Long and short duration pulse performance of zinc oxide varistor compacted with modified pressing cycle

• Main Authors: Karim, A.N. Mustafizul, Puyane, R., El-Baradie, M.A, Hashmi, M. S. J.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: T58.7 Production capacity. Manufacturing capacity
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/26855/1/Press_cycle_%2302.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/26855/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Zinc oxide varistor blocks are commonly pressed by the double action uniaxial compaction technique. The pressing cycle, similar to that followed in the case of conventional ceramic processing, composes of applying a load on the varistor powder (filled in the die by a suitable filling mechanism), a...