Process to manufacture a pressure panel heated by a fluid medium

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A process for manufacturing a press platen that is heated by a fluid medium, said platen being of the kind or type used in platen presses in the production of chip-wood panels, fibre panels laminate panels, and the like. A plurality of parallel heating channels are bored in one direction of a steel platen, and the heating channels are connected to collector channels and/or return channels extending transverse to said heating channels this being done, with regard to a predetermined flow pattern for the fluid medium. Deflecting components are installed in the return channels and plugs are inserted in the face ends of the heating channels. The return channels or the collector channels are …