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Why vacuum interrupters?

Vacuum interrupters are the engineered heart of all Siemens medium‑voltage switchgear. Having pioneered vacuum switching technology in the early 1970s, we design our vacuum interrupters to deliver the best vacuum switching available on the market.

Typical operating performance reaches up to 30.000 cycles in circuit-breakers and up to three million cycles in contactors — maintenance‑free across the whole lifecycle.

For utilities, OEMs and industrial operators who demand uptime, safety and long-term economy, Siemens vacuum interrupters deliver proven German engineering, environmental responsibility, and market‑leading quality — a clear choice when performance and reliability matter most.

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Engineered reliability

Hermetically sealed contacts ensure consistent switching performance throughout the entire lifecycle.

Designed with F-gas-free insulation technology

Innovative vacuum technology for an F-gas-free ecological energy transition.

Expert partnership

Highly qualified R&D team to support with the integration into your gear.

Clean power. Trusted performance.

Each VI features a hermetically sealed vacuum contact gap that keeps the switching characteristics of the interrupters constant throughout their entire lifecycle. Proprietary Siemens contact materials and precision manufacturing produce exceptionally low forward resistance and very high short‑circuit switching capacity — even under the harshest conditions.

inner workings of Siemens vacuum interrupter technology in this animated visualization

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