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German term or phrase:
in Längsrichtung horizontal hängen
English translation:
suspended such that its longitudinal axis is horizontal
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Cilian O'Tuama
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German term
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in Längsrichtung horizontal hängen
German to English
Tech/Engineering
This is an accident report about a machine part ('Kopfstück') that crashed while being offloaded from a ship by two cranes in tandem operation
"Das Kopfstück ist mit 4 Bolzen versehen. An jedem Bolzen befindet sich ein etwa 6 m langes Stahlseil. Die beiden Stahlseile der Schmalseite sind im Lasthaken eines Krans aufgehängt. So lange beide Kranhaken gleich hoch sind, hängt das Kopfstück ***in Längsrichtung horizontal.***
Wird nun der Lasthaken eines Krans, in diesem Fall des vorderen Krans, um etwa 1 bis 1.5 m angehoben, so führt dies zu einer entsprechenden Schräglage. In dieser Schräglage sind die beiden Bolzen der angehobenen Seite heraus gezogen worden." (And then of course the thing crashed.)
What I don't get is 'in Längsrichtung horizontal'.
Can anyone help?
TIA, Beth
"Das Kopfstück ist mit 4 Bolzen versehen. An jedem Bolzen befindet sich ein etwa 6 m langes Stahlseil. Die beiden Stahlseile der Schmalseite sind im Lasthaken eines Krans aufgehängt. So lange beide Kranhaken gleich hoch sind, hängt das Kopfstück ***in Längsrichtung horizontal.***
Wird nun der Lasthaken eines Krans, in diesem Fall des vorderen Krans, um etwa 1 bis 1.5 m angehoben, so führt dies zu einer entsprechenden Schräglage. In dieser Schräglage sind die beiden Bolzen der angehobenen Seite heraus gezogen worden." (And then of course the thing crashed.)
What I don't get is 'in Längsrichtung horizontal'.
Can anyone help?
TIA, Beth
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suspended such that its longitudinal axis is horizontal
as opposed to the transverse axis (generally the shorter of the two)
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hangs straight (lengthwise)
basically, if the piece measures 2 by 3 metres, it's hanging three metres long, but both left and right ends (corners) are horizontal
I was thinking about "lengthwise horizontally" at first, but that wouldn't make any sense...
I was thinking about "lengthwise horizontally" at first, but that wouldn't make any sense...
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it is suspended horizontally in a longitudinal direction
does that make sense?
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horizontally (lengthwise)
Actually it´s probably going to be horizontal on both the long and the short axis, isn´t is, if the hooks of the two cranes are at the same height? In which case just "horizontal" would do.
But there might be some oscillation on the short axis. What it actually says is what I take to be the obvious - that if the two short sides are at the same height then it will be horizontal lengthwise.
But there might be some oscillation on the short axis. What it actually says is what I take to be the obvious - that if the two short sides are at the same height then it will be horizontal lengthwise.
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Klaus Dorn (X)
: like I said above...
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Linguistically, this works, where "lengthwise horizontally" is unnatural. But Cilian is right, it could easily be skew , depending on the weight distribution.
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Cilian O'Tuama
: can be horizontal along one axis while other axis is e.g. diagonal or even vertical
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Yes. So "horizontally lengthwise", but I like it less with every minute. Some of the others below are better, including yours, Cilian,
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hang level in lengthwise (or longitudinal) direction
I think "horizontal" in this case means level.
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Joy Christensen
: This is about what I was thinking -- just a little different.
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Thank you!
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Trudy Peters
: I like that (better than mine)!
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Thank you :)
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Thank you!
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as long as both are the same height, the longitudinal axis of the machine part is horizontal.
Längsrichtung = longitudinal axis
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hanging level in its length
That's what we call a community effort!
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hanging level in its length
That's what we call a community effort!
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level at both ends
or
level at front and back/rear
(implying longitudinal axis) as opposed to on both sides (transverse axis)
(over)simplified solution?
level at front and back/rear
(implying longitudinal axis) as opposed to on both sides (transverse axis)
(over)simplified solution?
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