Elconite (Electric Contact Material)

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Elconite for Electric Contact Materials

Elconite is a sintered material that is a combination of refractory materials such as tungsten, tungsten carbide, and graphite, and excellent electrically conductive materials such as silver and copper. Choose from a range of Elconite materials with different amounts of the constituent metals and different types of additives.

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Features

  • High conductivity and low contact resistance
  • Outstanding arc resistance, fusing resistance and wear resistance
  • Extensive range

Product specifications

Standard types and features

  • Sizes: Inquire for details.

Examples of uses

  • Vacuum switchgear
  • Circuit breakers in air or oil
  • Fuseless circuit breakers
  • Transformers (for tap switching under load)
  • Trains
  • Electrodes for resistance welding

Elconite for Electric Discharge Machining Electrode Materials

Elconite is a sintered material that is a combination of refractory materials such as tungsten, tungsten carbide, and graphite, and silver and copper, which have good electrical conductivity. Choose from a silver type and a copper type.

Elconite for Electric Discharge Machining Electrode Materials

Features

  • Outstanding workability and wear resistance

Product specifications

Standard types and features

Standard types and features : Elconite® for Electric Discharge Machining Electrode Materials
Substitution properties of materials Electrode properties
Specific gravity Conductivity (%IACS) Hardness (HRB) Processing speed Wear resistance Workability
TA (silver type) TA-ED1 15.1-15.7 48-56 84-94 acceptable good excellent
TA-ED2 13.1-13.6 44-51 80-90 excellent good excellent
TC (copper type) TC-ED1 13.5-14.2 48-55 90-100 acceptable good good
TC-ED2 12.7-13.2 46-53 85-95 excellent good good

Standard size

Standard size : Elconite® for Electric Discharge Machining Electrode Materials
Round bar φ2X50L φ3X50L φ4X50L φ5X50L
φ6X50L φ7X50L φ8X50L φ9X50L
φ10X50L φ11X50L φ12X50L φ15X50L
φ18X50L φ20X50L
Square plate 2X50X50 3X50X50 5X50X50 8X50X50
10X50X50 3X100X100 4X100X100 5X100X100
6X100X100 8X100X100 10X100X100 12X100X100
15X100X100 20X100X100 25X100X100

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