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05:56 Oct 21, 2000 |
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| Selected response from: Dan McCrosky (X) Local time: 20:34 | ||||||
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na | typing error? |
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na | complete low density material skimmer service |
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na | complete low (or light) density material skimmer service |
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typing error? Explanation: I haven't really got a clue, but Leuchtstoff springs to mind, I know from living in Germany that neon lights etc have to collected separately, but that of course does not help with the abscheider part (generally - separator) Yours, not very helpfully, Mike Harold |
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complete low density material skimmer service Explanation: "Leichtstoff" is "light-density material" according to Ernst. At this site, they show a "Leichtstoffabschneider" to be a skimmer that removes pollutants or contaminants that float on water. http://www.asatechnik.de/deutsch/produkte/entlast.htm Here at this site they refer to such a gizmo for private use where one washes his car. This could mean that your disposal company comes around and collects the goo from the skimmer tank. This English site shows "skimmer" as the right term: http://www.cep.unep.org/pubs/techreports/tr40en/appendixd.ht... Elsewhere, at this site the same people also talk of skimming oil: http://www.cep.unep.org/pubs/techreports/tr40en/chapter4.htm... "Skimming Oily Wastewater" (Hobson, T. 1996) emphasises the benefits of oil skimming. It is useful not only as a pre-treatment step, but can stand alone as a treatment process in light of recent advances in skimming technology. The author discusses design conditions and criteria such as reservoir design, turbulence, reservoir depth, and skimmer media. " With the query "low density material skimmer", you can see 300+ more sites on the subject. I would write just that, "low density material skimmer", in my translation. - HTH - Dan |
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complete low (or light) density material skimmer service Explanation: There was a typo in my first answer, but not in the references. They even use the Engleutsch word "Skimmung": http://www.asatechnik.de/deutsch/produkte/entlast.htm I also forgot to add the second German reference URL about the car wash: http://www.hamburg.de/Behoerden/Umweltbehoerde/infozentrum/i... I still feel the English and German sites are talking about the same process and suggest the translation: "complete low (or light) density material skimmer service". - Dan |
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