A device for engaging and aligning items moving along a conveyance line that are to be positioned on a pallet is provided. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31S08, to the plants of soybean XB31S08 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31S08 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB31S08 with another soybean plant, using XB31S08 as either the male or the female parent. Alternatively, the core is fabricated to have a slight bulge in its center giving the core a barrel shape thereby reducing the tendency for the body of tape wound upon the core to telescope. A second punch is operable to perform a second forging work to mold a second member in the plate member.