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German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / containers
German term or phrase:Pendelbox
besondere Pendelboxen werden benutzt...solche Behälter...
What is the right word in English? As I look up the word, I invariably find containers for (pendulum) clocks, but the subject is freight/cargo planes not loading up clocks...
Explanation: The term "shuttle bin" is also used in this context but I think it refers to open containers for bulk products.
Maybe the term returnable container should be considered, too.
Thanks, now it would help if we knew what exactly is being transported. i googled any sites for freight/cargo/transport, and came up empty, as far as this particular box is concerned. Any illustrations?
the whole sentence doesn't provide more clues, so I will give some more context:
Das Be- und Entladen sowie der Transport und die entsprechenden Versicherung liegen in der Verantwortung des Lieferanten.
Es ist geplant besondere Pendelboxen zu verwenden, die noch beschafft werden müssen. Zum Zwecke des Angebotes werden diese als vorhanden angenommen.
Explanation: The term "shuttle bin" is also used in this context but I think it refers to open containers for bulk products.
Maybe the term returnable container should be considered, too.
Explanation: Abstract (English)
The coupling arrangement with a machining attachment serves for mounting a workpiece so that its rotation during machining is prevented. The workpiece to be machined is mounted on a pallet which is positioned on a pallet carrier and is connectable to a pendulum pallet. http://ip.com/patapp/EP0897776A2
... wobei das zu bearbeitendeWerkstück an dem
Palettenträger (1) angeordnet ist, wobei der Palettenträger
(1) in die auf der Pendelplatte (25) angeordnete
Palette (24) angebracht ist ...
... having a pallet carrier (1), a pallet (18, 24), and a pendulum plate (25), ... https://data.epo.org/publication-server/pdf-document?PN=EP08...
Cf. also:
Gitterboxpalette = box palette with mesh panels, wiremesh pallet, cage, crate pallet,
(Kucera, Dict. of Exact Science and Technology)
Attention : Googling for "Pendelbox" may lead to a lot of esoteric sites.
Johannes Gleim Local time: 10:52 Specializes in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 98
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much for the research. I could not establish with the client exactly what kind of transporting container they envisioned.
The translation workplace 
