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In order to fulfill the goal of producing high rates of doubly strange hyperons the ¯PANDA collaboration will use the antiproton ring HESR at the future facility FAIR. The low energy hyperon production by an antiproton beam requires to insert a solid target inside the ring. Unwanted side effects of such an insertion are the overwelming amount of annihilations, which would make the detectors blind, and the fast depletion of the bunch, which circulates inside the ring. The use of a very thin target and the technique of beam steering seem to be a satisfactory solution to the above problems and will be described here.