A press for producing a pellet made of powdered material comprising - a press frame with an upper and a lower holding plate (12, 14), which are connected with one another by several vertical spacers and with at least one support frame arranged between the upper and lower holding plate (12, 14), - a tool guiding unit with at least one upper stamp plate with at least one upper press punch and/or with at least one lower stamp plate with at least one lower press punch and with a die plate with at least one intake for powdered material to be pressed by the upper and/or lower press punch, - at least one upper drive unit for moving the upper stamp plate in the vertical direction and/or at least one lower drive unit for moving the lower stamp plate in the vertical direction, - wherein the upper drive unit and/or the lower drive unit are supported on the support frame during operation such that the reactive forces, which are generated as thrust forces by the pressing forces generated during the pressing of the powdered material in the at least one intake, are fed into the support frame, - wherein the support frame surrounds the die plate of the tool guiding unit at least in sections in the form of a frame and the die plate is fastened on opposite-lying sides of the support frame, - characterized in that a ruler is fastened on the support frame in its thermal zero point and in a plane between the opposite-lying sides of the support frame fastened with the die plate, - characterized in that a measuring slide (58, 60, 62) is arranged respectively on the upper stamp plate and/or on the lower stamp plate and on the die plate, wherein the measuring slides (58, 60, 62) work together with the ruler such that a vertical movement and a bending of the upper stamp plate and/or of the lower stamp plate and/or of the die plate can be measured, - the ruler is fastened on the support frame in a plane lying centered between the opposite-lying sides of the support frame fastened with the die plate. - a press frame with an upper and a lower holding plate (12, 14), which are connected with one another by several vertical spacers and with at least one support frame arranged between the upper and lower holding plate (12, 14), - a tool guiding unit with at least one upper stamp plate with at least one upper press punch and/or with at least one lower stamp plate with at least one lower press punch and with a die plate with at least one intake for powdered material to be pressed by the upper and/or lower press punch, - at least one upper drive unit for moving the upper stamp plate in the vertical direction and/or at least one lower drive unit for moving the lower stamp plate in the vertical direction, - wherein the upper drive unit and/or the lower drive unit are supported on the support frame during operation such that the reactive forces, which are generated as thrust forces by the pressing forces generated during the pressing of the powdered material in the at least one intake, are fed into the support frame, - wherein the support frame surrounds the die plate of the tool guiding unit at least in sections in the form of a frame and the die plate is fastened on opposite-lying sides of the support frame, - characterized in that a ruler is fastened on the support frame in its thermal zero point and in a plane between the opposite-lying sides of the support frame fastened with the die plate, - characterized in that a measuring slide (58, 60, 62) is arranged respectively on the upper stamp plate and/or on the lower stamp plate and on the die plate, wherein the measuring slides (58, 60, 62) work together with the ruler such that a vertical movement and a bending of the upper stamp plate and/or of the lower stamp plate and/or of the die plate can be measured, - the ruler is fastened on the support frame in a plane lying centered between the opposite-lying sides of the support frame fastened with the die plate.