The invention relates to an AgWC (wolfram
carbide) electrical contact material and a manufacturing method thereof, in particular to a silver-based
electric contact material and a manufacturing method thereof, belonging to the technical field of electrical contact materials. A substrate of the AgWC electrical contact material is infiltrated with silver from upper surface to lower surface. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps of: obtaining Ag and WC mixed
powder by applying a
powder mixing process; pressing the mixed
powder into a powder billet by applying a powder pressing process; then putting a prepared thin silver sheet on the powder billet by applying an infiltration
sintering process, conveying into a
heating furnace and heating, melting the silver sheet and infiltrating into the powder billet to further obtain an AgWC
electric contact; and beautifying the surface of the AgWC
electric contact by applying a
polishing process. The AgWC electric contact manufactured by adopting the manufacturing process has favorable electric conduction performance and heat conduction performance, high
corrosion resistance, strong
fusion welding resistance, and the like.