platen - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • scanner: Place the image to be scanned face down on the platen of the scanner with the top away from you.
  • press: But from 1946 to 1948 part of his job consisted of sealing the platens of the presses with asbestos to stop steam escaping.

Converse of object

  • remove: Can I remove the platen to get the label out?
  • move: A new system has also been implemented for supporting the moving platen on the machine base, using linear bearings.
  • have: The reader has a flat platen with five metal posts embedded in it.

Adjective modifier

  • heated: The heated platen can be positioned at the edge of the table to treat the painting at the sides.
  • fixed: The triple-layered piston rods pull the moving platen in the direction of the fixed platen, in which the clamping cylinder is integrated.
  • low: Ideally, the upper and lower platens should incorporate independent temperature sensors.
  • parallel: Specimens are loaded in compression between flat, parallel hardened steel platens with recesses to reduce lateral movement of the specimen.
  • flat: The reader has a flat platen with five metal posts embedded in it.
  • top: Volume changes are monitored by a dial gage mounted to show the vertical movement of the top loading platen.

Modifies a noun

  • knob: No, the platen knob is not to be used to load or adjust paper.
  • unit: Control the density, or number of bases plotted per 100 platen units.
  • size: Note that plots are reduced or enlarged, depending on the platen size, to fill the page.
  • press: The major press is a double platen press with 450 x 450 mm platens.
  • glass: For greater ease of use, the platen glass cover design raises on hinges to accommodate scanning thicker items such as books or magazines.

Noun used with modifier

  • steel: Specimens are loaded in compression between flat, parallel hardened steel platens with recesses to reduce lateral movement of the specimen.
  • glass: Laying a specimen on the glass platen is surprisingly effective.
  • compression: Transmission of the load from load cell to specimen was by means of compression platens and a four point bending jig with no articulation.

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