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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