Portafolio de Ingles

Integrantes: Juan lvarez Csped

Camilo Garrote Codelia

Asignatura: Ingles Tcnico 1

Docente: Juan Pablo Marn
Seccin: EZ0515-130

The Contactor

A contactor is an electrically controlled switch used for switching a power

circuit, similar to a relay except with higher current ratings. A contactor is
controlled by a circuit which has a much lower power level than the switched
circuit. Contactors come in many forms with varying capacities and features.
Unlike a circuit breaker, a contactor is not intended to interrupt a short
circuitcurrent. Contactors range from those having a breaking current of
several amperes to thousands of amperes and 24 V DC to many kilovolts. The
physical size of contactors ranges from a device small enough to pick up with
one hand, to large devices approximately a meter on a side. Contactors are
used to control electric motors, lighting, heating, capacitor banks, thermal
evaporators, and other electrical loads. A contactor has three components.
The contacts are the current carrying part of the contactor. This includes power
contacts, auxiliary contacts, and contact springs. The electromagnet (or "coil")
provides the driving force to close the contacts. The enclosure is a frame
housing the contact and the electromagnet.
Unlike general-purpose relays, contactors are designed to be directly
connected to high-current load devices. The Relays tend to be of lower capacity
and are usually designed for both normally closed and normally open
applications. Apart from optional auxiliary low current contacts, contactors are
almost exclusively fitted with normally open ("form A") contacts. Unlike relays,
contactors are designed with features to control and suppress the arc produced
when interrupting heavy motor currents. When current passes through the
electromagnet, a magnetic field is produced, which attracts the moving core of
the contactor. The electromagnet coil draws more current initially, until its
inductance increases when the metal core enters the coil. The moving contact
is propelled by the moving core; the force developed by the electromagnet
holds the moving and fixed contacts together.
When the contactor coil , gravity or a spring returns the core of the
electromagnet to the initial position and the contacts open is deactivated. The
contactors are classified by the designed load current per contact ( pole ), the
maximum supported misses , the duty cycle , voltage and coil voltage . The
general purpose of controlling motors with contactor can be applied for heavy
duty starting of large motors, contactors called " definite purpose " are
carefully tailored to applications such as starting the motor- compressor air
conditioning. The scores for North America and Europe for contactors follow
different philosophies, In America the general purpose of the machines is the
use of contactors generally emphasize the simplicity of the application while
the definite purpose of qualification and European philosophy is design
highlighting expected lifetime of the application.

Idea Principal del texto

A contactor is an electrically controlled switch used for switching a power
circuit, similar to a relay except with higher current ratings.

Ideas Secundarias del segundo prrafo con sus

respectivos Sujetos y Verbos
Idea 1
The Relays tend to be of lower capacity and are usually designed for both
normally closed and normally open applications
Sujeto: The Relays / Los Rel
Verbo: Designed / Diseado
Tiempo Verbal: Pasado Simple
Idea 2
The electromagnet coil draws more current initially, until its inductance
increases when the metal core enters the coil
Sujeto: The electromagnet coil / La bobina del electroimn
Verbo: Draws / Atrae
Tiempo Verbal: Presente simple / Infinitivo

Traduccin del tercer prrafo

Cuando se desactiva la bobina del contactor, la gravedad o un resorte devuelve
el ncleo del electroimn a su posicin inicial y se abren los contactos. Los
contactores estn clasificados por la corriente de carga diseada por contacto
(polo), la falla mxima soportada, el ciclo de trabajo, el voltaje y la bobina de
tensin. El propsito general de controlar motores con un contactor puede ser
aplicado para servicio pesado de arranque de motores grandes, llamados
contactores de "propsito definido" estn adaptados cuidadosamente a las
aplicaciones tales como el arranque del moto-compresor de aire acondicionado.
Las calificaciones de Amrica del Norte y Europa para los contactores siguen
diferentes filosofas, En Norteamrica el propsito general de las maquinas es
el uso de contactores en general, hacen hincapi en la sencillez de la
aplicacin mientras propsito definido y la filosofa europea de calificacin es
que destacan el diseo del ciclo de vida previsto de la aplicacin.