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Glasfloh

English translation: micro shards

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German term or phrase:Glasfloh
English translation:micro shards
Entered by: Peter Zauner

00:04 Dec 7, 2013
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing / Glass
German term or phrase: Glasfloh
All,

I am translating specifications for the supply of vehicle glass by a manufacturer of emergency vehicles.

Under the headline "Prüfung", I found the following sentence:

Bei der mechanischen Bearbeitung, einbringen von Ausschnitten und Bohrungen, können sich auf der Glasoberfläche kleine Ansammlungen von nicht sichtbaren Glassplittern (fachlich „Glasflöhe“) bilden.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks

Peter
Peter Zauner
Australia
Local time: 21:13
micro shards
Explanation:
The tiny, almost invisible, fragments and particles of glass created during cutting or drilling in glass. A particular health hazard for persons working with glass.

Source for example sentence #1: http://users.monash.edu.au/~ralphk/glass-cutting.html

Source for example sentence #2: http://wiki.imal.org/howto/laser-cutter-settings-different-m...

Google on micro shard and glass for more refeneces.

Selected response from:

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 13:13
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2micro shards
Yorkshireman
4fleabite
philgoddard


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fleabite


Explanation:
"FLEABITES or FLEA BITES: Often grossly overused. This term is meant to mean a tiny nick on the glass (typically found on rims) about the size of a flea's bite. Too small to reasonablly measure. You can usually feel these with your fingernail or find them with a magnifying glass, though some with good eyesight will see them more readily than others. They are the type of thing that you will not notice when in use or display."


    Reference: http://www.ebay.com/gds/THINGS-TO-KNOW-ABOUT-COLLECTING-DEPR...
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Wendy Streitparth: Interesting!
8 hrs
neutral  Yorkshireman: Fleabites, also in the glaze of porcelain or china, are almost invisible chips caused by flaking or chipping. The simplest test for fleabites on rims is to pass the tip of your tongue over the rim. The term is not used to describe the particles.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
micro shards


Explanation:
The tiny, almost invisible, fragments and particles of glass created during cutting or drilling in glass. A particular health hazard for persons working with glass.

Source for example sentence #1: http://users.monash.edu.au/~ralphk/glass-cutting.html

Source for example sentence #2: http://wiki.imal.org/howto/laser-cutter-settings-different-m...

Google on micro shard and glass for more refeneces.



Example sentence(s):
  • If you have been cutting glass than your fingers will be carrying very fine invisible glass shards which you might transfer to your eye. This is not good. Glass cutting is a precision operation so keep your work area clean and your hands clean to manage t
  • Glass Glass can only be engraved. After engraving, you MUST run a scrubber sponge on the surface to remove the micro-shards the laser created in the glass.
Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 13:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Streitparth: Yes - guess I was a bit hasty above.
8 hrs
  -> Thank you Wendy. Phil's answer was very interesting in itself; it's simply amazing what information we sometimes pick up here - all now noted for future reference.
agree  Heather McCrae: great what you can learn here on proz, never knew about fleabites in terms of glass! but shards are right in this context
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