Tooling

Chinese translation: FYI

06:57 May 14, 2005
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Medical - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / in either English or Chinese please.
English term or phrase: Tooling
I found the word Tooling seems have quite a few meanings in the same document, please give me a hand.
1. Relocation of Production ...Tooling from line to line, for identical lines.
2. Manufacturing-Assembly...Change of the number of cavities in tooling and replacement tooling.
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I think here tooling should mean 工具装备,but I do'nt know how to translate the second sentence. cavity means 缺失不足?replacement means 备用?thank you.
Julian Luo
Local time: 17:07
Chinese translation:FYI
Explanation:
Tooling, as you already indicated means '工具装备' or you can think of it as 生产工具.

Certain '生产工具' have the form of '子母工具' where you have a basic tool '母' with attaching and exchanging accessories '子'; And with one '母' you can have a number of '子'; there is a 'cavaty' in the '母' by which one of the many '子' will fit into.
Replacement tooling could be the '子' .

In plastic or metal stamping businesses, certain tooling could have multiple cavaties, and you can choose the number of cavaties on a master tool to produce desired set of product in one-shot.
e.g. in plastic, set the number of desired cavities to produce N mumber of plastic product in one injection; or for stamping, N mumber of copies in one punch.

I hope I didn't confuse you!
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Philip Tang
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Local time: 17:07
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Thank you very much! Your explanation is detailed enough. and you didn't confuse me at all!
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5 +1工装
Wei Jiang
4 +1FYI
Philip Tang
4FYI
Yangzi
3工装设备
wherestip


  

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tooling
FYI


Explanation:
tooling有工具、刀具和加工的意思。象第2句中译成加工也未必不妥。有些时候一个句子的context还不够。仅供参考。

Yangzi
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tooling
工装


Explanation:
工具装备的简称

Wei Jiang
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agree  wherestip
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tooling
工装设备


Explanation:
IMHO cavities is not very good English here. I would suggest 工装设备的耗损及其换新

wherestip
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tooling
FYI


Explanation:
Tooling, as you already indicated means '工具装备' or you can think of it as 生产工具.

Certain '生产工具' have the form of '子母工具' where you have a basic tool '母' with attaching and exchanging accessories '子'; And with one '母' you can have a number of '子'; there is a 'cavaty' in the '母' by which one of the many '子' will fit into.
Replacement tooling could be the '子' .

In plastic or metal stamping businesses, certain tooling could have multiple cavaties, and you can choose the number of cavaties on a master tool to produce desired set of product in one-shot.
e.g. in plastic, set the number of desired cavities to produce N mumber of plastic product in one injection; or for stamping, N mumber of copies in one punch.

I hope I didn't confuse you!


Philip Tang
China
Local time: 17:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Thank you very much! Your explanation is detailed enough. and you didn't confuse me at all!

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agree  wherestip: Your interpretation of cavities is excellent. I missed it completely.
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