Physikalische Beschreibungen von
Geräteteilen und Gerätenin technischem Englisch
David Burkhart
Vortrag für tekom-MitteFulda, 11. September, 2013
Nouns: device + equipment
Gerät = device
Geräte = Gerätepark = equipment
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Nouns: examples
measurement equipment, test equipment ...
Gerät = piece of equipment
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Nouns: bad example
Geräte = Gerätepark = equipment
equipments
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Nouns: device + equipment
to equip; equipped
The sensors must be equipped with a heater before
they are installed.
The airplane comes fully equipped with collision-
avoidance equipment.
Nouns: housing ...
housing
case
casing
enclosure
package
body
cabinet ...
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Nouns: housing ...
Which one?
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Nouns: housing ...
housing
case: PC case, transistor case
casing
enclosure
package: IC package
body
cabinet ...
Nouns: housing parts
top, bottom, left side, right side
front panel, back panel = rear panel
Nouns: parts
Base = Boden
Base plate
Bar (Bügel) A long piece of round metal. Typically, a bar is bent at both ends.
Rod (Stange) A bar which is straight.
Nouns: removing material
Cut-out ⇔ hole Most general termsSomething is not there/something is removed
Cut-out Any shape
Hole Usually round
Nouns: removing material
The cabinet has many long, narrow holes on the
side, to cool the device.
hole
cut-out
opening
bore
notch
slot
indentation ...
Nouns: removing material
bore(Bohrloch, Bohrung, Durchmesser von Rohren)
•Round hole
•Drilled to an exact diameter
•Goes all the way through the material
Nouns: removing material
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Nouns: removing material
The opening in the middle accomodates a meter. Mounting holes are placed to the left and right of the opening for the meter.
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Nouns: removing material
notch(Einkerbung, Ausfräsung)
•Rectangular or V-shaped piece
•Cut out of an edge or surface
Nouns: removing material
slot(Schlitz)
•A long, narrow opening
•Typically in a side or top panel of a device
•Slots allow an exchange of air in a device
☞ ventilation slots (Lüftungsschlitze)
Nouns: removing material
indentation(Einkerbung, Einbuchtung)
•A cut or mark
•On the edge or surface of something
An indentation is often a notch that is short and
possibly deep.
Nouns: removing material
dent(Delle)
•Similar to an indentation
•A dent is always unwanted.
When two cars collide, the result is a dent.
Nouns: removing material
recess(Aussparung)
•A space that is set back.
•It can be part of a design, to accommodate
something that is stored there.
A recess in a radio housing creates a battery
compartment.
Nouns: removing material
groove(Rille, Ritze)
•“A long, narrow cut in the surface of something
hard” - Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
•Usually much longer than a notch
•Does not go all the way through the material
Nouns: removing material
tear(Riss)
•A long, thin break in solid material
•Result of an undesired process or failure
•If very thin: fissure, hair crack or hairline crack
(Haarriss)
Nouns: removing material
crack(Sprung)
•Considerable force is applied
•Material is typically wood or glass
•Material splits into two or more pieces
Nouns: removing material
cut-out, bore, notch, slot, indentation, recess
•Cut-out: any shape
•Bore: round; drilled to exact diameter; goes all way thru
•Notch: rectangular or V-shaped piece; from edge/surface
•Slot: long, narrow opening
•Indentation: cut or mark, on the edge or surface
•Recess: a space that is set back
Nouns: providing support
rod(Stange)
•A bar which is straight, not bent
•A connecting rod is a rod that transmits
motion.
Nouns: providing support
shaft(Achse, Welle)
•“Rotating or oscillating round, straight bar for
transmitting motion and torque, usually supported
on bearings (Lager) …”(source: www.dictionary.com)
Nouns: providing support
strut(Verstrebung)
•A support which resists longitudinal compression.
Nouns: providing support
prong(Zacke)
•A “thin, pointed, projecting part”(source: www.dictionary.com)
Nouns: providing support
rod, shaft, strut, prong
•Rod: bar which is straight, not bent
•Shaft: rotating, round, straight bar
•Strut: resists longitudinal compression
•Prong: thin, projecting part (fingers)
Nouns: providing support
collar, flange, lip•Collar (Kragen): “ring or flange, as on rods or pipes,
to prevent sideward motion, to connect parts, etc.”
•Flange (Flansch): “projecting rim, collar or ring on a
shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc.” (www. dictionary.com)
•Lip (Lippe): “projecting edge on a container or other
hollow object” (www. dictionary.com)
Nouns: input devices
key, button, pushbutton
•Key (Taste): input data. Part of a keyboard
•Button (Knopf): switch to control a machine
•Pushbutton (Taster): stays in the position to which it
was switched
Nouns: exercise
You can obtain help by pressing the F1 button.
Nouns: input devices
knob, lever
•Knob (Drehknopf, Einstellknopf): analog input, to
change the settings for a device
•Lever (Hebel): controls some part of a device
Nouns: dip, bump
•Dip (Einsattelung, Delle): a surface goes down, or
inward
•Bump (Erhebung): a small hill on an otherwise flat
surface. Surface goes up, or outward
Nouns: exercise
In the middle, the top panel dips up.
Nouns: strip, stripe
•Strip (Streifen): can be all by itself. An example is a
strip of electrician’s tape.
•Stripe (Streifen): part of a larger ensemble. An
example is the stripes on a flag.
Nouns: exercise
Cover the solder joint with a stripe of electrician’s
tape.
Nouns: exercise
A round shaft (or rod) is shown; one end terminates in a
sharp tip. The other end is flat (blunt). There is a V-
shaped indentation on one side of the shaft, which
penetrates approximately one-third of the diameter of the
shaft. This indentation is located half-way between the
blunt end and the beginning of the tip. The length of the
shaft is about five times greater than its diameter.
Nouns: exercise
The illustration shows a cylinder with a concentric
bore. There is a collar (or flange) at the lower end of
the cylinder. The cylinder’s diameter is greater than
its length. That is, the cylinder is fairly flat.
Nouns: exercise
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Nouns: exercise
The object in the illustration consists of two basic parts.
One part is a long shaft. At one end, this shaft terminates in
threads. The other end is flatter (it dips down) and is attached
to the lower end of the other part, which is a knurled, flat
cylinder. The cylinder’s longitudinal axis is perpendicular to
the longitudinal axis of the shaft.
The top of the cylinder contains numerous holes, arranged in
concentric circles.
The entire object has a silver chrome surface.
Nouns: exerciseThe front panel of the equipments has a series of round buttons. They are knurled, so
that the users fingers do not slip.
The housing consists of top-, bottom- and side-panels, plus rubber feet and a metal
frontplate. A series of some LEDs across the bottom of the frontplate allow the operator
to control the status of the equipment.
Nouns: exercise
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Nouns: exercises
1. A bar which is bent at both ends is called a shaft, bail or
rod.
2. Don’t touch that knife! Its blade is very blunt.
3. The airplane was grounded, because mechanics found
notches in the wing.
4. The handle of the electric drill includes an indentation for
the batteries.
Nouns: exercises
5. For equipment that dissipates much heat, the housing
always has cracks which allow the hot air to escape.
6. Press the emergency stop key immediately if the
workpiece breaks.
7. He hit one end of the piece of wood with an ax, creating
a slot.
Verbs: to enable, allow, permit
•to enable: either freigeben or ermöglichen
•to allow: ermöglichen, not erlauben
The lifting arm tilts away, allowing the operator to
clean the area.
•to permit: ermöglichen, not erlauben
Verbs: to latch, to lock
• to latch (verriegeln): Something can be fastened
quickly and easily, without a special key.
• to lock (sperren): A connection is permanent or
semi-permanent. A key is required, which is
separate.
Verbs: lock into place, snap into place
•to lock into place (einrasten): A mechanism does
that itself. Hence, usually not a transitive verb.
•to snap into place (einschnappen): like locking into
place; the process makes a noise.
Verbs: examples
• The crossbar (Kreuzschiene) slides over,
locking firmly into place.
• Push the device into the opening until you hear
it snap into place.
Verbs: to release
•entsichern, lösen, loslassen, freilassen, freigeben
•more general than to unlock, to unlatch:
•to release balloons
•to release a gas into the atmosphere
•The strong man released his grip.
•The prison released the criminal.
Verbs: to unlock, to unlatch
•to unlock (entsperren, aufsperren): opposite of
locking
•to unlatch (entriegeln): opposite of latching
Verbs: example
•to release the brake
•to unlock the brake
•to unlatch the brake
Verbs: to tilt, to swivel
•to tilt (kippen, neigen)
•to swivel (schwenken)
Be careful! The lifting arm of the robot
swivels up and down!
Verbs: turn/turn around/turn over
•to turn (drehen)
•to turn around (wenden, umkehren) = to turn back
•to turn over (umdrehen)
•to turn inside out (umkrempeln)
Verbs: example
Turn!
Verbs
• to match (zusammenpassen): two parts, when
combined, result in a whole thing.
☞ matching tatoos
• to mate (ineinander greifen): mating connectors, mating plugs
• to fit (passen, zusammenpassen): The pins fit in
these holes.
Verbs: examples
The holes in the cabinet match the mounting
holes in the meter, enabling a firm seat.
The PCB fits in the enclosure.
Noun: A close fit
Verbs: to rotate, revolve, turn, spin
• to rotate
• to revolve
• to turn: transitive and intransitive.
He turned the disk
• to spin: to rotate freely and quickly,
without friction
Verbs: examples
to rotate: "Stay well away from the helicopter when its blades start to
rotate ... winds rotating around the eye of a hurricane ... Rotate the
wheel through 180 degrees"
to revolve: "to go in a circle around a central point: The fan revolved
slowly. The earth revolves on its axis”
to revolve around something: "to move around something in a circle:
The earth revolves around the sun"
Source: The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
Verbs: exercise
1. Drucken Sie den Knopf, um den Motor
freizugeben.
2. Drehen Sie die Frontplatte um.
3. Suchen Sie vor dem eigentlichen Lötvorgang zwei
Stecker aus, die zusammenpassen (ineinander
greifen).
4. Die Welle zur Absenkung der Last dreht sich um
die eigene Achse.
Adjectives: sharp, blunt, rounded, pointed
•sharp (spitz): can cut or pierce something
•blunt (stumpf) flat; opposite of sharp
•rounded (verrundet): round shape
•pointed (spitz zulaufend): comes to a point at one
end
Adjectives: cubical, square, rectangular
•cubical (würfelförmig): 3-D object, all sides the
same length
•square (quadratisch): 2-D object
•rectangular (viereckig): 2 long parallel sides + 2
short parallel sides
Adjectives: grooved, notched, recessed, indented
•grooved (gerillt) → groove
•notched (eingekerbt) → notch
•recessed (ausgespart) → recess
•indented (gekerbt) → indentation
Adjectives: slotted, perforated
•slotted (geschlitzt) → slot
•perforated (gelocht) → perforation
Adjectives: exercise
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Adjectives: slanted, sloped, tapered
•slanted (abgeschrägt) → slant
•sloped (abgeschrägt) → slope
•tapered (kegelförmig) → taper
Adjectives: exercise
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