Shunt attachment and method for interfacing current collection systems
Abstract
A composite brush to shunt attachment wherein a volatile component of a composite but mostly metallic brush, used for current collection purposes, does not upon welding or brazing, adversely affect the formation of the interfacial bond with a conductive shunt which carries the current from the zone of the brush. The brush to shunt attachment for a brush material of copper-graphite composite and a shunt of copper, or substituting silver for copper as an alternative, is made through a hot isostatic pressing (HIP). The HIP process includes applying high pressure and temperature simultaneously at the brush to shunt interface, after it has been isolated or canned in a metal casing in which the air adjacent to the interface has been evacuated and the interfacial area has been sealed before the application of pressure and temperature.
- Inventors:
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- State College, PA
- Columbia, SC
- (Monroeville Boro, PA)
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868578
- Patent Number(s):
- 5168620
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01R - ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-86SF16518
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- shunt; attachment; method; interfacing; current; collection; systems; composite; brush; volatile; component; metallic; purposes; welding; brazing; adversely; affect; formation; interfacial; bond; conductive; carries; zone; material; copper-graphite; copper; substituting; silver; alternative; hot; isostatic; pressing; hip; process; applying; pressure; temperature; simultaneously; interface; isolated; canned; metal; casing; air; adjacent; evacuated; sealed; application; hot isostatic; isostatic pressing; adversely affect; shunt attachment; metal casing; current collection; volatile component; temperature simultaneously; interfacial bond; /29/310/
Citation Formats
Denney, Paul E, Iyer, Natraj C, and Hannan, III, William F. Shunt attachment and method for interfacing current collection systems. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
Denney, Paul E, Iyer, Natraj C, & Hannan, III, William F. Shunt attachment and method for interfacing current collection systems. United States.
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"Shunt attachment and method for interfacing current collection systems". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868578.
@article{osti_868578,
title = {Shunt attachment and method for interfacing current collection systems},
author = {Denney, Paul E and Iyer, Natraj C and Hannan, III, William F.},
abstractNote = {A composite brush to shunt attachment wherein a volatile component of a composite but mostly metallic brush, used for current collection purposes, does not upon welding or brazing, adversely affect the formation of the interfacial bond with a conductive shunt which carries the current from the zone of the brush. The brush to shunt attachment for a brush material of copper-graphite composite and a shunt of copper, or substituting silver for copper as an alternative, is made through a hot isostatic pressing (HIP). The HIP process includes applying high pressure and temperature simultaneously at the brush to shunt interface, after it has been isolated or canned in a metal casing in which the air adjacent to the interface has been evacuated and the interfacial area has been sealed before the application of pressure and temperature.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992}
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