We know that conductive slip rings transfer power and data between 360° rotating devices, but how does this happen? How does slip ring work? At the basic level, the slip ring is composed of two main parts, conductive ring and brush, or conducting ring rotation - brush rest, or brush rotation - conductive ring static, no essential difference between the two kinds of working state, the slip ring components of metal ring and brush according to the need of the equipment and the number of changes, many of the slip ring is contained within the metal case, in order to protect them from dust, Moisture and other factors that may cause its failure, if the use of good environment, generally also made of engineering plastic shell, the cost is lower, Conductive Slip Ring is not easy to damage.
Brush contact is always in pairs, one two, all the way to prevent damage, another can also work, made of silver metal copper and graphite or graphite (now basically is the ternary alloy silk, more strong abrasion resistance), and the lateral friction spinning metal ring, when the component part of the rotation, they keep continuous electrical connection, while each ring is usually only one brush to, However, different current intensity may require each circuit to use four or more pairs. The diameter of ternary alloy wire is generally fixed. When encountering equipment with high current, dozens of brush wires may be combined in each path to ensure that it will not be burned when the current is high.
Conductive ring made of conductive metal, usually brass, but can also be silver or gold plated (industrial gold, not wear gold and silver jewelry of gold), and is usually installed on the central axis, but with central axis, insulation between rings and ring and shaft insulating material of nylon, phenolic plastics or other conductive materials, when the ring turns, conduct electric current through the brush to the conductive ring connection, This is how conductive slip rings work.
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