Vokabelliste: Liebherr

gründen, der Gründer, –	to found; founder
der Wiederaufbau	reconstruction [of Germany after World War II]
marktführend	industry leading
liefern	to deliver, to supply
her•stellen, die Herstellung	to manufacture; manufacturing, production
die Mitarbeiter; die Angestellten	employees
die Steuer, -n	tax(es)

der Kran, -e	crane
das Getriebe, –	transmission
das Zahnrad, ¨-er	gear (literally: toothed wheel)
der Bagger, –	excavators and other “earth-moving equipment”
der Portalroboter, –	gantry [e.g. for moving large items in a factory]

das Fließband, ¨-er	assembly line
steuern; die Steuerung	control (as in: directing how something operates or guiding the “direction” of a process); to steer, to control (in the above sense)
speichern	to store
das Längenmaß, -e	linear measurement, measure of length
der Durchmesser, –	diameter
im Uhrzeigersinn	clockwise
die Ziffer, -n	digit

die Luft, ¨-e; atmen	air; to breathe
die Tragfläche, -n	wing, airfoil (“carrying surface”)
der Flügel, –	wing
der Rumpf	body, fuselage, hull
das Triebwerk, -e	engine (of a plane, rocket etc.–but can also be used for cars)
die Sicherheit; sicher	safety; sicher, sure
ab•stürzen	to crash (for airplanes and helicopters)
das Leitwerk, -e	collective term for the miscellaneous rudders, flaps etc. which help steer and balance a plane
die Stabilität	stability
das Gleichgewicht	balance

das Fahrwerk, das Fahrwerkssystem, -e	in aviation: landing gear, undercarriage [for cars, Fahrwerk = chassis, i.e. suspension, shocks, wheels, steering, brakes etc.]
das Betätigungssystem, -e; betätigen	actuation system; to operate (equipment, e.g. by pushing buttons and throwing switches)
Landeklappen und Vorflügel	straps [airbrakes] and flaps
das Höhenruder, –	The translations are technical terms you can find on dict.cc, but click here for a diagram showing these parts of a plane (scroll about halfway down the page), and here to see how they work.
das Seitenruder, –
das Querruder, –
die Trimmklappe, -n
der Laderaum, ¨-e	cargo area
das Ventil, -e	valve

der Prüfstand, ¨-e	test rig, test stand, dynamometer
prüfen, testen	to test
warten; die Wartung	to service, to maintain (an engine etc.) [of course this also means “to wait”]; service, maintenance
überholen	to overhaul, to refit [this also means: to pass (as in a car passing a slower car)]
instandsetzen	to repair, to refurbish
das Ersatzteil, -e	replacement part
die Vorrichtung	apparatus, device, contraption
die Korrosion	corrosion
der Riss, -e	tear

das Werkzeug, -e; das Werkzeug wechseln	tool; to change/switch tools
das Werkstück, -e	workpiece (raw material being machined)
die Fräsmaschine, -n	mill/milling machine
die Wälzfräsmaschine, -n [short for: die Zahnradabwälzfräsmaschine, -n 🙂 ]	gear hobbing machine
das Trockenfräsen [trocken = dry; nass = wet]	dry hobbing (an innovation developed [=entwickelt] by Liebherr that makes the process a great deal cleaner [=sauberer], easier [=leichter] and safer [=sicherer] and saves [=spart] the great quantities of oil that used to be required to lubricate [=schmieren] and cool the equipment. It also eliminates the “Verschmutzung” [=dirtying] caused by the oil, and the need to dispose of the oil in an environmentally responsible way [“entsorgen“])
der Span, ¨-e; entfernen	(metal or wood) shavings; to remove
die Druckluft	pressurized air
die Wälzstoßmaschine, -n	gear shaping machine
die Drehmaschine, -n; drehen	lathe; to turn
die Drehzahl, -en	rotational frequency (e.g. rotations per minute)

AUCH NÜTZLICH:

der Betonmischer	cement mixer
der Raupenkran	crawler crane [Note: die Raupe = caterpillar!]

entlacken	to remove the paint/varnish (before servicing a part) [der Lack = paint, varnish]
Plastikkügelchen	little plastic balls (serving as bearings) [die Kugel = ball, sphere]
auf dem Acker landen	to land in a (farm’s) field (relevant in this context since it would make a plane need to be serviced)

das Spannfutter, –	chuck
das Kegelrad, ¨-er	bevel gear
die Kugelumlaufspindel, -n; die Kugelrollspindel, -n	ball revolution spindle, ballscrew [we’ll see some of these during the tour – click on the links to see it!]