Gerüsthalter

English translation: Scaffolding anchor / Scaffold anchor

05:22 Nov 6, 2001

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering

German term or phrase: Gerüsthalter

part of a scaffold,

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English translation:Scaffolding anchor / Scaffold anchor

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Andrew Morgan
Local time: 23:31

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5 +4

Scaffolding anchor / Scaffold anchor

Andrew Morgan

dog / cramp / scaffolding clamp

Alexander Schleber (X)

scaffolding holder

Beth Kantus

another reference

Beth Kantus

Answers

8 mins confidence:

scaffolding holder

Explanation:
perhaps this will fit your context:
How do you make scaffolding?
... the ground on about a 45 degree angle. You securly stake the end of the 2 X 4 holding
up the scaffolding holder. After the second scaffolding holder is in place ...
www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0067A... - 6k

HTH!

Beth Kantus
United States
Local time: 17:31
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 924

10 mins confidence:

dog / cramp / scaffolding clamp

Explanation:
Ernst gives the following for
Gerüstklammer = cramp (iron), dog.

A more literal translation would be "scaffolding clamp", which gets 24 hits on Google, including:

PDF] Catalog 2001 Page #
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
... 32-1.25" $ 5.70 Cross #34-1.50" $ 8.11 #34-1.25" $6.19 SCAFFOLDING PIPE COUPLER:
Iron scaffolding clamp joins two pipes at any angle. Fits both 1-1/2" or 1-1/4 ...
www.stage-n-studio.com/Cat99_PDF_pages/page19.pdf - Similar pages

Matthews Homepage
... of the C+ Stand features the new Posi-V-Lock receiver. Scaffolding Clamp or Grid
Clamp. There are many varieties: swivel, 90 degrees, with pins welded on, etc ...
www.matthewsgrip.com/html/gript/cd.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

I would use this term as the best choice.

Reference: http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&btnG=Google+Search...

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 23:31
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in pair: 2426

41 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Scaffolding anchor / Scaffold anchor

Explanation:
The "Gerüsthalter" is a "Mauerverankerung" or similar, ie, something to attach the scaffolding to a structure. The first link shows the German, the second is a picture of a scaffolding anchor from the firm Ejot.

Reference: http://www.ringer.at/preisliste.html
Reference: http://www.ejot.de/e/02-00_duw/02-01_prodprog/02-01-08_g-ank...

Andrew Morgan
Local time: 23:31
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 90

Grading comment

Great stuff!!!!
Many thanks!!!

4 hrs confidence:

another reference

Explanation:
Just thought you might get some use out of the scaffolding glossary from OSHA at the following site:

http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/scaffolding_ecat/glossary.html

Good luck!

Beth Kantus
United States
Local time: 17:31
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 924

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