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Design Reference of Powder Metallurgy Electric Contact Tips)

1. Properties of P.M. Electric Contact Tip Material : £º

Material Series

FECC NO.

v

Anti-Erosion

Anti-Welding

Electrical
Conductivity

AgNi

N30

5

5

3

AgW

W50

3

3

5

W65

2

2

7

AgW+WC

WK50

3

3

5

AgW

K50

3

3

6-7

K60

2

2

7

AgWC+C

KC15

7

3

6

KC23

7

2

7

AgC

C5

8

2

5

CuW

UW60

4

4

7

UW65

3-4

3-4

7

UW70

3

3

7-8

Remark: 1. The comparison is made for above materials in table only.
2. Above table is for reference only as switch structures differ form each other . The design should be finalized in conformity with the test result.

 
    2. Normal Dimension Tolerance:
(1). The dimension range of length, width or diameter of powder metallurgy contact is normally between 3.5mm ~ 85mm.
(2). Contact of AgNi, AgWC+C or AgC requires re-pressing process, thus, F type is a better choice.
 
3. Ag Thickness ( t ) £º
The Ag thickness of powder metallurgy contact should be over 1.0mm minimum.(The Ag layer should be increased accordingly when contact area is enlarged.) While Ag layer is below 1.0mm, we suggest to use internal oxidation contact instead. While Ag layer is over 3.0mm to maximum 15mm, we suggest to use single press mold. (Ag layer is adjusted in accordance with the contact dimension. Ag layer thickness should be finalized only after sample producing.)
 
4. Cambered Surface (R) £º
(1) Cambered surface: Includes long-side camber, short-side camber and sphere camber.
(2) The curvature of cambered surface will change after oxidation process. The general tolerance is ¡À 10R as it requires larger tolerance.
 
5. Corner Radius ( r ) £º
Corner radius requires at least over 0.5r,because Powder metallurgy contact is crumbly, and lack of contact corner radius might cause corner collapse for square, rectangle or trapezoid shape.
 
6. Brazing Alloy (Solder Backing) £º
(1). Cadmium-free brazing alloy - BAg-5 & BAg-6 are suggested. But the contacts for MCCB could be brazed with BCuP-5 MCCB requires less life cycle than other types of switches.
(2). The utility extent of brazing alloy depends on the contact area accordingly. (The bigger area is, the larger utility extent shall be.) The brazed area should be over 50% of the contact area. After being brazed, the bonding area should be more 70% of the contact area. The thickness of brazing alloy depends on the material properties. After the welding process, the welding alloy should spills from the contact surrounding closely to be visible (the hickness is between1/2 and 1/3 of the contact thickness).
 
7. Reference design of powder metallurgy contact £º
(1)Tolerance of contact thickness (T):

(Contact is liable to shrink and change shape in sintering.)

Thickness(mm) Contact Area(mm 2 ) Thickness Tolerance(mm)
1.00 ¡« 1.50 25 ¡« 150 ¡À 0.10
1.51 ¡« 2.00 25 ¡« 150 ¡À 0.15
2.01 ¡« 3.00 25 ¡« 150 ¡À 0.20
1.00 ¡« 1.50 151 ¡« 200 ¡À 0.15
1.51 ¡« 2.00 151 ¡« 200 ¡À 0.20
2.01 ¡« 3.00 151 ¡« 200 ¡À 0.25
1.51 ¡« 2.00 201 ¡« 320 ¡À 0.20
2.01 ¡« 3.00 201 ¡« 320 ¡À 0.30
3.01 ¡« 4.00 321 ¡« 400 ¡À 0.50
(2) The tolerance for length, width or diameter is ¡À 0.20mm.
(3) The tolerance for surface camber ( R ) is ¡À 10R.
(4) Tolerances for special dimensions or dimensions out of above range is other specified.



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