Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Sicherheitsluft
English translation:
(safety) air
Added to glossary by
Paola Gatto
Feb 16, 2009 20:08
15 yrs ago
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Sicherheitsluft
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering: Industrial
Durch Drücken wird die Dampfzufuhr in den Schäumer unterbrochen sowie die Sicherheitsluft in den Schäumer eingeblasen.
Safety air?
Safety air?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | safety air |
Anja Rosenbusch
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| 4 | protective air |
solejnicz
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| 1 | back-up air supply |
casper (X)
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Proposed translations
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Anja Rosenbusch
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Related KudoZ points
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safety air
air blown into the system to prevent under pressure....
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Johannes Gleim
: Da habe ich ebenfalls Zweifel (wie Paola)
31 mins
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| agree |
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 22 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "An industrial foamer may be fed with compressed air - I do not know why (the text does not give any explanation for it) they call it "safety air", maybe because it must interrupt steam feeding and add air to steam - Thank you all!"
1 hr
protective air
This should be better than ""safety air". There are far more contexts with it for example with "pressure" (Drücken).
Example sentence:
...protective air blown into the extruding tube prevents...
15 hrs
back-up air supply
Admittedly a shot in the dark here.
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