Laser ablation of silicone composites
Laser ablation of silicone composites
Silicone rubber based composites are widely used to produce outdoor insulators. In adverse weather conditions these can be damaged by surface discharge activity resulting in deterioration of their dielectric properties and an eventual need for replacement. Inclined plane tracking tests are frequently used to determine the relative performance of different material formulations used in their construction. An alternative approach to characterisation is to use an infra-red laser to deposit known amounts of energy at a known rate to the sample’s surface allowing comparative ranking of different materials. In this paper several silicone based composites have been ranked using a laser ablation technique and the results were then compared to those obtained from tracking tests on the same materials. The comparison indicates that laser ablation ranks the materials in the same order as the tracking tests and may therefore constitute a quick and cost effective method for the routine characterisation of outdoor insulation components.
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Hosier, I L
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Abd Rahman, M S
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12 August 2011
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Hosier, I L, Abd Rahman, M S, Vaughan, A S, Krivda, A, Kornmann, X and Schmidt, L E
(2011)
Laser ablation of silicone composites.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 310 (1), .
Abstract
Silicone rubber based composites are widely used to produce outdoor insulators. In adverse weather conditions these can be damaged by surface discharge activity resulting in deterioration of their dielectric properties and an eventual need for replacement. Inclined plane tracking tests are frequently used to determine the relative performance of different material formulations used in their construction. An alternative approach to characterisation is to use an infra-red laser to deposit known amounts of energy at a known rate to the sample’s surface allowing comparative ranking of different materials. In this paper several silicone based composites have been ranked using a laser ablation technique and the results were then compared to those obtained from tracking tests on the same materials. The comparison indicates that laser ablation ranks the materials in the same order as the tracking tests and may therefore constitute a quick and cost effective method for the routine characterisation of outdoor insulation components.
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Published date: 12 August 2011
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