Wear of the contact strip on the pantograph of electric railway vehicles is governed mainly by arc discharge occurring simultaneously with break of contact between the strip and trolley wire. As a step to clarify the wear mechanism of metallized carbon contact strips under the occurrence of contact break arc discharge, a detailed sliding wear test of 30 min duration was carried out for the combination of a copper-impregnated carbon strip and a copper disk at a sliding speed of 100 km/h. The worn surfaces of the strip and disk were observed every 5 min. The voltage drop and electric current were measured throughout the test, and the occurrence and energy of the arc discharge were evaluated for each revolution of the disk. The wear process is considered in terms of the wear mode transition, and the effect of arc discharge on the mode transition and wear rate of the strip is discussed.


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    Title :

    Effect of arc discharge on the wear rate and wear mode transition of a copper-impregnated metallized carbon contact strip sliding against a copper disk


    Contributors:
    Kubo, S. (author) / Kato, K. (author)

    Published in:

    Tribology International ; 32 , 7 ; 367-378


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    12 Seiten, 18 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English