bedplate

[ bed-pleyt ]

/ ˈbɛdˌpleɪt /

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

Also called baseplate.

Origin of bedplate

First recorded in 1840–50; bed + plate¹

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

Steam Turbines |Hubert E. Collins
Mounted on the end of the bedplate is the oil pump, operated from the main shaft of the turbine as previously stated.

Steam Turbines |Hubert E. Collins
The bedplate, cylinder and guides are bored at one operation and cannot get out of alignment.

Farm Engines and How to Run Them |James H. Stephenson
This resulted in a pair of cylinders flanged to fit the bedplate.

The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 |Various

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

The Manufacture of Paper |Robert Walter Sindall

bedplate

/ (ˈbɛdˌpleɪt) /

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