bedplate

[ bed-pleyt ]

noun

1. a plate, platform, or frame supporting the lighter parts of a machine.

bedplate

/ ˈbɛdˌpleɪt /

noun

1. a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedplate¹

First recorded in 1840–50; bed + plate ¹

Example Sentences

As these cylinders were to fit into holes bored in a steel bedplate, it was necessary to have a flange at one end.

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The bedplate, cylinder and guides are bored at one operation and cannot get out of alignment.

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In one of the channels the bed of the trough slopes up slightly to the place where the “bedplate” is fixed.

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Around the bedplate are located the oil-cooling coils, the oil strainer, the oil reservoir and the oil pipings to the bearing.

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Mounted on the end of the bedplate is the oil pump, operated from the main shaft of the turbine as previously stated.

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