Spanish term
chapas
I'm translating a text about a company's activities in the paper industry. Is anyone able to help me with the translation of 'chapas' in the following context:
Corte y manipulación de chapas y tubos?
My attempt:
Cutting and manipulation of plates and pipes
Again, any help would be very much appreciated
Best wishes
Jack
| 4 | metal sheets |
ertraducciones
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| 4 | plates |
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
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| 4 | sheets |
bigedsenior
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PRO (1): Marcelo González
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Proposed translations
Mexico
¡Make a special link between languages!
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
metal sheets
Quality Above All...Calidad Sobre Todo
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
plates
Hope this helps you.
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Note added at 2 horas (2012-04-29 03:23:13 GMT)
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On second thought, if these are paper items, then I would go for "sheets and rolls".
sheets
TimBar manufacturers corrugated fiberboard and can produce a broad variety of corrugated containers and sheets.
www.timbar.com/products.htm
Slip sheet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Description · Slip sheet types · Lip handling options · Slip sheet materials
Slip sheets are thin pallet -sized sheets made of plastic, heavy laminated kraft paperboard, or corrugated fiberboard used in commercial shipping. Often, these ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipsheet
Discussion
Thanks for the help! I'm really keen to begin helping other people with their questions, as I've all I've done so far is seek help from others. I hope I can be a useful KudoZ member.
Regards
Jack
Duly noted for the future.
Thanks for your comments. I'm new to the KudoZ forum, and am unsure as to the significance of listing quesions as pro or non-pro. I simply selected non-pro as I thought my query would be read by more people.