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überspringen

English translation: toothed belt jumping/skipping

10:59 Jun 21, 2023
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
German term or phrase: überspringen
This is in the list of possible faults on a conveyor belt:

Aufgrund einer defekten oder falsch eingestellten Spannfeder springt ein Zahnriemen über.
Jonathan Spencer
Spain
Local time: 05:50
English translation:toothed belt jumping/skipping
Explanation:
Translation of the sentence:
Due to a defective or improperly adjusted tension spring, a toothed belt jumps/skips a tooth.
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Sam Habach
United States
Local time: 23:50
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3toothed belt jumping/skipping
Sam Habach
4jumps over
elias29
4 -1runs over; overruns
Andrew Bramhall


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
runs over; overruns


Explanation:
Due to a defective or incorrectly adjusted tension spring, a toothed belt runs over/overruns;

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: any evidence of anything with 'run'?// Besides, 'overrunning' is used differently in a pulley context.
16 hrs
  -> It runs over the teeth it's supposed to be connecting with, rather than interlocking with them.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
toothed belt jumping/skipping


Explanation:
Translation of the sentence:
Due to a defective or improperly adjusted tension spring, a toothed belt jumps/skips a tooth.

Sam Habach
United States
Local time: 23:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marion Linssen: I also found the term slippage: One failure mode is gradual wear to the tooth shape, which may eventually lead to slippage over rounded teeth.
1 hr
agree  TonyTK
2 hrs
neutral  Johannes Gleim: Auch dies ist kein substantiierter Vorschlag, sondern klingt nach einer automatischen Übersetzung. Dafür spricht schon die 'tension spring', die im Englischen als 'coil spring' bezeichnet wird.
1 day 7 hrs
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: Agree with slipping/skipping/slippage, not so much with jumping, and any mention of 'a tooth' is overinterpretation IMHO. (Amusing expert objection above though :-) )
1 day 13 hrs
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
jumps over


Explanation:
A toothed belt jumps over due to a defective or incorrectly adjusted tensioning spring.

elias29
Greece
Local time: 06:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
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