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A method of film enrobing article such as medicine tablets comprising the steps of: providing a pair of films of selected thickness and composition each defined to be elastic, plastic and self-adhering to the other film, the films each having obverse and reverse surfaces, moving the films along selected paths including through a place of coaction of a pair of coacting dies where the film obverse surfaces contact each other, the dies having co-operating working surfaces contoured for formation between them upon coaction of the dies of at least one cavity sized and shaped for lossely receiving therein a single article perform, substantially at the place of die coaction individually dispensing for each cavity formed between the dies an article perform into contact with the obverse surface of at least one of the films at each location on the at least one film which corresponds to the location of a cavity for movement of the dispensed performs through the place of die coaction, at the place of die coaction, stretching the films into contact with each other peripherally around the performs to cause each perform to be enrobed by and between the films, and sealing the films to each other at lines peripherally aound and contiguous to each perform, and separating the enrobed performs form the films essentially at said peripheral lines to provide the articles of manufacture each of which comprises a single perform sealed between applied layers of the film material. Drawing: 12 Sheets Total Pages: 40 Fig. Nil