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platen

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platen

A long, thin cylinder in a typewriter or printer that guides the paper through it and serves as a backstop for the printing mechanism to bang into. It is typically made of a hard rubber or rubber-like material. See carriage and typewriter.


platen
the worktable of a machine tool, esp one that is slotted to enable T-bolts to be used


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Guiding of the upper and lower platens is on the four corners instead of on-center directly in line with the toggles.
The completed platen is controllable with a single thermocouple.
Pertinent Data: The clamp is a five-point toggle design that allows for more even distribution of pressure across the platen and reduced platen deflection.
 
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