Patent ID: 7229263

Claim:
A pressing device for manufacturing of shaped compacts from pulverized or granulated material made from iron, plastics, hard metal, or ceramic material components, the pressing device comprising: a frame structure being connectable adapter-like via a lower connection device with a lower press frame means of a press; a die holding plate arranged in said frame structure; a base body arranged in said frame structure, wherein said die holding plate and said base body are arranged in said frame structure to be displaceable relatively one to the other; a plurality of punch carriers at least one part of them being displaceably mounted at said frame structure relatively to said die holding plate and relatively to said base body to be displaceable between them in the direction of a central axis running in press direction; and supporting devices supporting said punch carriers in a final press position relative to said base body, wherein said supporting devices are arranged between said base body and said punch carriers such that at least one of said supporting devices is supported by another of said supporting devices in relation to said base body.