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platenA 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. Another important benefit of Isoplatens is said to be that all platens require periodic heater replacement. The press's 19" x 19" platens accept all standard sample mold sizes. |
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