1. Physikalische Beschreibungen von Geräteteilen und Geräten in technischem Englisch David Burkhart Vortrag für tekom-Mitte Fulda, 11. September, 2013

2. Nouns: device + equipment Gerät = device Geräte = Gerätepark = equipment

3. 3 Nouns: examples measurement equipment, test equipment... Gerät = piece of equipment 3

4. 4 Nouns: bad example Geräte = Gerätepark = equipment equipments 4

5. 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.

6. Nouns: housing... housing case casing enclosure package body cabinet...

7. 7 Nouns: housing... Which one? 7

8. Nouns: housing... housing case: PC case, transistor case casing enclosure package: IC package body cabinet...

9. Nouns: housing parts top, bottom, left side, right side front panel, back panel = rear panel

10. 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.

11. Nouns: removing material Cut-out ⇔ hole Most general terms Something is not there/something is removed Cut-out Any shape Hole Usually round

12. 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...

13. Nouns: removing material bore (Bohrloch, Bohrung, Durchmesser von Rohren) Round hole Drilled to an exact diameter Goes all the way through the material

14. Nouns: removing material

15. 15 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. 15 (drawing)

16. Nouns: removing material notch (Einkerbung, Ausfräsung) Rectangular or V-shaped piece Cut out of an edge or surface

17. 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)

18. 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.

19. Nouns: removing material dent (Delle) Similar to an indentation A dent is always unwanted. When two cars collide, the result is a dent.

20. 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.

21. 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

22. 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)

23. Nouns: removing material crack (Sprung) Considerable force is applied Material is typically wood or glass Material splits into two or more pieces

24. 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

25. Nouns: providing support rod (Stange) A bar which is straight, not bent A connecting rod is a rod that transmits motion.

26. 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)www.dictionary.com

27. Nouns: providing support strut (Verstrebung) A support which resists longitudinal compression.

28. Nouns: providing support prong (Zacke) A “thin, pointed, projecting part” (source: www.dictionary.com)www.dictionary.com

29. 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)

30. 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)

31. 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

32. Nouns: exercise You can obtain help by pressing the F1 button.

33. 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

34. 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

35. Nouns: exercise In the middle, the top panel dips up.

36. 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.

37. Nouns: exercise Cover the solder joint with a stripe of electrician’s tape.

38. 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.

39. 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.

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41. 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.

42. Nouns: exercise The 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.

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44. 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.

45. 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.

46. 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

47. 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.

48. 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.

49. Verbs: examples The crossbar ( Kreuzschiene ) slides over, locking firmly into place. Push the device into the opening until you hear it snap into place.

50. 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.

51. Verbs: to unlock, to unlatch to unlock (entsperren, aufsperren): opposite of locking to unlatch (entriegeln): opposite of latching

52. Verbs: example to release the brake to unlock the brake to unlatch the brake

53. Verbs: to tilt, to swivel to tilt (kippen, neigen) to swivel (schwenken) Be careful! The lifting arm of the robot swivels up and down!

54. 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)

55. Verbs: example Turn!

56. 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.

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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.

61. 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

62. 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

63. Adjectives: grooved, notched, recessed, indented grooved (gerillt) → groove notched (eingekerbt) → notch recessed (ausgespart) → recess indented (gekerbt) → indentation

64. Adjectives: slotted, perforated slotted (geschlitzt) → slot perforated (gelocht) → perforation

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66. Adjectives: slanted, sloped, tapered slanted (abgeschrägt) → slant sloped (abgeschrägt) → slope tapered (kegelförmig) → taper

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