In a machine for filling box-like containers with articles arranged side by side and vertically, a station forms a row of articles, overlapped at least partially. An exemplary user identification module comprises a first data item being accessible for reading a value of a parameter used in the operation of the user identification module. A determination is made as to whether the identified characters include a command for initiating an action across the communication network. The freezing process fractures the first structural layer while the second and third layers are preferably sealed about a perimeter. The flange is simultaneously received in the die cavity and the panel is incrementally deformed radially into the concave surfaces between the frustoconical side wall and the flange portion providing improved torque resistance. The method further comprises masking the second region of the substrate.