How can the characteristics of a die be determined?

Once again experience is extremely helpful. The selection of the specification of a die is often the result of a compromise between the different needs stemming from the many formulas produced by a production plant and from the specific properties of the plant itself. The most common mistake is to assume that the die is the cause of all problems. The quality of a pellet can depend on many factors that have nothing to do with the die, the first of them being the poor steam-conditioning of the formulas. To overcome this problems dies with a high compression index (large thickness) are used. We can analyse what the advantages and disadvantages are:

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