Inventors:
Wilhelm Latz - Frankfurt am Main, DE
Jürgen Spangenberg - Bad Vilbel, DE
Arwed Uecker - Farmville VA, US
Assignee:
Deutsche Carbone AG - Frankfurt am Main
International Classification:
B22F 3/12
US Classification:
419 11, 419 32, 419 36, 419 38, 419 53, 419 58
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a sliding contact piece for medium to high current densities including a step of warm premixing of graphite and plastic binder, a step of cold mixing of the resulting premixture with copper, a step of pressing of the resulting main mixture into the sliding contact piece, and finally a step of sintering of it; and so as to improve the operating characteristics of the sliding contact piece, which is free of any environmentally harmful additives, a metal such as zinc, tin, bismuth or an alloy of such metals is added during the premixing of the graphite and plastic binder.