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A draw plate is type of die consisting of a hardened steel plate with one or more tapered holes through which wire is drawn to make it thinner. A typical plate will have twenty to thirty holes, so a wide range of diameters can be drawn.[1]
- ^ Littell, Eliakim; Littell, Robert S. (1892), The Living age, vol. 195, Littell, Son and Co., p. 512.