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German translation: Schachtbildung/Hohlraumbildung (Schüttgüter)

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English term or phrase:	(to) rat hole
German translation:	Schachtbildung/Hohlraumbildung (Schüttgüter)
Entered by:	lisa23

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12:54 Oct 5, 2007

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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering

English term or phrase: rat hole

The purpose with this is to avoid so called ‘rat holes’ appearing in the material and thus achieve an even dosage.

Diese ‘rat holes’ entstehen beim Befüllen einer Maschine. Kennt jemand den deutschen Begriff?

Vielen Dank im Voraus!

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Schachtbildung

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Schachtbildung

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Schachtbildung

Explanation:
oder Hohlraumbildung, siehe pdf

auch gem. Langenscheidt: rat-hole: to rat-hole Kanäle bilden (von Schüttgut z. B. beim Wirbelbettverfahren)

es bilden sich sozusagen Schächte oder Kanäle wie bei Mäuselöchern

Reference: http://www.bauverlag.de/domains/bauverlag/zkg/zkg_de/pdf/zkg...
Reference: http://www.dietmar-schulze.de/storaged.html

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Oct 10, 2007 - Changes made by lisa23:
Edited KOG entry	lisa23's old entry - "(to) rat hole" => "Schachtbildung/Hohlraumbilding (Schüttgüter)"
Oct 10, 2007 - Changes made by lisa23:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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