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OT-2026-000000138

Hot box exchange capability and method thereof

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Manufacturing & Assembly Equipment › Machining Systems
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US-12605756-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 21 April 2026
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Abstract

A removable hot box is disclosed that includes a lower hot box portion, including: a lower housing including a plurality of lower clamping structures to clamp the lower housing to a press and locating structures to provide repeatable placing in the press; and a lower heating platen, received within the lower housing, wherein the lower housing or the lower heating platen includes lower electrical connectors to provide a lower electrical connection to a heating system and lower cooling connectors to provide a lower cooling connection to a cooling system; and an upper hot box portion, positionable above the lower hot box portion and includes: an upper housing includes a plurality of upper clamping structures to clamp the upper housing to the press; an upper heating platen, received within the upper housing.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000000138, “Hot box exchange capability and method thereof,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:02:31 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000138.

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