The mounting surface affixed to the end of the quill or ram of an EDM machine, on which electrodes or electrode holding devices can be mounted It usually has tapped holes or machined T -slots for attaching electrodes or holders
The roller bar in a dot-matrix or daisywheel printer against which the print is struck onto the paper
The cylinder used in most impact printers and typewriters around which the paper wraps and against which the print mechanism strikes the paper
The area used to print, plot, or display GCG graphics The GCG platen is defined on every supported graphics device as 100 vertical units (Y) by 150 horizontal units (X) For more information, see "Using Graphic Parameters" in Chapter 5, Using Graphics
Portion of a casting machine against which die sections are fastened, or of trim presses against which trim dies are fastened
The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made
(1) The flat mounting plates of a press to which the entire printing assembly is fastened (2) A flat plate or a roller which brings the paper in contact with the ink or other devices as on a typewriter, compression testing machine, etc
- Term sometimes used for a chest or, in the case of glue machines, it is the table or support that the glue printer and/or pattern nest bolt to
The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; also called table
The surface on which a finger is placed during finger image capture and verification, also known as the touch surface
Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression
Flat surface on a printing press by which the paper is pressed against the type; corresponding part in a typewriter
the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type work table of a machine tool