EP3296121B1 - Tôle gaufrée pour poser un dispositif de sécurité haptique, procédé de fabrication et d'utilisation d'une tôle gaufrée - Google Patents

Tôle gaufrée pour poser un dispositif de sécurité haptique, procédé de fabrication et d'utilisation d'une tôle gaufrée Download PDF

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EP3296121B1
EP3296121B1 EP16189397.9A EP16189397A EP3296121B1 EP 3296121 B1 EP3296121 B1 EP 3296121B1 EP 16189397 A EP16189397 A EP 16189397A EP 3296121 B1 EP3296121 B1 EP 3296121B1
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Reinhold Hiller
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Kocher and Beck & Co Rotationsstanztechnik KG GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
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  • the invention relates to a embossing plate for applying a haptic security feature on a sheet of paper, in particular security paper, cardboard, nonwoven fabric, textile fabric, plastic, in particular polymer, or a mixture, in particular the invention relates to a embossing plate for applying a security feature on a material for making a banknote.
  • the invention further relates to a method for producing a embossing plate.
  • the invention relates to a use of a embossing plate for applying a haptic security feature on a sheet-like element, in particular for producing a banknote.
  • embossing plate As embossing plate is referred to in connection with the application, a thin, flat embossing tool, which is usually clamped for use on a cylinder, in particular a magnetic cylinder.
  • the embossing plate has structures on a surface by means of which surface deformations are introduced into the planar element when the embossing plate is used.
  • raw sheets are used, on which embossing, cutting and / or punching structures are formed by suitable methods.
  • raw sheets are thin hardened spring steel sheets, such as C60, with a thickness of, for example, 0.82 mm and a hardness usually from 46 to 52 HRC.
  • a embossing plate for applying a haptic security feature on a sheet of paper, in particular security paper, cardboard, non-woven fabric, textile fabric, plastic, in particular polymer, or a mixture, created, wherein the embossing plate a support plate and at least one of them protruding embossing pin comprises, and wherein at least one distal end of the at least one embossing pin is processed by means of laser cutting.
  • embossing pin machined by means of laser cutting is brought into a shape suitable for the haptic safety feature with very high accuracy.
  • embossing pins which are rounded by means of chemical or electrochemical processes
  • an embossing pin with significantly stricter tolerance requirements can be realized.
  • embossing plate can therefore form haptic security features that meet the high demands of a securities printing company.
  • the embossing plate can therefore be used advantageously in particular for applying a security feature to bank notes, in particular bank notes made of plastic, in particular polymer.
  • other applications are conceivable.
  • embossing pins on the support plate can be suitably selected by the skilled person according to the security feature to be formed.
  • the distal end of the at least one embossing pin is rounded by means of laser cutting.
  • the embossing pin is thereby a punctiform Security feature similar to a point-shaped element used in Braille font created.
  • the embossing pin is shaped spherical cap.
  • a spherical cap shape while a design of the embossing pin is referred to as Kugelsegement or ball cap, manufacturing-and / or functionally deviations from the ideal shape of a ball cap are possible.
  • a micro-embossing structure is formed in one embodiment at the distal end of the at least one embossing pin by means of laser cutting.
  • a microstructure structure is an embossed structure with small dimensions.
  • a cross, a heart, a rhombus or any other shape may be provided on the molded spherical cap.
  • the embossing introduced by the micro-embossing structure can no longer be detected haptically. However, it can serve as an additional optical security feature.
  • Such security features can also be used, for example, in the packaging industry for packaging consumer goods or industrial goods as counterfeit protection.
  • the shape and size of the embossing pin is suitable depending on the requirements of the haptic security feature by the skilled person selectable.
  • the maximum diameter of the at least one embossing pin is between about 1.0 mm and about 4 mm.
  • the height of the at least one embossing pin is in advantageous embodiments between about 0.4 mm and about 2 mm.
  • a method for producing a embossing plate for applying a haptic security feature on a sheet of paper, in particular security paper, cardboard, cardboard, nonwoven fabric, textile fabric, plastic, especially polymer, or a mixture created the embossing plate a support plate and has at least one projecting embossing pin, and wherein at least one distal end of the at least one embossing pin is processed by means of laser cutting.
  • the distal end of the at least one embossing pin is rounded by means of laser cutting.
  • a spherical cap-shaped embossing pin is preferably formed.
  • a micro-embossing structure is formed at the distal end of the at least one embossing pin by means of laser cutting.
  • the shape and size of the micro-embossed structure can be suitably selected in accordance with a material to be processed with the embossing plate and / or an authority / company requesting the security feature.
  • an additive or generative process is used in one embodiment.
  • a blank sheet masked with an etch-resistant material is placed in an acid bath.
  • the residence time in the acid bath is suitably selectable by the person skilled in the art in order to obtain a carrier plate having a desired thickness.
  • the raw form of the embossing pin thus obtained can be brought into a desired shape directly by laser cutting in one embodiment.
  • the raw form of the at least one embossing pin is milled before machining by means of laser cutting in the form. It is provided in one embodiment that only a distal end of the embossing pin is additionally processed by means of laser cutting.
  • a embossing plate for applying a haptic security feature on a sheet of paper, in particular security paper, cardboard, cardboard, nonwoven fabric, textile fabric, plastic, especially polymer, or a mixture created, the embossing plate a support plate and at least one thereof projecting embossing pin, and wherein at least one distal end of the at least one embossing pin is processed by means of laser cutting. Thanks to the use of such embossing plate security features can be formed with high quality.
  • a embossing plate for applying a haptic security feature on a sheet of paper, in particular security paper, cardboard, cardboard, nonwoven fabric, textile fabric, plastic, especially polymer, or a mixture of substances in the production of a bill is provided.
  • Fig. 1 schematically shows a banknote 1 with a haptic security feature 10 in the form of two punctiform imprints.
  • the value of the bill ie five, embossed as a haptic security feature 10 as Braille characters.
  • this security feature is merely exemplary and numerous other haptic security features are conceivable.
  • An embossing is done by embossing tool.
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows in a perspective view of a embossing plate 2 designed embossing tool in a clamping of the embossing plate 2 on a cylinder 3.
  • the embossing plate 2 is at the periphery of the cylinder 3 by means of Fig. 2 not shown clamping elements, for example, fastened by means of terminal strips.
  • a required length of the embossing plate 2 is determined inter alia by the diameter of the cylinder and / or the distance of the clamping elements in the circumferential direction of the cylinder and a clamping length necessary for clamping on the clamping elements.
  • haptic security feature 10 For applying the haptic security feature 10 according to Fig. 1 are provided on the embossing plate 2 suitable structures.
  • Fig. 3 shows in a sectioned, greatly enlarged representation of a section of embossing plate 2 comprising a support plate 20 and two thereof projecting embossing pins 21 for forming the security feature 10 according to Fig. 1 ,
  • the embossing pins 21 shown are spherical cap-shaped.
  • the diameter D of each embossing pin is between approximately 1.0 mm and approximately 4 mm.
  • the height H of the embossing pins 21 is in each case between about 0.4 mm and about 2 mm.
  • At least one distal end of the at least one embossing pin 21 is processed by means of laser cutting.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 illustrate a method of manufacturing the embossing plate 2 according to FIG Fig. 3 ,
  • the etching-resistant material 5 is printed, for example. The thus masked blank sheet 4 is then inserted into an acid bath, not shown.
  • the residence time in the acid bath is chosen such that an in Fig. 5 schematically represented intermediate product 6 is provided with a support plate 60 having a desired thickness, projecting from the support plate 50 Rohformen 61 of the embossing pins.
  • the embossing pin 21 is brought into its desired shape according to the later use by means of the laser beam 7.
  • - as shown schematically in Fig. 6 shown - a distal end of the embossing pin 21 rounded.
  • a milling of the in Fig. 5 represented intermediate product 6 take place.
  • the in Fig. 5 represented intermediate product 6 brought directly by means of laser cutting into a desired final shape.
  • a stamping plate 2 of high quality can be produced, which can be advantageously used in particular for the production of banknotes 1 with haptic security features 10.

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  1. Tôle de gaufrage pour appliquer une caractéristique de sécurité (10) sur un élément plat en papier, en particulier en papier de sécurité, en carton-pâte, en carton, en non-tissé, en tissu textile, en matériau synthétique, en particulier en polymère, ou en un mélange de substances, comprenant une plaque support (20) et au moins une broche de gaufrage (21) dépassant de celle-ci, caractérisée en ce que la caractéristique de sécurité est tactile et en ce qu'au moins une extrémité distale de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21) est usinée par découpe laser.
  2. Tôle de gaufrage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'extrémité distale de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21) est arrondie par découpe laser.
  3. Tôle de gaufrage selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que la broche de gaufrage (21) est façonnée en forme de calotte sphérique.
  4. Tôle de gaufrage selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce qu'une structure microgaufrée est façonnée par découpe laser en l'extrémité distale de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21).
  5. Tôle de gaufrage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que le diamètre maximal (D) de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21) se situe entre environ 1,0 mm et environ 4 mm.
  6. Tôle de gaufrage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que la hauteur (H) de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21) se situe entre environ 0,4 mm et environ 2 mm.
  7. Procédé pour la fabrication d'une tôle de gaufrage (2) pour appliquer une caractéristique de sécurité (10) tactile sur un élément plat en papier, en particulier en papier de sécurité, en carton-pâte, en carton, en non-tissé, en tissu textile, en matériau synthétique, en particulier en polymère, ou en un mélange de substances, la tôle de gaufrage (2) présentant une plaque support (20) et au moins une broche de gaufrage (21) dépassant de celle-ci, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une extrémité distale de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21) est usinée par découpe laser.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité distale de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21) est arrondie par découpe laser.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce qu'une structure microgaufrée est façonnée par découpe laser en l'extrémité distale de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21).
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 9, caractérisé en ce que, pour obtenir une forme brute (61) de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21), une tôle brute (3) masquée par un matériau résistant à la gravure (4) est placée dans un bain d'acide.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que la forme brute (61) de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage (21) est fraisée en forme avant un usinage par découpe laser.
  12. Utilisation d'une tôle de gaufrage pour appliquer une caractéristique de sécurité tactile sur un élément plat en papier, en particulier en papier de sécurité, en carton-pâte, en carton, en non-tissé, en tissu textile, en matériau synthétique, en particulier en polymère, ou en un mélange de substances, la tôle de gaufrage comprenant une plaque support et au moins une broche de gaufrage dépassant de celle-ci, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins une extrémité distale de ladite au moins une broche de gaufrage est usinée par découpe laser.
  13. Utilisation d'une tôle de gaufrage selon la revendication 12 pour appliquer une caractéristique de sécurité tactile sur un élément plat en papier, en particulier en papier de sécurité, en carton-pâte, en carton, en non-tissé, en tissu textile, en matériau synthétique, en particulier en polymère, ou en un mélange de substances lors de la fabrication d'un billet de banque.
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