Arc discharge and contact reliability in switching and commutating contacts

Electrical Contacts, Proceedings of the Annual Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 10-21

  Sawa, Koichiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc discharge; Brush; Commutation; Contact resistance; Dc motor; Wear

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC COMMUTATION; GASEOUS EFFLUENTS; LABORATORIES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; RELIABILITY;

ARC DISCHARGE; CONTACT RESISTANCE; DC MOTOR; METALLIC PHASE;

SWITCHING THEORY;

EID: 33747414081     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HOLM.2005.1518217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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