[[de:Inhaltsverzeichnis]]Soon after it's its founding in 1922 Electrical Contacts became the focal world for DODUCO. Inthe previous two editions of the DODUCO Data Book this world was mostly limited toEurope. Since expanding its reach globally from the 1970s through the 1990s, including thestart-up of manufacturing operations in China, the employees of DODUCO haveconcentrated on solving electrical contact problems around the world as the main task oftheir daily work. Ever increasing requirements on the performance of contacts in electrical switching devices,the need for highly reliable interconnections between electro-mechanics and electronics, theminimizing of precious metal usage, and the call for more environmentally compatiblematerials and manufacturing processes, defined in the past years the development ofmaterials and technologies related to electrical contacts. These latest developments andrepeated requests from our customers were the motivation to publish a new edition of thewell known DODUCO Data Book. It includes now also materials whose properties andapplications are mostly relevant in the North American and Asian markets. We also includedmaterials which are needed for the manufacturing of contact parts and assemblies, but areoutside of AMI DODUCO's product offerings. These include contact carrier materials such ascopper and nickel alloys, as well as thermostatic materials and brazing alloys.
Even so we felt it necessary to add more detailed descriptive passages about products
and technologies, which expanded the original focus on mostly data tables and
diagrams, we continue to keep the name Data Book. We updated and re-wrote most
chapters for the third edition but changed to a slightly larger format of the book in order
to improve its ease of use. We also expanded and updated the references at the end of
each chapter which are meant to aid those readers who want to benefit from more and
deeper detailed published resources.
Ever increasing requirements on the performance of contacts in electrical switching devices, the need for highly reliable interconnections between electro-mechanics and electronics, the minimizing of precious metal usage and the call for more environmentally compatible materials and manufacturing processes, defined in the past years the development of materials and technologies related to electrical contacts. These latest developments and repeated requests from our customers were the motivation to update the DODUCO Data Book by the Electrical Contacts Wiki. It includes now also materials whose properties and applications are mostly relevant in the North American and Asian markets. We also included materials which are needed for the manufacturing of contact parts and assemblies, but are outside of DODUCO's product offerings. These include contact carrier materials such as copper and nickel alloys, as well as thermostatic materials.
The third edition Even so, we felt it was published in English in 2010 under necessary to add more detailed descriptive passages about products and technologies, which expanded the name AMI DODUCOoriginal focus on mostly data tables and diagrams.Since later in that year our company is owned by the investment groups TinicumCapital Partners II We updated and JP Asia Partners and again is registered under the former namere-wrote most chapters of DODUCO, however using a new corporate identity and image. This event served asthe reason to again revise the Data Book . We also expanded and publish updated the latest version under references at the wellknown corporate name end of DODUCOeach chapter which are meant to aid those readers who want to benefit from more and deeper detailed published resources.
This new DODUCO Data Book updated Electrical Contacts Wiki again is meant to be a handy reference and data sourcefor all those who need to work in the field of electrical contacts and their applications. Itcan however not be a full substitute for personal discussions with experts in electricalcontact technology. For such technical exchanges we offer the direct expertise andadvice from our application engineers and research and development staff who areready to answer your questions.
Please challenge us with your unique problems or special requests; , because ourworld is the World of Electrical Contacts.
The EditorsDODUCOPforzheim, Germany, May 2012February 2023
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