A pressing apparatus for producing a food service paperboard container from a
paperboard
blank so that the paperboard container possesses an overturned rim provided with
folds includes a first die and a second die that are movable relative to one another.
The first die includes a first base and a first platform that is movable with respect
to the first base, with the first base having a curved surface for engaging the
outer periphery of the paperboard blank. The second die is positioned in opposing
relation to the first die and includes a second base and a second platform that
is movable with respect to the second base. The second die is movable with respect
to the first die and the second base has a curved surface for engaging the outer
periphery of the paperboard blank so that the outer periphery of the paperboard
blank is pressed between the curved surface of the first base and the curved surface
of the second base. A first cast-in heater is mounted within a recess in the first
die and includes a resistor wire embedded within a thermally conductive cast-in
material. A second cast-in heater is mounted within a recess in the second die
and includes a resistor wire embedded within a thermally conductive cast-in material.