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Time of Service
Contact Appearance
New
The new contact has a uniform silver color.
Start of Service
The contact surface will have a blue coloring. The geometric form of the contact is
unchanged. The sharp outer corners will be rounded with small silver beads. (See
Figure 39).
Intermediate Service
to End of Service Life
The coloring changes to brown or black with distributed small silvery white areas. The
surface has a finely chiselled appearance. Material transfer causes small peaks and
valleys in the contact button surface. (See Figure 40).
CONTACT EVALUATION
Contact Appearance
Cause
Curling and Separation
of Corner of Contact
Curling is usually a result of service that produces very high heat, as under jogging or
inching duty.
Irregular Contour or
Slantwise Wear
One corner of a contact may wear more quickly than the other three corners. This wear
is normally due to misalignment of the moving and stationary contacts. Contacts
should be replaced if it is apparent that one contact is nearly making direct contact with
the contact carrier.
Large Beads of Silver
On Edges of Contacts
Breaking an excessive current.
Welded Spot (Core of
Smooth, Shining Silver
Surrounded by a
Roughened Halo)
Making an excessive current. High frequency of operation, i.e., jogging.
ABNORMAL WEAR CONDITIONS
RENEWAL PARTS
When ordering renewal control center parts, give the
complete nameplate reading. Always give the name
of the part wanted, the part, catalog or style number
of the individual apparatus on which it is to be used,
and the order number of the complete motor control
center.
Control Center renewal parts identified by part or
style number are detailed in Cutler-Hammer
Renewal Parts Data. The nomenclature to identify
these parts is shown in Figures 2 and 41. The most
common renewal parts for components are shown in
Table10-1.
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