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Angussteile

English translation: sprue


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German term or phrase:Angussteile
English translation:sprue
Entered by: Steffen Walter
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12:40 Jul 10, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting / recycling
German term or phrase: Angussteile
This is a recycling machine which will shred "Angusteile". It's in a catalogue of recycling machines/shredders. I have no further context than that, I'm afraid.
Sonja Marks
Local time: 10:54
lugs
Explanation:
Anguß = lug
aus: Wörterbuch Metallurgie und Gießereitechnik De - En, Brandstetter VerlagWiesbaden 1987

material left in the feed channel
like "sprue" in plastics injection moulding
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MoTrans
Germany
Local time: 10:54
Grading comment
I checked and found that "sprue" works for both plastics and metals, as pointed out by itla.
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4lugsMoTrans


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Angusteile
lugs


Explanation:
Anguß = lug
aus: Wörterbuch Metallurgie und Gießereitechnik De - En, Brandstetter VerlagWiesbaden 1987

material left in the feed channel
like "sprue" in plastics injection moulding

MoTrans
Germany
Local time: 10:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I checked and found that "sprue" works for both plastics and metals, as pointed out by itla.
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Asker: Thanks MoTrans!

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Changes made by editors
Jul 23, 2009 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Edited KOG entrySonja Marks's old entry - "Angusteile" => "sprue"
Jul 23, 2009 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Term askedAngusteile => Angussteile


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