A pipe flaring apparatus for use in flaring the end of a pipe preferably comprises a housing, a three jaw clamping chuck in the housing which clamps the pipe as the chuck is propelled along an inclined surface of a chuck clamp also in the housing by the operation of an outer piston slidable in the housing by mechanical or hydraulic means. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the package defines a book-like package having an outer envelope with one side defining a sleeve for receiving a disk and an opposite side which receives a laminated multi-layered holder having a pocket in the shape of a memory chipcard or other electronic component to be held therein. The solar energy introducing device has a second end that opens into the processing chamber and terminates in a nozzle providing an outlet for the substantially optically transmittant gas and the concentrated sunlight. Pairs of protrusions are formed at intervals on the second surfaces of the plate sections.