Analysis on Production Methods and their Characteristics of Copper and Copper Alloy Contact Wires for Electric Railway
By comparison of various production methods and characteristics of copper and copper alloy contact wire for electric railway use,and analysis on influence of different production method on performance of contact wire,it is shown that continuous extrusion process is of outstanding technical advantages.This method overcome the shortcomings in traditional contact wire production,and will acquire high quality contact wires with oxygen free and fine grain metallurgical structure.