How can a machine extrude a round pasta shape with a hole in the middle (e.g penne), without the middle metal part blocking the hole falling away

Question

How can a round shape be made, when the middle part of the metal creating the hole needs to be attached to something, which would create a gap in the shape

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Answer 1

[Here’s a photo of the front and back of a paster maker](https://i.imgur.com/ijZzCvx.jpg). If you imagine drilling a cylindrical hole from the front and those 6 holes from the back so they meet in the middle, then everything is physically connected together and the pasta being squeezed into the cylindrical hole makes it reform into a complete tube.

Answer 2

[Here’s a photo of the front and back of a paster maker](https://i.imgur.com/ijZzCvx.jpg). If you imagine drilling a cylindrical hole from the front and those 6 holes from the back so they meet in the middle, then everything is physically connected together and the pasta being squeezed into the cylindrical hole makes it reform into a complete tube.