermoplastic resin is polyamide, the insulation after arc generation is excellent. Moreover, if a molded article is a base of an optical body, it is excellent in flame retardancy, the insulation after arc generation, and mechanical strength, and can size a switch.

Moreover, when a molded article is provided in the vicinity of the arc which generate | occur | produces between a contact, and the structural material which is more excellent in mechanical strength than the said molded article in other parts is excellent in creep resistance.

Claims (3)

A molded article made of a flame retardant material containing 35 to 50% by weight of resin, 20 to 60% by weight of reinforcing material, 5 to 40% by weight of inorganic compound dehydrating at a predetermined temperature or more, and 0.3 to 1.8% by weight of red flame retardant. Switchgear having a. The switch according to claim 1, wherein the red flame retardant is 0.5 to 1.8% by weight. The switchgear according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic compound is 30 to 40% by weight and the red flame retardant is 0.5 to 1.0% by weight.