German: A-Muster, B-MusterEnglish translation: prototype and pre-series 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | A-Muster, B-Muster | | English translation: | prototype and pre-series | | Entered by: | Ken Cox |
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Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing / product dervelopment | | German term or phrase: A-Muster, B-Muster | General context: PP presentation by a German UPS manufacturer
In the discussion of the product development phases, they refer to the 'A-Muster', 'B-Muster' etc. (which they have in part 'pre-translated' as 'A-Sample', 'B-Sample', etc).
I know this terminololgy is widely used in the German car industry, and AFIAK it designates different sorts of prototypes. So far I can't find any (google) evidence that the alphabetic designations are used in English.
Are there any standard definitions (and even better, English equivalents) for the terms? |
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Cilian O'Tuama
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| Note from asker to answererThanks. I decided to use 'design prototype' and 'pre-production prototype' (since I also had to deal with the 'Musterphase').
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| Cilian O'Tuama
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thanks. I decided to use 'design prototype' and 'pre-production prototype' (since I also had to deal with the 'Musterphase'). |
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