Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

lägssvets

English translation:

seam weld(ing)

Added to glossary by David Rumsey
Oct 27, 2023 21:59
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Swedish term

lägssvets

Swedish to English Tech/Engineering Metallurgy / Casting Welding
Vad har höljet till en belagd elektrod för uppgift? Svar: Stort utbyte, hög slagseghet, bra vid lägssvets
Proposed translations (English)
2 seam weld(ing)
3 welding position

Proposed translations

11 hrs
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seam weld(ing)

Surprisingly is a rendering on Google Translate ('good for seam welding').

Gullberg (specialist dictionary) påläggsvetsning; påsvetsning = surface or bead welding.

PS at our Central London T&I agency, there used to be one Russian, German & Spanish English (ship) welding & soldering magazine-translation applicant for every (Managing Director: 'useless') one thousand literary translation candidates applying for freelance work.
Example sentence:

X-fog har använts. Påsvetsning kallas också för påläggssvetsning.

Vid sömsvetsning {lägssvets?} har man ersatt de stavformiga elektroderna, som används vid punktsvetsning, med elektrodrullar.

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welding position

Try looking up "lägessvetsning" and you'll get some hits. It looks like we say this the other way round in English and there is a code for each welding position
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