断路器中英文对照外文翻译文献.doc

中英文对照外文翻译文献 (文档含英文原文和中文翻译) 外文文献： Circuit Breaks Within a few years of the introduction of the fuse，the growing electrical industry started looking for an alternative method of providing protection for electric circuits．They wanted a device that would not be destroyed by its operation，that could simply be reset to restore power,and that could also be used as a means of switching for the circuit．Out of this development work came the circuit breaker．which is an electromechanical device．The circuit breaker is defined as a device designed to open and close a circuit by non-automatic means and to open the circuit automatically on a predetermined over-current without injure to itself when properly applied within its rating. As with other equipment，circuit breakers are divided into those rated for 1 000 volts and less and those rated for more than 1000 volts．Low-voltage circuit breakers were also divided into two distinct categories，molded-case and power types．However，in the past few years the distinction between these two types has become less clea-cut as a new type of encased breaker are universally operated in air, so it is not necessary to designate them as air circuit breakers as this understood．Medium and high—voltage breakers，on the other hand，use mediums other than air in which to open the circuit and therefore must be designated as being air, gas，and so on． Apart from having different voltage and continuous current ratings．breakers have widely different interrupting ratings，response characteristics，and methods of operation．The proper application of circuit breakers requires a good knowledge of all the characteristics and options available for each type． The simplest circuit—opening device is the manually operated knife switch．This switch has the basic parts required of any circuit—opening device：a fixed contact, a moving，an operating handle，and a base—plate or flame．However as anyone who has opened a knife switch under load has witnessed，there is a luminou