rettevalse

English translation: flattening rollers

23:19 Mar 5, 2010
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Machinery for cutting steel plates and pipes
Danish term or phrase: rettevalse
Appears as a bullet point item and as follows:

"Forud for overfladebehandlingen har vi mulighed for at rettevalse, udføre afisning samt forvarme emnerne."

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Nikolaj Widenmann
United States
Local time: 05:01
English translation:flattening rollers
Explanation:
It is a common procedure in factories that make sheet metal products. A sheet of metal might come out of a die, cut to size. and even appear to be flat. But if flatness is of importance, such items are often run through a machine that has a series of rollers (valser) top & bottom, that somehow take out any residual irregularities or wobbles, so that the finished plate is completely flat. Sheet metal almost always comes from the mill in the form of coiled metal, and even after being cut to a small size it can "remember" that it was cylindrical. It is often actually said that metal has a memory. That is what needs to be removed.

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with respect to Malberg's suggestion, which I do not outright disagree with, but:
leveling and flattening are two different ideas. Level mean to be "vandret", while something can be flat in any orientation. Of course, "level" is used in a simple sense of being flat, but it does not sound right, if the intention is to make something flat "flad", as opposed to leel

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I did an extensive Google search, and came up with many examples of "roller flattening", as well as the name of a roller flattener called a "roller leveler", so that term can be found, and would probably not be misunderstood. However, if you had a piece of metal that needed flattening, you would never say- "make this sheet level". That could only be interpreted as making it "vandret". It is an unfortunate use of a word to say "level" when you mean "flat", but I am sure you can find examples of it.
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Brian Young
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Local time: 04:01
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4flattening rollers
Brian Young
3roller levelling
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roller levelling


Explanation:
Clausens tekniske ordbog: rettevalsning > roller levelling, temper pass, skin-pass
L&H teknisk ordbog: rettevalsning > roller levelling

Example: “Method for roller levelling of heavy plate”

http://www.google.dk/#hl=da&safe=off&rlz=1W1HPEA_da&q="rolle...


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http://www.google.dk/#hl=da&safe=off&rlz=1W1HPEA_da&q="rolle...

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See also:
http://www.kohler-germany.com/high_it/downloads/download.php...
http://opensigle.inist.fr/handle/10068/199814


Malberg
Denmark
Local time: 12:01
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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flattening rollers


Explanation:
It is a common procedure in factories that make sheet metal products. A sheet of metal might come out of a die, cut to size. and even appear to be flat. But if flatness is of importance, such items are often run through a machine that has a series of rollers (valser) top & bottom, that somehow take out any residual irregularities or wobbles, so that the finished plate is completely flat. Sheet metal almost always comes from the mill in the form of coiled metal, and even after being cut to a small size it can "remember" that it was cylindrical. It is often actually said that metal has a memory. That is what needs to be removed.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-03-06 14:57:18 GMT)
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with respect to Malberg's suggestion, which I do not outright disagree with, but:
leveling and flattening are two different ideas. Level mean to be "vandret", while something can be flat in any orientation. Of course, "level" is used in a simple sense of being flat, but it does not sound right, if the intention is to make something flat "flad", as opposed to leel

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Note added at 23 hrs (2010-03-06 22:57:53 GMT)
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I did an extensive Google search, and came up with many examples of "roller flattening", as well as the name of a roller flattener called a "roller leveler", so that term can be found, and would probably not be misunderstood. However, if you had a piece of metal that needed flattening, you would never say- "make this sheet level". That could only be interpreted as making it "vandret". It is an unfortunate use of a word to say "level" when you mean "flat", but I am sure you can find examples of it.

Brian Young
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