Patent ID: 7118367

Claim:
A rotor for a tablet press including an upper punch, a receptacle body for the upper punches, a lower punch guide for lower punches of the tablet press, provided at a body member ( 20 ) of the rotor, ends die-plate having a series of die-bores which are aligned with the upper and lower punches, the die-plate being composed of at least two ring segments ( 22 , 24 ) adapted to be attached non-positively and/or positively to the body ( 20 ) of the lower punch guide ( 16 ) by means of a fixing device, the body ( 20 ) of the lower-ram guide ( 16 ) having a cylindrical circumferential surface ( 42 ) ends planar radial surface ( 40 ), and the fixing device having locking means by which the ring segments ( 22 , 24 ) are tightened against the circumferential and radial surface ( 42 40 ), die bores being formed solely by bores in the ring segments ( 22 , 24 ), the upper and lower punches and the ring segments are designed such that the upper and lower punches directly interact with the bores ( 28 ) of the ring segments ( 22 , 24 ).