Switching device for conducting high continuous currents and very high short-circuit currents

A switching device (1) for conducting high continuous currents and very high short-circuit currents having at least two contact locations (9, 10), wherein each contact location comprises a movable contact (11) and a fixed contact (12), one of the contacts (12) of each contact location (9, 10) being formed in a socket (13) and the other contact (11) of each contact location (9, 10) being formed on a pin (14) which can be received in the socket (13), and the movable contacts (11) of both contact locations (9, 10) being in the form of a common component;

• wherein one of the contacts (12) at at least one of the contact locations (9, 10) has ribs (26), so that at the contact location (9, 10) a plurality of contact points is defined, the ribs being a separate component in the form of contact lamellae, said component being arranged on the corresponding contact of each contact location, and the contact lamellae being in the form of a high-current contact strip (27), which comprises a resilient carrier strip (30) having two boundary flanges (28) and comprises a plurality of contact webs (29), which run transversely to the boundary flanges (28) and are connected to the boundary flanges (28), wherein contact pieces (31) are riveted onto the contact webs (29).