Abstract: Apparatus for the manufacture of pressed bodies of depolarizing material for galvanic cells, comprising an elongated mold of uniform cross section having an open end, a pre-mold having an internal volume which is a multiple of the internal volume of said mold, and consisting of a first part and a second part, said first part being elongated and of uniform cross section larger than said cross section of the mold, said second part extending from said first part to an outlet opening and diminishing in cross section from said first part to said outlet opening, said oulet opening being of approximately the same size and shape as said cross section of said mold, a press plunger movable with clearance in said first part of the pre-mold, a first device for refilling said pre-mold prior to each stroke of said press plunger into said first part, a second device for bringing said open end of the mold into alignment with said outlet opening and for moving said open end out of alignment with said outlet opening and thereb