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Losteil

English translation: (separate, individual) components

11:57 Jun 21, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
German term or phrase: Losteil
Stand der Technik ist eine Erstellung von Losteilen and kleinen Formeinsätzen (Schieberköpfe, Losteilleisten, PTS-Halter usw.) mittels CNC-Fräsen aus massiven Material.

(In the glossary it says single items. Is that meant here?)
njbeckett
Germany
Local time: 16:13
English translation:(separate, individual) components
Explanation:
is how I would understand it. Yes, they are certainly "single items", but I don't think that quite hits the centre of the target...context, as ever, is king (so to speak).
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David Moore (X)
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4 +1(separate, individual) components
David Moore (X)
3batch parts
Lisa Davey


  

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(separate, individual) components


Explanation:
is how I would understand it. Yes, they are certainly "single items", but I don't think that quite hits the centre of the target...context, as ever, is king (so to speak).

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agree  ghostwriter: component belonging to a lot which comprises various individual components. In other words: Losteile are components that belong to a certain lot.
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batch parts


Explanation:
I think that's what they are called. Plenty of hits on google.

Lisa Davey
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Native speaker of: English
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