LittleBalu (asker): 1:39pm May 26, 2005: Thanks... - ...for your replies so far. The Online "Lexikon der Mechatronik" has *dissipate* for (Wärme) ableiten. Would this be completely wrong? Karl Foehner: 1:44pm May 26, 2005: I would say dissipate indicates that you would be talking about a heat sink of some type that is transferring the heat to air or water (i.e. the heat is being dissipated.) Your case seems to refer to interconnected components which are conducting the heat - jccantrell: 2:13pm May 26, 2005: I would still vote for dissipate as the term is used for conducting heat away from something. Heat sinks do it, but just copper, as in a trace on a circuit board, also does it well. You might use "better heat dissipation characteristics" or some such. - Robert Sleigh: 3:05pm May 26, 2005: dissipate would be ideal if the text were for specialists to read. The important thing in the "conduct away" (which anyone can understand) is the word "away". Yer pays yer money and yer takes yer choice -
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Explanation: See Ernst "wörterbuch der Technik" etc.
Robert Sleigh Germany Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 8
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This one was difficult to grade, given there are several "right" answers. I finally decided in favour of Robert's suggestion because, as he rightly says, anyone can understand it.
Thanks to all for your helpful input.
3 hrs confidence:
heat removal
Explanation: Gets you around the inelegant "away".
"The thermal conductivity of the coating is also important, in that it determines how the heat generated in the cutting operation will be dissipated. A high thermal conductivity value indicates that the heat will be dissipated into the tool material, causing it to soften at higher cutting speeds. A lower thermal conductivity of the coating or the tool material allows the heat to be transferred back to the metal chip, which is a more desirable method of heat removal."
"Due to the difference in conductivity, care must be taken to ensure adequate removal of heat from the workpiece and the tool. Overheating can result in blunting of the tool and localized burning of the workpiece surface."
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