The behavior of vacuum arcs between spiral contacts with reduced spacing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2259, Issue , 1994, Pages 179-182

  Bruce Schulman, M ^a  

^a EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

CONTACT DESIGN; CONTROLLED MOTIONS; DRAWN VACUUM ARCS; FRAMING CAMERA; HIGH CURRENT VACUUM ARC; HIGH-PRESSURE ARC; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; SPIRAL CONTACTS;

VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

EID: 85059755758     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.174635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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