OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000138

Hot box exchange capability and method thereof

Published: 2026-09-15T19:02:31.877950Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000138
Categories: Manufacturing & Assembly Equipment > Machining Systems

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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
Published 2026-09-15T19:02:31.877950Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000138