Patent ID: 9314946
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B29C,B29L,B30B

Claim Text:
1. A press for producing pellets from powdered material, comprising: a press frame with an upper retaining plate, a lower retaining plate and a support frame, the upper retaining plate and the lower retaining plate connected together by a plurality of vertical spacers and the support frame arranged between the upper retaining plate and the lower retaining plate; a tool guiding unit including: at least one of an upper drive unit for moving the upper punch plate in a vertical direction or a lower drive unit for moving the lower punch plate in the vertical direction; wherein a measurement ruler fastened to the support frame in a plane between the opposite sides of the support frame; and a respective measurement slide arranged at the die plate and the at least one of the upper punch plate or the lower punch plate, wherein the measurement slide interacts with the measurement ruler in such a manner that vertical movement and bending of at least one of the upper punch plate, the lower punch plate or the die plate during the pressing of the powdered material are measured.