Patent ID: 7918328

Claim:
A machine arrangement which operates on a plurality of articles comprises: a plurality of machines arranged to cooperate in a manner to form a machine arrangement, the plurality of machines including a downstream machine and one or more machines upstream of the downstream machine, and wherein at least one of the machines comprises at least a first and a second means for modifying the articles by at least one of moving, holding, manipulating, and shaping the articles as the articles pass from an article infeed to an article discharge of the machine arrangement and move along a path having a predetermined configuration; means for recirculating articles within the machine arrangement, the means for recirculating articles moving the articles from the downstream machine, after a first pass where the articles are subjected to the first means for modifying the articles, and recirculating the articles, in a recirculation path, to one of the one or more upstream machines so that the articles which are recirculated through the recirculation path are subjected to the second means for modifying the articles; means for applying lubrication to the articles entering the machine arrangement at the article infeed; and means for applying lubrication to the articles in the recirculation path, comprising a starwheel in the recirculation path that applies lubricant to the articles.