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Spießkasten

English translation: racks

07:24 Jun 27, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Cleanroom manufacturing of pharmaceuticals
German term or phrase: Spießkasten
Context is a standard operating procedure document for entering and exiting a pharmaceutical cleanroom.

This one really has me stumped. No dictionary seems to have it, not even a German cleanroom glossary. Google searches only turn up grill equipment... maybe they're making Döner in these cleanrooms? Spieß- means "skewer" and "Kasten" is box, does anybody know of a cleanroom apparatus that might look like this? The term only occurs once in all the documentation:

Für alle Tätigkeiten in der Reinraumzone B kann der blaue Overall verwendet werden (Bsp. Wechsel des Spießkastens).

Many thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this!
Juchi Pratt
English translation:racks
Explanation:
the racks used for storing equipment
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Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 00:16
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I don't see the word on the Linguee page either (trust me, it was the first place I looked!), and there isn't a lot of evidence to suggest that "racks [for equipment]" is indeed what is meant. However, the parts of the word do evoke something resembling a rack; and folks seem to agree that "racks" is good.
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racks


Explanation:
the racks used for storing equipment


    https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=Spie%C3%9F+kasten
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 00:16
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
Grading comment
I don't see the word on the Linguee page either (trust me, it was the first place I looked!), and there isn't a lot of evidence to suggest that "racks [for equipment]" is indeed what is meant. However, the parts of the word do evoke something resembling a rack; and folks seem to agree that "racks" is good.

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