EP3259143A1 - System and method for producing book-like identification documents, and method for erecting the production system - Google Patents

Abstract

The aim of the invention is a simple and inexpensive installation of production systems (1000) for book-like identification documents (200). This is achieved by forming the production systems from a first system part (2000), which is made of at least one document card device group (2100) for producing individualized document cards (100), and a second system part (3000), which is made of at least one assembly device group (3100) for joining together a set of book pages (230) of the identification document (200) with a corresponding individualized document card (100), thereby producing the identification document (200). Each of the at least one document card device group (2100) is made of at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit (2500), and each of the at least one assembly device group (3100) is made of at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit (3500). In order to erect the production system (1000) according to the invention, the following method is used: (a) producing at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit (2500) and at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit (3500) at a production location; (b) transporting the at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit (2500) and the at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit (2500) to an installation location; and (c) combining and assembling the at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit (2500), thereby forming the first system part (2000), and the at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit (3500), thereby forming the second system part (3000), at the installation location.

Description

 Plant and method for producing book-shaped

Identification documents and methods for constructing the production plant

Description:

Field of the invention:

The present invention relates to a plant for producing book-shaped

designed identification documents, in particular passport books, the

Document cards (data pages) and book-shaped arranged book sheets for receiving visa (visa). The present invention also relates to a method for producing such identification documents and to a method for constructing a system for producing book-shaped identification documents. By means of such a production system it is possible to produce both book-shaped identification documents and non-book-shaped identification documents, the latter being formed only by the document holder identifying document cards.

Prior art and background of the invention:

Identification documents, in particular travel documents, such as passport books, serve to verify the identity of a person. Travel documents are issued by public authorities in the exercise of their sovereign obligations, such as the

Allowing the holder to cross the border into another State.

Passbooks therefore have, in addition to identifying the person's data on a document card, which has the ID-3 format according to ISO / IEC 7810 in the German passport, further books on which pages so-called visas (visas) of the States can be attached to the the person enters. The document card, the passbook sheets and a cover are connected together in a stapling process. In addition to passbooks, there are also passport documents, for example

 Identity documents. Such an identification document is the German identity card, which is currently issued in the form of an ID-1 ID card in accordance with ISO / IEC 7810. Identity documents, in contrast to passbooks, have no further sheets in addition to the card.

The document card of a passport document, as well as the identification card of a passport document, identifies the document owner (personalizing) data such as name, date and place of birth, nationality, facial image and the document holder's signature, a serial number identifying the document, the date of issue of the document, and the issuing authority and type of passport. In the case of the ID card, this also indicates the current place of residence as well as further biometric data of the holder (size, eye color). Furthermore, the document card is provided with various security features that allow a third party to verify the authenticity of the identification document, such as a guilloche print, a hologram representing the owner's face and the machine-readable zone of the document card with personal and other data kinegrafischen object, for example, the federal coat of arms shows. The passport pages of a German passport also have authenticity features on their pages, for example a

Guillochendruck and a reproduction of the national coat of arms. In addition, on one of these sheets also individualized data are given, namely information about the place of residence, biometric data (size, eye color), date and place of issue and the serial number of the passport. The latter is attached as a point perforation through all passbook sheets.

There are different types of passport documents. In Germany, a distinction is made between a normal passport, a provisional passport, a child passport, a diplomatic passport and a service passport. In the case of the normal passport, there are also different sized book parts with 16 or 24 booklets, corresponding to 32 or 48 book pages. These passports are distinguished by the color of the respective cover.

The document card of passbooks can typically be in the form of a

Plastic laminate with a laminated piece of film, which has the required information, for example, from a polymeric material, be formed. For the production of passport books, the document card is provided with a so-called pass tab which projects laterally beyond the intended format of the document card and with the

 Passbook sheets is stapled together. For this purpose it is apparent from DE 10 2008 031 654 A1 that such document cards, which are made exclusively of polycarbonate layers, are not suitable for incorporating them in a passport book. Therefore, it is common to produce document cards with a card body, in which at least one layer is incorporated, which consists of a different plastic material, which is to

Integration into a passport booklet and easy turning of the document card in the passport book allows. This plastic layer is incorporated so that it forms the tab with which the document card is integrated into the passport book.

The objects underlying the invention:

The above-described identification documents are conventionally manufactured in production facilities based on so-called stand-alone solutions, i. the individual production steps are carried out in only loosely linked plant sections. This required starting materials and resulting intermediates are up and down magazines and by hand crate by crate from one plant station to the next

transported, i. The documents are produced batchwise. This procedure is disadvantageous, for example because the area required for the system is high and the systems are stationary. In addition, these systems are inflexible in the ability to produce different types of documents, as there are only one in a batch

Document type can be established, so that the turnaround time for the

 Identification documents is long. Therefore, an object of the present

Invention is to create a production plant, which has a smaller footprint and is also very flexible use, for example, so that identification documents of different types can be produced.

Furthermore, there are two possibilities that the identification documents can be produced centrally or decentrally in a state, for example in the issuing offices for the documents. For a decentralized production are the

usually used production equipment very complex, so that in particular a quick installation in these places is not possible. It is therefore another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for producing book-shaped identification documents, and a method for constructing that production facility, the complexity of the installation of which is installed and maintained at a remote location should not oppose.

Furthermore, it has been found that the production of identification documents, in particular, requires a considerable amount of time if they are produced at a central production site. Different types of documents have to be produced simultaneously in this case. It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a system for producing the book-shaped identification documents and a method for the production thereof, with which a rapid production of different types of identification documents is possible.

Furthermore, the production of the identification documents should also be cost-effective and with the least possible scrap and in compliance with the required

Occupational safety and health measures, in particular towards less intensively trained ones

Operating personnel operating in a decentralized manufacturing facility.

definitions:

Insofar as subsequently terms are used in the singular form, for example 'document card device group', 'assembly device group',

'Document card production unit', 'Assembly production unit', .individualized

Document card, 'booklet', etc., it may also be understood to mean the respective plural forms, namely 'document card device groups',

'Assembly Device Groups', 'Document Card Production Units', 'Assembly Production Units', 'Customized Document Cards', 'Book Sheets', etc., unless expressly stated otherwise. Insofar as the terms "containerized", "containerization" are used below and in the claims, it is to be understood that the objects thus designated, namely the document-card manufacturing units and the assembly-manufacturing units, with respect to their dimensions and their construction to those of Containers are adapted and therefore in particular they have a self-supporting structure, which allows to handle / manipulate these items such as containers, for example

transport, lift, move, turn and the like. The self-supporting structure can be realized by conventional designs, for example by a

Truss structure and that a construction without wall elements or with

Wall elements, for example, as in the case of containers, which are formed by side walls, a bottom wall and a ceiling wall, wherein the walls abut along their wall edges. A container therefore represents a support structure for manufacturing devices and other units. By containerization, the objects are stackable and seamless stringed together. Advantageously, the objects are completely stackable and stackable. For this purpose, all objects of a device group, namely a document card device group or a mounting device group, have the same shape (outer contour) and the same outside dimensions. Within the volume of the containerization formed (Document card, assembly) manufacturing units can be set up any manufacturing devices and other units needed for the production of articles produced therein (individualized document cards, identification documents), these manufacturing devices and other units for both the transport of containerized manufacturing units as well as for the use in the

 Manufacturing units are preferably permanently mounted on a logical position for their function. A fixed assembly / installation also includes that

Manufacturing devices and other components are arranged movably in the manufacturing units, for example on a carriage, so that they are for transport to the site at positions in the manufacturing units, which differ from their positions in the corresponding device groups, they after

Construction of the production facility at the site.

Insofar as the terms "individualized" and "individualizing" are used below, this is to be understood as a property of an identification document, for example a passport or identification document, according to which

Identification document a particular subject (person, animal, object) can be assigned. This property results from given security features of the

Identification document. As far as the following is the terms .personalisiert 'and

'personalizing' are used, so among them is the property of a

 Identification document to understand that the identification document is assigned to a person.

As far as the term "document card" is used below, this is to be understood as an identification document or a part thereof. It is therefore a flat, preferably rectangular support for individualized information to be displayed. Under a document card is to understand both a stiffer and flexible object, so both a no or little bendable or twistable object as well as an easily bendable object. The format of the document card depends on the identification document into which the card is to be integrated or used.

For example, it may have one of the formats ID-1, ID-2 or ID-3 according to ISO / IEC 7810. The document card may be made of a material suitable for the purpose of the invention, for example of a plastic (polymer), of paper, cardboard, glass or other materials or mixtures of these materials, and optionally filled with reinforcing materials. The document card is out due to lamination

Laminate made, for example, consist of a material that is suitable for a lamination. The document card may be formed of a polymer that is selected from a group comprising polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), their derivatives such as glycol-modified PET (PETG), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyimide (PI), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polystyrene (PS), polyvinylphenol (PVP), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), in particular thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer ( ABS) and their derivatives, polyamide (PA) and / or paper (cellulose) and / or cardboard and / or a glass and / or metal and / or a ceramic. In addition, the document card can also be made of several of these materials, especially if the individual layers of

different materials are formed. The document card preferably consists of PC or PC7TPU / PC. The polymers may be either filled or unfilled. In the latter case they are preferably transparent or translucent. If the polymers are filled, they are opaque. The thickness of the data card is preferably 250 to 950 μηι. Basic principles of the invention and preferred embodiments:

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the above objects are achieved with a facility for producing book-shaped identification documents, in particular passport documents and identity cards.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the above

Tasks also by a method for producing the book-shaped

Identification documents solved. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the above objects are also achieved by a method of constructing a plant for producing book-shaped identification documents.

The inventive plant for producing the buchförmig designed

Identification documents has a first part of the plant and a second part of the plant. The first part of the installation is formed by at least one document card device group for producing individualized document cards. The second part of the installation is defined by at least one mounting device group for assembling a set of (pass) booklets of the identification document with an associated individualized document card and, if appropriate, a cover with the creation of the

Identification document formed. The at least one document card device group is made up of at least one containerized document card Manufacturing unit constructed, and the at least one assembly device group is each composed of at least one containerized assembly-manufacturing unit.

Thus, the production plant according to the invention is modular, i. from individual containerized document card manufacturing units to form the

Document card device groups of the first part of the plant and single

containerized assembly manufacturing units forming the assembly device groups of the second part of the plant, i. One or more document-card manufacturing units together form a document-card-device group, and one or more assembly-manufacturing units together form an assembly-device group, wherein the production facility may include one or more document-card-device groups and one or more assembly-device groups. In particular, the modular design also includes the possibility that the

Production plant by several document card device groups with

different structure of the document card production units forming it and / or a plurality of assembly device groups is constructed with different structure of the assembly manufacturing units forming it. For example, multiple document card device groups may be installed, with which individualized ones

Document cards with different format can be produced. Further, for example, a plurality of mounting device groups may be installed with which

 Identification documents of different types with different colored cover and / or different format can be produced.

The smallest unit of each plant part is a manufacturing unit, which is formed by a container or a container-like structure. The containers or container-like structures are preferably in the form of standardized large-capacity containers, such as ISO containers formed, but possibly without the side walls, the bottom wall and the ceiling wall, but only in the form of support structures, for example in a truss structure, with the appropriate dimensions. Such a trained

Production units are easy to transport and therefore mobile. As provided for the production of individualized document cards and for mounting the identification document manufacturing devices, for example, a lamination for

Connecting individualized document card layers with each other to form the individualized document cards and a Schneidpiotter for the formation of booklets from leaflets, and other manufacturing devices and units are permanently installed within the respective containerized manufacturing units, the

Manufacturing units with the therein manufacturing devices and others Easily transported units from their production to a site and assembled and assembled there. The manufacturing devices and others

Building units are located in the respective production units in a spatial and functional arrangement to each other, they need for the operation of the production units for the production of individualized document cards and identification documents.

Due to the fixed mounting of the manufacturing devices and other units in the

Production units already at the place of manufacture enable a simple and fast transport of the containerized production units to the place of installation and there a simple and quick installation of the production plant is made possible. This takes advantage of the fact that manufacturing the individual containerized manufacturing units at a manufacturing location is much cheaper and more efficient than at the site, because the required skilled workers, media, parts lists, software, mounting options and other resources in a central location, such as the place of manufacture Further available, while this is not the case in the case of the different site. Through a standardized design of the individual production units with prefabricated

Arrangements of individual components are at the site only the preparation of the compounds of the containerized production units with each other and

Transport devices between the device groups and the connections with an external media supply (water, compressed air, electrical supply, steam and the like) and disposal (exhaust air, sewage and the like) and their

Commissioning required. Thus, a quick build up of the entire

Production plant reached. Furthermore, this concept achieves a very compact arrangement of the individual plant components, so that only a small footprint is required for the plant.

The containerized document card and assembly production units are characterized on the one hand by a standardized support structure. The external dimensions of the

containerized production units are preferably oriented to standardized dimensions, such as ISO containers, since the production units in this case together with ISO containers used for the transport of other goods to the site

can be transported. For example, the manufacturing units 20-foot containers have corresponding support structures. Of course, other dimensions than this measure or even as the ISO containers corresponding dimensions are conceivable. All document card manufacturing units of a document card device group preferably have the same dimensions. The same applies to the assembly manufacturing units of a mounting device group. Further preferred all document-card manufacturing units of all document-card-device groups have the same dimensions and, correspondingly more preferably, all assembly-manufacturing units of all assembly-device groups. And most preferably, all document-card and assembly-manufacturing units of all document-card and assembly-device groups of the production plant have the same dimensions.

It is advantageous if the containerized production units have support structures which allow a mechanical coupling of two production units arranged side by side and / or one above the other. Not required

Side walls / ceiling wall / floor wall on the support structure, which shield the interior of each unit outward Shen, although this is at least temporarily advantageous for transport. It is conceivable that the limiting the containerized production units

However, wall surfaces in the installed state can in some cases be closed off by intermediate walls and / or by a bottom wall and / or ceiling wall, for example as encapsulation against the surroundings.

The support structures for the containerized document card and assembly production units can be formed by a truss of rods, preferably profile rods, in particular hollow profile rods, for example by a standardized outer frame of hollow profiles, which extend for example along the edges of a cuboid. Alternatively, a conventional (ISO) container with the corresponding walls as

Support structure can be used for the containerized production units, then optionally individual side walls and / or the ceiling wall and / or the bottom wall is / are present. Within the volume of space formed by the framework, the manufacturing devices and other building units required for the production of the individualized document cards and identification documents are arranged and permanently installed there. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the

Manufacturing devices in the device groups are linked together in such a way that the starting materials, intermediates and finished products in each case individually, ie, separated from each other, promoted. This has many advantages. For example, a reduced throughput time is made possible due to reduced intermediate product inventories. By handling the intermediate products and end products not in batches but in isolated cases, individual quality control of the products is also possible, resulting in the advantage of improved quality and reduced reject rate. In addition, you can various types of identification documents are produced in any order without additional setup effort. Contrary to the previous procedure, the system does not have to be emptied before another document type is produced (Manufacture / Print on demand).

For the accommodation of all manufacturing devices for the production of individualized document cards in a document card device group and all

Manufacturing devices for producing the finished identification document in a mounting device group as well as other structural units may each require several, for example four, containerized production units. These are preferably equipped in accordance with a standard design at the place of manufacture with this particular required manufacturing devices and other units and the

Site where they are placed together and preferably assembled in conjunction.

According to a preferred development of the present invention, at least two of the containerized document-card manufacturing units of a document-card-device group are arranged in at least two floors arranged one above the other. Furthermore, in a preferred development of the present invention, it can also be provided that at least two of the containerized assembly production units of a mounting device group are arranged in at least two floors arranged one above the other. For example, it may be necessary for both the document card device groups and the mounting device groups to provide four containerized document assembly units each to accommodate all of the manufacturing devices and other assemblies required therein for each product to be manufactured , For example, in this case, two containerized production units are arranged in a first (lower) floor and two further production units in a second (upper) floor on the lower production units. The production units of the lower floor are preferably mechanically connected to each other, and the production units of the upper floor are also preferably mechanically interconnected. The production units of the upper and lower floors are also preferably mechanically connected to each other. This creates a compact built-in

Manufacturing room, in which all necessary for the particular purpose

Manufacturing devices and other units are located. Of course, it is also possible to arrange the production units in more than two floors or alternatively in only one floor, for example, at ground level. Device groups with a different number of containerized production units, for example 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 or even more

Manufacturing units, are also conceivable.

The arrangement of the containerized production units in several floors in a device group has the advantage that the overbuilt by the manufacturing units

Base area is minimized relative to the volume converted. This offers the advantage of optimal utilization of the available base area at the site.

In addition, a multi-tiered arrangement over an exclusively one-tier arrangement of the production units also in terms of operation advantageous because the operator in the case of one-tier arrangement because of the most concatenated manufacturing devices longer distances must cover, as they the plant can not cross. By thus achieved compactness of

Device groups are also ensured that the operator can not easily penetrate into central space areas of the device groups, which offers advantages in terms of occupational safety. Furthermore, this results in short and controlled transport routes for the materials to be processed. This also includes the advantage of short supply routes for media and short disposal routes. This makes the material flow easier and shorter ways for the materials and media feasible. This also includes the advantage that the starting materials to be supplied to the

Production units can be tendered easier. For putting it is a high

Degree of automation achievable. The compactness of the containerized production units due to this development according to the invention also leads to a

possibly required encapsulation of individual production devices or groups of production devices and / or of further structural units against penetrating or

leaking impurities (dust) and / or electromagnetic radiation

 (For example, laser radiation) and / or sound (sound emission / immission) or the like can be done easier. For example, the dust formed when cutting the book sheets by means of a cutting piotr in a mounting device group is necessarily located in close proximity to one another

Document card device group, since in the manufacturing units of the latter device group there is a need for increased air purity in order to be able to meet the quality requirements of the document cards. Encapsulation also offers the possibility of placing the encapsulation volume under increased air pressure, so that virtually a clean-room zone is produced. In addition, more easily controlled climatic conditions, for example, in terms of temperature, humidity and the like, can be adjusted. In the case of an arrangement of at least two document card and / or assembly production units for forming the corresponding device group in at least two floors can be provided that the cycle times in the two floors

are different. In order to achieve a decoupling of the cycle times of both floors, the intermediates can by a buffering conveyor between the

 Manufacturing units are transferred on both floors. Such a buffer device may, for example, have a memory for the intermediates in which these are stored from the supplying (upstream of the buffering conveyor) manufacturing units in a first floor and taken from the intermediate products in the receiving (the buffering conveyor downstream) manufacturing units in a second floor become. This buffer device can also be used to compensate for any dead times, for example in the event of a disruption of production in the supplying or receiving manufacturing units, i. if in the supplying

Manufacturing units in the first floor is further produced, while the production in the receiving manufacturing units in the second floor is interrupted or if the supplying production units produces no intermediates, the production in the receiving production units is still continued, if sufficient in the buffer device in this case Intermediates are stored. This minimizes downtimes of the entire system.

According to a further development of the present invention, the system further comprises at least one transport device for conveying individualized

Document cards from the document card device groups to the mounting device groups. This ensures that the individualized

Get document cards from a document card device group to an assembly device group without manual intervention.

If the manufacturing units are arranged in the device groups in several floors, the output of the individualized document cards from a document card device group is preferably provided on the same floor as the inclusion of the individualized document cards in a mounting device group. Thus, preferably, the individualized document cards do not have to be carried over multiple floors from the document card device groups to the assembly device groups up and down, respectively. For putting in the case of a multi-tier arrangement of the production units also the possibility that the finished identification documents are issued at ground level from the assembly device groups, so that they are ready for handover directly to the shipping there. The transport devices may be formed by means for continuously transporting the individualized document cards. It is very particularly preferred if the at least one transport device is designed to transport the individualized document cards in isolated form, ie individual individualized document cards separated from one another. Alternatively, the transport devices may also be designed to convey a plurality of individualized document cards at the same time, for example individualized document cards contained in a memory (magazine). The advantage achieved by a transport of individual document cards separated results from the fact that the documents after their respective production immediately for

Available, so that the turnaround time during production is minimized.

For continuous transport, especially of individualized individualized

Document cards, can be continuously operated transport devices, such as conveyor belts on which the individualized document cards rest, vacuum handling devices and grippers are used. For transporting memories loaded with a plurality of individualized document cards, a movable robot can be used which picks up the loaded memories at the document card device groups and transports them to the assembly device groups.

Because the document card device groups are containerized by several

Document card manufacturing units and the mounting device groups may be formed by a plurality of containerized assembly manufacturing units, a plurality of transport devices between the individual document card device groups and mounting device groups may also be provided. This applies in particular to the case of continuously operating transport devices.

For example, it may be provided that a respective one between each document card device groups and all mounting device groups

Transporter is associated with or associated with such device groups such that any individualized document card produced in any document card device group can be promoted to any assembly device group. Connecting the document card device groups to the mounting device groups achieves their concatenation. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the

at least one transport device at least one distribution line for conveying the individualized document cards from a predetermined one of several Document card device groups to a predetermined one of several mounting device groups. As a result, in particular in the case of a continuously operating transport device, a simple and clear construction of the

Production plant can be achieved because the individual individualized document cards can be targeted via the distribution line to a desired destination in the second part of the system. If the second part of the system is formed, for example, by a plurality of mounting device groups, which differ in that in each case different types of passports are made (for example with

differently colored cover slips), an individualized document card intended for a particular type of pass can be directed to the appropriate assembly device group. Depending on the complexity of the production plant, one or more distribution lines may be present. In the case of a single distribution line, for example, the distribution line upstream first continuous

Transport devices between the individual document card device groups and the distribution line can be arranged with the help of the individualized

 Document cards from the document card device groups to the distribution line, as well as the distribution line downstream second continuous

Transport devices between the distribution line and the individual assembly device groups, with the help of which the individualized document cards then pass from the distribution line to the desired mounting device group. In the case of multiple distribution lines, this structure can also be much more complex. In particular, a plurality of such structures can be implemented, each with a distribution line and associated first and second transport devices. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the

 Manufacturing devices and other components in the document card and assembly device groups controlled by a computer system, so that a largely unattended operation of the production plant is possible. This includes the operation of the manufacturing apparatuses, the supply of raw material to the manufacturing apparatus including the material filling of the stockers, the conveyance of intermediates between the production apparatuses and the transportation of intermediate and final products between the document card apparatus groups on the one hand and the assembler groups on the other hand to output the end products from these device groups. With this concept, a self-regulation of the entire production plant is achieved up to a management in case of a partial failure of

Manufacturing devices, other units or entire production units or

Device groups. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the

at least one document card device group at least one each

Printing device for generating individualizing information on document card layers provided for producing the individualized document card, in each case at least one laminating device for assembling the document card layers, in each case at least one laser engraving device for generating individualizing information, for example data, structures, patterns or the like, inside the material of the document card layers , At least one hologram generating device and in each case at least one Appliziervorrichtung for applying a hologram having a film element on an outer side of a

Document Card Intermediate. These manufacturing devices in the

Document card device groups are used to produce the individualized document cards from non-individualized document card source material.

This starting material may be formed by the not yet individualized document card layer material.

The printing device is preferably formed by a digital printing device, preferably an ink jet printing device or a digital transfer printing device, for example a xerographic printing device. These devices allow printing without the use of printing plates and are therefore very flexible, making them well suited for use in customizing printing. In addition to information to be individualized, the printing device can also be used to generate non-individualizing information, in particular data, structures, patterns or the like, on the document card layers. These prints will appear on one or both sides of the document card layers as well as on one or all

Document card layers that are linked together to form an individualized document card. The laminating apparatus may be one known in the art

Device for hot and cold surface pressing of document card layers, with which a firm bond between the layers can be achieved, especially when the

Document card layers are formed of polymer, and more particularly, when the layers are formed from the same polymer, so that in this case forms a monolithic composite of the layers. Optionally, the laminating apparatus may further be provided with a changing device for the laminating sheets required for lamination, especially if intermediate products of different format are to be laminated or if different surface structures are to be embossed in the intermediates.

The laser engraving device for generating preferably individualizing

Information in the document card layers may have a conventional design with a writing laser, especially an IR laser. A laser beam is applied to the

Focused on the document card and moved, so that the material of the

Document layer is blackened at the areas crossed by the laser. The hologram generator (holoprinter) may also be constructed in a conventional manner. In particular, this device may be constituted by a photosensitive film exposure device and a fixing device (thermal treatment device).

The Appliziervorrichtung for applying a film element having the hologram on a Au ßenseite the laminated document card may also be formed in the usual manner. In particular, this device preferably has a

Device for applying an adhesive to the document card and a device for applying and pressing (laminating) of the hologram having

Film element on the adhesive coated surface on the card.

In addition, the document card device groups may preferably include other manufacturing devices, for example, a device for assembling a plurality of polymer layers into a stack and a device for trimming the

Intermediate to the desired Au ßenmaß have. Furthermore, the

Document card device groups also have other building units, which also serve to produce the individualized document cards, but only handle the starting, intermediate or end products without further modification, such as memory for the provision of starting material or intermediates for

Document card layers, such as in roll form, elevators for conveying intermediates from one floor in the document card device group to the other, and memories for the completed individualized document cards.

Further, the at least one document card device group according to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention each have conveying devices with which the manufacturing devices and other units within the

Document card device group according to the manufacturing process the individualized document cards are linked together. At the production site for the production facility, the conveying devices connecting the individual containerized document production units are initially not yet created, so that the containerized production units can be transported individually. These

Conveyors are installed at the site. On the other hand, am

 Production location already all conveyors are mounted, which are exclusively between manufacturing devices and other units within a

Document card manufacturing unit.

It is very particularly preferred if the conveying devices are designed to convey the document card layers in individual cases. For this example, conveyor belts or, for example translationally movable vacuum handling devices or grippers can be used. Thus, the at least one printing device, the at least one laminating device, the at least one laser engraving device, the at least one hologram generating device and the at least one laser engraving device

Applicator in a document card device group and the other manufacturing devices according to the process flow for producing the individualized document cards via the conveyors that transport the intermediates in the production of the individualized document card, linked together.

This will allow each individual document card location in the respective

Process stage is examined immediately after their processing for possible quality defects. This procedure has the advantage over existing systems that possible manufacturing defects are not detected only when several faulty individualized document cards have been produced but immediately after their production. This minimizes waste.

In the document card device groups and thus in the individual containerized document card production units, said production devices and further modules are permanently installed and arranged in a spatial and functional relationship required for the production of the individualized document cards. If not all manufacturing devices and other building units required for production can be accommodated in a containerized document-card manufacturing unit, several such containerized ones may be used

Manufacturing units are provided, which together form a document card device group. These production units are arranged in the installed state at the site, as explained above, side by side and / or one above the other and can be handled independently during transport. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the at least one assembly device group each have at least one blanking device for the production of booklets from booklet sheets, at least one

Collating machine for merging the individualized document card with a set of the book sheets and optionally a cover cover and at least one sewing device for connecting the individualized document card with the set of book sheets on. These manufacturing devices in the assembly device groups are used to produce the identification document from the individualized document cards and booklet sheets and possibly cover slips.

The blanking apparatus may be realized by any known apparatus suitable for separating sheets from a sheet, for example a sheet

Cutting knife having device, such as a Schneidpiotter, or a laser cutting device. Collators are well known in the printing art. For this purpose, recourse can be had to known devices of this type. The same applies to sewing devices used in bookbinding. Furthermore, the assembly device group may preferably have further production devices, which likewise serve to produce the identification documents, namely a laser perforating device for generating in particular individualizing information, for example data, structures, patterns or the like, in the book sheets, for example for generating a serial number of the identification document , and a printing apparatus for generating in particular individualizing information on individual book sheets. In addition, as further units also memory for output products, memory for the completed identification documents and

Buffer for intermediates be present. Laser perforators are known in the field of safety engineering. The

Printing apparatus, as in the case of the document card device groups, may be constituted by a digital printing apparatus, in particular an inkjet printer or a transfer printer, for example xerographic printers. According to a further preferred development of the present invention, the at least one cutting device, the at least one collating machine and the at least one sewing device and optionally the further production devices and other assemblies in the mounting device groups according to the

Process flow for producing the identification document via conveyors, which convey the individualized document cards, starting materials and intermediates of the identification documents, such as book sheets, sets of book sheets and cover slips, linked together. Preferably, the conveyors are adapted to receive the starting materials, intermediates and identification documents in the device group one by one, i. separated from each other, to transport. The advantage achieved thereby results, as explained in connection with the production of the individualized document cards, from the fact that the quality of the individual materials and products in the production process can be determined promptly in order to minimize rejects. To promote in isolated form, the assembly device groups may have conveying devices, on the particular the

Cutting device, the collator and the sewing device, possibly even more manufacturing devices and other assemblies of these device groups, according to the process flow for producing the identification documents are connected to each other. As conveyor devices, for example, conveyor belts or, for example, translationally movable vacuum handling devices or grippers can be used.

If the book-shaped identification document has a binding cover, then it is to be additionally connected to the individualized document card and the book pages, preferably by means of a binding method. If different cover slips are assigned to the individual individualized document cards, these different types must be retained and output as required. For this purpose, the at least one assembly device group according to another preferred

Further development of the present invention also each a removable storage for

Provision of more than one of different execution types of

Covering for the production of identification documents on. This

Removable storage is provided in the assembly device groups and thus at least in one of the containerized assembly manufacturing units and is like that

Manufacturing devices and other components arranged in a fixed spatial and functional relationship with the other manufacturing devices and other assemblies.

In the assembly device groups and thus in the individual containerized assembly manufacturing units, the said production devices and other units are permanently installed and configured in a book-shaped for the production

Identification documents required spatial and functional relationship to each other arranged. If not all production devices and other assemblies required for production can be accommodated in a containerized assembly manufacturing unit, a plurality of such containerized production units can be provided, which together form a mounting device group. These production units are arranged in the installed state at the site, as explained above, side by side and / or one above the other and can be handled independently during transport.

Preferably, in the document card device groups and mounting device groups in addition to said manufacturing devices and others

Building units in a known manner sensors for detecting the current position of the starting materials to be processed, intermediates and end products (laminate pieces, hologram film elements, document card layers, book sheets, book sheets,

Cover slips and the like) as well as sensors for detecting the quality of

be provided products. These sensors, both the position detection and the quality detection sensors, are preferably with a central

Computer system connected and deliver the collected data to the computer system and are controlled by this system. Based on the acquired data from the sensors, the manufacturing devices and other units are controlled.

The manufacturing devices and other assemblies in the document card device groups and assembly device groups are preferably logically connected to each other via a suitable computer controller. These controls are preferably computer-aided, formed for example by PLC controls. These controls may also be located in the device groups. The individual controllers can preferably be connected to one another via a central controller. The individual controllers preferably form automated control circuits.

The manufacturing devices and other assemblies in the document card device groups and assembly-device groups may eventually be supplied with the necessary media and have appropriate media connections to allow them to be interconnected with each other and with the external supply as well as with disposal when installed at the installation site. The aforementioned conveying devices, as far as they are to allow a material flow between different production units, and the transport devices and also the media connections and the disposal connections between the different production units and external supply or

Disposal ports are not yet created in the containerized manufacturing units intended for transport to the site. These conveyors and transport devices between the production units or device groups and the media and disposal connections between the production units and to the external supply or disposal must be in the installation of the production on

Site are set up.

The method according to the invention for constructing the production plant according to the invention comprises the following method steps:

Producing at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit, wherein at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit forms a document card device group, and at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit, wherein at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit forms a mounting device group, at a manufacturing location;

 Transporting the at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit and the at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit to a site; and

 Assembling and assembling the at least one containerized document-card manufacturing unit to form the first plant part and the at least one containerized assembly-manufacturing unit to form the second part of the plant, at the site, wherein the plant is formed.

The containerized document card and assembly manufacturing units are assembled in a conventional manner from the corresponding manufacturing devices and other assemblies in the container or container-like support structures. The manufacturing devices are not to be installed in any arrangement, but such that they can be accommodated within one or more containerized support structures. If the manufacturing devices and other units of a

Device group are to be distributed to several containerized production units, they are to be arranged according to the functional link according to the manufacturing process for the identification documents in the individual containerized support structures and install, so when assembling several such manufacturing units each a device group is formed, all manufacturing devices and others Includes building units in a spatially and functionally logical arrangement. The connections of the individual production devices and other units with each other can be made in a conventional manner. For transport from the place of manufacture to the site, the individual containerized document card and assembly production units can preferably be clad in a known manner preferably with protective walls. To set up the containerized production units at the site these are positioned at the intended location, with adjacent (juxtaposed / stacked) containerized production units are preferably connected together. In addition to the document card and assembly device groups, transport devices are grouped between the device groups that provide a transport of the individualized

Allow document cards between the device groups, as well as media and disposal connections between the production units and created for external supply, preferably mounted.

The inventive method for producing the buchförmig designed

Identification documents are carried out using the production plant according to the invention and comprise the following method steps:

(i) providing document card layers for making the

 individualized document cards;

 Edit the document card layers by introducing individualizing information to single or all

 Document card layers and laminating the document card layers to form the individualized document cards;

 (iii) providing booklet sheets for making a set of

 Paper sheets;

 (iv) editing the booklet sheets by separating the book pages and

 Collecting a set of booklets;

 (v) collating each individualized document card with a set of booklets in a collator; and

 (vi) connecting the individualized document card to the set of

 Beech leaves.

The method steps (i) and (ii) are performed in the document card device groups and the method steps (iii) to (vi) in the mounting device groups. For the production of the individualized document cards in the document card device group, for example, polymeric material, in particular

Polycarbonate, produced films as well as an already provided with a non-individualizing security printing (such as guilloches) and a base printing inner layer of a polymer can be used. The starting materials used may be, for example, materials in roll form, which are first cut into the desired formats during processing. If individualized document cards are to be produced in the document card device groups both as end products, for example in the form of identity cards, and as intermediates for further incorporation into a book-shaped identification document, for example a passport, which may have different formats, the materials are in foil pieces to singles that have the target format. The inner layer, for example, by means of a printing process with the

individualizing information. For this purpose, the printing device provided for this purpose is controlled by a computer system which supplies the required data. The inner layer and the outer layers, for example of the polymer, can then be gathered together and joined to form a laminate. Subsequently, further security features, for example, further individualizing security features by means of a laser engraving device can be attached. Furthermore, a film element can be laminated with a hologram, whereby this can also be individualizing. In this case, the computer system controls the assignment of the attachment of the individualizing security features on the already partially individualized intermediate product, so that the

Individualization is consistent in itself.

The individualized document card produced in this way can be removed from the production plant as a finished document, for example as an identity card, without being further processed in the assembly device group. For this they have been produced in the appropriate format. Alternatively, the finished

individualized document card to a book-shaped

Identification document to be further processed. For this purpose, the document card is transported by means of the transport devices preferably in isolated form to a mounting device group.

In order to produce the book-shaped identification document in the assembly device group, the individualized document card may be provided, for example, with a Set of book sheets, for example made of paper, and possibly a cover to the book-shaped document are connected. For this purpose, the book sheets can be cut from book sheet sheets, for example by means of the blanking device, and stacked to form the booklet set. The booklet sheets may already be provided with a non-individualizing security print (for example guilloche) or another security basic print. For putting in the book sheets can be provided with an individualizing pressure. This can in turn be a digital

Printing device can be used. The cover can, for example, a

Removable storage are removed when different cover cover types are used. In this case, the individualized document card may already have a label corresponding to the type of cover sheet. The removable storage is controlled so that the corresponding to the processed individualized document card cover is issued. The assignment of the binding cover to the associated individualized document card can be controlled by means of the computer system. The individualized document card, the set of book sheets and the cover slip are then collected and connected together by means of the sewing device. Thereafter, further individualizing security features can be applied to individual pages of the book sheets, for example, by introducing perforations through the

Beech leaves.

For a more detailed illustration of the present invention, the figures described below, by means of which the invention is explained by way of example only with exemplary embodiments. In detail, FIG. 1 shows a document map in a schematic sectional view; FIG.

 FIG. 2 shows a book-shaped identification document (passport) in a schematic sectional view; FIG.

3 shows a production plant according to the invention in a schematic plan view in a first embodiment;

Fig. 4 shows a production plant according to the invention in a schematic isometric

 View in a second embodiment;

Fig. 5 shows a part of a document card device group in a schematic

 Top view of the lower document card production units; Fig. 6 shows a part of a document card device group in a schematic

 Top view of the upper document card production units;

FIG. 7 shows a part of a mounting device group in a schematic plan view of the lower mounting production units; FIG. Fig. 8 shows a part of a mounting device group in a schematic plan view of the upper assembly manufacturing units;

Fig. 9 is a schematic representation of the method for building the

 inventive production plant.

In the figures, like reference numerals designate like elements and / or elements having the same function. The figures do not always show the objects to each other in scale. Furthermore, the size ratios of individual elements to those of others in a figure or between the figures are not in each case to scale shown to each other.

In Fig. 1, an individualized document card 100 according to the present invention is shown. In the following description of the figures, a passport is named as an identification document by way of example, as far as the document card is not specified as an independent identification document. In the latter cases, an identification card (identity card) is given by way of example as the identification document. In principle, however, in each case other identification documents are meant as well. The document card 100 is formed by a laminate of several polymer layers, for example polycarbonate films. The presentation shows the layers though

For illustrative purposes limited by borderlines. However, these are no longer visible after performing a lamination. The document layer is formed at the very top by a transparent polymer end layer 1 10, for example made of polycarbonate, including a layer of an individualized film section 120 and at the bottom a layer composite of a polymer layer stack piece 130. This layer composite is by a central RFID layer based on an opaque polymer support layer 131 with an RFID circuit of RFID chip and RFID antenna (not shown) on the carrier layer, a the RFID chip in a recess receiving compensating layer 132 and below an opaque cover layer 133 is formed. For example, the document card has the ID-3 format in accordance with ISO / IEC 7810 if the card is incorporated into a passport or, for example, the ID-1 format in accordance with ISO / IEC 7810 if the card is used as an identification card. Laterally protruding on the map material is an optional

Document card tab 140 is attached, which consists of a textile material which is meltable or interspersed with a fusible material. This tab is connected to the card material by hot melt welding. The individualized document card 100 is shown incorporated into a passport 200 in FIG. The passport is covered by a cover 210, a flyleaf 220

Fälzelband 221, the document card and several passbook sheets 230 (shown here only three) formed. These elements are interconnected by means of a stitching thread 240. In Fig. 2, only the position of this thread is indicated.

In FIGS. 3, 4, embodiments of production systems 1000 according to the invention for the production of document cards and passports are shown. The production line is formed by one or more document layer device groups 2100, which form a first plant part 2000, and one or more assembly device groups 3100, which form a second plant part 3000, and these connecting transport devices 4000, 4xxx.

According to a first embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the production plant 1000 has six document sheet device groups 2100 constituting the first plant part 2000 and six mounting device groups 3100 constituting the second plant part 3000. Each of these device groups may be containerized by one or more

Be formed manufacturing units (not shown). Individualized document cards as well as identification cards are produced in the document card device groups. In the assembly device groups, the

individualized document cards mounted to the passports.

The transport devices 4000 are formed, for example, by conveyor belts that are the individualized ones produced in the document card device groups 2100

Transport document cards 100 separated from each other. From each of the

 Document card device groups emanate a transport device 41 10 upstream of a distribution line 4200. These lead to the distribution line, which may also be in the form of a conveyor belt and which extends across the width of the

Production plant 1000 extends. From the distribution line, in turn, a plurality of conveyor belts 4120 downstream of the distribution line lead to the assembly device groups 3100. By this arrangement of the device groups and transport devices, the individualized ones produced in the document card device groups can be produced

Document cards come in any way to any given assembly device group. For this purpose, the individualized document cards are placed individually on the conveyor belts upstream of the distribution line and arrive at the distribution line, from where they are placed to the desired conveyor belt downstream of the distribution line and to the associated assembly line. Device group to be transported. The transport devices, along with the document card and assembly device groups, are centralized

Computer system controlled (not shown), so the individualized

Document cards can be selectively transported from a particular document card device group to a given assembly device group. The finished passports will be issued at 4140.

Furthermore, there is also the possibility that the individualized document cards 100 are output as finished ID cards 200 and are no longer transported to the mounting device groups 3100. This can also be done in a suitable

Way trained output transport devices 4130 may be provided, which are indicated here only schematically.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of a production plant 1000 according to the invention, but in this case only a single document device group 2100, which forms the first plant part 2000, and a single one

Assembly device group 3100, which forms the second plant part 3000, and a transport device 4000, which connects the two device groups together, is formed. Both device groups are each containerized by four

Manufacturing units arranged in two floors Eo, Eu namely two containerized production units 2500, 3500 in a first (lower) floor Eu and two containerized production units 2500 ', 3500' in a second (upper) floor Eo. The single ones

Manufacturing units are first created at a place of manufacture and placed there after transport to the site and connected together within a device group.

The production of the individualized document cards 100 produced in the document card device group 2100 takes place according to the manufacturing flow

Preferably first in the lower floor Eo of the document card device group and after transport of an intermediate product in the upper floor Eo there final. From there, the completed individualized document cards are transferred via the transport device 4000 to the assembly device group 3100. The

Manufacturing devices and other assemblies in the two device groups that are needed to produce the individualized document cards and assembly of passports are in this case so on the respective floors and thus respective

Manufacturing units 2500, 2500 '; 3500, 3500 'that this transfer takes place on the second floor Eo and therefore no floor change is required. Alternatively, the However, completed document cards are also transported back to the lower floor and transported from there to the lower floor of the assembly device group 3100.

Within the assembly device group, in the former case, the production of the passports 200 takes place first on the second (upper) floor and after transport of an intermediate product to the first (lower) floor thereof. The completed passports are then issued in the lower floor (4140) and initially collected there. In the latter case it is the other way round.

5, two containerized document card manufacturing units 2500 coupled together of a document device group 2100 on a lower floor Eu and in FIG. 6 two containerized document production units 2500 'of the same documentary card device group are shown in an upper floor Eo. The containerized production units of both floors are also connected to one another (arrangement of the production units in the apparatus group see, by way of example, FIG. 4). The containerized production units are preferably in each case as a support structure of profile bars 2510, 2510 ', in particular hollow profile bars, made, which form the outer container structure. These support structures preferably have only a bottom wall, but not side and ceiling walls (not shown).

The containerized document card manufacturing units 2500, 2500 'included

Manufacturing devices and other assemblies for the production of individualized

Document cards 100. These units are arranged in the production units according to the material flow intended for production and permanently installed in the support structures. The manufacturing devices are for this purpose on conveyors 5000,

For example, conveyor belts and conveyor robots with vacuum suction devices or grippers, linked together. In Fig. 5, 6, these conveying devices are indicated only schematically. For putting in the manufacturing devices and other units are connected via external supply and disposal lines with media and disposal. The production path, which is essentially characterized by the conveying devices 5000, is designated A in FIGS. 5, 6.

The document card production units 2500 of the lower floor Eu (FIG. 5) have the following production devices: a feeder 2210 with roller magazines for the starting polymer material and for stapled polymer layer stacks which already have RFID circuits each with an RFID chip and an RFID antenna have, (not shown), a printing device 2220 with a roller magazine 2225 for with

individualizing information to be printed polymer material, a first Transfer station 5010 for feeding laminating sheets to the structure of polymer sheets, a laminating device 2230, a station 2235 for providing various laminating sheets at the first transfer station, and removing the laminating sheets at a second transfer station 5010, the second transfer station, and a trimming device 2240. Further, as further units a quality assurance device 2250, which has suitable sensors for this purpose, as well as conveying devices 5000, for example conveyor belts or other conveying devices. The single ones

Manufacturing devices and other assemblies are permanently installed in these manufacturing units and linked together via the conveyor belts or other conveying devices.

The feeder 2210 supports stock polymer material and a polymer laminate with internal RFID circuits and is further configured to stack a plurality of document layers on a workpiece carrier on a conveyor belt. The

Printing device 2220 with roll magazine 2225 is configured and arranged to provide individualized printed polymeric film sections to the feeder 2210. Downstream of the feeder in the production process is the first transfer station 5010, downstream of the laminating device 2230, downstream of the second transfer station 5010, downstream of the pruning device 2240 and downstream of the quality assurance device 2250. The station 2235 for the lamination is spatially and functionally associated with the laminating device.

The document-card manufacturing units 2500 of the upper floor Eo (FIG. 6) are provided with a hologram producing apparatus 2265, an applicator 2260 for applying a hologram film member to one of the outsides of a partially individualized laminate piece supplied from the lower tier of the document-card-apparatus group 2100 , a trimming device 2270 for modifying the laminate piece to the final format, a device 2280 for optionally attaching a tab 140 to the laminate piece for incorporating the document card 100 into a passport 200 and a laser engraving device 2290 as manufacturing devices, and a quality assurance device 2300 and conveying devices 5000 as further assemblies , These manufacturing devices and other units are permanently installed in the manufacturing units and linked together via conveyor belts 5000. The hologram generator 2265 is concatenated with the applier 2260 only via a lateral path and spatially and functionally associated with it. The hologram producing device is downstream of the trimming device 2270, this downstream of the device 2280 for attaching the tab 140, this downstream of the laser engraving device 2290 and this downstream of the quality assurance device 2300. Both parts of the document card device group 2100, namely both the

Document card manufacturing units 2500 of the lower floor Eu as well as the

Document card manufacturing units 2500 'of the upper floor Eo are connected to each other via a lift and buffer 5020. The feeder 2210 is equipped with a conveyor system on which tool carriers (not shown) are conveyed, which serve to form the document card

Stack documents in a set-up in the correct order.

A used for the production of the individualized document card 100

Starting material is a transparent polymer film, for example made of polycarbonate, which is present in roll form on the feeder 2210 and are cut out of the film pieces formatted by means of the feeder, for example by punching, for example in the format ID-1 or ID-3. These film pieces serve as upper polymer end layers 1 10 in the document cards. Furthermore, a stapled layer composite of a polymer layer stack with an RFID circuit (FIG. 1) which is shielded outwardly by opaque outer polymer layers 131, 133 and is also held in roll form by the feeder as the starting material, and likewise by a mechanical separation process into individual pieces in the same Format isolated. These polymer ply pieces 130 represent the layer located at the bottom in the structure to be formed. Further, a transparent film is also provided in roll form from a roll magazine 2225. From this material, a film section is cut in the same format in each case. This is aligned, passed in the printing device 2220, for example, an ink jet printing device on a hexagonal drum, heated, cleaned and deionized. Subsequently, this section for affixing individualizing information (photograph of the document holder, serial number of the document and characteristics of the document type) is printed on one side by means of the printing device. Thereafter, the thus individualized film section 120 is dried. The quality of the print is finally checked, and this film section is discharged from the printing device to form the structure.

To form the structure, in each case a polymer film stack piece 130 with RFID circuit contained therein, one provided with individualizing information Foil section 120 and a transparent film piece to form the film final layer 1 10 stored and transported on the workpiece carrier, wherein the polymer film stack piece in the structure at the bottom, the individualized film section above and

transparent film pieces are arranged at the top. The tool carrier is aligned on the conveyor belt. For aligning grippers are preferably used (not shown).

After forming the stack, it is removed from the workpiece carrier and, after being deflected by 90 ° in the first transfer station 5010, along the production path A by means of conveyor belts 5000 into a laminating device 2230. In the first

Transfer station, the stack of lamination is bordered on both sides outside.

Thereafter, this package is fed into the laminator and there between rams that heat the package in a first path section while pressurizing (hot pressing), further heating in a second path section (hot pressing) and cooling in a third path section and thereby under increased pressure put (cold pressing). The individualized document card 100 to be produced

Lamination sheets are held in a station 2235 and to the

Added polymer layer stack. For this a shuttle is available, which the

conveyed different laminating to the laminating. This shuttle can be formed in particular by a conveyor rail. After leaving the

In the laminating apparatus, the package with the laminating sheets is conveyed to the second transfer station 5010 by means of the conveyer. There will be the

Laminierbleche removed from the resulting piece of laminate. After again deflecting the resulting piece of laminate by 90 ° in the second

Transfer station 5010 is this by means of the conveyor 5000 to the

Pruning device 2240 out in which it is trimmed to a format that comes close to the desired final format, but even greater than this. Thereafter, the trimmed laminate piece is conveyed to a quality assurance device 2250, where the results of the lamination process as well as the trimming operation are checked. Thereafter, it enters the elevator and buffer 5020 and is transferred to the upper floor Eo of the document card device group 2100 constituted by two document-card manufacturing units 2500 '. The elevator and buffer is designed so that the cycle times in the lower floor EU and in the upper floor may differ. For this purpose, the partially individualized laminate pieces produced in the lower level can be buffered in the buffer and retrieved as needed. In the upper part of the document card device group 2100, after leaving the elevator and buffer 5020, the laminate piece is fed by means of a conveyor 5000 on the production path A to an applicator 2260 for applying a hologram film element. There, a hologram film element produced in the hologram producing device 2265 is placed on the already individualized side of the

Glued piece of laminate. For this purpose, an adhesive is first applied to the side of the piece of laminate to be bonded. Then the film element with the desired hologram is applied to the adhesive surface. The formed composite is dried and the carrier film located on top of the applied film member is peeled off. Subsequently, in this device, a transparent lacquer layer is applied to the now exposed hologram so that it is protected. The lacquer layer is dried in the device. Finally, a quality control of this process step takes place in the device.

The hologram is individualizing and must be based on the already partially individualized

Matched laminate piece. For this purpose, it is necessary to produce the hologram specifically for the upcoming partially individualized piece of laminate. This happens in the

Hologram generator 2265 (holoprinter). There, a photosensitive film carried by a carrier sheet is held as roll material and unwound from the roll for use. The film is aligned. The film is exposed with the desired individualizing hologram pattern. The exposure is then checked. Thereafter, the exposed film is thermally activated so that the hologram is fixed. Subsequently, another quality control takes place in the hologram producing device. Finally, the film web is trimmed with the hologram thereon to the desired format and the formed

Transfer film element with the hologram to the Appliziervorrichtung 2260, in which this is applied to the piece of laminate.

After applying the film element with the hologram on one side of the

Laminate piece this is conveyed by means of a conveyor belt 5000 on the transport path A to the trimming device 2270, in which it is cut to the desired final format for the document card 100.

After further transporting the cut piece of laminate, it is optionally provided in the apparatus 2280 with a side document card tab 140 to allow the document card 100 to be incorporated into a passport 200. This flap can be made of textile material or of a mixture of textile material and a polymeric material. The tab is typically bonded to the laminate piece by a hot melt process in a narrow lateral overlap area of the tab. Thereafter, in the laser engraving device 2290 again individualizing

 Information (such as the name and signature of the passport holder, machine-readable writing), introduced into the laminate piece. For this, the piece of laminate is first cleaned and then identified. Subsequently, the optical individualization (personalization) takes place by means of the laser. Thereafter, this individualization is checked. The RFID chip located in the laminate piece is also described with data in this device, so that the individualized document card 100 is formed. Of the

Write is then checked.

Finally, the individualized document card 100 becomes one

Quality control device 2300 in which it is subjected to a final inspection according to various criteria. The checked document card is finally conveyed by means of the elevator and buffer 5020 to the lower level Eu of the document card device group 2100. It is now either available as a completed badge 200 and can be output via the output transporters 4130 from the document card device group 2100 (FIGS. 3, 4), or it is ready to be incorporated into a passport 200 and transmitted via the transporters 4000; 41 10, 4200, 4120 to a mounting device group 3100 (Fig. 3).

In Fig. 7, two mutually coupled assembly-manufacturing units 3500 a

Mounting device group 3100 in a lower floor Eu and in Fig. 8, two coupled assembly manufacturing units 3500 'of the same mounting device group shown in an upper floor Eo. The containerized production units of both floors are also connected to each other (arrangement of the production units in the

 Device group see example Fig. 4). The containerized production units are preferably made as a support structure of profile bars 3510, 3510 ', in particular hollow profile bars, which form the outer container structure. These support structures have

preferably only a bottom wall, but not side and ceiling walls (not shown). The containerized assembly manufacturing units 3500, 3500 'included

Manufacturing devices and other assemblies for the production of passports 200th These are in the production units according to the intended for production

Material flow arranged and permanently installed in the support structures. For this purpose, the production devices are linked together by conveying devices 5000 (or 50xx), for example conveyor belts and conveyor robots with vacuum suction devices or grippers. For putting in the manufacturing devices and other units via external Ver and

Disposal lines connected to media and a disposal.

The containerized assembly manufacturing units 3500 in the lower floor Eu of the mounting apparatus group 3500 (FIG. 7) house as manufacturing apparatuses, a printing apparatus 3210, for example, an inkjet printing apparatus

Cutting device 3220 for separating visa sheets from the visa sheets, a

Gathering machine 3230 with a manipulator 3231 and a collecting point 3235 for individualized visa sheets, a laminating device 3250 for joining a

Cover with cover sheets, two sewing devices 3240, a folding device 3260 and a trimming device 3270. Furthermore, the manufacturing units have as further units a Visabogenmagazin 6010 for storing visa sheets, a

Transfer gripper 5030 for transferring a visa sheet to the printing device, a

Foliage magazine 6020, conveyor 5040 for conveying leaves to a location near the collection point, a cover magazine 6030, a

A delivery truss 5070 for conveying a stack of coverlet 210, flyleaf 220, individualized document card 100, and visa sheets (book sheets) 230 to one of the sewing devices 3240 and a collection magazine 6040 for the completed passports 200.

The transfer gripper 5030 is positioned in proximity to the visa sheet magazine 6010 to allow the gripper to remove a single visa sheet from the stack of visa sheets. The transfer gripper is also arranged in spatial proximity to the printing device 3210, so that the Visabogen can be supplied from the transfer gripper of the printing device. For putting in the Umsetzgreifer is also in close proximity to the

Blanking device 3220 arranged so that by means of the gripper, a printed visa sheet can be conveyed to the blanking device. The Manipulator 3231 the

Gathering machine 3230 is also in close proximity to the

Cutting device to scattered visa sheets 230 at the collection point 3235 of

To put down gathering machine. Spatially and functionally assigned to the collecting point is the laminating device 3250, in which the cover slips 210 with the Attachment leaves 220 are glued so that the unit thus obtained can also be stored on the assembly point. Likewise, the cover cover magazine 6030 is in close proximity to the laminating device so that the coverslips can reach the laminating device. The attachment magazine 6020 is the

Conveyor trusses 5040 assigned spatially and functionally for conveying the endpapers to the collection point. The further traverse 5070 connects the assembly station to the sewing devices 3240, so that the stacks of cover sheets with attachment leaves, individualized document cards 100 and visa sheets formed at the collection point can be conveyed to the sewing devices. The folding device 3260 and the trimming device 3270 arranged next to it are arranged adjacent to the sewing devices and to the elevator and buffer 5050, so that the bound passport precursors in these devices can be processed and forwarded.

The containerized assembly manufacturing units 3500 in the upper floor Eo of the mounting device group 3100 (Fig. 8) have manufacturing devices as one

Folder 3280 for unfolding the folded and bound

Passport precursor and a laser perforator 3290. In addition, located in these containerized production units as further units a quality assurance device 3300, control cabinets 3700 for controlling the individual manufacturing devices and conveyors 5000 (or 50xx).

The foliar device 3280, the laser perforator 3290 and the

Quality assurance device 3300 are with each other and with the elevators and

Buffering 5050, 5060 via a conveyor device 5000, for example, a conveyor belt, which specifies the transport path A of the document to be processed, connected to each other, the elevator and buffer 5050 downstream of the blade device, this the Laserperforiervorrichtung downstream and this the

Are downstream of quality assurance device. The latter is the elevator and

Latch 5060 upstream, so that the finished passport 200 can be transported via this elevator and temporary storage in the lower floor Eu of the mounting device group 3100.

Both parts of the mounting device group 3100, namely both the lower floor mounting assembly units 3500 Eu and the upper floor mounting assembly units 3500 'Eo, are interconnected via the elevators and buffers 5050, 5060. To produce the passport 200, the cover slips 210 are held in a cover slab magazine 6030. If several types of passports to be produced, this magazine can be designed as a removable storage that outputs the different types of cover covers, if necessary. Furthermore, flyleafs 220 are stored in a flylap magazine 6020. These may already have an attached Fälzelband 221, which is formed of textile material. The endpapers themselves are preferably as well as the visa sheets 230 made of paper.

The cover slips 210 and attachment leaves 220 attached thereto become the

Laminating device 3250 supplied individually, so that a flyleaf can be attached with the Fälzelband on the inside of the cover. This is in the

Laminating applied an adhesive on the inside of the cover and then glued the flyleaf on the adhesive-coated surface of the inside of the cover.

Furthermore, visa sheets are provided in the visa sheet magazine 6010. These visa sheets are preferably made of paper and are already provided with a basic security printing, for example with Guilloche and other non-individualizing information. The visa sheets are individually removed by means of the transfer gripper (sheet gripper) 5030 from a stack of visa sheets in the visa sheet magazine and transferred to the printing device 3210, for example an ink jet printer. The visa sheets represent multiple benefits and are printed by the printing device on both sides with individualizing information, such as the eye color and size of passport holders and the issuing authorities.

After individualizing a visa bow, it is conveyed to the cutting device 3220 by means of the transfer device 5030. By means of this device, individual visa sheets (book sheets) 230 are separated from a visa sheet. For this purpose, a mechanical cutting method is used.

The cover sheet 210 with the attaching sheet 220 attached thereto, the separately supplied individualized document card 100 (for example, via a suction cup provided with vacuum suction, not shown) whose individualization data correspond to those of meanwhile partially individualized visa sheets 230, and from the

Cutting device 3220 obtained visa sheets are stacked on the collecting point 3235 of the collator 3230 on each other. For this purpose, first the

Cover with the flyleaf, then the document card and on it a specific Number of visa sheets stacked on top of each other. This stacking is done by means of the manipulator 3231 of the collator 3230.

The stack thus produced is then conveyed to one of the sewing devices 3240 by the conveyor bar 5070. There, the components of the stack are sewn together.

The book assembled in this way is then folded in the folding device 3260. Subsequently, the folded book in a

Pruning device 3270 trimmed on three sides. For this purpose, a mechanical cutting method, in particular a stamping method, or a water jet cutting method can be used.

The book is then conveyed from the lower floor Eu of the mounting device group 3100 by means of the elevator and buffer 5050 to the upper floor mounting assembly units 3500 'Eo. Also this elevator and

Caching is designed so that the cycle times in the lower floor and in the upper floor may differ. For this purpose, the books produced in the lower floor can be cached in the buffer and retrieved as needed.

In the upper floor Eo of the mounting device group 3100, the book is first unfolded in a folder device 3280 and then in a

Laser perforator 3290 provided with further customization data. For example, in the case of a passport 200, point perforations taken together may reflect the serial number of the passport through all the visa pages 230 and optionally also through the coverlet 210.

Subsequently, a final check of the completed passport 200 in the quality assurance device 3300 takes place. Thereafter, the checked passport is conveyed via the elevator and temporary storage 5060 from the upper floor Eo of the mounting device group 3100 to a passbook collecting magazine 6040 in the lower floor Eu thereof. From there, the passport 200 can be issued.

For the construction of the production plant 1000 according to the invention, for example

Production of passports 200, serves the following in Fig. 9 schematically reproduced method: According to a first method step (a), for example, two containerized document-card production units 2500, 2500 'and two containerized assembly-production units 3500, 3500' are initially produced at a production location. These

Manufacturing units contain all necessary for the production of passports 200 manufacturing devices and assemblies, as far as in the transport for

 Site ready containerized manufacturing units can be installed. In addition, further assembly units are prepared at the place of manufacture, which are combined together with the pre-assembled production units separately in a container 7000.

The thus prepared for transport components are then in

Process step (b) transported to the site.

According to step (c), the two containerized document-card manufacturing units 2500, 2500 'are assembled and assembled at the site to form a document-card-device group 2100. Likewise, the two assembly manufacturing units 3500, 3500 'are assembled and assembled to form a mounting device group 3100. The two

Device groups and therein manufacturing devices and other units are interconnected via transport devices 4000. In addition, the device groups are connected to external supplies and disposals.

Reference numerals:

100 individualized document card, identity card

 1 10 transparent polymer liner, document card layer

120 individualized film section, document card position

 130 layer composite, polymer layer stack piece, document card layer

131 opaque polymer backing sheet

 132 leveling position

 133 opaque cover layer (polymer layer)

 140 document card flap

 200 book-shaped identification document, passport

210 coverlet

 220 flyleaf

 221 Fälzelband

 230 (pass) book sheet, visa sheet

 240 stitching thread

 1000 production plant

 2000 first part of the plant

 2100 document card device group

 2210 investors

 2220 printing device

 2225 roller magazine

 2230 laminating device

 2235 Railway station for providing various laminating sheets

 2240 pruning device

 2250 quality assurance device

 2260 Applicator for applying a hologram

 2265 hologram generator

 2270 pruning device

 2280 Device for attaching a tab

 2290 laser engraving device

 2300 quality assurance device

 2500, 2500 'containerized document card production unit

 2510, 2510 'profile bars, supporting structure

 3000 second part of the plant

 3100 mounting device group

3210 printing device 3220 cutting device

 3230 collator

 3231 manipulator

 3235 assembly point

 3240 sewing device

 3250 laminating device

 3260 folding device

 3270 pruning device

 3280 leaf device

 3290 laser perforator

 3300 quality assurance device

 3500 containerized assembly manufacturing unit

 3510, 3510 'profile bars, supporting structure

 3700 control cabinets

 4000 transport device

 41 10 upstream transport devices

 4120 downstream transport devices

 4130 output transporters

 4140 Issue of finished identification documents

 4200 distribution line

 5000 conveyors in the device groups

 5010 transfer station

 5020 elevator and buffer (buffer)

 5030 transfer gripper

 5040 conveyor trusses for conveying attachment leaves to the collection point

5050 elevator and buffer (buffer)

 5060 elevator and buffer (buffer)

 5070 conveyor beam

 6000 memory, buffer, magazine

 6010 visa sheet magazine

 6020 header magazine

 6030 Covering magazine

 6040 collection magazine

 7000 containers for further units

 A Production path in the document card device groups

Eu first (lower) floor in the device groups

 Eo second (upper) floor in the device groups

Claims

claims:

1 . Plant (1000) for producing book-shaped

 Identification documents (200),

 the plant (1000) comprising a first plant part (2000) formed by at least one document card device group (2100) for producing

 individualized document cards (100), and a second component part (3000) formed by at least one mounting device group (3100) for

 Assembling a set of booklets (230) of the identification document (200) with an associated individualized document card (100) while creating the identification document (200),

 characterized in that the at least one document card device group (2100) is made up of at least one containerized one each

 Document card manufacturing unit (2500) and the at least one assembly device group (3100) each comprising at least one containerized assembly

Manufacturing unit (3500) are constructed.

 The plant (1000) for producing according to claim 1, characterized in that at least two of the at least one containerized document-card manufacturing unit (2500) of a document-card-device group (2100) are arranged in at least two superposed levels (Eo, Eu) and that at least two of the at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit (3500) of a mounting device group (3100) in at least two superposed floors (Eo, Eu) are arranged.

 Third plant (1000) for producing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plant (1000) further comprises at least one transport device

(4000) for conveying individualized document cards (100) from a document card device group (2100) to a mounting device group (3100).

 4. plant (1000) for producing according to claim 3, characterized in that the at least one transport device (4000) is adapted to the

 individualized document cards (100) carried separately.

 5. plant (1000) for producing according to one of claims 3 and 4, characterized

 characterized in that the at least one transport device (4000) has at least one distribution line (4200) for transporting the individualized document cards (100) from a predetermined one of a plurality of document cards.

Comprising device groups (2100) to a predetermined one of a plurality of mounting device groups (3100). Plant (1000) for production according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one document card device group (2100) each comprise at least one printing device (2220) for generating individualizing information in order to produce the individualized ones

 Document card (100) provided document card layers (120), in each case at least one laminating device (2230) for joining the

 Document card layers (1 10, 120, 130), at least one each

 A laser engraving device (2300) for generating individualizing information inside the document card layers (132, 133), at least one each

 Hologram generating device (2265) and at least one each

 Applicator (2260) for applying a film element with a

 Hologram on a Au ßenseite a laminated document card (100). Plant (1000) for producing according to claim 6, characterized in that the at least one printing device (2220), the at least one laminating device (2230), the at least one laser engraving device (2300), the at least one hologram generating device (2265) and the at least a

 Applicator (2260) according to the process for producing the individualized document cards (100) via conveyors (5000, 50xx), the intermediates in the production of the individualized document card (100) transported individually, are linked together.

 Plant (1000) for producing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one assembly device group (3100) each have at least one cutting device (3220) for producing book sheets (230) from book sheets, at least one gathering machine (3230) for merging the individualized document card (100) having a set of the book sheets (230) and at least one sewing device (3240) for connecting the individualized document card (100) to the set of book sheets (230).

 Plant (1000) for producing according to claim 8, characterized in that the at least one cutting device (3220), the at least one

 Gathering machine (3230) and the at least one sewing device (3240) according to the process of producing the identification document (200) via conveyors (50xx) which individually carry the individualized document cards (100) and book sheets (230) or sets of book sheets (230); are linked together.

A plant (1000) for producing according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one assembly device group (3100) each further comprising a removable memory (60xx) for providing more than one of different variants of cover sheets (210) for the production of the identification documents (200).

 1 . Plant (1000) for producing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plant (1000) further comprises at least one

 Laser perforator (3290) for generating customizing information in the book sheets (230).

 2. Method of producing book-shaped

 Identification documents (200) using a production facility (1000) comprising a first plant part (2000) formed by at least one

 A document card device group (2100) for producing individualized document cards, and a second component part (3000) formed by at least one assembly device group (3100) for assembling a set of book pages (230) of the identification document (200) with an associated individualized document card (2100). 100) under preparation of the

 Identification document (200), wherein the at least one

 A document-card device group (2100) each comprising at least one containerized document-card manufacturing unit (2500) and the at least one assembly-device group (3100) each of at least one

 containerized assembly manufacturing unit (3500) are constructed, comprising the following process steps:

 (i) providing document card layers (110, 120, 130) for producing the individualized document cards (100);

 (ii) editing the document card layers (120) by inserting

 individualizing information and connecting the

 Document card layers (1 10, 120, 130) by lamination to form the individualized document cards (100);

 (iii) providing booklet sheets for making a set of

 Book sheets (230);

 (iv) separating the book sheets (230) from the book sheets and

 Collecting a set of booklets (230);

 (v) collating a respective individualized document card (100) with a set of book sheets (230) in a collating machine (3230); and

(vi) connecting the individualized document card (100) to the set of book sheets (230).

A method according to claim 12, characterized in that intermediates are conveyed separately in the production of the individualized document cards (100) in the at least one document card device group (2100) and that intermediates in the production of the identification document (200) in the at least one Assembly device group (3100) are also transported separately.

 4. Method for building a plant (1000) for producing book-shaped

 designed identification documents (200), wherein the system (1000) a first part of the plant (2000) formed by at least one document card device group (2100) for producing individualized document cards (100), and a second system part (3000) formed by at least one

 Assembly Device Group (3100) for assembling a set of

 Book sheets (230) of the identification document (200) with an associated individualized document card (100), creating a

 Identification document (200), and wherein the at least one

 A document-card device group (2100) each comprising at least one containerized document-card manufacturing unit (2500) and the at least one assembly-device group (3100) each of at least one

 containerized assembly manufacturing unit (3500) are constructed, the method comprising the following steps:

 (a) producing at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit (2500), wherein at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit (2500) forms a document card device group (2100), and at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit (3500), wherein at least one containerized assembly Manufacturing unit (3500) forms a mounting device group (3100), at a place of manufacture;

 (b) transporting the at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit (2500) and the at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit (2500) to a site of installation; and

 (c) assembling and assembling the at least one containerized one

 Document card manufacturing unit (2500) to form the first

 Plant part (2000) and the at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit (3500) to form the second plant part (3000), at the site, wherein the plant (1000) is formed.