Korean Researchers have recently created the world’s first Mott device that reduces the size and improves the performance of traditional electromagnetic switches and circuit breakers.
The research team has created a power interruption technology based on a Mott metal-insulator transition (Mott MIT) device. According to Phys.org, MIT devices can be applied to electromagnetic switches that interrupt an electric current in case of overcurrent.
“The mechanical switch is replaced by a simple electrical circuit controlling the electromagnet, which means that the mechanical switching is changed into the electronic one. Therefore, the MIT overload relay becomes small in size by removing the large mechanical switch and has the accuracy irrespective of environment temperature during long term,” Phys.org reported.
According to Phys.org, a market report claimed that the sales of the worldwide power switch and circuit breaker markets will reach about $29.5 billion in 2016.
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