CUTTING POWER OF RAILWAY CONTACTOR SWITCHES

DAS SCHALTVERMOGEN VON BAHNSCHUTZEN

On railway tractive units, use is made of contactor switches which extinguish the electric arc in the air by electromagnetic blow-out. The cut-off power indicates the capacity as regards closing and opening of the circuits under specific load conditions. The author describes and analyses the mechanical components and the cut-off power of these devices.

• Corporate Authors:

  VEB Autobahnbaukombinat

  Templinestrasse 19
  Potsdam,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Munser, R
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 349-352
• Serial:
  • Schienenfahrzeuge
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Transpress VEB Verlag fuer Verkehrswesen

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Circuit breakers; Electric power conditioning; Relays (Electricity)
• Old TRIS Terms: Electric relays
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129829
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM