@article{article_212975, title={THE COMPARISON OF CERAMIC AND NON-CERAMIC INSULATORS}, journal={Engineering Sciences}, volume={2}, pages={274–294}, year={2007}, DOI={10.12739/nwsaes.v2i4.5000067211}, author={Gençoğlu, Muhsin Tunay}, keywords={Kompozit (seramik olmayan) izolatör, silikon kauçu, , , , ,}, abstract={The insulators have generally been made of ceramics or glass. These materials have outstanding insulating properties and weather resistance, but have the disadvantages of being heavy, easily fractured, and subject to degradation of their withstand voltage properties when polluted. There was therefore a desire to develop insulators of a new structure using new materials that would overcome these drawbacks. Non-ceramic insulators, also referred to as composite insulators, polymer or polymeric insulators are used in power transmission lines. The composite insulators are being accepted increasingly for use in outdoor installations by the traditionally cautious electric power utilities worldwide. The tremendous growth in the applications of non-ceramic insulators is due to their advantages over the traditional ceramic and glass insulators. These include light weight, higher mechanical strength to weight ratio, higher resistance, better performance in the presence of heavy pollution in wet conditions, and better withstand voltage than porcelain or glass insulators. In this study, non-ceramic insulators have been researched and ceramic and composite insulators have been compared with respect to their various characteristics.}, number={4}, publisher={E-Journal of New World Sciences Academy}