Aiming to study the influence of shell material characteristics (such as mechanical strength,high-temperature arc resistance,gas production and dielectric recovery strength) and shell structure on short-circuit breaking ability,based on the design of the miniature circuit breaker (MCB) shell material modifying from a thermosetting bulk molding compound (BMC) to a thermoplastic PA6 and the characteristics of a PA6 material,the shell structure is optimized.The short-circuit breaking test is carried out through the combination of different shell material and structure,then the testing data is obtained.Based on the test data and the disassembly information after testing,the relationship of the distribution and stability of arc time and energy in each stage of short-circuit breaking with the shell material and structure is studied by dividing the arc stages,the structure of a PA6 shell MCB is optimized.Finally,the short-circuit breaking test is passed.The experimental results show that the structure optimization of the thermoplastic modification is reasonable,which indicates that the analysis method of short-circuit breaking test is effective and has certain reference significance for the design and analysis of similar products.