Pasta is a major staple in many cuisines around the world. Whether it’s spaghetti, penne, fusilli, macaroni, or other shapes, pasta has a broad market: retail, food service, restaurants, packaged goods. As consumer demand has grown, many producers move from artisanal/manual production toward mechanized production—but full automation can be expensive. Here semi‑automatic pasta making machines offer a sweet‑spot: partial automation that reduces labour, ensures consistency, but without the full capital cost and complexity of automatic/turn‑key lines. A semi‑automatic pasta making machine is a machine (or integrated set of machines) that automates key processes in pasta production (mixing, extrusion, shaping) but still requires some manual input, supervision, or manual feeding/handling. These machines are used by small to medium‑scale pasta producers, restaurants, caterers, or companies wanting flexibility and lower investment, but still require capacity above what pure manual production allows.