Abstract: A press apparatus for producing dimensionally accurate pressed articles from a particulate material including a frame (70, 73), which can be connected via respective lower and upper connecting devices (71, 72) to a lower and upper platens of a press, a die holding plate (5) arranged in the frame and preferably rigidly connected with the lower connecting device, in which the die holding plate is displaceable relative to a base body (0), a plurality of punch carriers (1-4), at least one of which is supported on the frame between the die holding plate and the base body so as to be displaceable relative thereto into charging and pressing positions by piston/cylinder drives, and supports (12, 22, 32, 42), which in the final press position support the punch carriers relative to the base body.

Abstract: A filling apparatus for axial powder presses with a filling device includes a filler drive plate, a filling shoe arranged in particular on the side of the press, and a powder feeding device. The filling device can be moved forward and backward on a filler plate by means of an actuator, and in a filling position the filling shoe can be pressed against the filler plate respectively against a die surface embedded therein. According to the invention, the filling shoe is only loosely coupled to the filler drive plate, thus allowing the filling shoe to be subjected to a controlled and uniform adjusting force.