Diesystem / Shaping Tools

Food extrusion is often described more as art than science. Nowhere is this art more visible than in the design of dies for direct expanded products. A good die system is not recognizable by the fact that it only roughly produces the desired shape, but that the end product has a wealth of detail that makes it immediately recognizable.

To create an effective die design, every aspect of the material flow, from the inlet to the hopper to the die opening, must be known. As it exits the orifice, the product expands and takes on its final shape in an incredibly short time.

Our die systems can be used to manufacture a wide range of products in a wide variety of categories and the number of systems available is growing from year to year.

Simple die systems include those used to make flips, balls, rings and wheel or grid shapes. In addition, we have developed a wide range of animal figures – some as 3D shapes – as well as more complex die systems for the production of extruded products, such as filled tubes, flat breads, spiral strands etc.