Environmentally Friendly Material Technology for Power Distribution, Switching and Control Equipment Components

摘要

With distribution, switching and control equipment components, requirements for employed materials are becoming stricter year by year due to the tightening of environmental regulations such as the RoHS Directive and to address environmental issues including global warming. Concerning metal materials, Fuji Electric has worked on eliminating Cd from contacts and realized it by achieving the wear resistance and temperature rise targets. For polymeric materials, we have successfully replaced thermosetting resin in insulating parts with thermoplastic resin and reduced waste in thermosetting resin.