the applicators 28 and 30 and properly applying the lubricant to the sheet material surface 12 a and 12 b in some applications steel or iron surfaced rollers also may be used the specific composition thickness texture and properties of the roller resilient surfaces 14 a and 16 a will depend on the nature of sheet material the construction of the formiing system as a whole the range of system operating speeds and the compatibility of the lubricant composition with the resilient covering in an alternative embodiment a series of multiple transfer rollers not shown may be used to transfer the lubricant composition from the applicators 28 and 30 to the sheet surfaces 12 a and 12 b similarly in some applications it may be desirable to use rollers with different resilient surface compositions and properties as well as non resilient surfaces in addition in some systems the transfer rollers are powered and also act as drive rollers to advance the sheet material in the embodiment shown in the figures the frame 18 also supports an upper lubricant applicator 28 provided with an upper flow element matrix 32 such as a wick material and a lower lubricant applicator 30 provided with a lower flow element matrix 34 such as the same or a different.