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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Trennschneidegerät

English translation:

cutting device

Added to glossary by Michael Harris
Jun 24, 2010 18:06
13 yrs ago
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German term

Trennschneidegerät

German to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering Salvage
One item in a list of specialised equipment owned by the salvage company ...
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 cutting device
1 +1 lifeshear cutters / hydraulic rescue tools
Change log

Jun 29, 2010 12:51: Michael Harris Created KOG entry

Discussion

Hermeneutica (asker) Jun 25, 2010:
@ Bernd and Michael @ Bernd - weiss nicht, geht eigentlich um Gewerbe- / Industriebrandsanierung. Autos koennen natuerlich auch dazu gehoeren.
@ Michael: Again, I have no idea if they are electric, manual etc. [it isn't stated anywhere] so I can't specify. At this point all suggestions are appreciated.
Michael Harris Jun 24, 2010:
You have not specified if they are electric / pneumatic, etc. that is why I have just made a general suggestion
Bernd Runge Jun 24, 2010:
salvage Wenn das hier um die Wiederverwertung von Autos, etc. geht kann es entweder die abrasive cut-off saw sein, oder, wenn es sich hier wider Erwarten um einen Brennschneider handelt, die cutting torch.
Hermeneutica (asker) Jun 24, 2010:
@ Richard: yeah ... I had myself thought of "jaws of life" and rejected that option with your same argument ...

Proposed translations

+2
24 mins
Selected

cutting device

could it be as simple as that?
Note from asker:
Maybe - all that came to my mind was that or "specialised cutting tools" but these are special things firefighters and other rescue services also use ... I am sure they do have a name :-(
Peer comment(s):
agree Richard Stephen : Perhaps 'machine' instead of 'device'
23 mins
Thanks Richard
agree Rolf Keiser : for a salvage company I would refer to it as a "tool"
21 hrs
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think I ended up using "specialised heavy duty cutting tools" as it turned out not to be important in the greater scheme of things, not to mention all the other oddities in the text ... Thus unfortunately no sensible glossary entry."
+1
46 mins

lifeshear cutters / hydraulic rescue tools

lifeshear cutters / hydraulic rescue tools

sources:

Hydraulic rescue tools - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Hydraulic rescue tools are used by emergency rescue personnel to assist ... The cutter is a hydraulic tool which is designed to cut through metal - a ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_rescue_tools -

Popular Science - Dic 1995 - Vol. 247, n.º 6 - 134 pages
Called the LifeShear Cutter, the tool incorporates technology developed for NASA ... some 70 percent lighter than conventional hydraulic rescue equipment. ...
books.google.com/books?id=7n5BWbJWMXMC... -

Popular Science - Mar 1995 - Vol. 246, n.º 3 - 138 pages
... hydraulic rescue equipment, LifeShear Cutters can rapidly sever a car's ... from a small gas- driven discharge to punch the tool's cutter through metal. ...
books.google.com/books?id=q7ShNdfNiw8C... -

Timeline: 25 Years of Nasa Tech Briefs - The tool was developed through a NASA program in conjunction with the manufacturer ... use of Lifeshear at the Oklahoma City site drew the attention of Federal Emergency ... Today, the cutters are used by Urban Search and Rescue groups across America. ... lubricants, antifreeze, hydraulic fluid, and detergents. ...
www.nasatech.com/Features/timeline/timeline.html -

[PDF] Below, a firefighter of -: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick view
powered hydraulic pumps, hoses and cutters for use in accident extrication. To elim- ... tools take only about 30 seconds to set up and they ... search and rescue opera- tions. Since the Lifeshear cutters were introduced in ...
ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.../20020078336_2002126557.pdf -

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Note added at 50 mins (2010-06-24 18:57:15 GMT)
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additional source:

RESCUE EQUIPMENT - Hi-Shear offers the Lifeshear cutter in the two versions shown in at right ... The tools take only about 30 seconds to set up and they require no pumps or ...
er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/pg62s95.html -
Peer comment(s):
neutral Richard Stephen : This is definitely a possibility, but IMO too risky for lack of context - could also be something like a heavy duty angle grinder (google "trennschneider")
3 mins
agree Johannes Gleim
10 hrs
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