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Moving Complexity to Where It Belongs

High-current systems traditionally compensate for contact limitations by adding:

• stronger springs

• heavier mechanisms

• larger housings

• more complex arc chambers

• additional cooling

• software protection layers

These measures increase:

• weight

• cost

• validation time

• failure modes

• time-to-market

The contact becomes the weakest link —
and the rest of the system grows around it.

A Different Economic Model

Elastic composite contacts shift the engineering burden.

Instead of scaling:

• force

• housing mass

• mechanical complexity

the design scales interface structure.

The complexity moves into the contact element itself —
a controlled, manufacturable component.

The rest of the system becomes simpler.

Financial Impact

This shift enables:

• smaller housings

• reduced mechanical force requirements

• fewer thermal mitigation measures

• lower validation complexity

In practical terms:

• nominal current rating can increase by 1.5–2×

• without proportional growth in device size

• without redesigning the entire switching architecture

Time to Market

Because integration requires only one additional production step,
existing platforms can be upgraded rather than replaced.

That means:

• shorter development cycles

• reduced requalification effort

• faster deployment in high-current platforms

The question is not whether higher current systems are needed.

The question is whether your architecture should carry the weight —
or whether the contact should.