sci-trans Dec 23, 2010:

References
This material is designed for *fillet sealing* of fuel tanks and other aircraft fuselage sealing applications.
http://www.bergdahl.com/bapr1828b.pdf

aerospace sealants glossary
*Fillet Seal* - A primary seal (post assembly) applied at the juncture of two adjoining parts or
surfaces and along the edges of faying surfaces as a continuous bead of sealing material. It can
be applied over, along the edges of, and between installed parts.
http://www.ppg.com/coatings/aerospace/sealants/sealantsprodu...

Hohlkehlenprofile
http://www.korte.de/produkt_h1.html

Corner moldings (construction supplements)
http://hydewa.com/produkte/leistensysteme/corner-moldings.ht...

sci-trans Dec 23, 2010:

fillet seal (?)
Not too long ago, I translated several documents on machining in the context of aircraft production. From that I know, for example, that aircraft manufacturers have their own quality standards on basic operations such as chamfering and deburring. Therefore, it is conceivable that "Hohlkehle" refers to one of these machining operations (auskehlen; machining a "Hohlkehle").

However, now that we know that "Hohlkehle" refers to a product rather than a machining process, two other meanings seem to make more sense here: in my opinion, the term either means "Spachtel(masse)" (-> "Hohlkehlenspachtel"), i.e., a kind of filler to make fillets -- a fillet seal so to speak -- or "Hohlkehlenprofil," in which case it should be translated as "corner molding" or something similar.

If no fürther context is given in the original document, the client should be asked.
For further details on fillets, seals, and profiles, see the reference box.

David Williams (asker) Dec 23, 2010:

The question that remains is What is the best translation, fillet, concave molding or channeling?

David Williams (asker) Dec 23, 2010:

Correction I have now received the Word Doc, as opposed to a TagEditor file, and can therefore see the table. This actually refers to two different products (sealants), with two different product numbers, but the same Doc. No., so it must mean one and the same thing, as seemed most likely/logical all along.
Thanks!

David Williams (asker) Dec 23, 2010:

Not sure Some kind of Luftfahrzeug anyway.
I have one whole document, but it only makes reference to this other one by its title and Doc. No. in a table listing a number of other documents.

British Diana Dec 23, 2010:

What sort of things are being made here? Aeroplanes? Do you have the whole document or only the title?