Pressensteher

gangels (X) Jan 29, 2011:

With Alice Post or upright will be universally understood

Alice Milne Jan 28, 2011:

Perhaps Austrian? Found this definition on an Austrian website for scaffolding:
Steher: Senkrechte Gerüsteile, auf denen die Gerüstlagen aufliegen. Shutting up shop for tonight. Hope you solve your problem. A

Alice Milne Jan 28, 2011:

"Steher" may be more colloquial Just found a scrap of confirmation for my "uprights" theory by searching for "Steher" and "Presse" (read first entry in the thread: http://www.plofo.com/archive/1776/thread.html
BTW, I used to work with an engineering company that did drives and controls for all kinds of industrial presses (among other things). I never heard any of the engineers use the term "Steher".

swisstell (asker) Jan 28, 2011:

Pressesteher As I mentioned in my entry, this is NOT a position to be filled by a human, not an occupation. The machine is a veneer press (Furnierpresse) and I believe that Alice Milne is on the right track.

Alice Milne Jan 28, 2011:

Upright or post? I'm making what I hope is an educated guess here (never heard this term before). Presses usually have vertical frame parts, one at each corner, called "uprights" or "posts". Without knowing what the actual kind of press is, I could imagine that an upright or post could have four bolts on it to enable some sort of height adjustment and fixing, i.e. to adjust a gap between mould or die halves, or platen and die.
Sorry, just read this was a veneer press, rest of answer still stands.

Jonathan MacKerron Jan 28, 2011:

might this be a drill of some sort? Or perhaps the job description of the person doing it?