{"id":16090,"date":"2026-07-10T12:03:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/de\/?p=16090"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:03:36","slug":"high-quality-components-for-oltc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/07-2026\/high-quality-components-for-oltc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Switching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hid\u00adden deep with\u00adin a trans\u00adformer, every sin\u00adgle com\u00adpo\u00adnent of a tap chang\u00ader plays a cru\u00adcial role in ensur\u00ading the sta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of the pow\u00ader sup\u00adply. To inter\u00advene in the flow of cur\u00adrent with\u00adout inter\u00adrupt\u00ading the sup\u00adply, each part must pre\u00adcise\u00adly with\u00adstand extreme elec\u00adtri\u00adcal and mechan\u00adi\u00adcal stress\u00ades. Invent\u00aded and man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtured by Rein\u00adhausen, they have been con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous\u00adly opti\u00admized and adapt\u00aded to new require\u00adments over the past cen\u00adtu\u00adry. With every switch\u00ading oper\u00ada\u00adtion, the com\u00adpo\u00adnents mesh per\u00adfect\u00adly. It\u2019s time to shed light on the dark\u00adness inside the trans\u00adformer and view this sophis\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy from a new per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INSULATES AND SUPPORTS HEAVY LOADS<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Oil Compartment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

is made of glass-fiber-rein\u00adforced plas\u00adtic and com\u00adbines elec\u00adtri\u00adcal insu\u00adla\u00adtion with high mechan\u00adi\u00adcal sta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty. It sup\u00adports the weight of the entire tap chang\u00ader and simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly pro\u00adtects against volt\u00adage flashovers. Its spe\u00adcial wind\u00ading struc\u00adture ensures strength and dura\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MOVES WITH GREAT PRECISION<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Maltese Wheel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

con\u00adtrols the pre\u00adcise switch\u00ading move\u00adment of the selec\u00adtor. It con\u00adverts the rota\u00adtion\u00adal move\u00adment of the dri\u00adve into a step-by-step move\u00adment so that the con\u00adtacts are posi\u00adtioned exact\u00adly despite mechan\u00adi\u00adcal tol\u00ader\u00adances. The wheel is com\u00adplete\u00adly wear resis\u00adtant, ensur\u00ading reli\u00adable oper\u00ada\u00adtion for the entire life of the tap chang\u00ader and approx\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly 1.2 mil\u00adlion switch\u00ading oper\u00ada\u00adtions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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COMPACTLY DESIGNED, SECURELY SHIELDED<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Oil-Compartment Contact<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

estab\u00adlish\u00ades the cur\u00adrent-car\u00adry\u00ading con\u00adnec\u00adtion between the load switch and the selec\u00adtor. Made of cop\u00adper and par\u00adtial\u00adly sil\u00adver-plat\u00aded, it ensures high con\u00adduc\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty. Round\u00aded shapes and shield\u00ading pre\u00advent elec\u00adtri\u00adcal arc\u00ading and enable a com\u00adpact design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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SWITCHES IN A VACUUM<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Vacuum Cell<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

is the heart of the vac\u00adu\u00adum tap chang\u00ader. It switch\u00ades the cur\u00adrent flow under load by open\u00ading and clos\u00ading con\u00adtacts in a vac\u00adu\u00adum in frac\u00adtions of a sec\u00adond. The result\u00ading arc is quick\u00adly extin\u00adguished with\u00adout con\u00adt\u00ada\u00adm\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading the sur\u00adround\u00ading envi\u00adron\u00adment. This increas\u00ades the tap changer\u2019s ser\u00advice life and ensures vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly main\u00adte\u00adnance-free oper\u00ada\u00adtion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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SWITCHES RELIABLY FOR DECADES<\/mark><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A tap chang\u00ader con\u00adsists of sev\u00ader\u00adal hun\u00addred parts. To ensure it switch\u00ades reli\u00adably through\u00adout its entire ser\u00advice life, every seem\u00ading\u00adly minor detail mat\u00adters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-07-2026","category-onload"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16090"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17720,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16090\/revisions\/17720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}