Hakenmaschine

05:42 Oct 26, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: Hakenmaschine
Hakenmaschine
Kompaktes Bearbeitungszentrum (Hakenmaschine) mit Breite ... und Höhe ....
Anyone ever heard that?
Tanja Kreutz
Germany
Local time: 20:45


Summary of answers provided
4 +1hacking machine or automatic end cutter
Beth Kantus
4hook machine
Ulla Haufe
4in that case....
Beth Kantus


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hacking machine or automatic end cutter


Explanation:
Sounds like what my bearing and engine component manufacturer calls a "hacker". It's a machine used to cut steel wire into lengths for further processing.

Hope this helps!

Beth Kantus
United States
Local time: 14:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 924

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neutral  Ulla Haufe: but Haken is a hook and ha´cken is something else
1 hr
  -> you could be right - we don't have enough context to know what is being processed in this Bearbeitungszentrum :-)

agree  JózsefÁrpád Bende
3 days 18 hrs
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hook machine


Explanation:
I couldn't believe it, but it does exist and sems to be some kind of sewing machine


    Reference: http://www.tpub.com/1ase2/80.htm
Ulla Haufe
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in that case....


Explanation:
maybe you could just call it a "compact, hook-lift machine"

HTH!

Beth Kantus
United States
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 924
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