The Importance Of Proper Importance Of SCR Clamps

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The importance of proper installation of SCR clamps The chances are that you don't give much thought to SCR clamps when purchasing or installing SCR devices, but you're making a mistake. Although they might seem like just a relatively unimportant afterthought, SCR clamps and their proper installation are actually vital to the proper functioning and long life of your SCR systems. Particularly for Hockey Puk SCR's, the choice of proper SCR clamps and their proper installation is essential. As with all electronic devices, the lower the operating temperature of your SCR device, the greater its life expectancy will be. In order to ensure proper heat transfer and to maintain the proper operating temperature for your SCR device, you must have the …show more content…

The hockey puck SCR must be exactly centered on the mounting surface. If the centering pin is not properly aligned, then the pole face will not properly seal on the mounting surface and the silicon wafer inside the hockey puk, will not seal properly either. When everything is properly aligned on the other hand, then all services should be touching perfectly, the pole surfaces should be parallel to each other and the electricity and heat should travel smoothly from one surface to the next. This means that your hockey puk SCR will run cooler and last …show more content…

It is important that they be installed properly by following the the proper steps and procedures. First, you assemble all the parts loosely and make sure that heatsink thermal compound was used on the SCR pole faces. Next, you finger-tighten the two clamp bolts. Then you verify that the top and bottom mounting surfaces are parallel. Make sure that the SCR is centered in the assembly and that the locating pin is in the hole on the mounting surface. Then use a wrench, to tighten each of the bolts one quarter turn at a time, until the pre-calibration indicator is loose to the

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