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Standard & Optional Mold Base Features
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Clamp Slots

Clamp Slots facilitate clamping the mold to the platen of the press. DME American
Standard Mold Bases offer four slot types (shown below) to ensure the best fit for the
Features supplied as
standard unless requirements of your application.
otherwise specified.

for quoting or
ordering, sPecify:

clamp slot type
❑ type a - Machined when
Top Clamping Plate is 0.875
or 1.375

❑ type b - Machined in plates top clamping plate or
that are 2.375 or thicker a-clamping plate
Standard & Optional Mold Base Features | Clamp Slots
type a
❑ type c - Machined only when press pLaten
specified by a customer and Machined when
top clamp plate is 1.375 Top Clamping Plate 0.813
is 0.875 or 1.375 0.625
❑ type d - Machined plates note:
that are 1.875 thick when this plate is 0.875 thick, the slots
will be machined through the thickness.

other options include: special top clamping plate,
❑ Omit upper clamp slot a-clamping plate, a-plate, or ax-plate
❑ Omit lower clamp slot type b
(3-piece housing supplied) Machined in press pLaten
❑ Machine entire length plates that are 0.875
❑ Machine all four sides 2.375 or thicker 0.813
0.625

top clamping plate or
a-clamping plate
type c press pLaten

Machined only
when specified by 0.875 0.813
a customer
0.625

special top clamping plate,
a-clamping plate, a-plate, or ax-plate
type d
press pLaten
Machined plates
that are 1.875 thick 0.875
0.625

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