htf do they make Penne noodles

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I get that it’s an extrusion machine of some sort. I don’t understand how they extrude with the hollow center without splitting the outer circle. I’ve had so many people try to explain this and I’ve tried to find videos and my brain just can’t make it work. How do they design the machine that forces it into a ring like how does the center piece attach to outer shape of the mold without affecting negative space in between the two that the pasta comes out of? I hope I’m explaining why I’m confused correctly

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Dough is malleable, you can mend it like a piece of plasticine.

Yes, it has to go around the “blades” holding the centerpiece, but then the pressure pushes and mends the pieces back together.

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