Improved silicone rubbers for the use as housing material in composite insulators

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 209-217

  Ansorge, Samuel ^a   Schmuck, Frank ^a   Papailiou, Konstantin O ^b  

^a Pfisterer Sefag AG   (Switzerland)

^b Pfisterer Holding ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Housing material; Materials reliability; Materials testing; Silicone rubber; Silicone rubber insulators

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INSULATORS; EROSION PROPERTIES; FILLER LOADING; HIGH CONSISTENCY RUBBERS; HIGH FILLER; HOUSING MATERIALS; INCLINED PLANES; LIQUID SILICONE RUBBERS; SAMPLE SIZES; SILICA FILLER; SILICONE RUBBER; SILICONE RUBBER INSULATORS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; SURFACE MODIFIED PARTICLES; SURFACE-MODIFIED;

ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; EROSION; FILLERS; HOUSING; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSULATING MATERIALS; LIQUIDS; LOADING; MACHINERY; MATERIALS TESTING; SILICA;

SILICONES;

EID: 84857332994     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2012.6148520     Document Type: Article

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