An apparatus and a method for banding fence posts are disclosed. An intermediary receives a notification of a file and determines which destination device are to retrieve the file. The base sections have an external base cover serving as handles for the tweezers. The plurality of strips are grouped across the M physical drives into a plurality of stripes. The flange portion surrounds the flat portion in a state of protruding to the top side. In total, three flow passages are provided in the exhaust turbine, of which two communicate with the exhaust-gas recirculation device, and one of these flow passages includes an adjustable throttling member for regulating the mass flow of exhaust gas to be recirculated.