May 7, 2010 22:27
14 yrs ago
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German term

Rundlauf

German to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering
This is in quotes and therefore not meant literally. Existing KudoZ translations are probably not appropriate. It occurs in the following passage describing the operation of a system to prevent icing up of the overhead wires of a railway in cold weather. The Sprüharm is mounted on the Wippe of the loco and is fitted with Ventile and Düsen:

Während die eine Düse nebelt, sind die restlichen Ventile am Sprüharm auf „Rundlauf“ gestellt. Die Massnahme
dient der permanenten Heizung des in der Kälte stark
exponierten Flüssigkeitsverteilers.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 circulation
4 idle

Discussion

Oliver Walter (asker) May 8, 2010:
Helpful replies Bernhard, Werner & Reinhold: Yes, it's clearly not "concentricity" here. This has just occurred to me: perhaps one of the Ventile supplies one of the Düsen with liquid to spray and the others send the liquid round (="rund") the Flüssigkeitsverteiler.
Werner Patels (X) May 8, 2010:
Bernhard is right. I'd suggest something like "...valves are set to continuous operation". Good luck.
Bernhard Sulzer May 8, 2010:
continuous Hi. You probably tried "concentricity" and found it won't fit or make sense; it sounds like it be a continuous opening and closing of valves to ensure consistent heating through constant spraying. Maybe.

Proposed translations

+4
7 hrs
Selected

circulation

I think this is what is meant here: the liquid is still circulated past the "inactive" nozzles to prevent them from freezing.
Peer comment(s):

agree Bernd Runge : Würde ich auch so sehen.
2 hrs
Danke Bernd!
agree Nicole Backhaus
4 hrs
Thanks Nicole!
agree Thayenga
8 hrs
Thanks!
agree Teresa Reinhardt
1 day 1 hr
Thanks Tehresa!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for your help. I wrote that the other valves are operating in circulation mode."
2 days 22 hrs

idle

the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"
Example sentence:

the remaining valves are set to idle......

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