Cast Iron Bed Plates and T-Slot Bed Plates

Material

Grey Cast Iron | EN-GJL-200 to EN-GJL-300

Finish

Stress-relieved before machining; hand scraped, fine milled or ground

Standard

DIN 876-2

Largest single piece

10,000 × 3,000 mm; muti-plate fields beyond

Grade

DIN 876-2 grades 0, 1, 2 and 3, to specification. Grade is a function of size

Properties

Surface hardness HB170-HB240

Interface

T-slots to DIN 650 (H12 or H7 to specification), threaded, reamed or hard bushed holes, keyways and slots — in any combination or zoned across the plate; standard, bespoke, or duplicates of those on your existing tooling

Installation

Delivered, installed, levelled and certified by us, with full technical and GA drawings. Supply only if you prefer

Certification

Certificate traceable to national standards; UKAS-accredited calibration on request

Plate fields

Smaller plates set together to cover a large area, laid out to the requirement. Fields can be extended or reconfigured later; interface provisions are designed in from the outset and additions are manufactured to match the original field

Terminology

Also specified as cast iron floor plates, cast iron T-slotted floor plates, cast iron test beds or cast iron clamping plates