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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / gangway construction | | German term or phrase: Heißkantvorrichtung | Hi All,
I'm translating a text that contains a list of equipment to be found on a container vessel and some specs for that equipment. One of the items is a gangway ladder [the boarding gangway that is let down to the quay parallel to the ship's side], and its description includes the following:
"***Heißkantvorrichtung*** mit Davit und Elektrowinde"
No idea what the "heisskant" bit might be and no mention at all in the whole web or any specialised dictionaries I have access to, paper or online.
Any ideas? Ideally this should get finished this afternoon ...
Many thanks in advance!
Dee |
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| | Deck hoist | Explanation:
Heißen = to hoist; kant = edge-mounted; Vorrichtung = device.
Since you're mentioning a davit, it should be clear that the hoist is located at the edge - and not the center - of the deck.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-26 15:04:08 GMT)
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By the way, the term "davit" normally refers to the device for lifting/lowering lifeboats on deck. In this case, it sounds like the gangway ladder is attached to this deck (or deck-mounted) hoist, which uses the davit-style design and is powered by an electrical winch. Here's a link to possibly a smaller version of this device: http://pdf.nauticexpo.com/pdf/besenzoni/general-catalogue/21... |
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Damian Brandt
Local time: 04:39
| Grading comment Thanks very much!! I guess linguistically for your explanation I would have thought Kantheissvorrichtung [the edge mounting positioning qualifying the hoisting device as a whole] -- it was that order that threw me! So in the end I never ended up thinking of heissen = hoisting. Rather, I was thinking of some heat-based manufacturing process!
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1 hr confidence:   Deck hoist
Explanation:
Heißen = to hoist; kant = edge-mounted; Vorrichtung = device.
Since you're mentioning a davit, it should be clear that the hoist is located at the edge - and not the center - of the deck.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-26 15:04:08 GMT)
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By the way, the term "davit" normally refers to the device for lifting/lowering lifeboats on deck. In this case, it sounds like the gangway ladder is attached to this deck (or deck-mounted) hoist, which uses the davit-style design and is powered by an electrical winch. Here's a link to possibly a smaller version of this device: http://pdf.nauticexpo.com/pdf/besenzoni/general-catalogue/21...
Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davit
| Damian Brandt
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| | Grading comment | Thanks very much!! I guess linguistically for your explanation I would have thought Kantheissvorrichtung [the edge mounting positioning qualifying the hoisting device as a whole] -- it was that order that threw me! So in the end I never ended up thinking of heissen = hoisting. Rather, I was thinking of some heat-based manufacturing process! |
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