A set of compaction rams and/or die-plates for a tabletting machine has
all of the compaction rams and/or die-plates of the set furnished with a
code containing at least the following information: (a) a label for the
set of compaction rams and die-plates; (b) an individual label for each
compaction ram and/or die-plate within the set; (c) data effective to
critically dimension the compaction ram and/or die-plate which contains
the code; and (d) data containing service life information for the
compaction ram and/or die-plate which contains the code.