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Zusammenfügen, Zylinderschraube

English translation: Assembly, Socket head cap screw

10:45 Sep 6, 2000
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: Zusammenfügen, Zylinderschraube
"Die Vormontage eines Nockenwellenverstellers beinhaltet das Zusammenfügen aller Bauteile und das lose Verschauben der 5 Zylinderschrauben."
TIA, Beth
Beth Kantus
United States
Local time: 15:57
English translation:Assembly, Socket head cap screw
Explanation:
Zusammenfügen in this context is assembly.
Zylinderschraube = Zylinderkopfschraube = socket head cap screw.
Cheese head screw (with a screw driver slot) are rarely used in this application.
hth wolfgang
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wolfgang
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Thanks to everyone who tried to help with this question. In the end I did use assembly for fügen, and a technical consultant agreed about the cheese-head screw question. I am still waiting for final word from the client's engineer, but Proz keeps nagging me to choose an answer. Thanks to all!
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nacheese-head screw
Gunther Wolf
nasee below
Elisabeth Moser
nasee below
Mike McDonald (X)
nasee below
Elisabeth Moser
naAssembly, Socket head cap screw
wolfgang
nasee below
Rolf Buesken (X)


  

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12 mins
cheese-head screw


Explanation:

Zylinderschraube = cheese-head screw,
a slotted screw




    DeVries Techn. Dictionary
Gunther Wolf
Local time: 15:57
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12 mins
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Explanation:
das Zusammenfuegen=assembly
Zylinder=cylinder/cylindrical
Schraube= (mit Mutter=nut)bolt, (ohne Mutter)screw,


    Muret-Sanders
Elisabeth Moser
United States
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15 mins
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Explanation:
das Zusammenfügen - the joining together (of)

die Zylinderschraube - cheese-headed or slotted screw

'The pre-assembly of a camshaft adjustor involves the joining together of all the component parts then loosely screwing in the 5 slotted screws.'


    Oxford-Duden Pictorial German Dictionary (sect. 143 for screws, bolts, etc)
Mike McDonald (X)
Local time: 20:57
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19 mins
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Explanation:
das Zusammenfuegen=assembly
Zylinder=cylinder/cylindrical
Schraube= (mit Mutter=nut)bolt, (ohne Mutter)screw,


    Muret-Sanders
Elisabeth Moser
United States
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2 hrs
Assembly, Socket head cap screw


Explanation:
Zusammenfügen in this context is assembly.
Zylinderschraube = Zylinderkopfschraube = socket head cap screw.
Cheese head screw (with a screw driver slot) are rarely used in this application.
hth wolfgang

wolfgang
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 78
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone who tried to help with this question. In the end I did use assembly for fügen, and a technical consultant agreed about the cheese-head screw question. I am still waiting for final word from the client's engineer, but Proz keeps nagging me to choose an answer. Thanks to all!
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4 hrs
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Explanation:
Strongly concur with Wolfgang.
Slotted screw is almost unthinkable in this application.


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Rolf Buesken (X)
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 544
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