platens in English

noun
1
the plate in a small letterpress printing press that presses the paper against the type.
The pressman pulled on the bar, causing the platen to press the tympan on the inked type and taking the impression.
2
the cylindrical roller in a typewriter against which the paper is held.
I'd set it up on the desk in my bedroom and feed a couple of sheets of paper down behind the platen roller.

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2. This system incorporates DC servomotor technology, lubricated end platens, and on-specimen axial strain devices.

3. 16 Upsetting of circular cylinder between ordinary plat platens is studied through the optical plasticity.

4. The platens (21, 22) may be heated by an induction coil (60) disposed inside the oven (12).

5. A method and apparatus for using continuous-loop wires to drive circular flat- surfaced disk-type workholders which are positioned between two opposed upper and lower abrasive-surfaced rotatable platens.

6. Baskerville, who had made a fortune in japanning before turning to printing when in his midforties, was responsible for several advances in printing technology, improving press platens and packings, formulating darker and faster-drying inks, and inventing wove paper, which was smoother than the old laid papers with their vertical ribbing