Bronze Bushing for MV Switchgear
Bronze bushings support moving shafts and provide bearing surfaces in MV switchgear operating mechanisms, the shaft that drives a moving contact, the pivot...
Bronze and aluminum bronze components fill the spaces in MV switchgear where copper is too soft and CuW is overkill : bushings, contact fingers, commutator plates, and the small precision parts that make breaker and disconnector assemblies work. Bronze alloys offer better mechanical strength than pure copper while keeping useful conductivity, and they handle sliding contact wear that would gall copper-on-copper. We supply bronze components for MV switchgear builds and refurbishment programs: standard parts like bushings and contact fingers, plus custom machined components from drawing. Aluminum bronze (C95400 series) is our most common alloy; phosphor bronze (C51000 / C52400) and brass (C26000 / C28000) are used for specific applications.
Bronze bushings support moving shafts and provide bearing surfaces in MV switchgear operating mechanisms, the shaft that drives a moving contact, the pivot...
Commutator plates are the segmented contact elements in commutator-style switching mechanisms, older MV switchgear designs that use a rotating or stepping c...
Bronze contact fingers are spring-loaded contact elements where the body and spring action are combined in one piece. The bronze alloy is hard enough to act...
Bronze precision part is the catch-all listing for bronze components that don't fit the standard form factors, bushing, contact finger, ring, commutator plate.
Bronze rings appear in MV switchgear contact assemblies in a few related roles: as spring carriers in tulip contact assemblies (holding the radial spring ten...
