only to hold the fibers in place for processing according to the method herein but so light as to not hold the fibers together were there to be manipulated manually such bonding may be incidental or eliminated altogether if desirable a coform unit 44 for adding additional materials to the y base material is attached near the outlet of the fiber distribution unit 16 first moving surface 11 is moving in the direction of arrow 18 at a given speed base material 21 is held down on first moving surface 11 by a hold down vacuum 14 in nip 13 base material is transferred to second moving surface 12 moving in the direction indicated by arrow 19 via positive air pressure from a blow up box 15 a underneath first moving surface 11 and a transfer vacuum 20 beneath the second moving surface the transfer of the material in nip 13 from first moving surface 11 to second moving surface 12 is accomplished by the application of a transfer vacuum beneath second moving surface 12 generated by high vacuum slot 15 b and a transfer vacuum represented by reference numeral 20 it will be appreciated that the present invention may work without a true nip that is the first and second surfaces may be serially offset.