
Contact tips
Silver-based contact tips ensure low contact resistance, long switching life, and reliable current transmission in switches, relays, and industrial electrical series applications.
Available Designs
- Contact tips in the form of discs, shaped parts, or profiled contact pieces
- Designed for soldering, welding, or riveting onto base materials
- Supplied as individual parts, strip material, or custom geometries
Materials
- Silver and silver alloys (e.g. Ag, AgNi, AgCu)
- Silver metal oxide materials (e.g. AgSnO₂, AgZnO, AgCdO*)
- Silver-graphite and silver-refractory materials for higher switching loads
Applications
Application areas of our contact parts in electrical engineering
Relays
Circuit breaker
Contactor
Temperature controllers

Contact profiles
Precision-manufactured contact profiles for a wide range of switching applications
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Knowledge
Expertise in material selection, manufacturing, and application
Hollow pins for sockets with grounding pin
Hollow pins are key contact components in sockets with a grounding pin and ensure a reliable protective earth connection. Due to their low weight, optimized bending strength, and the use of low-lead materials such as CuZn37, they offer design advantages over solid pins in modern installation systems.
Contact rivets in electrical engineering
Contact rivets are widely used contact parts in low-voltage switching devices. This reference article covers design and geometry, common silver-based materials, manufacturing and setting processes, typical applications, and practical selection criteria for engineering and purchasing.
Manufacturing of electrical contacts for industrial use
Manufacturing of electrical contacts: materials, forming and joining processes, series stability, quality assurance, and typical failure modes.
