106 providing a gap to accept the curled ribbons noting that in this embodiment that each layer includes six 6 curled ribbons once the clamp is threaded the jaws are brought together and retracted into the recess portion 120 to clamp the ribbons and the initial layer of ribbons rides in groove 122 by virtue of ac the electric servo motor 96 to rotate drum 80 after the drum has rotated one or more revolutions depending on the number of strands that are required to make up the desired end product the clamping mechanism will be activated to release the layers of ribbons constituting the end product and re activated to capture the layer of ribbons for the next cycle of operation so as to mass produce the end product for example and for explanation purposes assume that the end product will contain twenty four 24 strands of curled ribbons emanating from the staple noting that the cutting of the ribbon is 180 u00b0 away from the stapling station the drum will make two revolutions each revolution of the layer of six 6 ribbons makes 12 strands relative to the staple after the first revolution and when the second bundle of six curled ribbons overlay a portion of the first bundle of six curled ribbons the combined underlayer and.