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English translation: 'get clogged up' or 'get blocked'

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20:38 Nov 6, 2011

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Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial / Lackierungsanlage

German term or phrase: zusetzen

Speziell beim Phosphatierungsverfahren setzen sich die Oberflächen der Platten durch kristalline Ablagerungen relativ schnell zu.

thanks for english word

Darko Kolega KudoZ activity Questions: 2049 (13 open) (2 without valid answers) (81 closed without grading) Answers: 399 Croatia
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English translation:'get clogged up' or 'get blocked'

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'zusetzen' in this case means 'clogging up' or 'blocking'

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'get clogged up' or 'get blocked'

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perhaps "are covered with"

Malina Alexandra Pricop

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'get clogged up' or 'get blocked'

Explanation:
'zusetzen' in this case means 'clogging up' or 'blocking'

Jumo
Local time: 14:07
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23 mins

Reference: perhaps "are covered with"

Reference information:
I'm no expert in this field, but that is what I understood from the context and the description of the process (see references).

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphate_conversion_coating
Reference: http://www.ipme.ru/e-journals/RAMS/no_2905/narayanan.pdf

Malina Alexandra Pricop
Romania
Native speaker of:

Romanian,

English

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