Holds the paper in position in the printer as a page prints.
The exterior part of the printer on which the printing material rests before going into the printer.
A hard surface roller found in impact printers against which the print mechanism strikes. Used generically throughout Digital's literature to indicate a parameter that can be changed.
A flat plate of metal that presses the paper onto the form.
Upper plate to which a die is usually mounted and is heated to help in sealing and maintain same quality all day long.
the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
a flat piece of steel mounted just beneath the belt
A thin, flat silicon plate into which a single or multiple circles are machined to hold wafers during thermal processes.
A large flat mounting surface affixed to the end of the quill or the ram of an EDM machine, and on which the electrodes or various electrode-holding devices can be mounted. It usually has tapped holes or machined T-slots for convenience in clamping electrodes or holders.
The rigid heated surface within a composite panel press that comes into contact with the panel surfaces.
A plate-sometimes heated-attached to a moving or stationary press member.
The place where the mold attaches. It is a series of flat surfaces where one surface is stationary and the other is moving.
(See Push/Pull) A flat piece of metal used in place of forks to retrieve and support loads being transferred on slip sheets. Crown utilizes the platen concept on Series SSR trucks.
The cylinder used in most impact printers and typewriters around which the paper wraps and against which the print mechanism strikes the paper.
A flat plate of metal within the lamination press in between which stacks are placed during pressing.
the flat plates of a molding press that open and close, in contact with or fastened to the mold; usually equipped with built-in heaters to maintain the vulcanization temperature
A flat or shaped support which backs up a coated abrasive belt in the area where pressure is applied to the work piece. Usually metal or wood, the platen may be surfaced with resilient material and a lubricant such as graphite covered canvas.
flat plate in printing press, or roller in typewriter, on which paper rides.
Small letterpress that holds plate and paper parallel to each other. (Also known as a clam shell because of its opening and closing motion.)
the structural part of an injection-molding machine to which the mold is mounted.
In letterpress printing, a platen is the perfectly flat steel (or earlier, wooden) plate which is pressed onto the back of paper to cause an impression to be made from the type. Sometimes spelled platten. Also a roller used in typewriters and friction-feed printers to hold the paper in position for the typebars or print head.