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Brennschneidmaschine

English translation: flame cutter

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German term or phrase:Brennschneidmaschine
English translation:flame cutter
Entered by: transatgees

09:13 Oct 25, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / schwei�en
German term or phrase: Brennschneidmaschine
"Ernst" gibt eindeutig "blow torch cutting-off machine", aber könnte man auch auf "blow torch cutter" verkürzen ohne Verständniseinbuße?
m-svenja
Local time: 07:12
flame cutter
Explanation:
I used to work in the steel industry.
This was the term we used.
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transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:12
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5 +6flame cutter
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
flame cutter


Explanation:
I used to work in the steel industry.
This was the term we used.

transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 784
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell: Sounds perfect to me. Laixicon also suggests "flame cutting machine" or "gas cutting machine", but they might be a little long-winded.
3 mins
agree  Steffen Walter: entirely agree :-)
1 hr
agree  Trudy Peters
3 hrs
agree  gangels (X)
4 hrs
agree  John Jory
4 hrs
agree  Ken Cox: Ernst, as sooo often, misses the mark - a blow torch is not a cutting torch
13 hrs
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