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strip of fuse

German translation: You got me

16:08 Aug 21, 2002
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Fahrzeugbau-Differentialgetriebe
English term or phrase: strip of fuse
Stick a strip of fuse to three spots on the bevel gear with grease.
Messen des Abstands zwischen zwei ineinandergreifende Zahnräder mittels "strip of fuse"
dokutec
German translation:You got me
Explanation:
I have a feeling that this is some sort of engineer-speak. I do NOT believe that it is electrical, as in Kim's answer. I THINK that the 'fuse' here refers to some sort of paper or cloth that is placed in the gearing to determine where the gear teeth are making contact. In a similar fashion, a dentist, when installing a crown, will have the patient bite down on a piece of special paper to determine how to grind the crown surface to mate with the opposite tooth. However, I am unable to find ANY reference to this.

I think you should contact your client and see if there is another name for this stuff.

Whatever happens, good luck.


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Note added at 2002-08-21 17:41:03 (GMT) Post-grading
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Please come back and let us ALL know what the client says about this. I will lose sleep over it if you don\'t :)
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jccantrell
United States
Local time: 21:43
Grading comment
Many Thanks, I call the Client!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4Sicherungsstreifen
Kim Metzger
4You got me
jccantrell
3Aufschmelzstreifen or Aufbrennstreifen
Johannes Gleim


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Sicherungsstreifen


Explanation:
Auch Schmelzsicherung. Also called fuse-element strip in English.

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Note added at 2002-08-21 16:23:44 (GMT)
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Die Streifenstücke werden mit Fett aufgeklebt.

Here\'s a good German/English website:

http://www.pudenz.com/download/sfb-blocks.pdf

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Note added at 2002-08-21 17:08:13 (GMT)
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jc has a valid point, as usual. You\'d hardly want to use good fuse strips for this purpose. The only think I can think of is that they happen to save old fuse strips for this purpose because they happen to be very good for this operation.


    Fachw�rterbuch industrielle Technik - Siemens
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 22:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2690

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Bichis
31 mins
disagree  Johannes Gleim: fuse-element strip = Sicherungsstreifen (Schmelzsicherung) laut Siemens ist elektrisch
48 mins
  -> Ja, siehe oben.
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
You got me


Explanation:
I have a feeling that this is some sort of engineer-speak. I do NOT believe that it is electrical, as in Kim's answer. I THINK that the 'fuse' here refers to some sort of paper or cloth that is placed in the gearing to determine where the gear teeth are making contact. In a similar fashion, a dentist, when installing a crown, will have the patient bite down on a piece of special paper to determine how to grind the crown surface to mate with the opposite tooth. However, I am unable to find ANY reference to this.

I think you should contact your client and see if there is another name for this stuff.

Whatever happens, good luck.


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Note added at 2002-08-21 17:41:03 (GMT) Post-grading
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Please come back and let us ALL know what the client says about this. I will lose sleep over it if you don\'t :)

jccantrell
United States
Local time: 21:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1620
Grading comment
Many Thanks, I call the Client!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  JFlatau: I think they mean plastic gauge...
4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Aufschmelzstreifen or Aufbrennstreifen


Explanation:
to fuse = flüssig machen, schmelzen, herunterschmelzen, einschmelzen
to fuse on the enamel = Email aufbrenne
to fuse off = abschmelzen
to fuse together = zusammenschmelzen

to fuse a strip (onto) = einen Streifen aufschmelzen or aufbrennen



    Ernst: Dictionary of Engineering and Technology
Johannes Gleim
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 5379
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