Nov 26, 2009 15:03
15 yrs ago
German term
Schmelzlöcher
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Metallurgy / Casting
steel production
1901, steel producing. In a section of the text talking about changing circumstances and the need to adapt: "Die schnell steigende Nachfrage nach Tiegelstahl war durch das alte Produktionsverfahren nicht mehr zu befriedigen. die mit Koks aus dem Ruhrgebiet beheizten wurden deshalb 1901 durch eine moderne Tiegelstahlschmelzhütte mit selbst konstruierten Gasöfen ersetzt."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | holes |
transatgees
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| 4 | melt-holes |
David Williams
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Proposed translations
14 mins
transatgees
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Hands-on experience of commerce
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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48
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holes
This is about crucible steel production, of course. The crucibles were placed in holes in a sort of solid framework and were heated from below and around the sides (under the solid framework). Only the top of the crucibles protruded through the framework.
I used to work in the steel industry and although this type of steel production had ceased long before I was in the industry, I remember seeing diagrams about this method in my metallurgy course. The size of a plant was sometimes described by the number of "holes" it had.
I used to work in the steel industry and although this type of steel production had ceased long before I was in the industry, I remember seeing diagrams about this method in my metallurgy course. The size of a plant was sometimes described by the number of "holes" it had.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This was most helpful since it led me to 'melting holes' which is what I eventually put. Thants transatgees"
17 mins
David Williams
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Scientific & technical expertise
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English
melt-holes
Not to be confused with the verb to melt holes...
Example sentence:
Swiss-cheese-like chunks of steel filled with melt-holes.
Such melt-holes have been documented on glaciers at both poles
Reference:
Discussion
Crucibles (the clay pots Bernd talks about) were used to make small quantities of special steels (e.g. alloy steels) and, as such, were used well into the 20th century.
The other processes mentioned (e.g. puddling furnaces, then later Bessemmer converters (not mentioned in the discussion) and later still open hearth furnaces (aka Siemens-Martin furnaces) were used for making large volumes of more ordinary steels.
Vielleicht könnte man in dieser Zeit (1900) auch von puddling furnaces sprechen, die dann von open-hearth furnaces abgelöst wurden. Löcher = holes um die Jahrhundertwende halte ich für zu weit hinter der Zeit zurückgeblieben.