Saturday 4 February 2017

HV Relay Types And Their Uses

By Linda Moore


Relays are used as switches for mechanical systems or networks that need remote activation. This is because these systems have very high voltage values in terms of electrical current in use. These also need very good insulation values because they can injure people who get close, and the switching sets themselves need some good dielectric materials to float in, like high vacuum and transformer oil.

Companies that specialize in providing these relays provide excellent product qualities because of their engineering, testing and application sets. The HV relay is very important to industry, with large scale uses and applications, and the standards are demanding and exacting. You can track the various kinds of these gadgets through online sites and compare the types in use.

There are several relay types in use today. First, there is the single pole single throw switching that has normally open and normally closed versions. This type of relay is the most direct and common one in use for most applications, an on and off switch simple to use and operate.

SPDT is something with both on and of options, technically this means single pole double throw, with closing and opening options in one relay. The continuity provide by this is something that is important to operating a system of relays under one control bank. This type of large scale switching apparatus can control industrial production and complex networks of lines for electric or telecom companies.

The DPDT or double pole double throw system is something used for systems that need constant switching. It has two double throw units operating in the relay and thus provides on and off qualities hermetic to its operation, only applicable to one part of a system. This is also used in large production or networked facilities.

These relays, for instance, compartmentalize a long automation process. When a part of it needs shutting off because it is no longer needed, the DPDT array in charge of this will be shut off while the rest of the system goes on working. Production costs are therefore kept efficient, while good maintenance is possible.

The bistable switch or latching relay is something that is also used for continuity. The rest of the relay types work with failsafes, meaning that their coils need to be constantly charge for operations to continue, while the latching relay can be switched with a short pulse. Monitoring systems can therefore still control supplementary processes during or after an operation.

These also work with contactor switches for controlling high inrushes or overloads. These can range from 100Vdc to 1000V switching, so that normal relays will not overheat and blow up. They are the regulators that enable a system to work at maximum capacity without slowing down or having relay problems related to overloads in the system when in operation.

Relays and contactors come in many different kinds of voltage capacities, sizes and shapes to provide stability and safe operational procedures for industrial applications that need high voltage pulses. Each one is configured to address specific processes or volume distribution for all kinds of applications. Getting to know them requires that you know your specifications or switching needs.




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