A process for producing a contact piece and contact piece for a vacuum switching chamber even

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a contact piece for use in a vacuum switching chamber, particularly in a low, medium or high voltage vacuum switching chamber 12 according to the preamble of patent claim 1, as well as a contact piece for a medium voltage vacuum switching chamber itself, according to the preamble of claim To this to improve multilayer contact systems so that larger layer thicknesses are used to improve the electrical properties, the invention proposes that the contact piece is formed of at least two layers with an interposed therebetween soldering foil, which are soldered in the desired position to each other in a vacuum oven with each other. The Zweischichtigkeit can also be obtained through a powder layering. To this end in a mold, the powder layering is pressed and subsequently sintered in the furnace to the finished contact piece blank.