Method for connecting a contact body and a flexible conductor, and a compression mold for carrying out said method

This application is the national phase under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of PCT International Application No. PCT/DE00/00182 which has an International filing date of Jan. 9, 2000, which designated the United States of America and which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. A movable contact arrangement suitable for use in a switching device has a rigid contact body and a flexible conductor piece connecting the contact body to a fixed conductor. The contact body is connected to the conductor piece by mechanically compressing a section of a semifinished product in the form of a cable or strand, with the flexible conductor piece being formed by an uncompressed part of the semifinished product. The compressing operation can also be used at the same time to produce the contact body from the semifinished product. The method described allows low-cost production of contact modules for power circuit breakers used in sophisticated mechanical and electrical equipment.