Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
selbsttätiges Lösen
English translation:
self-loosening
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German term
selbsttätiges Lösen
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Fasteners
From the introduction to a catalogue for various types of fasteners. This section is describing the problem of threaded fasteners working loose by themselves:
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Bei dynamischen Belastungen – speziell Vibrationen – können jedoch Effekte auftreten, die dazu führen, dass sich eine Schraubverbindung löst, obwohl zulässige Werte nicht überschritten werden, z. B. durch ein Taumeln entlang der Schraubenachse der Bauteile zueinander. Man spricht in solchen Fällen vom **selbsttätigen Lösen**.
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I can think of quite a few ways of paraphrasing this, but have so far failed to find the right combination of words for something that could be considered a standard expression in English.
TIA for your suggestions.
Stephen
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Bei dynamischen Belastungen – speziell Vibrationen – können jedoch Effekte auftreten, die dazu führen, dass sich eine Schraubverbindung löst, obwohl zulässige Werte nicht überschritten werden, z. B. durch ein Taumeln entlang der Schraubenachse der Bauteile zueinander. Man spricht in solchen Fällen vom **selbsttätigen Lösen**.
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I can think of quite a few ways of paraphrasing this, but have so far failed to find the right combination of words for something that could be considered a standard expression in English.
TIA for your suggestions.
Stephen
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self-loosening
I have used this once with respect to 'self-loosening of bolted joints'
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Comment: "Thanks everybody for the suggestions. 'Unintentional loosening' came a close second, but this seemed closer to the original (and is what I'd thought of myself!)."
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German term (edited):
selbsttã¤tiges lã¶sen
self-unscrewing
Yes, there do seem to be a number of options, but I shall suggest this as one of them!
In one of the two cylinder blocks 12 there are screw holes in which binder screws 15 are screwed that are protected against self-unscrewing by means of fixing bolts 16.
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/fr/ia.jsp?LANGUAGE=FR&IA=BG2006000...
In one of the two cylinder blocks 12 there are screw holes in which binder screws 15 are screwed that are protected against self-unscrewing by means of fixing bolts 16.
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/fr/ia.jsp?LANGUAGE=FR&IA=BG2006000...
Note from asker:
| Thanks Armorel. It doesn't seem that common in Google-land, but it certainly 'does what it says on the tin'. |
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work their way loose / work themselves loose
as you almost wrote yourself
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-25 16:59:02 GMT)
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e.g. "in such instances, the screws (or whatever) are said to have worked their way (o. themselves) loose"
or even "coming loose" as a noun
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-25 16:59:02 GMT)
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e.g. "in such instances, the screws (or whatever) are said to have worked their way (o. themselves) loose"
or even "coming loose" as a noun
Note from asker:
| Indeed! I wasn't sure this fits in the rather technically orient context of product catalogue. "This is referred to as working loose" or similar sounds rather colloquial, but then again maybe that's the intention. |
| OK, thanks. To me that sounds really 'untechnical', but that's why I asked! |
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unintentional loosening
this should be sufficiently stilted to fit the context; while I love the earthiness of the other two perfectly fine solutions, this may fit the tone of the doc better (as you suggested)
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or 'unintended'
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Note added at 13 hrs (2007-10-26 05:26:45 GMT)
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or 'unintended'
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inadvertent loosening
... seems to be yet another contender.
See, for example,
http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/DANotes/threads/intro/intro.html
"- a thin 'locknut' may be jammed against the ordinary nut to assist assembly or to prevent loosening under severe vibration, though resistance to ***inadvertent loosening*** is usually effected by a thread locking fluid, a lock washer or a lock nut such as shown here: ..."
... and a lot of other, mainly patent-related hits.
See, for example,
http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/DANotes/threads/intro/intro.html
"- a thin 'locknut' may be jammed against the ordinary nut to assist assembly or to prevent loosening under severe vibration, though resistance to ***inadvertent loosening*** is usually effected by a thread locking fluid, a lock washer or a lock nut such as shown here: ..."
... and a lot of other, mainly patent-related hits.
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