Low friction and wear on non-lubricated connector contact surfaces

Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts and the 22nd International Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 263-266

  Moran, James ^a   Sweetland, Matthew ^a   Suh, Nam P ^a,b  

^a Tribotek Inc   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE INTERFACES; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; CONTACT RESISTANCE; CONTACT SURFACES; WEAVE;

CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; LUBRICATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FRICTION;

EID: 16244396170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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