EP3509863B1 - Compact system for producing an identification document, value document, or security document - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a system for producing an identity document, document of value or security document, in particular a document type selected from a plurality of different document types. The invention also relates to a method for producing an identity document, document of value or security document.

Documents in the form of identity, value or security documents, such as an identity card, passport or credit card, usually comprise a document body, which is one of a plurality of material sheets produced composite body is or which comprises such a. The choice of the materials used, the formats, the structures, the number and / or the sequence of the material sheets used depends on the type of document for which the document body is intended. When producing an identity document, document of value or security document, there is thus the need to assemble a plurality of material sheets of different types in accordance with a selection and sequence specific to the corresponding document.

The DE 102 20 550 A1 describes a

A system for producing a document of a document type selected from a plurality of different document types, which comprises a document-type-specific selection of material sheets in a document-type-specific order, the system comprising: a collating device which is configured to collate a document-type-specific material sheet booklet, the collating device comprising: storage stations which each hold material sheets of a uniform material sheet type in stock and have a material sheet carrier with a storage area for providing a single one of the material sheets, a material sheet pick-up device for collecting the material sheets for the material sheet booklet to be created, the material sheet pick-up device being configured to be in the document-type-specific order at the individual storage stations In the document type-specific sequence, take a sheet of material from the storage area of the respective take up urgent material sheet carrier, and a fixing device to create the document type-specific material sheet booklet, as well as a

Process for the further processing of printed sheets for the production of multi-sheet printed end products such as brochures or the like. At least one stack of sheets of the respective final printed product is provided, and the sheets are successively folded, collated and stapled or bound in the sequence required for the final printed product. A corresponding device has a folding device and a stapling or binding device directly coupled to the folding device. The differently printed sheets are provided in different magazines and successively fed to the folding device by means of a feed device.

The present invention is based on the object of providing a system for producing an identity document, valuable or security document and a corresponding method for producing an identity document, valuable or security document, which are both efficient and flexible with regard to the document types to be produced.

The objects on which the invention is based are achieved by the features of the independent patent claims. Preferred embodiments of the invention are specified in the dependent claim.

Embodiments relate to systems for producing an individual identification document, document of value or security document of a document type selected from a plurality of different document types, the document being a personalized one Having composite body which comprises a document type-specific selection of material sheets in a document type-specific order.

The system comprises a control device which is configured to receive a data record for the document to be produced, the data record comprising document-specific information and an identifier of the selected document type. The control device is also configured to create a document-specific control scheme for the system on the basis of the data record, the control scheme being an individual document-type-specific selection and sequence of work steps to be carried out for the document to be produced specifies. In addition, the control device is configured to control the system using the document-specific control scheme.

Document type-specific refers here and in the following to characteristics that are identical for all documents of a certain document type. Document-specific designates features that are characteristic of an individual document, e.g. information that identifies the owner of the document.

The system further comprises a collating device which is configured to collate a document type-specific material sheet booklet in accordance with the identifier. The gathering device comprises: supply stations which each hold material sheets of a uniform material sheet type in a supply cassette, have a material sheet carrier with a storage area for providing a single one of the material sheets and are arranged along a first curved path around a first vertical curve axis. A distribution device which is configured to distribute the individual material sheets from the supply cassette to the storage area of the respective material sheet carrier at the supply stations. A material sheet pick-up device for collecting the material sheets for the material sheet booklet to be created, the material sheet pick-up device being configured to pick up the material sheet from the storage area of the respective material sheet carrier in the document-type-specific sequence at the individual storage stations of the document-type-specific sequence, the material sheet pick-up device comprising a fixing device which is used for this purpose is configured to fix the sheet of material to be picked up there at the supply station to the sheet of material picked up immediately before by the sheet of material pick-up device in accordance with the document-type-specific sequence, so that the relative alignment of the sheet of material to be picked up with respect to the sheet of material picked up immediately before is determined and the document-type-specific sheet of material booklet is successively created.

The system further comprises a laminating device which is configured to produce a document type-specific composite body by document-type-specific lamination of the material sheet booklet in accordance with the identifier, the laminating device comprising lamination stations which are arranged along a second curved path around a second vertical curve axis and are configured to produce the material sheet booklet laminate by applying pressure and heat.

The system further comprises the following processing devices, which are arranged along a third curved path around a third vertical curve axis: A separating device, which is configured to create a composite body with a document-type-specific geometric format by separating the document-type-specific material in accordance with the identifier, and a personalization device, which for this purpose is configured to personalize the document type-specific composite body using the document-specific information.

In the following, a curved path is understood to mean a path which is given by a simple, i.e. closed curve without intersection points. In particular, a curved path is understood to mean a path running along a smooth curve. The curve can extend in a Euclidean plane. A curved path is understood to mean, in particular, a circular or elliptical path.

An arrangement of the storage stations along a curved path, in particular a circular path, could enable a particularly space-saving arrangement of a large number of storage stations. This is particularly advantageous for setting up a corresponding collating device in a limited spatial arrangement in confined spaces. In addition, this allows the device to be transported efficiently, for example in a container, without having to be laboriously dismantled into its individual parts.

A curve axis, hereinafter also referred to as the central axis of the curve path, is a vertical, ie perpendicular, axis through the geometric Understand the center of gravity of the area enclosed by the curved path. A vertical axis is understood here to be a straight line extending in the perpendicular direction, ie parallel to a perpendicular line when the collating device is arranged ready for operation on a flat, horizontal surface. For example, the collating device comprises a central carrier unit, the shape of which essentially corresponds to a vertical cylinder standing on its base, in particular a circular cylinder, an elliptical cylinder or a cylinder based on a regular polygon. The storage stations are arranged along the circumference of the cylinder and the central axis corresponds to the central longitudinal axis of the central carrier unit.

The document type-specific material sheet booklet to be created comprises all or at least some of the material sheets that make up a document body of the selected document type. In particular, the material sheet booklet comprises the material sheets in a document-type-specific order. For example, paper, cardboard or plastics such as metal foils can be used as materials for the material sheets. A sheet of material can also comprise combinations of these materials.

The document body can be, for example, a card body if the identity document, value document or security document is a card-shaped document. The document body can also be a body that is part of an identity document, a document of value or a security document. For example, it can be a data card which is part of a book-shaped ID, value or security document, for example a passport. For example, personal and / or document-specific information such as a passport photo, name, address of the user or a house number is applied to such a data card, in particular also in machine-readable form.

The material sheet booklet can in particular comprise a material sheet with a chip, which is used to store person-specific and / or document-type-specific information is configured. The chip can have a secured memory area in which personal and / or document type-specific data are stored.

In the following, an “ID, value or security document” is understood to mean a paper and / or plastic-based document on or in which person-specific and / or document type-specific information is optically and / or electronically readable that identifies the user or of the document, for example to enable certain services or functions. This includes, for example, identification documents, in particular passports, ID cards, visas and driver's licenses, vehicle registration documents, vehicle documents, company ID cards, health cards or other ID documents as well as chip cards, means of payment, in particular bank cards, credit cards, waybills or other credentials. Documents of value can in particular also be banknotes or vouchers. A document can also be an access card, for example.

The material sheet booklet can in particular be provided for the production of a data card, ie a paper or plastic-based card which is arranged in a book block of an identity document, value document or security document and on which person-specific and / or document-specific information is applied in an optically readable manner, which is an identification of the user or the document, for example to enable certain services or functions.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they provide a compact system which allows identification, value or security documents of different document types to be produced flexibly and efficiently. In particular, the system can allow an efficient change from the production of a first document type to the production of a second document type different from the first document type. The system can also allow individual documents or a small number of documents of a certain document type to be produced.

This is particularly advantageous with regard to Industry 4.0 and the associated need for a flexible infrastructure for production. In particular, it is possible to efficiently switch from the creation of a first material sheet booklet for a first document type to the creation of a second material sheet booklet for a second document type without having to convert the collating device. This reduces waiting times as well as the planning effort when determining the order in which documents of different document types are created. In particular, small numbers of documents of different document types can also be created quickly and efficiently.

The control device comprises, for example, a processor and a memory with instructions, through the execution of which by means of the processor the control device controls the individual devices of the system, as well as a receiving device for receiving data sets. On the basis of the control scheme created by it, the control device can, for example, control the individual devices of the system. For example, the control scheme can determine in which order which material sheets are collected from which supply stations. The control device can control whether and when a window punching device and / or a mottled fiber introduction device are used. On the basis of the identifier and / or the document-specific information, the control device can control whether a printing device and / or a hologram exposure device are used. In addition, the control device can control what is printed by the printing device or which holograms are generated by the hologram exposure device. In addition, the control device can control the parameters such as heat and pressure of the lamination and / or which lamination sheets are used. The control device can control which tools are used for which material separations. The control device can forward the document-specific information to the personalization device in order to personalize the document and / or cause the personalization device to access corresponding information. The control device can control in which collecting magazine and / or where in it the finished documents are stored. In addition, the control device receives feedback from the control devices and can then, for example, initiate the replacement of damaged components such as lamination sheets and / or tools for material separation.

The supply stations could make it possible to provide different types of material sheets. From the plurality of material sheet types made available, the material sheets required for the selected document type can be collected by a material sheet receiving device in the order specific to the document type. If several sheets of material of the same type of sheet of material are required for a selected document type, then, according to one embodiment, sheets of material are collected several times from the same supply station in accordance with the sequence specific to the document type. According to another embodiment, the corresponding material sheets are collected in the order specific to the document type from different supply stations which are equipped with material sheets of the same material sheet type.

According to embodiments, the material sheet receiving device is configured to move in the document-type-specific sequence to the individual storage stations of the document-type-specific sequence, i.e. the storage stations included in the document-type-specific selection. The respective supply station of this selection to which the material sheet receiving device moves provides the material sheet type currently required in accordance with the document-type-specific sequence.

If several storage stations provide material sheets of the same material sheet type, then the path which the material sheet receiving device follows when collecting the material sheets can be subject to an additional optimization criterion in addition to the criterion of collecting the required material sheets according to the document type-specific sequence. A corresponding optimization criterion can be, for example, the criterion of the shortest path to be covered or the shortest time required. Another criterion can be that the supply stations are uniform or have different Weighting, for example according to a predetermined sequence, can be emptied.

According to embodiments, the supply stations comprise supply cassettes in which the material sheets are arranged. Here, each supply station can be assigned a fixed type of sheet of material, so that a specific supply station always provides the same type of sheet of material. If the supply of material sheets is partially or completely used up, this is replenished with material sheets of the same material sheet type. The assignment of the material sheet types to the supply stations can follow a predefined pattern. This pattern is based, for example, on the supply stations being arranged in a row according to the order specific to the document type. In this case, it is advantageous if material sheet types which are required several times in the order specific to the document type are provided by a corresponding plurality of storage stations with the same material sheet type.

According to embodiments, supply stations with material sheet types for the production of material sheet booklets for different identity, value or security documents are provided. In these embodiments, the arrangement of the supply stations can advantageously be selected so that the shortest path for collecting the material sheets according to the different document-specific sequences is required, averaged over the plurality of ID, value or security documents. Alternatively, the criterion can be chosen that on average the shortest time is required for collection. Furthermore, as an alternative, different document types can be weighted differently. For example, document types which are or should be produced more frequently are assigned a greater weighting factor than document types which are produced less often.

According to embodiments, the central control device of the system comprises, for example, a microprocessor and a memory with program instructions for controlling the individual devices of the system. Used by the central If the control device receives a selection of a document type to be created, it can control the movement pattern of the material sheet receiving device, for example by executing the program instructions. This can take place, for example, on the basis of a predetermined movement pattern stored in a table, to which the central control device has access.

According to embodiments, the movement pattern is dynamically calculated by the microprocessor on the basis of a document type-specific sequence for the document type to be created and an assembly overview which contains information about which supply station is equipped with which material sheet type. The corresponding document type-specific sequence and the corresponding equipment overview can be stored, for example, in a table to which the central control device has access.

If the loading of the individual supply stations with material sheet types does not take place in a predetermined loading pattern, the gathering device has a reading device for reading material sheet type identifiers which identify the material sheet type contained in the supply cassette. For example, one of the supply stations has a reading device. If this supply station or an associated supply cassette is filled with new material sheets, an associated material sheet type identifier is read in and reported to the central control device, which identifies the material sheet type of the newly introduced material sheets based on the message.

The material sheet type identifier can be implemented, for example, in the form of an ID number, a bar code, a QR code, another geometric and / or pictographic and / or alphanumeric code or as a color code, which can be visually detected, for example. Furthermore, the material sheet type identifier can be implemented in the form of an RFID transponder.

According to embodiments, the supply cassettes each have a material sheet type identifier which indicates the type of material sheet contained in the supply cassette identify. According to embodiments, when a supply station is filled, a new supply cassette with a new material sheet type identifier is introduced. This material sheet type identifier is read, for example, by a reading device of the supply station when the supply cassette is inserted and reported to the central control device. A reading device can be assigned to a supply station, for example. According to embodiments, each of the supply stations comprises a corresponding reading device.

In addition, the material sheet type identifiers can include information about the number of material sheets contained or inserted in the supply cassette. The current number of material sheets in a supply cassette can be monitored by a material sheet counter, which records the number of material sheets used. A corresponding sheet of material counter can be implemented, for example, as a module on the supply cassettes, on the supply stations or in the central control device.

Fixing the relative alignment of the material sheets in the material sheet booklet can have the advantage that the susceptibility to errors in the subsequent processing is reduced, for example by slipping of the material sheets, folding or falling apart of the material sheet booklet. In addition, this increases the manageability of the material sheet booklet and thus allows more efficient further processing, for example by increasing the transport speed or eliminating the need to provide additional securing elements to secure the material sheet alignment and / or the material sheet booklet. Fixation methods, such as ultrasonic welding, in which no additional material or no additional elements are introduced into the material sheet booklet, are particularly advantageous. The material sheet booklet can therefore easily be further processed without having to take into account corresponding additional material or corresponding additional elements or without having to remove them at a later point in time.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they enable efficient fixation, in particular by means of ultrasonic welding.

According to embodiments, the gathering device comprises further storage stations in the sequence specific to the document type, which are arranged along a fourth curved path around a fourth vertical curved axis.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the storage stations can be arranged in different groups. For example, the groups can be arranged one above the other, whereby the floor space required to set up the system can be reduced or the available space can be used more efficiently. This grouping can be based, for example, on the type and configuration of the storage stations and / or on minimizing the necessary distances for collecting the individual sheets of material.

According to embodiments, the system comprises a first central support unit which has a first outer surface, the first outer surface having at least a first and a second sub-section, the first and second sub-sections being arranged one above the other and each defining one of the curved paths.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the aforementioned elements, i.e. storage stations, lamination stations and / or further processing devices, can be arranged one above the other on the first central carrier unit in a space-saving manner.

According to embodiments, the first carrier unit comprises a first vertical transport module which is configured to transport the material sheet booklet and / or the composite body from the first section to the second section.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheet booklet and / or the composite body can be efficiently transported from one level to the other in the vertical direction for further processing.

According to embodiments, the storage stations, the laminating stations and the further processing devices are arranged on the first carrier unit. Embodiments can have the advantage of providing a compact system.

According to embodiments, at least two of the cam tracks are identical.

Embodiments can have the advantage that storage stations, laminating stations and / or further processing devices can be arranged on a common curved path, for example on the two opposite halves of a circular path. This makes it possible to provide a particularly compact system.

According to embodiments, the system comprises a second central support unit which has a second outer surface, the second outer surface having at least a third and a fourth sub-section, the third and fourth sub-sections being arranged one above the other and each defining a further one of the curved paths.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the storage stations, lamination stations and / or further processing devices can be distributed over two carrier units, wherein the system can be designed to be particularly space-saving due to the arrangement one above the other.

According to embodiments, the second carrier unit comprises a second vertical transport module which is configured to transport the material sheet booklet and / or the composite body from the third section to the fourth section.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheet booklet and / or the composite body can be efficiently transported from one level to the other in the vertical direction for further processing.

According to embodiments, the first and second carrier units are connected by means of a third horizontal transport module which is configured to transport the material sheet booklet and / or the composite body from the first carrier unit to the second carrier unit.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheet booklet and / or the composite body can be efficiently transported from one carrier unit to another for further processing.

According to embodiments, the third transport module has a first and a second end, the first end being mounted on the first carrier unit and the second end being mounted on the second carrier unit and at least one of the two ends being mounted in such a way that the third transport module around a vertical Pivot axis is pivotable.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the relative position of the two carrier units to one another can be varied efficiently, so that the system can be optimally adapted to the spatial conditions when it is set up. For example, the position of the second carrier unit can be varied on a circular path around the first carrier unit in the center, the radius of the circle corresponding to the length of the third transport module.

According to embodiments, the material sheet receiving device is configured to move to the individual storage stations in the order specific to the document type.

According to embodiments, the collating device has an essentially cylindrical configuration. In this case, the gathering device comprises a central carrier unit which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to a central longitudinal axis, around which the storage stations are arranged along the curved path. The first curved path runs around the central longitudinal axis of the cylindrical carrier unit. The dispensing device and the material sheet receiving device are arranged to be movable along the curved path.

According to embodiments, the material sheet receiving device moves at least partially along the first curved path.

According to embodiments, the supply stations are arranged along part of the first curved path, for example along one half of the curved path. Thus, one half of the central support unit is provided with storage stations. The opposite half can, for example, be provided with stations for further processing the created material sheet booklet.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheet receiving device can serve to transport the successively created material sheet booklet from supply station to supply station. At the same time, further processing of the created material sheet booklet at further processing stations which are arranged for further processing of the material sheet booklet along the remaining part of the curved path is not impaired.

According to embodiments, the material sheet receiving device moves along the complete first curved path.

Embodiments can have the advantage that storage stations are arranged in the entire curved path, so that a large number of storage stations with material sheet types for producing a large number of different identity, value or security documents can be provided in compact form.

According to embodiments, the dispensing device is configured to distribute the individual material sheets at the storage stations in the order specific to the document type to the storage areas of the respective material sheet carriers.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheets are only distributed when they are needed, while they are otherwise protected from environmental influences in the storage cassette.

According to embodiments, the material sheet booklet to be created comprises at least two material sheets of the same material sheet type, the dispensing device being configured to distribute a material sheet from the corresponding material sheet type at least twice at one of the supply stations, which has a supply cassette with material sheets of the corresponding material sheet type, and the material sheet receiving device for this purpose is configured to pick up a sheet of material at least twice at the corresponding supply station.

According to embodiments, the dispensing device is configured to move to the individual storage stations in the order specific to the document type.

Embodiments can have the advantage that a mechanically simpler and thus less error-prone construction of the storage stations is made possible. According to embodiments, the movement of the dispensing device is controlled by the central control device, which also controls the movements of the material sheet receiving device. According to embodiments, the central control device controls the movement of the dispensing device according to the same criteria as the movement of the material sheet receiving device.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the number of storage stations can be reduced and the collating device can therefore be made more compact.

According to embodiments, the dispensing device hurries ahead of the material sheet receiving device in the document type-specific sequence and distributes material sheets at the supply stations in accordance with the document type-specific sequence, which are subsequently collected by the material sheet receiving device.

According to embodiments, the movements of the distributing device and the material sheet receiving device along the curved path are controlled according to an optimized movement pattern, which has been optimized, for example, on the basis of the criterion of the shortest path or the shortest time to collect the material sheets in accordance with the document type-specific sequence. For example, after the dispensing device has distributed a sheet of material at a supply station, it may move away from the sheet receiving device in a direction along the curved path to the next supply station according to the document-type-specific sequence. The material sheet receiving device can then, after it has received the material sheet distributed by the dispensing device, move to the next supply station according to the document-type-specific sequence in the opposite direction along the curved path.

This can be advantageous, for example, if the dispensing device has to reverse its direction of movement in order to arrive at the next but one storage station according to the document-type-specific sequence. If the material sheet receiving device were to follow the distributing device in this situation in the same direction instead of moving in the opposite direction, the distributing device at the next supply station would have to move in a direction which leads it away from the supply station after that, in order to first reach the following material sheet receiving device To create space to accommodate the sheet of material distributed by it. The material sheet receiving device would then have to move back in order to create space for the distributing device so that it can move to the next but one storage station and distribute a material sheet there. Then the dispensing device would have to move back again in order to enable the material sheet take-up device to take up the material sheet distributed by it at the next but one supply station. Embodiments can avoid such complications by controlling the movements of the dispensing device and the material sheet receiving device in such a way that they move in opposite directions along the curved path to a next supply station according to the document type-specific sequence, and / or by the dispensing device and the material sheet receiving device being configured to to be able to move past each other.

According to embodiments, the material sheet booklet to be created comprises at least two material sheets of the same material sheet type, the material sheet receiving device being configured to collect the two material sheets from two different storage stations which are each equipped with the same material sheet type.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the movement path of the material sheet receiving device can be designed more flexibly when collecting the material sheets, whereby the path covered can be shortened or the number required for collating can be reduced and / or optimized.

According to embodiments, at least one of the storage cassettes is equipped with individual sheets of material in the form of a stack.

According to embodiments, the dispensing device moves at least partially along the first curved path.

According to embodiments, the dispensing device moves completely along the first curved path.

According to embodiments, the material sheet receiving device and the distributing device are arranged offset from one another in the axial direction relative to the central axis, so that they can move past each other along the first curved path.

According to embodiments, the material sheet receiving device and the distributing device are arranged offset from one another in the radial direction relative to the central axis, so that they can move past one another along the first curved path.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheet receiving device and the distributing device can move past one another with a correspondingly offset arrangement, for example in the axial and / or radial direction. Thus, a particularly fast and efficient movement pattern for picking up the material sheets according to the document-type-specific sequence could be implemented, since neither the material sheet pick-up device nor the dispensing device would have to perform unnecessary movements to enable the other device to access a supply station.

According to embodiments, the dispensing device has a receiving element which can be moved outward in the radial direction relative to the central axis for receiving the material sheets from the storage cassette and placing them on the storage surfaces of the respective material sheet carriers.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the storage stations are arranged radially on the outside relative to the central axis, ie the curve axis, while the storage surfaces are arranged radially on the inside. This could enable the material sheet receiving device to directly access the material sheets provided. The material sheet receiving device, which also includes the fixing device for fixing the material sheet to be picked up, can be designed in a mechanically simpler manner and thus less prone to errors when used. The distribution device could make it possible to efficiently distribute the material sheets from the supply cassette onto the associated storage area.

According to embodiments, the dispensing device has a carrier element, which extends outward in the radial direction relative to the central axis, for carrying the receiving element, the carrier element being movable in the axial direction relative to the central axis, so that the distributing apparatus and the material sheet receiving apparatus can move past one another along the first curved path.

Embodiments can have the advantage that, on the one hand, the dispensing device can easily reach the material sheets provided in the storage cassettes, but on the other hand, the movement of the carrier element with the receiving element for receiving the material sheets in the axial direction relative to the central axis can ensure that the dispensing device is attached along the curved path the material sheet receiving device can move past, even if the paths of the two devices cross.

According to embodiments, the dispensing device comprises a plurality of individual dispensing devices, which are each arranged in a stationary manner at one of the storage stations.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the dispensing devices are arranged in a stationary manner and thus no mechanics are necessary for moving the dispensing device. As a result, the collating device can be designed in a mechanically simple manner with regard to the moving elements and thus less prone to errors. In particular, it can thereby be avoided that the movement pattern of the material sheet receiving device is influenced or even impeded. The calculation and / or the definition of the movement pattern of the material sheet receiving device is therefore also simplified, since no movement patterns of the dispensing device have to be taken into account.

According to embodiments, at least one of the supply cassettes is each equipped with a plurality of individual material sheets of a uniform material sheet type in the form of a stack.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheets can be collected directly as they are kept in stock without an additional processing step.

According to embodiments, at least one of the supply cassettes is equipped with sheets of material in the form of a roll of tape and the dispensing device is configured to unroll the roll of tape during distribution and to separate a single sheet of material to be distributed.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow a simple removal mechanism by unrolling and that a large number of material sheets can be provided in a compact manner by the tape roll.

According to embodiments, the material sheet receiving device is configured to arrange the material sheet that was received immediately beforehand on the material sheet to be received in accordance with the sequence specific to the document type at the supply stations.

According to embodiments, the material sheets for the material sheet booklet to be created have an identical format and the material sheet pick-up device is configured to arrange the material sheet picked up immediately before according to the document-type-specific sequence on the material sheet to be picked up so that it completely covers the material sheet to be picked up.

Embodiments can have the advantage that successive sheets of material lie exactly on top of one another with their edges. The resulting sheet of material booklet has an exact format, which facilitates the further automated handling of the sheet of material booklet, since the risk of obstructions or even damage due to material sections protruding beyond the format is prevented. The further processing devices for creating the corresponding ID, value or security document can thus be used for the corresponding exact format to be optimized. In addition, by precisely aligning the edges of the sheets of material to one another, it can be ensured that the inner structures of the sheets of material are also precisely aligned with one another.
According to embodiments, the material sheet receiving device has a suction device for receiving a material sheet by suction.

Embodiments can have the advantage that, on the one hand, a secure intake of the material sheets is made possible by suction, which, on the other hand, is gentle on the material sheets and reduces the risk of mechanical damage.

According to embodiments, the dispensing device has a suction device for picking up a sheet of material by suction.

Embodiments can have the advantage that, on the one hand, a secure intake of the material sheets is made possible by suction, which, on the other hand, is gentle on the material sheets and reduces the risk of mechanical damage.

According to embodiments, the fixing device comprises an ultrasonic sonotrode for fixing the material sheets by means of ultrasonic welding.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they provide an efficient and secure fixation option, in which no additional elements are introduced into the material sheet booklet and the material sheet booklet as such receives stability without additional fixing elements.

With ultrasonic welding, the sheets of material are subjected to ultrasound and are connected to one another by the resulting internal friction in the joining zone. For this purpose, an ultrasonic welding device consisting of a generator, a sound transducer or converter and a sonotrode is used. The generator generates an electrical alternating voltage, which is converted into mechanical vibration with the aid of the sound transducer. The sound transducer in turn conducts the high-frequency mechanical vibrations, ie ultrasound, into the with it connected sonotrode and sets it in resonance vibrations in the ultrasonic range. A transformation piece or booster is often arranged between the sound transducer and the sonotrode, which transforms the oscillation amplitude arriving from the sound transducer and forwards it to the sonotrode in an enlarged manner. The size of the resulting oscillation amplitude is influenced by the output amplitude provided by the sound transducer and by the respective amplification by the transformation piece and the sonotrode itself. The sonotrode set in an ultrasonic oscillation then transmits the ultrasonic oscillation under pressure to one of the two material sheets to be connected. If the material sheets to be joined touch, boundary surface friction occurs between the two material sheets, in the so-called joining or welding zone, and this leads to local heating of the boundary surfaces. If the heating is so great that the interfaces melt, the two sheets of material weld together. The two sheets of material are pressed together during welding by the sonotrode. With ultrasonic welding, a welded connection can be created with a short welding time, since the welding energy is made available almost limited to the joining zone. This allows precise welding without affecting other areas of the material sheet handle.

If the presence of one or more ultrasonic sonotrodes is described below, it goes without saying that the respective sonotrodes are provided by appropriate ultrasonic tools, which for the intended use of the sonotrode also include at least a generator and sound transducer, if necessary. also include a transformation piece.

According to embodiments, the fixing device has a plurality of ultrasonic sonotrodes.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheet booklet is ultrasonically welded at a plurality of correspondingly spatially distributed points through the plurality of ultrasonic sonotrodes which are spatially spaced apart from one another becomes. This can efficiently reduce the risk of the material sheets slipping and / or unfolding.

According to embodiments, the ultrasonic sonotrodes are arranged in the edge region of the sheet of material to be picked up, so that the ultrasonic welding of the sheets of material takes place in the edge region.

According to embodiments, the material sheets have a rectangular format, one of the ultrasonic sonotrodes being arranged in each of the four corner areas of the rectangular format, so that the ultrasonic welding of the material sheets takes place in each of the corner areas.

Embodiments can have the advantage that a secure fixation of the material sheets is made possible, the central area of the material sheet booklet, which is generally used as a so-called benefit for creating the document body (s) for the selected document type, is neither influenced nor impaired by the fixation.

According to embodiments, the storage surfaces each have one or more passage openings for at least partially passing through one of the ultrasonic sonotrodes, so that the respective ultrasonic sonotrode can come into contact with the sheet of material to be fixed.

Embodiments can have the advantage that a simple and secure fixation of the material sheets by means of ultrasound is made possible. In particular, these allow the sheet of material to be fixed to be laid out on the corresponding storage area. The sheet of material to be fixed is held in place by gravity. In addition, the vertical height at which the ultrasonic sonotrodes come into contact with the material sheet booklet to be welded is always the same, regardless of the number of material sheets collected up to this point in time or the current height of the material sheet booklet. This allows efficient positioning of the sonotrode and control of the contact pressure. The most important usually The adjustable parameters for ultrasonic welding are the welding time, the energy to be introduced and the contact pressure of the sonotrode on the welded part. In the present case, no sensor system is therefore necessary to detect the height of the material sheet booklet in order to optimally set the contact pressure. Rather, the contact pressure can be fixed at a constant value.

According to embodiments, the gathering device comprises supply stations with material sheet types for each document type of the plurality of different types of identification, value or security documents.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the creation of a plurality of identification documents, documents of value or security documents of a selected document type is parallelized and the creation speed is thus increased. In addition, a uniform processing format for the material sheets can be selected for which the collating device is optimized. If a material sheet booklet is to be created for a document type whose format is smaller than the processing format, material sheets with the uniform processing format can be selected, which comprise one or more sections for one or more documents of the document type with a smaller format.

Embodiments can have the advantage that personalized sheets of material can also be included in the creation of the material sheet booklet. These can be created individually for the document or documents to be created, for example by a corresponding printer, for example a cardjet printer, and / or by a hologram exposure device. A personalized sheet of material is, for example, a sheet of material with a photo of the future owner of the ID, value or security document to be created from the sheet of material.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow a spatially compact arrangement of a large number of storage stations, in particular on several levels one above the other.

According to embodiments, at least the material sheet receiving device and / or the dispensing device can be moved in the axial direction relative to the central axis between the two planes.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheet receiving device and / or distributing device can be used for collecting and / or distributing material sheets on both levels. This could in particular make it possible to provide a larger number of different types of material sheets on a smaller area.

According to embodiments, the system further comprises a printing device which is assigned to one of the supply stations and is configured to print one of the material sheets on a document-by-document basis using the document-specific information before it is provided on the storage surface of the material sheet carrier of the corresponding supply station.

Embodiments can have the advantage that personalized and / or partially personalized material sheets can also be included in the creation of the material sheet booklet. These can be created individually for the document or documents to be created, for example by a corresponding printer, for example a cardjet printer. A personalized sheet of material is, for example, a sheet of material with a photo of the future owner of the ID, value or security document to be created from the sheet of material. A partially personalized sheet of material is to be understood as meaning a sheet of material into which incomplete personalization data have been introduced, which are to be completed in a further personalization step.

According to embodiments, the system further comprises a hologram exposure device, which is assigned to one of the supply stations and configured to use the document-specific in a sheet of material prior to being provided on the storage surface of the sheet of material carrier of the corresponding supply station Information to generate a document-specific hologram, the sheet of material being photosensitive.

Embodiments can have the advantage that when the material sheet booklet is created, material sheets which include a hologram as a security feature can also be introduced. The hologram can be, for example, a document type-specific hologram or a document-specific, i.e. a personalized hologram. A personalized hologram is, for example, a holographic photo of the future owner of the identity document, document of value or security document to be created from the material sheet booklet and / or other information about his person.

The hologram can be, for example, an external or internal hologram. A hologram incorporated within the material booklet, i.e. a hologram on an inner sheet of material, can have the advantage that it protects, for example, the photo of the future owner of the ID, value or security document to be created from the material sheet booklet. The hologram can, for example, have a kinematic structure and comprise machine-testable elements. The hologram can also be a volume hologram, for example. This is a hologram applied to the surface, the specialty of which is its optical appearance: the holographic information is incorporated directly into the volume of the holographic material so that it is only visible from a certain viewing angle. Unlike less complex embossed holograms, volume holograms do not have a colored rainbow effect, but always show only one color tone. Volume holograms are also characterized by high brilliance and are very difficult to forge. For example, the hologram is also an embossed hologram.

According to embodiments, the system further comprises a window punching device, wherein the window punching device has a punch for punching out an opening in a sheet of material, the sheet of material extending at least partially in one plane.

The window punching device is configured for: punching out an opening in the part of the substrate extending in the plane using the punch, wherein the punch is in a first punching position when punching out in the direction of the plane, after punching, performing a relative movement of punch and Sheet of material in a direction parallel to the plane, with the punch coming to rest over a desired filler material in a second punching position due to the relative movement in the direction of the plane, in the second punching position, punching out a filling element from the desired filler material by the punching punch, performing again a relative movement of punch and substrate in a direction parallel to the plane, with the punch coming to rest over the opening of the sheet of material in the first punching position due to the relative movement in the direction of the plane, insertion of the filling element through the S dance stamp into the opening of the sheet of material.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the security of the document against forgery is increased, since individual or several layers do not consist of the same material over the entire surface, but that different materials are used at least in sections through the transparent window.

According to embodiments, the transparent window is only provided as a pure transparent window in the document. According to embodiments, it is also possible for the transparent window itself to have various security features. It is possible, for example, that when looking through the transparent window, structures contained in the window become visible, which are thus intended to ensure that the document is forgery-proof. In addition to directly visible structures, the transparent window can also have various microstructures which only reveal corresponding defined information by projecting laser light shining through the window onto a surface. According to embodiments, the system further comprises a mottled fiber introducing device which is configured to introduce mottled fibers between two material sheets of the material sheet booklet during the gathering.

Mottled fibers are elongated pieces of plastic made of fiber that can contain in particular dyes, especially fluorescent dyes. To introduce the mottled fibers into the material sheet booklet, for example, a material sheet is acted upon with mottled fibers and these are fixed there. For this purpose, the mottled fibers are advantageously equipped with an adhesive outer layer, for example with a hot melt layer. The plastic material and / or the adhesive can contain at least one dye, preferably at least one fluorescent dye, in order to be able to verify the authenticity of a document via its detection. A mottled fiber can have several sections and / or strands in which there are different dyes. The sheet of material charged with mottled fibers is then made available for inclusion in the sheet of material booklet. The properties and / or arrangement of the mottled fibers can depend on the type of document.

According to embodiments, the mottled fibers are randomly distributed between the individual sheets of material, for example polycarbonate foils, when they are brought together. According to embodiments, the different colored mottled fibers are approx. 0.3 mm long and can be seen with the naked eye or under UV light.

According to embodiments, the lamination device comprises a lamination sheet storage station which keeps lamination sheets of different pairs of lamination sheets in stock for the different document types, a lamination sheet changer which is configured to remove a first and a second lamination sheet of the pairs of lamination sheets according to the document type of the material sheet booklet from the lamination sheet supply station and in a receptacle to arrange a lamination sheet transport device, lamination stations which are arranged in a row next to one another, wherein the lamination sheet transport device is configured to transport the two lamination sheets in the receptacle one after the other to the individual lamination stations, which are each configured to apply pressure and heat to the two lamination sheets for laminating the material sheet booklet, and a dispensing device which is configured to dispense the one to be laminated To insert material sheet booklet between the first and second lamination sheets in the receptacle, and a removal device which is configured to remove the laminated material sheet booklet between the two lamination sheets.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet changer is configured to remove the first and second lamination sheets in the event that a further material sheet booklet of a different document type is subsequently to be laminated, to bring the two lamination sheets into the lamination sheet storage station, to transfer one of the lamination sheet pairs for the other document type from the lamination sheet supply station remove and arrange in the receptacle of the lamination sheet transport device.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheets each have a lamination area or a lamination surface which is provided to come into contact with a surface of the sheet of material to be laminated during a lamination process, ie with that of the top or bottom sheet of material of the corresponding booklet. In this case, the spatial references above and below are based on the plane in which the material sheet booklet extends. According to embodiments, the lamination area has a surface structure specific to the document type, which is introduced into a surface of the material sheet booklet during the lamination process. According to embodiments, the size of the area of the lamination area is dependent on the type of document. According to embodiments, the area of the lamination area is smaller than the area of the material sheet booklet. If the lamination plate comes into contact with the material sheet booklet with its lamination area, the material sheet booklet is not completely laminated. An edge area of the material sheet booklet protrudes beyond the lamination area and is not laminated with it. Embodiments can have the advantage that a contact between the first and second lamination sheets prevented and thus their wear is reduced. This reduces the risk of damage to the lamination sheets, in particular the surface structures to be embossed. The corresponding lamination sheets can thus be used more frequently. In addition, the scrap of material sheet booklets with defective lamination can be reduced. The fully laminated area of the material sheet booklet is referred to as a panel, from which a document body is manufactured in further production steps for the production of an identity document, value document or security document.

Laminatable sheets of material are preferably made of thermoplastic material. If individual sheets of material are not made of material that can be laminated, other sheets of material are arranged in the sheet of material between these sheets of material that cannot be laminated and that are made of or at least include a material that cannot be laminated and that connect the sheets of material that cannot be laminated to the rest of the sheet of material during the lamination process. Exemplary materials from which the material sheets are made are polycarbonate (PC), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyester, for example polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyolefins, for example polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS ), Polyurethane (PU), polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and other thermoplastically processable materials, as well as material associations, plastic-laminated, paper-like materials such as Teslin, and others. PC is particularly preferred. Some of the above-mentioned materials can also be combined in the material sheets.

During the lamination process, the sheets of material are subjected to pressure and heat, whereby the sheets of material soften at their interfaces when the glass transition temperature is exceeded and bond with one another, so that a material bond between the sheets of material is achieved. The level of the lamination pressure and in particular the lamination temperature depend on the type of material of the individual layers, their thicknesses and other parameters. The maximum temperature to which the lamination presses will be heated is chosen depending on the type of material the film layers are made of. In the case of PC and PC blends (mixtures of PC with other plastics), the maximum temperature can be, for example, in the range from 170-200.degree. C., preferably 180-190.degree. During the lamination process, the material sheet booklet between the lamination presses is preferably subjected to a pressure perpendicular to the surfaces of the material sheet booklet. This pressure should be as great as possible that any air that may be between the film layers is pressed out when the layers soften. The pressure can, for example, be in a range from 25 to 700 N / cm ² , preferably in a range from 50 to 100 N / cm ² .

According to embodiments, the lamination device is configured to apply temperatures to the first and the second lamination sheet in each case according to different temperature curves over time. The temperature curve can differ at one or more of the lamination stations for the first and the second lamination sheet. Embodiments have the advantage that the temperature increase spreads from the top and the bottom of the material sheet booklet at different speeds in the direction of the center plane of the material sheet booklet. In this way, certain areas of the material sheet booklet, i.e. certain material sheets, can be brought to their glass transition temperature more quickly than others. For the former, the corresponding melting process starts earlier, so that they can specifically fill with their material cavities that are created by surface structures of adjacent material sheets within the material sheet booklet.

According to embodiments, the ultrasonically welded areas of the material sheet booklet are located in the edge area outside the utility, i.e. the area in which the lamination sheets come into contact with the material sheet booklet. Embodiments can have the advantage that the ultrasonic welding can avoid an adverse effect on the lamination process.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow, by choosing suitable lamination sheets from a supply of pairs of lamination sheets for different types of documents to laminate material sheets for different types of documents. In addition, the lamination process can be divided into intervals by the plurality of lamination stations which the material sheet booklets pass through in sequence. These intervals can have the same or different lengths. For example, with N lamination stations, the lamination process can be subdivided into N intervals of equal length. The number N is then, for example, two, three or four laminating stations. In the case of a total lamination time of 45 seconds and three lamination stations, the lamination process can, for example, be divided into three sub-intervals of 15 seconds each, ie the material sheet to be laminated is laminated for 15 seconds at each of the three lamination stations arranged one behind the other. The pressure and temperature distribution of the lamination process can be selected to be constant or different over the three lamination intervals. Embodiments can have the advantage that in the case of N laminating stations arranged one behind the other, N material sheets can be laminated at the same time and do not have to wait until the lamination process of a preceding material sheet is completely completed.

According to embodiments, in addition to material sheets made of laminatable materials, the material sheet booklets can also include individual material sheets at least partially made of non-laminatable materials, for example electronic components such as a chip, a holofilm for creating a hologram, paper sections for subsequent labeling by hand or a removable protective film. A corresponding protective film can serve to protect the resulting composite body. A protective film can be structured and / or only partially cover the surface of the resulting composite body, so that a surface structure can be produced on the composite body by later peeling off the protective film.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet changer is configured to remove the first and second lamination sheets, the two lamination sheets, in the event that a further material sheet booklet of a different document type is subsequently to be laminated to bring into the lamination sheet supply station, to remove one of the pairs of lamination sheets for the other document type from the lamination sheet supply station and to arrange it in the receptacle of the lamination sheet transport device.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the lamination sheets introduced by the lamination sheet changer can be exchanged again. This is useful for quickly switching the lamination process from one document type to another. According to embodiments, the laminating device comprises a central control device. The control device comprises, for example, a microprocessor and a memory with program instructions, the control device controlling the laminating device by executing the program instructions by means of the microprocessor. The laminating device receives, for example, an identification signal which identifies the document type of a booklet of material to be laminated. A corresponding identification signal could be received in addition to a material sheet booklet. A corresponding identification signal could be detected via a detection unit for detecting a document type of a provided material sheet booklet and sent to the central control device. A corresponding detection device can be provided, for example, in the form of a device for visual detection such as a camera.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet transport device comprises a plurality of the receptacles which are arranged in a row next to one another and are each configured to receive one of the lamination sheet pairs.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they enable the pairs of lamination sheets to be transported successively to the individual lamination stations at the same time. Corresponding recordings can be provided, for example, by holding elements which hold the lamination sheets on two opposite sides or in the form of frame-shaped recordings in which the lamination sheets are inserted are used and held along their edge at least in sections.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet changer has a lamination sheet distributing device for introducing the first and second lamination sheets into the receptacle and a lamination sheet removal device for removing the first and second lamination sheets from the receptacle.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the lamination sheet changer can be configured in such a way that the lamination sheet distributing device and the lamination sheet removal apparatus can be arranged spatially spaced from one another. This can be particularly advantageous when integrating the laminating device into a production line.

In embodiments, the lamination sheet dispenser and the lamination sheet removal apparatus are the same apparatus configured to both dispense and remove lamination sheets.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the lamination sheet changer has a device which is configured both as a lamination sheet distributing device and as a lamination sheet removal apparatus. The use of a single device as a lamination sheet changer can make it possible, for example, to make the lamination devices more compact.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet distributing device and / or lamination sheet removal apparatus is an arm of a robot which has a free end with a lamination sheet gripper for gripping the lamination sheets.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow efficient handling of the lamination sheets.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet transport device is a turntable on which the receptacles are arranged next to one another along the circumference of the turntable, the lamination stations being arranged along the circumference of the turntable and the turntable being configured to rotate about a central axis that the recordings are transported to the laminating stations.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow a spatially compact design of the laminating device. In addition, a turntable can have the advantage that a used pair of lamination sheets is automatically transported back to the starting position by rotating it through 360 °. The corresponding pair of lamination sheets can be used directly by lifting the upper lamination sheet and placing a new material sheet booklet between the lamination sheets. This is particularly advantageous when a large number of material sheet booklets are to be laminated which are intended for identical document types.

According to embodiments, the lamination device comprises a control device which comprises a control device, the control device being configured to detect damage to a lamination sheet, the control device being configured to receive a selection of a document type to be created, a pair of lamination sheets for producing the selected document type to select from the lamination sheet supply station, to check the lamination sheets of the selected pair of lamination sheets for damage with the control device, to sort out the damaged lamination sheet if damage is detected and to select an alternative lamination sheet from the lamination sheet supply station, which is configured for the production of the selected document type.

Damage can consist, for example, in a scratch, a chipping and / or a dent in the lamination surface, in particular the surface structures to be embossed, of a lamination sheet.

Embodiments can have the advantage that an efficient control of the lamination sheets is made possible. The corresponding control device can be designed as part of the central control device. By checking the lamination sheets after each lamination process, it can be ensured that damaged lamination sheets are not used for further lamination processes and the reject rate of incorrectly laminated material sheet booklets is reduced. In addition, the control device can be configured to check the surface structure of the laminated material sheet booklet resulting from the lamination process and to detect errors. If an error is detected, the corresponding lamination sheet can be sorted out and replaced by an alternative lamination sheet. An alternative lamination sheet can be taken from the lamination sheet changer of the lamination sheet supply station.

According to embodiments, the control device is configured to use the control device to check the lamination plates removed from the lamination plate transport device for damage and to sort them out if damage is detected.

Embodiments can have the advantage that damage to the lamination sheets is recognized even before they are used. In this way, in particular, damage can be recognized which is caused by the storage of the lamination sheets in the lamination sheet storage station or as a result of the transport to or from the lamination sheet storage station by the lamination sheet changer. It can thus be avoided that incorrectly laminated composite bodies are produced through the use of damaged lamination sheets.

According to embodiments, the control device has a camera for detecting the damage.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the camera enables damage to be detected efficiently.

According to embodiments, a lamination sheet carrier, which is configured for gripping and / or storing the lamination sheet, is arranged on each of the lamination sheets.

Embodiments can have the advantage that, through the use of lamination sheet metal supports, the lamination sheets are not directly gripped by the lamination sheet changer and the lamination sheets do not come into direct contact with the receptacle of the lamination sheet transport device. In addition, it can be avoided that the lamination sheets come into direct contact with the lamination sheet supply station during storage. The risk of damage to the surface structure of the lamination sheets can thus be further reduced.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet carrier is fixed to the lamination sheet in a non-destructive manner by means of fixing elements.

Embodiments can have the advantage that, in the event of damage to a lamination sheet, the corresponding lamination sheet can be replaced and the lamination sheet carrier can continue to be used. The fixing elements can be configured, for example, for fixing by means of a latching or screw connection.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet supply station comprises a supply magazine for storing the lamination sheets in magazine compartments.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow a clear and space-saving storage of the lamination sheets in the lamination sheet storage station.

According to the embodiment, the document type-specific lamination sheets are each arranged in a predetermined magazine compartment.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the lamination sheets in the lamination sheet storage station are each arranged at a specific storage location. If one of the lamination sheets is sorted out, the corresponding storage location is replaced by a new lamination sheet of the same document type. The central control device will select the lamination sheet from the lamination sheet supply station on the basis of the identification signal of a document type. To select storage locations from which lamination sheets are to be taken, the central control device accesses, for example, a table which is stored in a database. Using the table, she can identify the storage locations on which lamination sheets of the desired document type are stored. The selection of the specific storage location could be made in such a way that lamination sheets of the same lamination sheet type are used as uniformly as possible.

According to embodiments, the document type-specific lamination sheets are each arranged in any desired magazine compartments.

Embodiments can have the advantage that no fixed storage scheme is specified. This means that storage can be more flexible. In particular, the loading of a magazine compartment can be changed from a lamination sheet for a first document type to a lamination sheet for a second document type if, for example, more material sheet booklets are to be laminated for the second document type on average.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheets are each provided with a lamination sheet identifier which is configured to identify the type of document for whose production the lamination sheet is configured and / or a pair of lamination sheets to which the lamination sheet is assigned and / or the individual lamination sheet itself.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the document type for which the corresponding lamination sheet is intended can be detected with the lamination sheet identifier. The sorting of the lamination sheets in the magazine compartments of the lamination sheet storage station does not have to be based on a predetermined scheme, but can be done freely. If a lamination sheet of a certain type of lamination sheet is required, this can be identified using the lamination sheet identifier. A combination with a predefined assembly scheme of the lamination sheet supply station could make it possible to use the lamination sheet identifier to ensure that the removed lamination sheet is actually a lamination sheet for the intended document type and that there were no prior classification errors when a lamination sheet is removed from the lamination sheet supply station. At the same time, a quick selection could be made on the basis of the specified equipping scheme from which magazine compartment of the lamination sheet supply station a lamination sheet of the required type can be removed.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet supply station comprises a control device which recognizes the lamination sheets on the basis of their lamination sheet identifiers and records into which of the magazine compartments the lamination sheet is being introduced. In this way, the lamination sheet storage station could track where which lamination sheet is stored, even if the storage location is freely chosen in each case.

According to embodiments, the control device has access to a table in which it is indicated which magazine compartments of the lamination sheet supply station are equipped with a lamination sheet and for which document types the corresponding lamination sheet is designed. This could make it possible that a lamination sheet does not have to be introduced into the same magazine compartment after the completion of the lamination process, but can also be introduced into another free compartment, which can be reached more quickly, for example.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet identifiers pull not only the type of document for the production of which is designed into the lamination sheet, but also the individual lamination sheet. It could thus be detected by the central control device which lamination sheet was used for lamination of which material sheet booklet. If errors are found in the lamination of a material sheet booklet afterwards, the lamination sheet used for the defective lamination can be identified and sorted out.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet identifier is arranged on the lamination sheet carrier of the lamination sheet.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the lamination sheet identifier is easy to detect, even when the lamination sheet is incorporated in the lamination sheet carrier.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet identifier is a serial number, a bar code, a QR code, or an RFID transponder.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow an easy to detect and compact implementation of the lamination sheet identifier.

According to embodiments, the lamination sheet changer comprises a reading device for reading the lamination sheet identifiers and is configured to identify the document type and / or the pair of lamination sheets and / or the individual lamination sheet with the reading apparatus.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the lamination sheet changer can detect which lamination sheet it is actually picking up.

According to embodiments, the reading device comprises a camera or an RFID reader.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they enable efficient detection of the lamination sheet identifier.

According to embodiments, the severing device comprises a first severing unit and a second severing unit, wherein the first severing unit is configured to create a composite body with a first geometric format of a first document type by severing material, wherein the second severing unit is configured to produce a composite body with a to create a second geometric format of a second document type. The severing device is configured to carry out a material severing only with the first severing unit, if the first format is the document type-specific geometric format corresponding to the identifier, or to carry out a material severing with the first and the second severing unit, if the second, for the document type-specific material severing according to the identifier Format is the document type-specific geometric format corresponding to the identifier.

The first document type-specific format can be, for example, the ID3 format according to ISO / IEC 7110. The second geometric format of the second document type can be, for example, the ID1 format. In particular, a document type-specific format can be a geometric format of a specific document type plus excess. A corresponding oversized format is used, for example, in the production of data cards for passports.

According to embodiments, the composite body with the geometric format for the first document type comprises a plurality of composite bodies for individual documents in the form of subsections, each of which has the geometric format of the second document type Format of the second document type is created.

Embodiments can have the advantage that not only the intermediate format used to produce the composite body, i.e. the first format, for different document types, but also that the production of the composite body is also parallelized. The second document type can be, for example, a document type with the geometric format ID1. The geometric format for the first document type can be an excess of the geometric format ID3. Here, a corresponding sheet of material, which is dimensioned such that it encompasses the oversize of the ID3 format, can be divided into two subsections with the format ID1. In this way, two corresponding composite bodies can be created for two ID, value or security documents in the ID1 format. If the material sheet booklet comprises at least one personalized material sheet, this sheet is divided into two subsections with different personalization according to embodiments.

According to embodiments, the material is separated using ultrasound, for example ultrasonic cutting or ultrasonic punching. During ultrasonic cutting, ultrasound is applied to the composite body and the resulting internal friction melts it locally. For this purpose, an ultrasonic cutting device, which comprises a generator, a sound transducer or converter and a sonotrode, is used. The sonotrode is preferably designed as a cutting tool with a cutting edge or comprises a corresponding cutting tool. The generator generates an electrical alternating voltage, which is converted into mechanical vibration with the aid of the sound transducer. The sound transducer in turn conducts the high-frequency mechanical vibrations, ie ultrasound, into the sonotrode connected to it and sets it into resonance vibrations in the ultrasonic range. A transformation piece or booster is often arranged between the sound transducer and the sonotrode, which transforms the oscillation amplitude arriving from the sound transducer and forwards it to the sonotrode in an enlarged manner. The size of the resulting oscillation amplitude is influenced by the output amplitude provided by the transformation piece and by the respective amplification by the transformation piece and the sonotrode itself.

The sonotrode set in an ultrasonic oscillation then transmits the ultrasonic oscillation to the composite body to be cut. If the heating caused by the ultrasound-induced friction is so great that the composite body melts locally, the sonotrode can be guided through the melted material with little resistance, thereby separating it.

The application of ultrasound reduces the cutting resistance and thus the wear and tear on the cutting tool. In addition, a clean separation can be produced without the formation of burrs, since the softened plastic material contracts after cutting in the course of cooling.

Furthermore, the use of ultrasound for the material separation increases the safety of the resulting composite body. The corresponding composite body is indeed laminated through, but if you look at the side surfaces, you can still see the different layers of the composite body resulting from the different material sheets of the material sheet booklet. There is thus the risk that a suitable tool, which is flat and sharp, can be inserted between the layers and that these can be at least partially separated despite lamination. This creates the risk of possible manipulation of the composite body or the resulting document, which comprises the composite body in the form of a document body. The melting of the material sheet booklet in the area of the cut by ultrasound leads to a sealing of the cut surface. The individual layers can no longer be identified, which increases the security of the document.

Furthermore, it can have the advantage that dust formation is avoided in the course of the separation process. During separation processes without ultrasound, the minimal splintering of brittle material always leads to dust formation, which can hinder further production and make additional precautions necessary to remove the corresponding dust. In addition, embodiments can have the advantage that they can be implemented simply and inexpensively. In particular Apart from a compact device for generating ultrasound, no additional devices are required. In contrast, the use of lasers for cutting, for example, requires exhaust air devices to remove the gases, soot and radical components that arise.

According to embodiments, the material is separated by means of wedge cutting with a knife, the knife being acted upon by ultrasound.

Embodiments can have the advantage of providing an efficient, precise, and flexible separation method. Wedge cutting is understood to mean the division of a material using one or two wedge-shaped cutting edges in accordance with DIN 8588.

According to embodiments, the knife has a cutting edge, the course of which corresponds to the circumference of the geometric format to be created.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the geometric format to be created is generated by a single cut in one spatial direction. In particular, the fact that the strong edge has the geometry of the desired format ensures that the desired format is produced precisely.

According to embodiments, a plurality of knives is provided for a plurality of different document types and, for cutting the geometric format to be created, one of the knives is selected whose cutting edge corresponds to the geometric format to be created.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they have a flexible format of composite bodies for different types of documents. In this way, the second material separation process in particular can be made more flexible.

According to embodiments, the material is cut off by guiding the knife along the circumference of the geometric format to be created.

Embodiments can have the advantage that a composite body for a different geometric format can easily be produced by guiding the knife along a different circumference. This enables flexible cutting geometry, which ensures the flexibility required in Industry 4.0 in particular.

According to embodiments, the material is severed by means of a plurality of knives which each cut along a section of the circumference of the geometric format to be created.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the cutting process is parallelized and thus the cutting time is reduced.

• Schneiden entlang zweier paralleler Seiten des zu erstellenden geometrischen Formats mit einem ersten Abstand zwischen den Messern,
• Einstellen des Abstands auf einen zweiten Abstand,
• Schneiden entlang der beiden verbliebenen paralleler Seiten des zu erstellenden geometrischen Formats mit dem zweiten Abstand.

According to embodiments, the geometric format to be created is rectangular and the material is separated by means of two knives arranged parallel to one another with an adjustable distance from one another, the material separating comprising:

• Cutting along two parallel sides of the geometric format to be created with a first distance between the knives,
• Setting the distance to a second distance,
• Cut along the two remaining parallel sides of the geometric format to be created with the second distance.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow different geometric formats to be set flexibly by setting the distances between the knives accordingly. According to embodiments, the two knives arranged parallel to one another can be rotated so that they can be rotated along the remaining parallel lines for cutting. According to embodiments, the composite body is rotatably mounted so that it is rotated through 90 ° for cutting along the two remaining parallel sides.

According to embodiments, the material is separated by means of shear cutting with a cutting device which comprises a cutting punch and a cutting plate, and wherein the cutting geometry of the cutting punch corresponds to the geometric format to be created.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow precise generation of the document-typical geometric format to be created. Shear cutting is understood to mean the division of a material by two cutting edges moving past one another, for example in accordance with DIN 8288. This can in particular be punching. Because the geometry generated is specified by the geometry of the cutting punch and the cutting plate, the corresponding format can be created precisely.

According to embodiments, the cutting punch is acted upon by ultrasound. According to embodiments, ultrasound is applied to the cutting plate.

According to embodiments, the composite body has a first and a second surface which run at least partially parallel to one another, the first surface being acted upon with ultrasound by means of the sonotrode and the knife being arranged opposite the sonotrode on the second surface.

Embodiments can have the advantage that they allow a simple design of the sonotrode or the ultrasonic tool, regardless of the geometry of the knife. This is particularly advantageous for machining thin composite bodies.

According to embodiments, a plurality of the cutting devices are provided for a plurality of different document types and a cutting device with a cutting punch is selected for cutting the geometric format to be created, the cutting geometry of which corresponds to the geometric format to be created.

Embodiments can have the advantage that, by changing the cutting devices, different geometric formats for different types of documents can be realized without having to give up a constant precision of the generated format made possible by the defined cutting geometry of the cutting punch.

According to embodiments, the material separation of the first material separation process takes place by means of wedge cutting and the material separation of the second material separation process takes place by means of shear cutting.

Embodiments can have the advantage that the first material separation process can be made mechanically simpler and thus less prone to errors, while the second material separation process, in which the final format of the composite body is produced, can be implemented with greater precision.

According to embodiments, the further processing device further comprises a first control device which is configured to control the result of the lamination and / or the material separation.

According to embodiments, the further processing device further comprises a second control device, wherein the material separation controlled by the first control device is the material separation by the first separation unit and wherein the second control device is configured to control the result of the material separation by the second separation unit.

According to embodiments, the further processing device further comprises a third control device which is configured to control the result of the personalization.

Corresponding control devices can have the advantage that production errors can be detected and remedied at an early stage. If faulty material sheet booklets and / or composite bodies are recognized early and sorted out, unnecessary work steps as well as unnecessary material consumption and / or material wear for the completion of a document can be avoided, which is ultimately sorted out due to the error. There can also be a risk of abuse with sorted out material sheet booklets and / or composite bodies, the less far the completion has progressed, the more effectively they are lowered, in particular the less far the introduction of personalized data has progressed. In particular, embodiments can have the advantage that errors are recognized and sorted out by the personalization device before they are personalized.

According to embodiments, the system further comprises a fourth control device which is configured to control a chip to be introduced into the material sheet booklet by means of one of the material sheets.

Embodiments could have the advantage that a corresponding chip is checked for functionality when it is loaded in the gathering device and / or when it is distributed, so that a corresponding reject can be recognized at an early stage.

According to embodiments, the further processing device further comprises a collecting magazine for collecting produced identity documents, documents of value or security documents.

Embodiments can have the advantage that finished identity documents, documents of value or security documents are stored securely. On the other hand, a suitable sorting or assignment system controlled by the control device can ensure that even with the alternating production of a large number of different documents, these can then be divided into meaningful groups and subgroups. Such a group classification can be based, for example, on the document type or according to the client / destination of the corresponding documents.

Embodiments further relate to a method for producing an individual ID, value or security document of a document type selected from a plurality of different document types, the document being a personalized one Having composite body which comprises a document type-specific selection of material sheets in a document type-specific order.

The method comprises: receiving a data record for the document to be produced by a control device, the data record comprising document-specific information and an identifier of the selected document type. Creation of a document-specific control scheme for the system on the basis of the data record by the control device, the control scheme defining an individual document type-specific selection and sequence of work steps to be carried out for the document to be produced.

In addition, the method includes controlling the system using the document-specific control scheme by the control device, so that the system also carries out: Provision of material sheets at supply stations by means of a collating device, the supply stations each holding material sheets of a uniform material sheet type in a supply cassette, a material sheet carrier with a storage area for providing a single one of the material sheets and are arranged along a first curved path around a first vertical curved axis. Distribution of the material sheets for the material sheet booklet to be created by means of a distribution device which is configured to distribute the individual of the material sheets from the supply cassette to the storage area of the respective material sheet carrier at the supply stations. Collecting the material sheets for the material sheet booklet to be created by a material sheet pick-up device which is configured to pick up the material sheet from the storage area of the respective material sheet carrier in the document-type-specific sequence at the individual storage stations of the document-type-specific sequence, the material sheet pick-up device comprising a fixing device which is configured for this purpose to fix the sheet of material to be picked up at the supply stations to the sheet of material picked up immediately before by the sheet of material pick-up device in accordance with the document-type-specific sequence, so that the relative alignment of the sheet of material to be picked up compared to the sheet of material picked up immediately before Material sheet is determined and the document type-specific material sheet booklet is successively created.

In addition, the method comprises: generating a document type-specific composite body by document type-specific lamination of the material sheet booklet according to the identifier by a laminating device, the laminating device comprising lamination stations which are arranged along a second curved path around a second vertical curve axis and are configured to the material sheet booklet by applying pressure and Laminate heat.

The method further comprises: document-type-specific material separation according to the identifier with a separation device, so that a composite body is created with a document-type-specific geometric format, and personalization of the document-type-specific composite body using the document-specific information by a personalization device.

Embodiments can individually or in combination with one another comprise all method steps which are carried out by the previously described embodiments of the system in operation.

Figur 1

Blockdiagramm eines beispielhaften Verfahrens zur Herstellung eines Dokuments,

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schematische Ansicht einer Struktur einer beispielhaften Ausführungsform des Systems,

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schematische Ansicht einer ersten beispielhaften Ausführungsform des Systems,

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schematische räumliche Ansicht der ersten Ausführungsform des Systems aus Figur 3,

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schematische räumliche Ansichten einer zweiten beispielhaften Ausführungsform des Systems,

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schematische Ansichten einer ersten beispielhaften Zusammentragvorrichtung,

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eine schematische Ansicht von oben auf die Zusammentragvorrichtung aus Figur 6,

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schematische Ansichten beispielhafter Materialbögen,

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schematische Ansichten eines beispielhaften Materialbogenhefts,

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eine schematische Ansicht einer beispielhaften Austeilvorrichtung,

Figur 11

eine schematische Ansicht einer beispielhaften Materialbogenaufnahmevorrichtung,

Figur 12

eine schematische Ansicht einer beispielhaften Vorratskassette mit Ablagefläche von unten,

Figur 13

eine schematische Ansicht eines beispielhaften Ultraschallwerkzeugs,

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eine schematische Ansicht einer zweiten beispielhaften Zusammentragvorrichtung,

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schematische Ansichten einer beispielhaften Vorratskassette mit Ablagefläche und Austeilvorrichtung,

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eine schematische Ansicht einer beispielhaften Austeilvorrichtung,

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schematische Ansichten einer beispielhaften Laminiervorrichtung,

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schematische Ansichten eines beispielhaften Laminationsblechs mit Laminationsblechträger,

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schematische Ansichten beispielhafter Oberflächenstrukturen des Laminationsblechs aus Figuren 18,

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schematische Ansichten der Laminationsblechtransportvorrichtung aus den Figuren 17,

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schematische Ansichten beispielhafter Laminationsbleche mit Laminationsblechträgern,

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eine schematische Ansicht einer beispielhaften Laminationsblechvorratsstation,

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schematische Ansichten eines beispielhaften laminierten Materialbogenhefts,

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schematische Ansichten beispielhafter geometrischer Formate,

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schematische Ansichten beispielhafter geometrischer Formate,

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schematische Ansicht eines ersten beispielhaften Ultraschallmessers,

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schematische Ansicht einer beispielhaften Materialabtrennvorrichtung,

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schematische Ansichten eines zweiten beispielhaften Ultraschallmessers,

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schematische Ansicht einer beispielhaften Anordnung des Ultraschallmessers auf Figur 28,

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schematische Ansicht eines dritten beispielhaften Ultraschallmessers,

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beispielhafte Ansicht unterschiedlicher Schneidgeometrien des Ultraschallmessers aus Figur 30 und

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schematische Ansicht einer beispielhaften Materialabtrennvorrichtung.

In the following, embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail with reference to the drawings. Show it:

Figure 1

Block diagram of an exemplary method for producing a document,

Figure 2

schematic view of a structure of an exemplary embodiment of the system,

Figure 3

schematic view of a first exemplary embodiment of the system,

Figure 4

schematic spatial view of the first embodiment of the system Figure 3 ,

Figures 5

schematic spatial views of a second exemplary embodiment of the system,

Figures 6

schematic views of a first exemplary collating device,

Figure 7

a schematic view from above of the collating device Figure 6 ,

Figures 8

schematic views of exemplary material sheets,

Figures 9

schematic views of an exemplary material sheet booklet,

Figure 10

a schematic view of an exemplary dispensing device,

Figure 11

a schematic view of an exemplary material sheet receiving device,

Figure 12

a schematic view of an exemplary storage cassette with storage area from below,

Figure 13

a schematic view of an exemplary ultrasonic tool,

Figure 14

a schematic view of a second exemplary collating device,

Figure 15

schematic views of an exemplary storage cassette with storage area and dispensing device,

Figure 16

a schematic view of an exemplary dispensing device,

Figures 17

schematic views of an exemplary laminating device,

Figures 18

schematic views of an exemplary lamination sheet with lamination sheet carrier,

Figures 19

schematic views of exemplary surface structures of the lamination sheet from FIG Figures 18 ,

Figures 20

schematic views of the laminating sheet transport device from FIGS Figures 17 ,

Figures 21

schematic views of exemplary lamination sheets with lamination sheet carriers,

Figure 22

a schematic view of an exemplary lamination sheet storage station,

Figures 23

schematic views of an exemplary laminated material sheet booklet,

Figures 24

schematic views of exemplary geometric formats,

Figures 25

schematic views of exemplary geometric formats,

Figure 26

schematic view of a first exemplary ultrasonic knife,

Figure 27

schematic view of an exemplary material separation device,

Figures 28

schematic views of a second exemplary ultrasonic knife,

Figure 29

schematic view of an exemplary arrangement of the ultrasonic knife Figure 28 ,

Figure 30

schematic view of a third exemplary ultrasonic knife,

Figure 31

exemplary view of different cutting geometries of the ultrasonic knife Figure 30 and

Figure 32

schematic view of an exemplary material separation device.

In the following, elements that are similar to one another are identified by the same reference symbols.

Figure 1 FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of a method for producing a composite body for a document type selected from a plurality of different types of ID, value or security document. In block 100, a selection of a document type is received by a central control device. The central control device comprises, for example, a microprocessor and a memory with program instructions stored therein. Execution of the program instructions by the microprocessor causes the central control device and the further devices to execute the method. In block 102, a document-type-specific selection of material sheets is compiled in a document-type-specific sequence and a material sheet booklet is created, with the material sheet immediately following in accordance with the document-type-specific sequence being successively fixed to each of the collected material sheets, so that the relative alignment of the collected materials to one another is determined. The fixation takes place, for example, by ultrasonic welding.

In block 104, a composite body is produced by lamination of the created material sheet booklet, the material sheet booklet being subjected to pressure and heat.

In block 106, a first material separation process takes place, in which a composite body with a geometric format of a first document type is created using ultrasound. In block 108 there is a quality control of the lamination of block 104, for example by means of a visual inspection with a camera.

In block 110, the generated body is personalized, for example by introducing person-specific or document-type-specific information onto a chip comprised by the composite body. Furthermore, the personalization in block 110 can include, for example, writing the layers of the composite body with a laser. If the composite body with the geometric format for a first document type comprises a plurality of composite bodies which are provided for a second document type with a second geometric format, the individual composite bodies are individually personalized, independently of one another. A quality control of the composite body takes place in block 112, which, for example, can include both a visual inspection of the external condition of the composite body and a control of the functions of the composite body. In block 114 it is checked whether the composite body already has the intended final format. If the composite body produced is the final format, the finished composite body is stored in block 120.

If the composite body produced is not a composite body in the intended final format, a second material separation process takes place in block 116, for example in the form of shear cutting, the composite body being brought to its final format. In block 118 there is a quality control of the second material separation process, which includes, for example, a visual inspection of the external condition of the resulting composite body or the resulting composite bodies. If the composite body comprises several composite bodies of the final format, then several composite bodies are correspondingly produced and stored in block 120. Figure 2 FIG. 11 shows a schematic view of an exemplary device 200 for producing a composite body by means of the method according to FIG Figure 1 . The device 200 is controlled by a central control device 218. The device comprises a collating device 202 which is configured to collate a document-type-specific selection of material sheets in a corresponding document-type-specific order. In addition, the gathering device 202 comprises a fixing device. The fixing device is configured to create a material sheet booklet, the material sheet immediately following in accordance with the document type-specific sequence being successively fixed to each of the collated material sheets, so that the relative alignment of the collated material sheets to one another is determined. The fixing device is, for example, a device for ultrasonic welding.

With ultrasonic welding, the sheets of material are subjected to ultrasound and are connected to one another by the resulting internal friction in the joining zone. For this purpose, an ultrasonic welding device consisting of a generator, a sound transducer or converter and a sonotrode is used. The generator generates an electrical alternating voltage, which is converted into mechanical vibration with the aid of the sound transducer. The sound transducer in turn conducts the high-frequency mechanical vibrations, ie ultrasound, into the sonotrode connected to it and sets it into resonance vibrations in the ultrasonic range. A transformation piece or booster is often arranged between the sound transducer and the sonotrode, which transforms the oscillation amplitude arriving from the sound transducer and forwards it to the sonotrode in an enlarged manner. The size of the resulting oscillation amplitude is influenced by the output amplitude provided by the transformation piece and by the respective amplification by the transformation piece and the sonotrode itself. The sonotrode, which is set in an ultrasonic oscillation, then transmits the ultrasonic oscillation under pressure to one of the two material sheets to be connected. If the sheets of material to be joined touch, boundary surface friction occurs between the two sheets of material, in the so-called joining or welding zone this leads to local heating of the interfaces. If the heating is so great that the interfaces melt, the two sheets of material weld together. The two sheets of material are pressed together during welding by the sonotrode. With ultrasonic welding, a welded connection can be created with a short welding time, since the welding energy is made available almost limited to the joining zone. This allows precise welding without affecting other areas of the material sheet handle.

If the presence of one or more ultrasonic sonotrodes is described here, it goes without saying that the sonotrode is provided by a corresponding ultrasonic tool, which for the intended use of the sonotrode also includes at least a generator and sound transducer, possibly also a transformation piece.

The laminating apparatus 204 is configured to create a composite body by laminating the sheet of material while applying pressure and heat to the sheet of material. The severing device 206 is configured to sever material of the composite body by performing a first material severing operation using ultrasound, so that a laminated composite body having a geometric format of a first document type is created. The first severing device includes, for example, an ultrasonic knife for wedge cutting. The result of the lamination or the quality is checked by a control device 208, for example visually by means of a camera. If all predefined quality requirements are met, the composite body is processed further.

The personalization device 210 is used to personalize the composite body produced. If the personalized composite body already has the desired final format, it is introduced into a magazine 216 for the finished products. If the personalized composite body does not yet have the desired final format, it is transported to device 212. The device 212 is a second material separating device which, if necessary, has the geometric format of the first document type brings to geometric formats of a second document type. For example, the second material separating device for separating material by means of ultrasound comprises a device for ultrasonic shearing. The result of the second material separation process is checked by the control device 214, for example visually by means of a camera. If all of the predefined quality requirements are met, the composite body is forwarded to the magazine 216.

Figure 3 shows a schematic view of a first exemplary embodiment of the system 300. This illustrates the spatial arrangement of the individual devices of the system 300 by way of example. The system 300 comprises a first and second central carrier unit 301, 301 ′, which are connected to one another by means of a horizontal transport module 303. The horizontal transport module 303 is configured to transport the material sheet booklet the composite body from the first carrier unit 301 to the second carrier unit 301 '. The transport module is mounted with a first end on the first carrier unit 301 and with a second end on the second carrier unit 301 '. At least one of the two ends, in the example shown the first end, are mounted in such a way that the transport module 303 can be pivoted about a vertical pivot axis, which is at the same time the vertical center axis of the first carrier unit 301. This is in Figure 3 indicated by the arrow. This makes it possible to change the relative arrangement of the first and second central support unit 301, 301 ', wherein the second support unit 301' can be moved on a circular path, the center of which lies on the vertical central axis of the first support unit 301 and the radius of which is the length of the Transport module 303 corresponds.

The system 300 comprises an exemplary gathering device 302. This gathering device 302 creates the material booklet and is shown in FIG Figure 14 shown in more detail. In the case of the collation device 302, supply stations are arranged along a circular curved path around a vertical central axis of the collation device 302. The first carrier unit 301 is the central carrier unit of the carrier unit 301 on which the storage stations are mounted. The compilation of the material sheet booklet is carried out as in the Figures 6 and 7th shown. The supply stations are arranged in two groups one above the other, the first group being arranged along a first circular curved path around the vertical central axis of the collating device 302 and the second group being arranged along a second circular curved path around the vertical central axis. A window punching device 310, a printing device 320 and a hologram exposure device 330 are also arranged on the gathering device 302, essentially perpendicular to its central axis.

The window punching device 310 is configured to punch an opening in a first part of the material sheet booklet created by the first gathering device 302 and to insert a transparent filler element that has been created with a precise fit. The printing device 320 is assigned to a supply station and creates a document-individually printed material sheet, i.e. a partially personalized material sheet, for the material sheet booklet. This partially personalized sheet of material is made available on the storage surface of the sheet of material carrier of the associated supply station for receiving by the sheet of material receiving device. For example, the partially personalized sheet of material includes a picture of the owner of the document to be created. Subsequently, further material sheets are added to the material sheet booklet by the gathering device 302. Using the document-specific information, the hologram exposure device 330 generates a document-specific hologram in a photosensitive sheet of material. This sheet of material with a document-specific hologram is provided on the storage surface of a sheet of material carrier of one of the hologram exposure devices 330 and added to the sheet of material booklet. The finished material bottom handle is transported from the first to the second carrier unit by means of the transport module 303.

A laminating device 340 and further processing devices 410 are arranged on the second central carrier unit of the system 300. The laminating device 340 is configured to produce a document-type-specific composite body by laminating the material sheet booklet in a document-type-specific manner in accordance with the identifier. For this purpose, the laminating device 340 comprises a plurality of lamination stations 342, which are arranged along a first circular path around the vertical central axis of the second carrier unit 301 '. The booklet of material to be laminated is successively transported by the laminating device 340 to the individual laminating stations 342, where heat and pressure are applied in each case. In addition, the lamination device 340 can comprise a lamination sheet changer (not shown) which is configured to remove a lamination sheet pair, which is configured for creating the selected document type, from a lamination sheet storage station (not shown) assigned to the lamination sheet changer and to provide it for lamination of the material sheet booklet to be laminated .

The further processing devices 410 are arranged along a second circular path around the vertical central axis below the laminating device 340. After the laminating device 340, the composite body is transported from the laminating device 340 to the further processing devices 410 by means of a vertical transport module. Further processing devices 410 include first severing device 350, first control device 360, personalization device 370, second control device 380, second severing unit 390, third control device 382 and two collecting magazines 400, 400 '. The first severing unit 350 is configured to create a composite body having a first geometric format of a first document type by severing material from the laminated material sheet booklet. The format of the first document type can either be the format of the selected document type, ie a final format, or a format which is larger than the format of the selected document type, ie an intermediate format. The result of the lamination and / or the material separation is checked by the first control device 360. This control can take place, for example, visually by means of a camera and an evaluation program for evaluating the images recorded by the camera. If a defective lamination and / or a defective material separation of the composite body is found, it is sorted out and destroyed. According to embodiments, the control device can automatically restart the production process for the document of the rejected composite body. In addition, the for the production of the sorted out composite body used lamination sheets and / or tools for material separation are replaced by replacement sheets or replacement tools.

The personalization device 370 personalizes the composite body produced. For example, the composite body comprises a chip on which person-specific and / or document-type-specific information is introduced. Furthermore, the personalization can include, for example, the introduction of person-specific and / or document-type-specific information by means of writing on internal layers of the composite body by a laser. The second control device 380 controls the result of the personalization. If the format generated by the first separating unit 350 is already the final format of the selected document type, the finished document is placed in one of the collecting magazines 400, 400 'for collecting produced identification documents, documents of value or security documents. According to embodiments, the collecting magazines 400, 400 'are assigned to different document types. It can therefore depend, for example, on the type of document into which collecting magazine 400, 400 'a produced identity document, document of value or security document is introduced.

If the format generated by the first separating unit 350 is only an intermediate format, the finished document with the final format of the selected document type is created from the personalized composite body with the intermediate format by the second separating unit 390 of the system 300. The third control device 382 controls the result of the material separation by the second separation unit 390. If the control result is positive, the corresponding document is placed in one of the collecting magazines 400, 400 '. According to embodiments, the system 300 is clocked uniformly by the central control unit, so that an identical time interval is established for each processing step, e.g. 45 seconds.

Figure 4 FIG. 3 shows a schematic spatial view of the first embodiment of the system 300 from FIG Figure 3 . It can be seen in particular that on each of the two Carrier units 301, 301 'each have a vertical transport module 305, 305' arranged. The first transport module 305 of the first carrier unit 301 is configured to transport the material sheet booklet from the first to the second group of storage stations depending on in which of the two groups the material sheet to be picked up next according to the document-type-specific order is provided. In addition, the first transport module 305 is configured to transport the completely assembled sheet of material to the horizontal transport module 303, which connects the first and second carrier units 301, 301 'to one another. The second transport module 305 ′ of the second carrier unit 301 ′ is configured to receive the completely assembled material sheet booklet from the horizontal transport module 303 and to transport it to the laminating device 340. The laminating device 340 comprises a lamination sheet transport device 346 in the form of a turntable, which rotates and thus transports pairs of lamination sheets with the material sheet to be laminated in a circle from the second transport module 305 'to the individual lamination stations 342 until it is transported on again at the second transport module 305 'has arrived. In addition, the transport module 305 is configured to transport the laminated composite body from the laminating device 340 to the further processing devices 410, which are arranged below the laminating device 340.

Figure 5A and 5B show a schematic spatial front and rear views of a second embodiment of the system 300. The embodiment according to FIG Figures 5 is designed to be particularly compact. The system 300 comprises only one central carrier unit 301, on which both the gathering device 302 and the laminating device 340 as well as the further processing devices 410 are arranged. In the embodiment shown, the storage stations 304 and further processing devices 410 are arranged along a common first circular path around the vertical center axis of the carrier unit 301. The storage stations 304 are distributed over one half of the first circular path, while the further processing devices 410 are distributed over the other half. The laminating stations 342 of the laminating device 340 are on a second circular path around the arranged vertical center axis of the carrier unit 301 over the first circular path. In addition, the system 300 can comprise a window punching device, a printing device and a hologram exposure device (not shown), which are arranged, for example, essentially perpendicular to the central axis of the carrier unit 301 on the collating device 302.

In Figure 5A A front view of the system 300 with the collator 302 is shown. The gathering device 302 creates a document type-specific and / or document-specific material sheet booklet. This material sheet booklet is transported to the laminating device 340 by a horizontal transport module 305. The laminating device 340 comprises a lamination sheet transport device 346 in the form of a turntable, which rotates and thus transports pairs of lamination sheets with the material sheet to be laminated in a circle from the second transport module 305 'to the individual lamination stations 342 until it is transported on again at the second transport module 305 'has arrived. The transport module 305 then transports the laminated composite body from the laminating device 340 to the further processing devices 410, which are arranged below the laminating device 340. In Figure 5B A rear view of the system 300 is shown with the finishing devices 410 shown. The further processing devices 410 include, for example, a first separation device 350, a first control device 360, a personalization device 370, a second control device 380, a second separation unit 390, a third control device 382 and a collecting magazine 400. As already described above, the further processing devices 410 create the finished product ID, value or security document of a selected document type and store this in the collective magazine 400.

Figure 6A shows a collating device 500 which has a plurality of supply stations 502. Each of the illustrated supply stations 502 each comprises a supply cassette 516 in which individual material sheets 512 of a uniform material sheet type are arranged. In addition, the supply station 502 each has a material sheet carrier 508 with a flat, rectangular storage area 510 on. The storage stations 502 are arranged along a curved path 552, which corresponds to the circumference 546 of a central carrier unit 548 of the collating device 500, in which the individual elements of the collating device 500 are arranged. The elements comprised by the gathering device 500 are aligned radially with a central longitudinal axis of the central carrier unit 548 in such a way that the material sheet carriers 508 are arranged radially on the inside, while the storage cassettes 516 are arranged radially on the outside. In addition, in Figure 6A a dispenser 514 and a sheet of material take-up device 518 are shown. Both devices 514, 518 can be moved in both directions on the cam track 552 along the circular circumference 546 of the central carrier unit 548. Figure 6A shows the dispensing device 514 picking up a sheet of material 512 from a storage cassette 516. For this purpose, an elongated carrier element 806 that can be extended in the radial direction is extended, so that a receiving element 804 that can be moved downward in the axial direction stores the uppermost sheet of material 512 in the storage cassette 516 by means of four suction openings 802 can accommodate.

In Figure 6B the receiving element 804 is moved back in the axial direction and the carrier element 806 in the radial direction to their original positions, the receiving element 806 being arranged above the storage surface 510 and the received sheet of material 512 being deposited there.

In Figure 6C the situation is shown that the distributing device 514 was moved further along the curved path 552 and the material sheet receiving device 518 has followed the distributing device 514 to the supply station 502 at which the material sheet 512 was distributed. The material sheet receiving device 514 comprises a receiving element 550 which can be moved in the axial direction and which is lowered with the partially created material sheet booklet onto the material sheet 512 until the material sheet last collected according to the document type-specific sequence rests on the material sheet 512 distributed. In addition, the material sheet receiving device 518 comprises a fixing device 528 with four ultrasonic welding tools 530, each of which has an ultrasonic sonotrode include. The ultrasonic sonotrodes are moved axially upwards so that they are each guided through one of the through openings 532 in the storage surface 510 on which the sheet of material 512 lies and come into contact with the sheet of material 512. As a result, the sheet of material 512 to be picked up and the sheet of material picked up last are melted in the areas of the ultrasonic sonotrodes and thus welded to one another. If the receiving element 550 is now moved back axially upwards into its starting position, then the material sheet 512 which has been ultra-welded to the material sheet handle is also picked up.

Figure 7 FIG. 10 shows a schematic view of the collating device 500 of FIG Figures 6 in a view above. The supply stations 502 are arranged along the curved path 552 around the central carrier unit 548 of the collating device 500 with the central longitudinal axis 554. The sheet of material carrier 508 is arranged radially on the inside opposite the supply cassette 516. The material sheet receiving device 518 and the distributing device 514 can be moved along a curved path 552 around the circumference 546 of the central carrier unit 548 of the gathering device 500 to each of the supply stations 502 provided. The movements of the material sheet receiving device 518 and the distributing device 514 as well as the gathering of material sheets 512 and the creation of a material sheet booklet by these two devices 518, 514 are controlled by a central control unit 534, which is connected to the gathering device 500 via a communication link. The corresponding communication connection can be either a cable connection or a wireless connection. According to one embodiment, the central control device 534 is part of the central support unit 548.

Figure 8A shows a first exemplary material sheet 512, which is provided for the creation of a material sheet booklet for a single ID, value or security document. The central area 602 shown in dashed lines comprises structures 604 which are provided to become part of the document body for the corresponding identity document, document of value or security document. The area 602 is also commonly referred to as a benefit. The material sheet booklet has material sheets 512 of different material sheet types with different structures 604, from which in total the structures of the document body to be created result. In particular, these structures 604 can also comprise electronic components, for example a chip, an antenna, a display, an input device and / or sensors, or form them in combination with one another.

Figure 8B shows a second embodiment of a material sheet 512, the use of which comprises two regions 602 spaced apart from one another with structures 604 for creating two document bodies for two identity documents, documents of value or security documents of the same document type.

According to embodiments, sheets of material 512 can include panels for any number of documents of the same document type. This has the advantage that the creation of material sheet booklets for several ID, value or security documents can be parallelized. The efficiency and, in particular, the speed of collation and creation can thus be increased. The mechanics of the gathering device 302 are sufficient for the creation of a single sheet of material for the parallelization.

Figure 9A shows a material sheet booklet 700, which comprises a plurality of material sheets 512, each of which is firmly welded by ultrasonic welding in the area of the joining zone 702 to the material sheet following in accordance with the document-type-specific sequence. Permanently welded means that the sheets of material cannot be separated from one another in a non-destructive manner. The corresponding sheet of material booklet 700 results from the gathering and creation process carried out by the gathering device 302.

Figure 9B shows a view of the material sheet booklet 700 perpendicularly from above. In each of the corner areas there is a joining zone 702 of the ultrasonic welding, which is shown in dotted lines. In the case of the joining zones 702, it can be, for example four punctiform or circular or rectangular areas, for the production of which sonotrodes with circular or rectangular welding surfaces were used. This has the advantage that the through openings 532 can be provided by simple bores. Embodiments can vary in shape and diameter in the welded regions 702 depending on the shape of the ultrasonic sonotrodes 530 used.

Figure 10 13 shows a schematic view of an exemplary dispensing device 514. The dispensing device 514 has the shape of an inverted "L" with the short leg 812 oriented radially outward. The carrier element 806 can be moved in the radial direction along the longitudinal direction of the short leg 812 from a first radially inner position, ie the original position, to a second radially outer position. At the radially outer end of the carrier element 806 a downwardly displaceable receiving element 804 is arranged, which comprises an underlying plate-shaped section through which suction channels for producing a negative pressure at the suction openings 802 extend. By creating a negative pressure, a sheet of material 512 is sucked in and can thus be lifted by the dispensing device and moved by moving the carrier element 806 from a radially outer second position to a radially inner first position.

Figure 11 shows a schematic view of an exemplary material sheet receiving device 518. The material sheet receiving device 518 comprises a receiving element 550 which can be moved axially downward and on which a plate-shaped section 816 is arranged. In addition, the receiving element 550 comprises channels 544 for generating a negative pressure for sucking in the material sheets 512 of the material sheet booklet. In addition, the material sheet receiving device 518 shown comprises a fixing device 528 with sonotrode tools 530 for ultrasonic welding of material sheets 512 with the material sheet handle transported by the material sheet receiving device 518.

Figure 12 shows a schematic view of a supply cassette 516 and a material sheet carrier 508 from below. The sheet of material carrier 508 has four through bores 532 in the corner areas of the storage area. An ultrasonic sonotrode of an ultrasonic tool 530, as shown in FIG Figure 13 is shown to be performed.

Figure 13 FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of an ultrasonic tool 530 for welding sheets of material. The ultrasonic tool 530 comprises a generator 902, a sound transducer 904, a transformation piece 906 and a pin-shaped sonotrode 908. The generator generates a high-frequency electrical alternating voltage, which is converted by the sound transducer 904 into a mechanical oscillation of the same frequency. The ultrasonic oscillation is transmitted via the sound transducer 904 to the sonotrode 908, which is tuned to the same frequency, and this is set into resonance oscillation. If necessary, the oscillation amplitude can be increased by installing a transformation piece 906 between the sound transducer 904 and the sonotrode 908.

Figure 14 FIG. 11 shows a schematic view of a second embodiment of a collating device 500 ′, which essentially comprises two collating devices 500 arranged one above the other from FIG Figures 6 corresponds to. In the case of the collating device 500 ′ shown, storage stations 502 are arranged along two curved tracks on two parallel planes, with both curved tracks being arranged around the same axis, namely the central longitudinal axis of the central carrier unit 548. In addition, the storage stations 502 according to the gathering device 500 ′ each have a stationary distributing device 514. In addition, the supply stations 502 of the upper group 506 correspond to the supply stations from FIG Figure 6 . In particular, the material sheets 512 are arranged in the supply cassettes as a stack of sheets. In contrast, the supply stations 502 of the lower group 504 comprise supply cassettes in which the material sheets 512 are arranged in the form of tape rolls. Accordingly, the dispensing devices 514 of the lower supply stations 502 have a configuration which allows them to unroll one sheet of material at a time and separate the unrolled sheet of material from the roll of sheet material for distribution.

The gathering device 500 'has two material sheet receiving devices 518, one for each of the two groups 504, 506 of storage stations 502. If, according to the document-type-specific sequence, it is necessary to pick up material sheets from one storage station 502 from another of the two groups 504, 506 of storage stations 502 , a transport device 558 is provided for axially transporting the material sheet booklet. The corresponding material sheet booklet is deposited on a first of the two material sheet receptacles 560, 560 'of the transport device 558 from the corresponding material sheet receiving device 518 and to the receiving station 160', 160 on the level of the group 504, 506, from which the next material sheet 512 is picked up according to the document-type-specific order is transported. There the material sheet booklet is picked up by the material sheet pick-up device 518 of the corresponding group 504, 506 and transported along a curved path around the central longitudinal axis 554 to the corresponding storage station 502. There the corresponding sheet of material 512 is distributed from the stationary dispensing device 514 to the storage surface 510 of the corresponding sheet of material carrier 508 and is ultrasonically welded to the sheet of material handle by the sheet of material receiving device 518.

Figures 15A and 55B show a schematic detailed view of a supply cassette 516 with material sheets 512, which are arranged in the form of a stack 540. A sheet of material carrier 508 with a flat storage surface 510, which in the example shown has a rectangular format, is arranged on the supply cassette 516. A through opening 532 for the ultrasonic sonotrodes 530 is arranged in each of the corner areas of the storage surface 510. In addition, the dispensing device 514 is shown in detail.

Figure 15A shows the receiving of a sheet of material 512 by the dispensing device 514 by means of suction openings 802. For this purpose, a receiving element 804, which can be moved perpendicularly along the carrier element 806, arranged above the storage cassette 516, which is open at the top. The receiving element 804 is moved with the suction openings 802 downwards on the uppermost sheet of material 512 in the supply cassette 516. According to embodiments, the suction openings 802 come into contact with the uppermost sheet of material 512 in the supply cassette 516. This can be determined, for example, by recognizing a resistance when the receiving element 804 is moved downwards, or it can be controlled as a function of the filling quantity of the supply cassette 516. The use of suction openings 802 for sucking in the uppermost sheet of material 512 also has the advantage that the sheet of material 512 can be sucked in even when the suction openings 802 have not yet come into contact with it, but have been sufficiently approached. The sucked-in sheet of material 512 is lifted up by moving the receiving element 804. The carrier element 806, which carries the receiving element 804, can be moved along a rail formed by a web 808 to the storage surface 510. For this purpose, the carrier element 806 has a groove 810 in which the web 808 is arranged.

Figure 15B shows the state when the carrier element 806 has been moved along the rails 808 over the storage surface 510. The received sheet of material 512 is deposited on the depositing surface 510 by switching off the negative pressure at the suction openings 802 by means of gravity. According to embodiments, the receiving element 804 is also moved downwards.

Figure 16 shows a schematic view of the dispensing device 514 from the front. The carrier element 806 on which the receiving element 804 is arranged can be seen. The carrier element 806 comprises two lateral holding arms 810 with grooves 812, which can be moved along the webs 808. The receiving element 804 can be moved vertically along the carrier element 806. The receiving element 804 comprises suction openings 802 which are in a through connection with channels 814 for generating negative pressure for sucking in a sheet of material 512.

Figures 17A and 17B show schematic views of an exemplary laminating device. The laminating device 1000 comprises a lamination sheet supply station 1002, in which lamination sheets 1004 of different pairs of lamination sheets for different types of documents are kept in stock. In addition, the lamination device 1000 comprises a lamination sheet changer 1008 which, in the embodiment shown, is provided in the form of a robot arm 1010 with a free movable end 1012. A lamination sheet gripper 1014 for gripping the lamination sheets 1004 is arranged at the free end 1012 of the robot arm 1010.

In addition, the lamination device 1000 comprises a lamination sheet transport device 1016 with a plurality of receptacles 1018 for receiving pairs of lamination sheets. The lamination sheet transport device 1016 is provided in the form of a turntable configured to rotate about the central axis 1020. For this purpose, the turntable 1016 is rotatably arranged on a central carrier unit 1022, which carries the entire laminating device 1000. In addition, four lamination stations 1024 are arranged on the central carrier unit 1022, each of which includes a lamination press 1026 for applying pressure and heat to the lamination sheets 1004 in the receptacles 1018.

In addition, the laminating device 1000 comprises a control device 1042, which is, for example, a camera. The control device 1042 is part of the system which comprises the control device 1044. The control device 1042 visually checks the lamination sheets 1004 picked up by the lamination sheet changer 1008 for damage. If damage is detected, the lamination sheet is sorted out. If no damage is detected, the corresponding lamination sheet is introduced into the lamination sheet supply station 1002 or a receptacle 1018 of the lamination sheet transport device 1016. The control device 1044 controls the control of the lamination plates by the control device 1042. In addition, the control device 1044 as a central control device can be configured to control the entire lamination process which is carried out by the lamination device 1000.

The lamination method can be, for example, without loss of generality, as follows: The control device 1044 receives an identification signal which identifies the document type of the laminated material sheet booklet. The central control device 1044 controls the lamination sheet changer 1008 in such a way that it removes the lamination sheet 1004, which is configured for the production of the identified document type, from the lamination sheet supply station. For this purpose, the lamination sheet changer 1008 grips, for example, the lamination sheet carrier of the corresponding lamination sheet 1004 with the gripper 1014. The removed lamination sheet is checked with the control device 1042 for damage. If the corresponding lamination sheet 1004 is damaged, it is sorted out and the lamination sheet changer 1008 is activated by the central control device in order to remove another lamination sheet, which is configured for the same document type, from the lamination sheet supply station 1002. If the test of the first lamination sheet 1004 shows that it has no damage, then it is introduced into one of the receptacles 1018 of the lamination sheet transport device 1016. In one of the next steps, the central control device 1044 controls the distribution device 1028 in such a way that it picks up the material sheet booklet to be laminated with its material sheet receiving device 1036 and arranges it on the first lamination sheet 1004 in the receptacle 1018 of the turntable 1016. According to embodiments, the dispensing device 1028 comprises a position detection device (not shown), for example in the form of a camera, by which a relative orientation of the material sheet booklet on the first lamination sheet is detected and the corresponding material sheet booklet is precisely positioned. In addition, the control device 1044 controls the lamination sheet changer 1048 in order to remove a second lamination sheet from the lamination sheet supply station 1002 and to place it on the material sheet booklet to be laminated. For this purpose, the second lamination sheet is examined for damage by means of the control device 1042 in the same way as the first lamination sheet. If it is damaged, it is exchanged for another lamination sheet of the same type of lamination sheet. According to embodiments, the first and second lamination sheets 1004 are identical. According to other embodiments the first and second lamination sheets differ. Corresponding pairs of lamination sheets in this case each comprise different lamination sheets 1004, for which it is specified which one is to be introduced into the receptacle first and which one is to be introduced secondly.

The turntable 1016 is then rotated in discrete steps through a predefined angle of rotation 1046. As soon as the receptacle 1018 with the two lamination sheets and the material sheet booklet is positioned in the first lamination station 1024, the lamination press 1026 closes and applies pressure and heat to the pair of lamination sheets. After a predefined time interval has elapsed, the lamination press 1026 opens and the turntable 1016 is rotated the predefined angle of rotation 1046 by one position so that the pair of lamination sheets with the material sheet booklet to be laminated is arranged at the second lamination station 1024. The corresponding lamination process in the illustrated lamination device 1000 is divided into sub-steps. Different lamination times may be necessary for different types of documents. These can be varied, for example, by changing the time intervals after which the turntable is rotated, or by skipping an angular position. In the latter case, a lamination step is omitted. In the case of four lamination stations, this has the consequence that the corresponding lamination step is skipped for four successive material sheet booklets. If the finished laminated sheet of material leaves the last lamination station 1024, the control device 1044 controls the lamination sheet changer 1008 in such a way that it removes the two lamination sheets. In addition, it controls the removal device 1030 in such a way that it picks up the completely laminated material sheet booklet with its material sheet receiving device 1038.

If in the receptacle 1018, in which the completely laminated material sheet booklet was arranged, a further material sheet booklet of a different document type is required for the lamination with another pair of lamination sheets, the recorded second lamination sheet 1004 is returned to the lamination sheet supply station after checking for damage by means of the control device 1042 1002 introduced. If, however, damage is found during the test, the second lamination sheet is sorted out. Likewise, the first lamination sheet is removed from the receptacle 1018 by the lamination sheet changer, checked for damage by means of the control device 1042 and, depending on the result of the test, either sorted out or returned to the lamination sheet supply station. Next, the lamination sheet changer removes a new first lamination sheet of another pair of lamination sheets, which is configured for the lamination of a different document type, from the lamination sheet supply station 1002 and places it in the receptacle 1018. The lamination process starts all over again.

However, if the pair of lamination sheets is still required in the receptacle 1018, because, for example, a subsequent sheet of material of the same document type is intended for lamination, the second lamination sheet is placed back on the first lamination sheet for return transport by the lamination sheet transport device 1016 by means of a lamination sheet changer.

In the embodiment shown, the lamination sheet changer 1008 is arranged on the central carrier unit 1022. The lamination sheet changer 1008 is configured both as a lamination sheet distributing device and as a lamination sheet removal apparatus and therefore takes on both functions. The lamination sheet supply station with the lamination sheet 1004 is arranged, for example, in the form of a magazine with a plurality of magazine compartments above the turntable 1016 at the level of the lamination sheet changer 1008.

Figure 18A shows a lamination sheet 1004 arranged on a lamination sheet carrier 1102. The lamination sheet carrier 1102 is designed in the shape of a frame and is connected to the lamination sheet 1004 at several positions by means of fixing elements 1104. Figure 18B shows a side view of a corresponding pair of lamination sheets, which consists of two lamination sheets 1004 and is arranged on a lamination sheet carrier 1102. A material sheet booklet 500 is arranged between the two lamination sheets 1004. The material sheet handle protrudes here 500 laterally beyond the lamination sheets 1004, so that they do not come into direct contact with one another when they are subjected to pressure and thus their wear is reduced.

Figures 19A and 109B show schematic views of exemplary surface structures of two lamination sheets 1004. The corresponding lamination sheet surfaces 1200 are configured to come into contact with a material sheet booklet to be laminated and, in so doing, emboss the surface structure 1202 into the surface of the material sheet booklet. The dotted lines 1204 and 1206 each show the outlines of a document body to be created from the material sheet booklet. The structures 1204, 1206 can be configured for different document types. For example, the structure 1204 can be configured for a material sheet booklet, which is provided for the production of a single ID, value or security document. The structure 1206 can be configured, for example, for a material sheet booklet which is provided for the production of a plurality, for example two, of identity documents, documents of value or security documents.

Figure 20A FIG. 10 shows a detailed view of the turntable 1016 from FIG Figures 17 . Arranged on the turntable 1016 are two parallel guide rails 1058 and 1060, which partially extend along the outer circumference 1062 and the inner circumference 1064 of the turntable 1016, respectively. The section over which the rails 1058, 1060 extend corresponds to the angle section 1066, which defines the position of the four laminating stations from the Figures 17 (not shown) includes. The rails are arranged in a stationary manner, ie the turntable moves between the laterally arranged rails 1058, 1060. Figure 20B FIG. 10 shows a sectional view of the turntable 1016 along the section line 1068 from FIG Figure 20A . The two rails 1058, 1060 have an undercut in the form of a groove 1070, 1072.

Figures 21A and 21B show lamination sheets 1004, which are each arranged in a frame-shaped lamination sheet carrier 1102 and by means of fixing elements 1104 are fixed. The lamination sheet metal supports 1102 each have a guide element 1106 in their corner regions. The corresponding guide elements 1106 are, as in FIGS Figures 21A and 21B shown, designed to be introduced into the grooves 1070, 1072 of the rails 1058, 1060 when the turntable 1016 is rotated and thus to come into contact with them. As a result, the relative position of the lamination sheets to one another is fixed and secured against displacement, so that lamination errors in the course of the lamination process due to changes in the relative position of the lamination sheets 1004 and the material sheet booklet to one another are prevented.

Figure 22 Finally, FIG. 8 shows the lamination sheet supply station 1002, which has a plurality of magazine compartments 1096 in which lamination sheets 1004 are arranged. The lamination sheets 1004 have identifiers 1098 for identifying the document type for the production of which the lamination sheets 1004 are intended. According to embodiments, the identifiers 1098 also identify the individual lamination sheets 1004. The lamination sheet distributing device 1009 is implemented in the form of a robot arm 1010, at the free end 1012 of which a lamination sheet gripper 1014 for gripping a lamination sheet 1004 is arranged. In addition, in the embodiment shown, a detection device 1101 for detecting the identifier 1098 of the lamination plates 1004 is additionally arranged at the free end 1012 of the robot arm 1010. The evaluation of the identifiers 1098 detected by means of the detection device 1101 as well as the controls of the lamination sheet distributing apparatus 1009 takes place, for example, by means of the central control apparatus 1044, which is in communication with the lamination sheet distributing apparatus 1009.

Figure 23A shows a side view and Figure 23B FIG. 3 is a top view of a laminated material sheet booklet 600 of FIGS Figures 9 . The material sheet booklet 600 has a central region 1302 which is laminated through. The laminated area comprises a section 1304 of the composite body, which corresponds to a geometric format for a document type to be created and is referred to as a panel.

Figure 24A FIG. 10 shows a first exemplary laminated material sheet booklet 600 that includes a laminated area 1302. The laminated-through area 1302 comprises a benefit 1402 which corresponds to a geometric format for a first document type. In the illustrated embodiment, the geometric format for the first document type is an excess of the exact geometric format 1404 of the first document type. Figure 24B shows the composite body resulting from the first material separation process, the geometric format 1402 of which is the oversize format for the first document type.

Figure 25A shows the schematic view of an exemplary second sheet of material booklet 600. The sheet of material booklet 600 has a laminated area 1302 which has a panel 1402 with the geometric format for a first document type. The panel 1402 comprises two partial panels 1502, which each correspond to a composite body of a geometric format of a second document type. Figure 25B shows the benefit 1402 after the first material separation process. Figure 25C shows the two resulting composite bodies 1502, which each correspond to a document body of a second document type.

Figure 26 FIG. 11 shows a schematic view of an exemplary first ultrasonic knife 1600 for wedge cutting the composite body with ultrasound. The ultrasonic knife 1600 comprises a generator 1602, a sound transducer 1604, a transformation piece 1606 and a knife-shaped sonotrode 1608. The generator generates a high-frequency electrical alternating voltage, which is converted by the sound transducer 1604 into a mechanical oscillation of the same frequency. The ultrasonic oscillation is transmitted via the sound transducer 1604 to the sonotrode 1608, which is tuned to the same frequency, and this is set into resonance oscillation. If necessary, the oscillation amplitude can be increased by installing a transformation piece 1606 between the sound transducer 1604 and the sonotrode 1608.

Figure 27 FIG. 13 shows a schematic view of an exemplary material separating device for wedge cutting, which the ultrasonic knife 1600 from Figure 26 includes. The ultrasonic cutting device 1700 is implemented in the form of a robot arm 1702, at the freely movable end 1704 of which the ultrasonic knife 1600 is arranged. The ultrasonic cutting device 1700 is arranged, for example, with the fastening 1706 above the composite body to be processed, so that the cutting sonotrode 1608 can be guided and cut along the circumference of the geometric format to be generated.

Figure 28A shows a schematic view of an exemplary second ultrasonic knife 1800. The ultrasonic knife 1800 comprises a generator 1802, a sound transducer 1804, a transformation piece 1806 and a sonotrode 1808. The exemplary sonotrode 1808 is a rectangular step with two slots, ie slots, the end of which converges to a cutting edge 1810. Figure 28B FIG. 8 shows a side view of the ultrasonic knife 1800 from FIG Figure 28A .

Figure 29 shows a schematic arrangement of two ultrasonic knives 1800, 1800 'from Figure 28A . The two ultrasonic knives 1800, 1800 'are arranged in such a way that the two cutting edges 1810, 1810' run parallel to one another. The distance between the two cutting edges 1810, 1810 'is adjustable. The dashed lines show the two ultrasonic sonotrodes 1800, 1800 'with a second distance A2 between the two cutting edges 1810, 1810'. To create a rectangular format, the first distance is used, for example, to cut the long sides of the format, while the second distance A2 is used to cut the transverse silk. According to one embodiment, the two ultrasonic knives 1800 can be rotated, for example by 90 °. The transverse sides are cut to size after a corresponding 90 ° rotation, for example. According to a further embodiment, the cutting edges 1810, 1810 ′ are rotated by 90 ° relative to the composite body by a corresponding rotation of the composite body.

Figure 30 shows a schematic view of an exemplary third ultrasonic knife 1900. The structure of the ultrasonic knife 1900 corresponds essentially to the structure of the ultrasonic knife from FIG Figures 26 and 27 . The sonotrode 1902 differs essentially. The sonotrode 1902 comprises a circumferential cutting edge 1904, the course of which corresponds to the circumference of the geometric format. The blade is introduced into the composite body 600 in a direction perpendicular to the surface and thereby cuts out the geometric format to be created.

Figure 31 shows different geometric shapes of cutting edges and embodiments of the ultrasonic knife 1900. The course of the illustrated cutting edges 1904, 1904 ', 1904 "corresponds, for example, to an oversize of a geometric format of a first document type 1904, the geometric format of the first document type 1904' and a geometric format of a second Document type 1904 ".

Figure 32 Finally, FIG. 2 shows an ultrasonic cutting device 2000 for ultrasonic cutting of a composite body 600 by means of shear cutting. The cutting device 2000 comprises a cutting punch 2002 with a cutting edge 2004, the course of which corresponds to the circumference of the geometric format to be created. In addition, the device 2000 comprises a cutting plate 2004 with a recess 2006, the circumference of which corresponds to that of the geometric format to be created. The cutting punch is moved vertically downwards into the recess 2006 so that the geometric format to be created from the composite body 600 is generated by the shear action of the cutting edge 2004 of the cutting punch 2002 and the edge 2008 of the recess 2006 of the cutting inserts 2004.

List of reference symbols

200

system

202

Collator

204

Laminating device

206

Cut-off device

208

Control device

210

Personalization device

212

Cut-off device

214

Control device

216

magazine

218

Control device

300

system

301, 301 '

central carrier unit

302

Collator

303

Transport module

304

Supply stations

305, 305 '

Transport module

310

Window punching device

320

Printing device

330

Hologram exposure device

340

Laminating device

342

Lamination stations

344

Lamination sheet changer

346

admission

350

first separation unit

360

first control device

370

Personalization device

380

second control device

382

third control device

390

second separation unit

400,400 '

Collective magazine

410

Further processing devices

500,500 '

Collator

502, 502 '

Supply station

504

first group

506

second group

508

Material sheet carrier

510

Storage space

512

Material sheet

514

Dispensing device

516

Supply cassette

518

Material sheet receiving device

528

Fixing device

530

Ultrasonic tool

532

Through openings

534

Control device

538

Personalization device

540

stack

542

Tape roll

544

channel

546

scope

548

central carrier unit

550

Receiving element

552

Curved path

554

Central longitudinal axis

556

Communication link

558, 558 '

Transport device

560

Receiving station

602

central area

604

structure

700

Material sheet booklet

702

Welding area

802

Suction opening

804

Receiving element

806

Support element

810

Groove

812

Holding arm

814

Intake duct

816

plate-shaped section

902

generator

904

Transducer

906

Transformation piece

908

Sonotrode

1000

Laminating device

1002

Lamination sheet storage station

1004

Lamination sheet

1008

Lamination sheet changer

1010

Robotic arm

1012

free end

1014

Lamination sheet gripper

1016

Laminating sheet transport device (turntable)

1018

admission

1020

axis

1022

central carrier unit

1024

Lamination station

1026

Lamination press

1042

Control device

1048

Lamination sheet removal device

1050

Robotic arm

1052

free end

1056

Lamination sheet gripper

1058

rail

1060

rail

1062

outer circumference

1064

inner perimeter

1066

Angular section

1068

Cutting line

1070

Groove

1072

Groove

1074

second conveyor

1096

Magazine compartment

1098

Identifier

1101

Reading device

1102

Lamination sheet carrier

1104

Fastener

1106

Guide element

1200

Lamination sheet surface

1202

structure

1204

Document body

1206

Document body

1302

Lamination area

1402

geometric format with oversize

1404

geometric format

1502

geometric format

1600

Ultrasonic knife

1602

generator

1604

Transducer

1606

Transformation piece

1608

Sonotrode

1700

Cut-off device

1702

Robotic arm

1704

freely movable end

1706

Fastener

1800, 1800 '

Ultrasonic knife

1808, 1808 '

Sonotrode

1810, 1810 '

Cutting edge

1812

slot

1900

Ultrasonic knife

1902

Sonotrode

1904, 1904 '

Cutting edge

1904 "

Cutting edge

2000

Ultrasonic tool

2002

Cutting punch

2004

Cutting edge

2006

Cutting insert

2008

Recess

2010

Inside edge

Claims (15)

1. A system (200, 300) for producing an individual identification document, value document or security document of a document type selected from a plurality of different document types, wherein the document has a personalised composite body which comprises a document-type-specific selection of material sheets (512) in a document-type-specific sequence, wherein the system (200, 300) comprises:

   a control device (218, 1044), which is configured to receive a data set for the document to be produced, wherein the data set comprises document-specific information and an identifier of the selected document type, wherein the control device is further configured to create a document-specific control schema for the system (200, 300) on the basis of the data set, wherein the control schema defines an individual document-type-specific selection and sequence of work steps to be performed for the document to be produced, and to control the system (200, 300) using the document-specific control schema;

   a collating device (200, 302, 500, 500'), which is configured to collate a document-type-specific material sheet booklet (700) in accordance with the identifier, wherein the collating device (200, 302, 500, 500') comprises:

   supply stations (304, 502, 502'), which are each stocked with material sheets (512) of a consistent material sheet type in a supply cassette (516, 516'), each have a material sheet carrier (508) with a support surface (510) for providing an individual material sheet (512), and are arranged along a first curved path (552) about a first vertical curve axis (554);

   a dispensing device (514), which is configured to dispense, at each of the supply stations (304, 502, 502'), individual material sheets (512) one at a time from the supply cassette (516, 516') onto the support surface (510) of the relevant material sheet carrier (508);

   a material sheet receiving device (518) for collecting the material sheets (512) for the material sheet booklet (700) to be created, wherein the material sheet receiving device (518) is configured to receive the material sheets one at a time in the document-type-specific sequence from the support surfaces (510) of the material sheet carriers (508) at the individual supply stations (304, 502, 502') of the document-type-specific sequence;

   wherein the material sheet receiving device (518) comprises a fixing device (528), which is configured, at the supply stations (304, 502, 502'), to fix the material sheet (512) to be received there to the material sheet received directly beforehand by the material sheet receiving device (518) in accordance with the document-type-specific sequence so that the relative orientation of the material sheet (512) to be received in relation to the material sheet received directly beforehand is defined and then the document-type-specific material sheet booklet (700) is created;

   a laminating device (206, 340, 1000), which is configured to generate a document-type-specific composite body by document-type-specific lamination of the material sheet booklet (700) in accordance with the identifier, wherein the laminating device (206, 340, 1000) comprises laminating stations (342, 1024), which are arranged along a second curved path about a second vertical curve axis and which are configured to laminate the material sheet booklet (700) by applying pressure and heat;

   wherein the system (200, 300) also comprises the following further processing devices (410), which are arranged along a third curved path about a third vertical curve axis:

   a cutting device (206, 212, 350, 390), which is configured to create a composite body having a document-type-specific geometrical format by cutting off material in accordance with a specific document type in accordance with the identifier; and

   a personalisation device (210, 370), which is configured to personalise the document-type-specific composite body using the document-specific information.
2. The system (200, 300) according to claim 1, wherein the collating device (200, 302, 500') comprises further supply stations (304, 502, 502') of the document-type-specific sequence which are arranged along a fourth curved path about a fourth vertical curve axis.
3. The system (200, 300) according to one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the system (200, 300) comprises a first central carrier unit (301), which has a first outer face, wherein the first outer face has at least one first and one second portion, wherein the first and second portion are arranged one above the other and define one of the curved paths each.
4. The system (200, 300) according to claim 3, wherein the first carrier unit (301) comprises a first vertical transport module (305), which is configured to transport the material sheet booklet (700) and/or the composite body from the first portion to the second portion, or
   wherein the supply stations (304, 502, 502'), the laminating stations (342, 1024) and the further processing devices (410) are arranged on the first carrier unit (301).
5. The system (200, 300) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least two of the curved paths are identical.
6. The system (200, 300) according to one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the system (200, 300) comprises a second central carrier unit (301'), which has a second outer face, wherein the second outer face has at least one third and one fourth portion, wherein the third and fourth portion are arranged one above the other and define a further one each of the curved paths.
7. The system (200, 300) according to claim 6, wherein the second carrier unit (301') comprises a second vertical transport module (305'), which is configured to transport the material sheet booklet (700) and/or the composite body from the third portion to the fourth portion.
8. The system (200, 300) according to one of claims 6 or 7, wherein the first and second carrier unit (301, 301') are connected by means of a third horizontal transport module (303), which is configured to transport the material sheet booklet (700) and/or the composite body from the first carrier unit (301) to the second carrier unit (301').
9. The system (200, 300) according to claim 8, wherein the third transport module (303) has a first and a second end, wherein the first end is mounted on the first carrier unit (301) and the second end is mounted on the second carrier unit (301'), and wherein at least one of the two ends is mounted in such a way that the third transport module (303) is pivotable about a vertical pivot axis.
10. The system (200, 300) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the collating device (200, 302, 500, 500') comprises supply stations (304, 502, 502') with material sheet types for each document type of the plurality of different identification document, value document or security document types, and/or
    wherein at least one of the supply cassettes (516, 516') is equipped with material sheets (512) in the form of a reel (542), and the dispensing device (514) is configured to unwind the reel (542) during the dispensing process and to cut off an individual material sheet (512) to be dispensed, and/or
    wherein the material sheet receiving device (518) is configured to move to the individual supply stations (304, 502, 502') in the document-type-specific sequence.
11. The system (200, 300) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the dispensing device (514) is configured to move to the individual supply stations (304, 502, 502') in the document-type-specific sequence.
12. The system (200, 300) according to one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the dispensing device (514) comprises a plurality of individual dispensing devices which are arranged in a stationary manner on one each of the supply stations (304, 502, 502').
13. The system (200, 300) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the material sheet receiving device (518) is configured, at the supply stations (304, 502, 502'), to arrange the material sheet received directly beforehand in accordance with the document-type-specific sequence on the material sheet (512) to be received, and/or
    wherein the fixing device (528) comprises an ultrasonic sonotrode (530) for fixing the material sheets (512) by means of ultrasonic welding and/or
    wherein the system (200, 300) also comprises a printing device (320, 538), which is assigned to one of the supply stations and is configured to print one of the material sheets (512) document-specifically using the document-specific information, before said material sheet is provided on the support surface (510) of the material sheet carrier (508) of the corresponding supply station, and/or
    wherein the system (200, 300) also comprises a hologram exposure device (330),
    which is assigned to one of the supply stations and is configured to generate a document-specific hologram in a material sheet (512) using the document-specific information, before said material sheet is provided on the support surface (510) of the material sheet carrier (508) of the corresponding supply station, wherein the material sheet (512) is photosensitive.
14. The system (200, 300) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the laminating device (206, 340, 1000) comprises:

    a lamination sheet supply station (1002), which is stocked with lamination sheets (1004) of different lamination sheet pairs for the different document types;

    a lamination sheet changer (344, 1008), which is configured to remove a first and a second lamination sheet (1004) of the lamination sheet pairs from the lamination sheet supply station (1002) in accordance with the document type of the material sheet booklet (700) and to arrange them in a receptacle of a lamination sheet transport device (346, 1016);

    wherein the lamination sheet transport device (346, 1016) is configured to transport the two lamination sheets (1004) in the receptacle (1018) in succession to the individual laminating stations (342, 1024), which are each configured to apply pressure and heat to the two lamination sheets (1004) in order to laminate the material sheet booklet (700);

    a dispensing device (1028), which is configured to introduce the material sheet booklet (700) to be laminated between the first and second lamination sheet (1004) in the receptacle (1018), and a removal device (1030), which is configured to remove the laminated material sheet booklet (700) between the two lamination sheets (1004).
15. A method for producing an individual identification document, value document or security document of a document type selected from a plurality of different document types by means of a system (200 300), wherein the document has a personalised composite body which comprises a document-type-specific selection of material sheets (512) in a document-type-specific sequence,
    wherein the method comprises the steps of:

    receiving, by a control device (218, 1044), a data set for the document to be produced, wherein the data set comprises document-specific information and an identifier of the selected document type;

    creating, by the control device (218, 1044), a document-specific control schema for the system (200, 300) on the basis of the data set, wherein the control schema defines an individual document-type-specific selection and sequence of work steps to be performed for the document to be produced; and

    controlling the system (200, 300), by the control device (218, 1044), using the document-specific control schema so that the system (200, 300) also performs the following:

    providing material sheets (512) to supply stations (304, 502, 502') by means of a collating device, wherein the supply stations (304, 502, 502') are each stocked with material sheets (512) of a consistent material sheet type in a supply cassette (516, 516'), have a material sheet carrier (508) with a support surface (110) for providing an individual material sheet (512), and are arranged along a first curved path (552) about a first vertical curve axis (554);

    dispensing the material sheets (512) for the material sheet booklet (700) to be created by means of a dispensing device (514), which is configured, at each of the supply stations (304, 502, 502'), to dispense individual material sheets (512) one at a time from the supply cassette (516, 516') onto the support surface (510) of the relevant material sheet carrier (508);

    collecting the material sheets (512) for the material sheet booklet (700) to be created by means of a material sheet receiving device (518), which is configured to receive the material sheets one at a time in the document-type-specific sequence from the support surfaces (510) of the relevant material sheet carriers (508) at the individual supply stations (304, 502, 502') of the document-type-specific sequence;

    wherein the material sheet receiving device (518) comprises a fixing device (528), which is configured, at the supply stations (304, 502, 502'), to fix the material sheet (512) to be received there to the material sheet received directly beforehand by the material sheet receiving device (518) in accordance with the document-type-specific sequence so that the relative orientation of the material sheet (512) to be received in relation to the material sheet received directly beforehand is defined and then the document-type-specific material sheet booklet (700) is created;

    generating a document-type-specific composite body by laminating the material sheet booklet (700) in accordance with a specific document type in accordance with the identifier by means of a laminating device (206, 340, 1000), wherein the laminating device (206, 340, 1000) comprises laminating stations (342, 1024), which are arranged along a second curved path about a second vertical curve axis and which are configured to laminate the material sheet booklet (700) by applying pressure and heat;

    cutting off material in accordance with a specific document type in accordance with the identifier by means of a cutting device (206, 212, 350, 390) so that a composite body having a document-type-specific geometrical format is created; and

    personalising the document-type-specific composite body using the document-specific information by means of a personalisation device (210, 370).

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