Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Nov 3, 2009 16:05
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German term
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Works in: German to English, Afrikaans to English, English to Afrikaans, and 1 more.
Verdichten (Verdichterband/Breitenverdichten)
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
Die Teelichte werden auf dem Stau- und Verdichterband durch Führungsschienen in 6 Reihen nebeneinander geordnet und in Förderrichtung gestaut. In der Dochtanpressstation erfolgt das Anpressen der Dochte und Breitenverdichten der Teelichte. Dabei fährt der Hubtisch nach oben und die pneumatisch angetriebenen Seitenführungen schieben die Teelichte so zusammen, dass zwischen den Hüllen keine Lücken existieren.
The text is about a packaging machine for tealights. I find that "compress" or "compact", as in "compression/compressor belt" or "width compression of the tea lights" sounds quite strange. Compression would make sense to me when they are forming the wax into tealights, but at this stage the tealights already exist and they apparently just mean "shifting 'em closer together". Any ideas on how to describe this? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
The text is about a packaging machine for tealights. I find that "compress" or "compact", as in "compression/compressor belt" or "width compression of the tea lights" sounds quite strange. Compression would make sense to me when they are forming the wax into tealights, but at this stage the tealights already exist and they apparently just mean "shifting 'em closer together". Any ideas on how to describe this? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | to accumulate (using an accumulation / accumulating conveyer) |
SusanneM
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| 4 | to compact (compacting belt/width compacting) |
Blaess
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| 4 | tighten them together |
Anton Popescu
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| 3 | Densification |
Monika Borgers
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Change log
Nov 26, 2009 09:26: SusanneM Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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21 days
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to accumulate (using an accumulation / accumulating conveyer)
You may be looking for a device similar to the one depicted in the web page below (first reference). There's also a patent on the internet that describes a separating, synchronising and accumulating device (second reference). In the German section of that patent, the device is referred to as "Vorrichtung zum Abteilen, Synchronisieren und Verdichten".
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Note added at 21 days (2009-11-25 14:46:25 GMT)
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Typo: conveyer -> conveyor
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Note added at 21 days (2009-11-25 15:03:48 GMT)
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You can also check the following link: http://www.garvey.com/
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Note added at 21 days (2009-11-25 14:46:25 GMT)
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Typo: conveyer -> conveyor
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Note added at 21 days (2009-11-25 15:03:48 GMT)
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You can also check the following link: http://www.garvey.com/
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Comment: "Thanks, I asked the customer what they want and this seems to come closest. Thank you also to all other answerers for your ideas."
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Monika Borgers
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English
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Densification
That would stick close to the German root of the word...
Densification is not actually "shifting them closer together", but neither is "Verdichten". In the context, it would become clear just as it does in the German version.
You can also talk about dense traffic, meaning cars are close together...
Densification Belt, Width Densification
Densification is not actually "shifting them closer together", but neither is "Verdichten". In the context, it would become clear just as it does in the German version.
You can also talk about dense traffic, meaning cars are close together...
Densification Belt, Width Densification
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to compact (compacting belt/width compacting)
alternativ:
to compress (compression belt/width compressing)
Es geht hier um das Herstellungsverfahren für Kerzen, das Verdichtungstechnik einsetzt.
Apparatus according to claim 8, characterised in that it includes a transverse distributor (11), via which the fibres are supplied to the metering bunker (10), in which they are conveyed by means of a bottom belt (12) to the discharge head (A), and a compacting belt (13), which extends inclinedly downwardly between the transverse distributor (11) and the upper end of the discharge head (A) and acts on the surface of the material column (M) containing the fibres.
Auf der Oberseite des erfindungsgemäß bevorzugten Dosierbunkers 10 ist ein Verdichterband 13 schräg nach unten führend angeordnet, das sich in Richtung des Pfeiles P2 bewegt, also gleichlaufend mit der Richtung des Bodenbandes 12.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1056892.html
3. Pressing
This industrial process involves firstly turning the paraffin wax into granulate. The paraffin wax is heated, sprayed onto a drum cooled with water, from which it is then shaved off. This material is then compressed under high pressure to a candle and then dyed. This operation is suitable for tea lights, pillar candles and dinner table candles.
http://www.mueller-kerzen.de/de-abc.html
3. Pressen
Bei diesem industriellen Verfahren wird das Paraffin zunächst zu Granulat verarbeitet, indem es erhitzt und auf eine mit Wasser gekühlte Trommel gesprüht wird, von der man es dann abschabt. Dieses Material wird dann mit hohem Druck zu einer Kerze verdichtet und anschließend übertaucht. Dieses Verfahren eignet sich für Teelichte, Stumpen und Tafelkerzen.
http://www.mueller-kerzen.de/index.php?id=50&L=0
Method of leveling and compacting candle wax
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6053217.html
1. A method for manufacturing a candle assembly comprising: cold compressing non-atomized wax droplets, solidified from raw wax material, into a mold about a portion of a wick to form a receptacle candle; forming a plurality of said receptacle candles spaced from one another along a roll of said wick; trimming said portion of said wick to have a length that protrudes beyond a first surface of said candle material, and another length that protrudes beyond a second surface of said candle material; and forming one of the lengths of said wick that protrudes beyond one of the surfaces of said candle material into a base angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of said portion of said wick, and embedding said base into said candle material.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7261848.html
to compress (compression belt/width compressing)
Es geht hier um das Herstellungsverfahren für Kerzen, das Verdichtungstechnik einsetzt.
Apparatus according to claim 8, characterised in that it includes a transverse distributor (11), via which the fibres are supplied to the metering bunker (10), in which they are conveyed by means of a bottom belt (12) to the discharge head (A), and a compacting belt (13), which extends inclinedly downwardly between the transverse distributor (11) and the upper end of the discharge head (A) and acts on the surface of the material column (M) containing the fibres.
Auf der Oberseite des erfindungsgemäß bevorzugten Dosierbunkers 10 ist ein Verdichterband 13 schräg nach unten führend angeordnet, das sich in Richtung des Pfeiles P2 bewegt, also gleichlaufend mit der Richtung des Bodenbandes 12.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1056892.html
3. Pressing
This industrial process involves firstly turning the paraffin wax into granulate. The paraffin wax is heated, sprayed onto a drum cooled with water, from which it is then shaved off. This material is then compressed under high pressure to a candle and then dyed. This operation is suitable for tea lights, pillar candles and dinner table candles.
http://www.mueller-kerzen.de/de-abc.html
3. Pressen
Bei diesem industriellen Verfahren wird das Paraffin zunächst zu Granulat verarbeitet, indem es erhitzt und auf eine mit Wasser gekühlte Trommel gesprüht wird, von der man es dann abschabt. Dieses Material wird dann mit hohem Druck zu einer Kerze verdichtet und anschließend übertaucht. Dieses Verfahren eignet sich für Teelichte, Stumpen und Tafelkerzen.
http://www.mueller-kerzen.de/index.php?id=50&L=0
Method of leveling and compacting candle wax
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6053217.html
1. A method for manufacturing a candle assembly comprising: cold compressing non-atomized wax droplets, solidified from raw wax material, into a mold about a portion of a wick to form a receptacle candle; forming a plurality of said receptacle candles spaced from one another along a roll of said wick; trimming said portion of said wick to have a length that protrudes beyond a first surface of said candle material, and another length that protrudes beyond a second surface of said candle material; and forming one of the lengths of said wick that protrudes beyond one of the surfaces of said candle material into a base angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of said portion of said wick, and embedding said base into said candle material.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7261848.html
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your answer and all the research you did! Unfortunately my problem is that this text is not about the Herstellungsverfahren, because when the tea lights reach the packaging machine I am translating, they have already been manufactured and pressed and formed etc. The "Verdichten" at this stage only involves getting them all nicely lined up to fill them into the boxes...I would prefer to move away from the word "compression" altogether, as this suggests the procedures you have described. Ignoring the German choice of word, what would such a "pushing them all against each other"-belt be called in English texts? |
8 days
Anton Popescu
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Native in: Romanian (Variants: Transylvanian, Romania)
Works in: English to Romanian, French to Romanian, German to Romanian, and 2 more.
tighten them together
looks to me it best describes the situation
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