NOR & NOR R DISCONNECTORS

AND CHANGE OVER SWITCHES

 NOR & NOR R DISCONNECTORS
HIGHLIGHTS

• Low and constant voltage drop

• Compact Design
• High short circuit current withstand
• Large air gap and creepage distances
• Easy connections to copper bus bars with bolts
• Customization possible with:
Actuators: motor, pneumatic, manual
Auxiliaries: limit switches, locks, control boxes
Adaptations to the connecting bus bars
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spring loading and locking system

Spring loaded contact pressure copper finger

25x25 = 625 mm² for NOR
Each spring = or
30daN for NOR type 25x40 = 1000 mm² for NOR-R
50daN for NOR-R type
Brazed silver to silver
contacts

Fibreglass reinforced A steel shaft pulls the contact

polyester insulators fingers through a C shaped rod
 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOR & NOR-R

NOR : 25 x 25 copper fingers rated around 1000 A

for single switches up to 65 KA
NOR-R: 25 x 40 copper fingers rated around 1400 A
for single switches up to 90 KA
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Main electrical data

• Temperature rise below 65 K when ambient temperature is 40°C

• Switch temperature is 15°C above bus bars temperature
• Punctual contact temperature: 140°C
• Voltage drop at rated current: 30 mV
• Short circuit current withstand:
10 times rated current in 1 pole configuration
5 times rated current in 2 pole configuration
• Dielectric data:
Between live parts in open position : 10 KV – 50 Hz – 1 mn
Between live parts and earth : 10 KV – 50 Hz – 1 mn
Between auxiliary contacts and earth : 2.5 KV – 50 Hz – 1 mn
Between motor and earth : 2 KV – 50 Hz – 1 mn
• Breaking capacity: upon request up to 100 KA at 100 V DC & L/R < 20 ms
• SCR leakage current interruption: upon request 1A-100 V DC & L/R < 5 ms
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Main mechanical data

• Mechanical endurance: 20 000 cycles (higher endurance upon request)

• Typical duration of opening or closing operation
With motor operation: 3 to 12 seconds
With pneumatic operation: less than 1 second
NOR DISCONNECTORS
dimensions
 NOR DISCONNECTOR
20 KA DC 1500 V

2 auxiliary limit switches

per position (NO + NC)
Emergency
Hand wheel
NOR-R DISCONNECTOR 40 KA DC 2KV
BOLTED COPPER CONNECTIONS
NOR-R DISCONNECTOR 40 KA DC 2KV
BOLTED COPPER CONNECTIONS
 NOR - R CHANGE OVER SWITCHES
Highlights

• Low and constant voltage drop

• Compact Design
• High short circuit current withstand
• Large air gap and creepage distances
• Easy connections to copper bus bars with bolts
• Customization possible with:
Actuators: motor, pneumatic, manual
Auxiliaries: limit switches, locks, control boxes
Adaptations to the connecting bus bars
 NOR - R CHANGE OVER SWITCHES
Main electrical data

• Temperature rise below 65 K when ambient temperature is 40°C

• Switch temperature is 15°C above bus bars temperature
• Punctual contact temperature: 140°C
• Voltage drop at rated current: 30 mV
• Short circuit current withstand:
5 times rated current in 2 pole configuration
• Dielectric data:
Between live parts in open position : 10 KV – 50 Hz – 1 mn
Between live parts and earth : 10 KV – 50 Hz – 1 mn
Between auxiliary contacts and earth : 2.5 KV – 50 Hz – 1 mn
Between motor and earth : 2 KV – 50 Hz – 1 mn
• Breaking capacity: upon request up to 100 KA at 100 V DC & L/R < 20 ms
• SCR leakage current interruption: upon request 1A-100 V DC & L/R < 5 ms
 NOR - R CHANGE OVER SWITCHES
Main mechanical data

• Mechanical endurance: 20 000 cycles (higher endurance upon request)

• Typical duration of opening or closing operation
With motor operation: 3 to 12 seconds
With pneumatic operation: less than 1 second
NOR - R CHANGE OVER SWITCHES
dimensions
NOR & NOR-RDISCONNECTORS
remote manual operation
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remote manual operation

α angle must always be

equal to or less than 30°

When ordering specify x and

y as well as α
 Derating versus ambient temperature

When the ambient temperature θa is above a reference temperature θ0

the operating current of the switch becomes:

a − θa
I = A1 * IN A1 =
a − θ0

Θ0 = 40°C
a = 110

Example with θa = 65°C

110 − 65
A 1= = 0.8
110 − 40
Therefore a switch rated 50 KA can operate at 40 KA only
 Temperature rise

I2  − 
t
I2
∆ θ ( I,t ) = ∆ θ N 2 1 − e τ  ∆θ = ∆θN 2
IN   max
IN
 

IN = rated current of the device

I = operating current in the device
t = time
τ = thermal time constant of the hot part of the device (15 mn)
∆ θN = temperature rise at rated current IN (generally 65 K)
∆θ
θMAX = maximum temperature rise at operating current I
∆θ
θ (I , t) = instantaneous temperature rise at operating current I and time t
Punctual contact temperature: 140°C
 INSTALLATION OF
NOR & NOR-R SWITCHES

• Bus bar expansion must be not applied to the switches

• Flexibles must be installed in the circuit
• When the bus bars can withstand the weight of the switch the frame of
the switch must not be bolted to anything else
• For copper / copper connections bolts made of austenitic structure
stainless steel are better ( they have same expansion coefficient as copper)
• When possible the switch should be fitted with mobile contact fingers in
vertical position
 INSTALLATION
EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS OF Al & Cu

Aluminium expansion: 1 mm / m / 40°K

Copper expansion: 0.75 mm / m / 40°K

∆L

The length variation ∆L of a 12 m long aluminium bar when the

temperature rise is 50 K is:
50
∆L = 1 x 12 x = 15 mm
40