Performance evaluations of demountable electrical connections

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:47808

Niemann, R C; Cha, Y S; Hull, J R ^[1]; Buckles, W E; Daugherty, M A ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. Superconductivity, Inc., Madison, WI (United States)

Electrical conductors operating in cryogenic environments can require demountable connections along their lengths. Such connections must have low resistance and high reliability and should allow ready assembly and disassembly. The performance of two types of connections has been evaluated. The first connection type is a clamped surface-to-surface joint. The second is a screwed joint that incorporates male and female machine-thread components. The connections for copper conductors have been evaluated experimentally at 77 K. Experimental variables included thread surface treatment and assembly methods. The results of the evaluations are presented.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 47808
• Report Number(s): CONF-930703-; TRN: 95:011337
• Resource Relation: Conference: International cryogenic materials conference (ICMC), Albuquerque, NM (United States), 12-16 Jul 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Advances in cryogenic engineering, Volume 39, Part B; Kittel, P. [ed.]; PB: 1053 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
CONNECTORS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
CRYOGENIC CABLES