platen
platen
Definition
platen (plat′'n)
noun
- a flat metal plate, as that in a printing press which presses the paper against the inked type
- ☆ in a typewriter, the roller against which the keys strike
Etymology: ME plateyne < OFr platine, flat plate, metal plate < plat: see plate
platen
Usage Examples
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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