Characterization and causes of continuity faults within enamels and at the enamel/copper interface

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A taxonomy has been developed for dielectric failures occuring in enamel coated copper magnet wires during application of high voltage alternating current. Defects have been identified using metallographic examination, elemental analysis and scanning electron microscopy, and can be broken down into six distinct major classifications contingent upon their origins. Comparisons between continuity faults and flaws associated with beady wire are discussed.

Description

A taxonomy has been developed for dielectric failures occuring in enamel coated copper magnet wires during application of high voltage alternating current. Defects have been identified using metallographic examination, elemental analysis and scanning electron microscopy, and can be broken down into six distinct major classifications contingent upon their origins. Comparisons between continuity faults and flaws associated with beady wire are discussed.

Additional information

Author(s)

Horace Pops and Julie Walker, Essex Group, Inc., USA.

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI 64th Annual Convention, Detroit, MI USA. Paper published in Wire Journal International, Oct. 1994, pg. 74.

Year

1994