Vol.1, No 10, 2003 pp. 1369 - 1376
UDC 621.316.573:621.3.017

THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE ENERGETIC LOSSES ON SLIDING ELECTRIC CONTACTS
Anca Popa, Veronica Argesanu
Mechatronics Department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
"Politehnica" University of Timisoara
e-mail: agligor@mec.utt.ro

Abstract. The present paper offers important support for the exploitation of any kind of machine, measuring or mechatronic device, that contains sliding electric contacts (for information and/or energy transfer). The novelty consists of a contact study on the couple sintered metal – graphite brushes with bronze rings, emphasizing the fact that in every case when the current density and the contact pressure have been maintained, the electric resistance registers a diminishment, as the relative velocity decreases. With an increasing current density, the contact resistance suffers a light decreasing. Despite the fact that the value of the volumic wear of the brush is situated under normal limits, by maintaining constant velocity and by doubling the value of the contact pressure, the intensifying energy loss process leeds to doubling wear of the averted layer.

TEORIJSKA I EKSPERIMENTALNA ANALIZA ENERGETSKIH GUBITAKA KOD KLIZNIH ELEKTRIČNIH KONTAKATA
Ovaj rad daje podršku u eksploataciji bilo koje vrste mašina, mernih ili mehatroničkih uređaja, koji sadrže klizne električne kontakte (za prenos informacija i/ili energije). Novina se sastoji u studiji kontaktnog para sinterovanog spojenog metala i grafitnih četkica sa bronzanim prstenovima, uz naglašavanje činjenice da u svakom slučaju kada su gustina struje i kontaktni pritisak konstantni, električni otpor beleži pad pri smanjenju relativne brzine. Sa porastom gustine, kontaktni otpor lagano opada. Uprkos činjenici da je habanje četkice ispod normalnih vrednosti, održanjem konstantne brzine i dupliranjem vrednosti kontaktnog pritiska, rastući energetski gubitak dovodi do dupliranja habanja sloja.