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PCT No. PCT/AU89/00353 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 5, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 5, 1991 PCT Filed Aug. 18, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/02036 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 8, 1990.An apparatus 1 for use in the preheating and forming of a material object about at least one mold 12 or die thereon. The apparatus has a primary platform 4 for supporting a length or sheet of material 13 thereon, a heating station 2 having a mechanism 8 for heating the object 13 laid on the primary platform 4 a mechanism for isolating the heating mechanism 8 form the object 13. The apparatus 1 also converts the heating station 2 to a forming station 3 which has associated therewith the mold 12. The forming station may either have an envelope 11 for creation of a vacuum seal or a second mold 17 for the purpose of forming object 13.
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