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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Microwave Hybrid Sintering and Soldering of Cu-Cr-W Composite Material for Reactive Power Breakers.

Sorin Vasile Savu, Cristian Daniel Ghelsingher, Iulian Ștefan, Nicușor-Alin Sîrbu, Andrei-Angelo Midan, Ilie Dumitru, Ionel Dănuț Savu, Claudiu Nicolicescu, Andrej David

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Sorin Vasile SavuDepartment of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0623-5244
Cristian Daniel GhelsingherDoctoral School Academician Radu Voinea, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania.
Iulian ȘtefanDepartment of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9661-897X
Nicușor-Alin SîrbuNRDI for Welding and Material Testing, 300222 Timisoara, Romania.
Andrei-Angelo MidanDoctoral School Academician Radu Voinea, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania.
Ilie DumitruDepartment of Automotive, Transport and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania.
Ionel Dănuț SavuDepartment of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0058-2405
Claudiu NicolicescuDepartment of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9732-202X
Andrej DavidDepartment of Water Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, 01026 Zilina, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-4820-6521

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over 60% of reported failures for reactive power compensation systems are given for damage to electrical circuit breaker contacts. This paper presents a study on the development of microwave technology for sintering of W-Cu-Cr alloys at 1012 °C for 65 min using 623.38 W microwave power, as well as microwave joining at 231 °C of the W-Cu-Cr composite material on body contact using 475 W microwave power for 55 s. The joined components were subjected to mechanical and electrical tests in accordance with ICE standards to validate the applied technology. Tests of connection-disconnection of the electrical contacts were carried out in accordance with the maximum number of disconnections allowed by the manufacturer (2 cycles/min): 25 s rest time and 5 s operating time under load. The components of the electrical contact after 111237 switches were analyzed under a microscope revealing a reduction of the damaged area by 27% compared with the original contact.

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microwave heatingsintered materialsolderingthermal field

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PMID39336388
PMCPMC11433303

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