Abstract: A clamping unit of an injection molding machine having platens and columns includes a clamping-type locking apparatus by which a column is securable in relation to one of the platens at any position along a travel path of the platens relative to one another. The clamping-type locking apparatus includes a clamping jacket and a clamping device for clamping-type locking of the column in relation to the clamping jacket. The clamping device is displaceable together with the column along the travel path within the clamping jacket, when the clamping device assumes a released state, and the clamping device is configured to effect a clamping action by generating between the clamping jacket and the clamping device a locking force which is directed radially outwards in relation to a longitudinal axis of the column.

Abstract: A guide shoe of a guiding device of a plastic processing machine clamping unit has an elongated main part in clamping direction for attachment of sliding and/or rolling elements. The guide shoe has a connecting element which is spaced from the main part and extends substantially vertically in the clamping direction, and which has a fixing region for fixing the guide shoe to a moving mold platen. The moving mold platen can be fixed solely to the fixing region of the connecting element in decoupled manner from the main part. The connecting element is designed as a deformation element fixed to the main part via a connecting region that forms a target bending zone with respect to a bend about a bending axis substantially parallel to the clamping direction, such that the deformation element additionally forms a target torsion zone about a torsion axis substantially perpendicular to the clamping direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a guide shoe (1) of a guiding device of a plastic processing machine clamping unit for supporting and guiding a moving mold platen (30) in the clamping direction of the plastic processing machine.