Fabric (woven – knitted – or nonwoven textile or cloth – etc.) – Coated or impregnated woven – knit – or nonwoven fabric which... – Coating or impregnation increases electrical conductivity or...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-02-08
2001-03-13
Morris, Terrel (Department: 1771)
Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.)
Coated or impregnated woven, knit, or nonwoven fabric which...
Coating or impregnation increases electrical conductivity or...
C428S319100, C428S408000, C428S922000, C106S284050, C361S216000, C361S220000, C361S221000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06200914
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an electrically poorly conductive material for producing external glow-discharge protection for an electrical conductor having a high-voltage winding, the material including a base which is provided with a conductive coating on at least one side.
Such a material is disclosed in German Published, Prosecuted Patent Application 1 021 062. In that case, an electrically conductive silicone-rubber coating is applied to a base sheet web. The conductivity of that coating is achieved by additively mixing soot or graphite to the silicone-rubber which has not been vulcanized. A disadvantage of that known material is that a coating of the material must be wound ½-overlapped and must be vulcanized in order to produce an external glow-discharge protection for insulators with high rated voltages, which is costly and time-consuming.
German Published, Prosecuted Patent Application 1 092 529 discloses a further material for producing an insulating sleeve. In order to ensure improved external glow-discharge protection, a porous base material is used, which is made electrically conductive by impregnation with a solution of a suitable metal salt. Disadvantageously, that material cannot be used for production by machine using the total-immersion technique which can be carried out easily and cost-effectively.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide an electrically poorly conductive material for producing an insulation sleeve, which overcomes the hereinafore-mentioned disadvantages of the heretofore-known materials of this general type, which ensures adequate external glow-discharge protection even at high rated voltages and which allows a cost-effective production thereof.
With the foregoing and other objects in view there is provided, in accordance with the invention, an electrically poorly conductive material for producing external glow-discharge protection for an electrical conductor, the material comprising a base having sides; and a conductive coating disposed on at least one of the sides of the base, the conductive coating produced substantially of carbon having microcrystalline and amorphous structures.
Advantageously, the use of the electrically poorly conductive material according to the invention allows improved external glow-discharge protection to be achieved at high rated voltages, and thus allows simplified production of an insulating sleeve.
In accordance with another feature of the invention, the structures have graphite grids disturbed by the incorporation of extraneous oxygen and hydrogen atoms. Such structures, which also occur in soot, can be produced deliberately by plasma deposition. The ratio of microcrystalline and amorphous structures can be varied in this case depending on the method control procedure. It is thus possible to influence the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the conductive coating.
In accordance with a further feature of the invention, the conductive coating is semiconductive. The specific electrical resistance of the conductive coating in this case is expediently in a range from 10
5
-10
16
&OHgr;cm. This allows particularly effective external glow-discharge protection.
In accordance with an added feature of the invention, the coating thickness of the conductive coating is preferably in a range from 5 nm-4 &mgr;m. Coatings of such a size exhibit very good adhesion and at the same time, they are flexible. Furthermore, they have good stability with respect to environmental influences such as moisture.
In accordance with an additional feature of the invention, the base is produced from a porous material, which may be formed essentially from glass fibers. Glass-fiber matting or similar materials are particularly suitable for use as the material. The base is preferably constructed as a strip. The use of such a base allows external glow-discharge protection to be produced by using the cost-effective immersion method.
In accordance with yet another feature of the invention, it is particularly advantageous that the electrical conductivity of the conductive coating increases across its thickness and/or in the longitudinal direction of the strip. Thus, when used for external-glow-discharge protection of generator winding elements, it is possible to achieve a continuously reducing conductivity from the center of a bar to involutes. The continuous potential reduction which results from this structure results in there being is no electrically highly loaded transitional region from external to end glow-discharge protection.
In accordance with a concomitant feature of the invention, conductivity which reduces from the center of the bar to the involutes is produced particularly cost-effectively by the electrical conductivity of the conductive coating increasing in the longitudinal direction of the strip from the ends of the strip toward the center of the strip.
Other features which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in the appended claims.
Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodied in an electrically poorly conductive material for producing an insulation sleeve, it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.
The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
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Greenberg Laurence A.
Lerner Herbert L.
Morris Terrel
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Singh Arti R.
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