EP3509865B1 - Kompakte zusammentragvorrichtung zum erstellen eines materialbogenhefts - Google Patents

Kompakte zusammentragvorrichtung zum erstellen eines materialbogenhefts Download PDF

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EP3509865B1
EP3509865B1 EP17772328.5A EP17772328A EP3509865B1 EP 3509865 B1 EP3509865 B1 EP 3509865B1 EP 17772328 A EP17772328 A EP 17772328A EP 3509865 B1 EP3509865 B1 EP 3509865B1
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Steffen Baudach
Christoph Von Czapiewski
Alexander GÖDECKE
Roland HERES
Alexander Straub
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C1/00—Collating or gathering sheets combined with processes for permanently attaching together sheets or signatures or for interposing inserts
    • B42C1/12—Machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together the sheets or signatures
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    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/24—Passports
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
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  • the invention relates to a device for collating material sheets and creating a material sheet booklet for a document type, in particular for a document type selected from a plurality of different types of ID, value or security documents.
  • the invention also relates to a method for collating corresponding material sheets and creating a corresponding material sheet booklet.
  • Documents in the form of identity, value or security documents such as an identity card, passport or credit card, usually include one Document body which is a composite body produced from a plurality of material sheets or which comprises such a body.
  • 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.
  • an identity document, value document 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 10 2015 202 995 A1 describes a production system for book-shaped identification documents, which consists of a first system part, formed by at least one document card device group for producing individualized document cards, and a second system part, formed by at least one assembly device group for joining a set of book sheets of the identification document with an associated one individualized document card with the creation of the identification document, the at least one document card device group each being composed of at least one containerized document card manufacturing unit and the at least one assembly device group each being composed of at least one containerized assembly manufacturing unit.
  • the following method is used to set up the production plant: (a) production of at least one containerized document card production unit and at least one containerized assembly production unit at a production site; (b) transporting the at least one containerized document card production unit and the at least one containerized assembly production unit to an installation site; and (c) assembling and assembling the at least one containerized document card production unit to form the first system part and the at least one containerized assembly production unit to form the second system part at the installation site.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a collating device for collating sheets of material and creating a material sheet booklet and a corresponding method for collecting the material sheets and creating the material sheet booklet, which are both efficient and flexible with regard to the types of documents to be created.
  • Embodiments relate to a collation device for collating material sheets and creating a material sheet booklet for a document type selected from a plurality of different ID, value or security document types, the material sheet booklet to be created comprising the material sheets collected in a document-type-specific order.
  • 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 vertical curve axis.
  • a distributing 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 order at the individual storage stations of the document-type-specific order.
  • the material sheet pick-up device comprises a fixing device which is configured to fix the material sheet to be picked up there at the storage stations on the material sheet picked up immediately before by the material sheet pick-up device in accordance with the document-type-specific sequence, so that the relative alignment of the material sheet to be picked up with respect to the material sheet picked up immediately before is determined and the document type-specific material sheet booklet is successively created.
  • a curved path is understood to mean a path which is characterized by a simple, i.e. intersection-free, closed curve is given.
  • 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 dismantle it into its individual parts in a laborious manner.
  • a vertical i.e. understood vertical axis through the geometric center of gravity of the area enclosed by the curved path.
  • a vertical axis is understood here to mean a straight line extending in the perpendicular direction, i.e. parallel to a plumb line when the collating device is arranged ready for operation on a flat, horizontal surface.
  • 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.
  • the material sheet booklet comprises the material sheets in a document-type-specific order.
  • Paper, cardboard or plastics such as metal foils, for example, can be used as materials for the material sheets.
  • a sheet of material can also comprise combinations of these materials.
  • the document body can, for example, be 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.
  • it can be a data card which is part of a book-shaped ID, value or security document, for example a passport.
  • 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 configured to store person-specific and / or document-type-specific information.
  • the chip can have a secure memory area in which personal and / or document type-specific data are stored.
  • 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 introduced in an optically and / or electronically readable manner that identifies the user or of the document, for example to enable certain services or functions.
  • 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, i. 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 legible manner, identifying the user or the document, for example for the release of certain services or functions.
  • a data card i. 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 legible manner, identifying the user or the document, for example for the release of certain services or functions.
  • Embodiments can have the advantage that they provide a device which enables an efficient collation of a document-type-specific selection of material sheets in a document-type-specific order.
  • they can make it possible to select a first document type from a plurality of different identification, value or security document types and after the creation of a material sheet booklet for the first document type, to switch flexibly to collating material sheets and creating a material sheet booklet for a second document type.
  • the supply stations could make it possible to provide different types of material sheets.
  • 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.
  • the material sheet receiving device is configured to move in the document-type-specific sequence to the individual supply stations of the document-type-specific sequence, i. E. the supply 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.
  • 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, are emptied.
  • the supply stations comprise supply cassettes in which the material sheets are arranged.
  • 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.
  • supply stations with material sheet types for the production of material sheet booklets for different identity, value or security documents are provided.
  • the arrangement of the supply stations can advantageously be selected such 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.
  • the criterion can be chosen that on average the shortest time is required for collection.
  • different document types can also be weighted differently. For example, document types that are or are to be produced more frequently are assigned a greater weighting factor than document types that are produced less often.
  • the collating device comprises a central control device which comprises, for example, a microprocessor and a memory with program instructions for controlling the collating device. If the central control device receives a selection of a document type to be created, it can control the movement pattern of the material sheet receiving device by executing the program instructions, for example. 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.
  • 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, as well as 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.
  • 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.
  • the supply cassettes each have a material sheet type identifier which identifies the type of material sheet contained in the supply cassette.
  • a material sheet type identifier which identifies the type of material sheet contained in the supply cassette.
  • 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 device.
  • a reading device can be assigned to a supply station, for example.
  • each of the supply stations comprises a corresponding reading device.
  • 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, from which the number of material sheets used is recorded.
  • 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.
  • 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 for securing 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 thus remains easy to process further 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 ultrasonic welding.
  • the material sheet receiving device is configured to move to the individual supply stations in the order specific to the document type.
  • the collating device has an essentially cylindrical configuration.
  • 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 support unit, i.e. the curve axis is given by the central longitudinal axis.
  • the dispensing device and the material sheet receiving device are arranged to be movable along the curved path.
  • the material sheet receiving device moves at least partially along the first curved path.
  • the storage stations are arranged along part of the first curved path, for example along one half of the curved path.
  • 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 of the created material sheet booklet.
  • Embodiments can have the advantage that the material sheet receiving device can be used 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.
  • the material sheet receiving device moves along the complete first curved path.
  • Embodiments can have the advantage that supply stations are arranged in the entire curved path, so that a large number of supply stations with material sheet types for producing a large number of different identity, value or security documents can be provided in compact form.
  • 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 stored in the storage cassette, protected from environmental influences.
  • 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 at least twice a material sheet from the corresponding material sheet type 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.
  • 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 simple and thus less error-prone construction of the storage stations is made possible.
  • the movement of the dispensing device is controlled by the central control device, which is also the movement of the material sheet receiving device controls.
  • 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.
  • the dispensing device hurries ahead of the material sheet receiving device in the order specific to the document type and distributes material sheets at the supply stations in accordance with the document type-specific order, which are subsequently collected by the material sheet receiving device.
  • 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 was optimized, for example, on the basis of the criterion of the shortest path or the shortest time to collect the material sheets according to the document type-specific sequence.
  • the dispensing device 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 in the opposite direction along the curved path according to the document-type-specific sequence.
  • 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.
  • the material sheet receiving device of the dispensing device would in this situation in the same direction instead of moving in the opposite direction, the dispensing 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 create space for the subsequent material sheet receiving device to receive the material sheet it has distributed.
  • the material sheet receiving device would then have to move back in order to create space for the dispensing device so that it can move to the next but one storage station and distribute a material sheet there.
  • the dispensing device would then have to move back again in order to enable the material sheet receiving device to receive the material sheet distributed by it at the next but one storage 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 configuring the dispensing device and the material sheet receiving device to to be able to move past each other.
  • 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 made more flexible when collecting the material sheets, whereby the path covered can be shortened or the number required for the collation can be reduced and / or optimized.
  • At least one of the storage cassettes is equipped with individual sheets of material in the form of a stack.
  • the dispensing device moves at least partially along the first curved path.
  • the dispensing device moves completely along the first curved path.
  • the material sheet receiving device and the distributing device are arranged offset from one another in the axial direction relative to the curve axis or central axis, so that they can move past one another along the first curved path.
  • 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.
  • a particularly fast and efficient movement pattern for picking up the material sheets according to the document type-specific sequence could be realized, since neither the material sheet picking up device nor the distributing device would have to perform superfluous movements to enable the other device to access a supply station.
  • 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 outwardly 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 access the material sheets provided directly.
  • the material sheet receiving device which also includes the fixing device for fixing the material sheet to be received, 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.
  • the dispensing device has a carrier element extending 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 cam track.
  • 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 attaches itself along the curved path the material sheet receiving device can move past, even if the paths of the two devices cross.
  • the dispensing device comprises a plurality of individual dispensing devices, which are each arranged in a stationary manner at one of the supply stations.
  • Embodiments can have the advantage that the dispensing devices are arranged in a stationary manner and therefore no mechanics are necessary for moving the dispensing device.
  • the collating device can therefore 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 there is an influence or even obstructions of the movement pattern of the material sheet receiving device comes.
  • the calculation and / or the determination of the movement pattern of the material sheet receiving device are therefore also simplified, since no movement patterns of the dispensing device have to be taken into account.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • the material sheet receiving device is configured to arrange the material sheet which has been received immediately beforehand on the material sheet to be received in accordance with the order specific to the document type at the supply stations.
  • 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 optimized for the corresponding exact format.
  • 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.
  • 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, protects the material sheets and reduces the risk of mechanical damage.
  • 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, protects the material sheets and reduces the risk of mechanical damage.
  • 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 in the material sheet booklet can be introduced and the material sheet booklet as such receives stability without additional fixing elements.
  • an ultrasonic welding device consisting of a generator, a sound transducer or converter and a sonotrode is used for this purpose.
  • the generator generates an electrical alternating voltage, which is converted into a mechanical vibration with the aid of the sound transducer.
  • the sound transducer in turn conducts the high-frequency mechanical vibrations, i.e. Ultrasound into the sonotrode connected to it and sets it in resonance vibrations in the ultrasonic range.
  • a transformation piece or booster is arranged between the sound transducer and the sonotrode, which transforms the vibration amplitude arriving from the sound transducer and forwards this enlarged to the sonotrode.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 by the plurality of ultrasonic sonotrodes which are spatially spaced apart from one another. This can efficiently reduce the risk of the material sheets slipping and / or unfolding.
  • 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.
  • the material sheets have a rectangular format, one of the ultrasonic sonotrodes being arranged in each of the four corner regions of the rectangular format, so that the ultrasonic welding of the material sheets takes place in the corner regions.
  • 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.
  • the storage surfaces each have one or more passage openings for at least partial passage of 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 safe fixation of the material sheets by means of ultrasound is made possible.
  • 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.
  • 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 parameters that can usually be set in 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.
  • the collating device further comprises a personalization device which is assigned to one of the supply stations and is configured to personalize the individual of the material sheets before they are provided on the storage surface of the material sheet carrier of the corresponding supply station.
  • Embodiments can have the advantage that when the material sheet booklet is being created, personalized material sheets can also be included. These can be created individually for the document (s) 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.
  • the collating device comprises supply stations with material sheet types for each document type of the plurality of different types of identity documents, documents of value or security.
  • Embodiments can have the advantage that the creation of a plurality of identity documents, documents of value or security documents of a selected document type is parallelized and the creation speed is thus increased.
  • 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.
  • the document-type-specific sequence includes further storage stations of the collating device, which are arranged along a second curved path around the central axis, the second curved path lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the first curved path.
  • Embodiments can have the advantage that they enable a spatially compact arrangement of a large number of storage stations, in particular on several levels one above the other.
  • 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 be it in particular make it possible to provide a larger number of different types of material sheets in a smaller area.
  • Embodiments further relate to a method for collating material sheets and creating a material sheet booklet for a document type selected from a plurality of different ID, value or security document types, the material sheet booklet to be created comprising the material sheets collected in a document-type-specific order.
  • the method comprises: providing material sheets for a plurality of different types of ID, value or security document by means of 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 an individual of the material sheets and on a first curved path are arranged around a vertical curve 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 material sheets from the supply cassettes to the storage area of the respective material sheet carrier at the individual supply stations.
  • a material sheet receiving device which includes a fixing device.
  • the respective material sheet to be picked up is picked up by the material sheet pick-up device in that the material sheet to be picked up is fixed by means of the fixing device to the material sheet picked up immediately before according to the document-type-specific sequence in such a way that the alignment of the picked up material sheet with respect to the material sheet picked up immediately before is determined and the document-type-specific material sheet booklet successively is created.
  • Embodiments can individually or in combination with one another comprise all method steps which are carried out by the previously described embodiments of the collating device during operation.
  • FIG. 3 shows a collating device 100 which has a plurality of supply stations 102.
  • Each of the illustrated supply stations 102 each comprises a supply cassette 116, in which individual material sheets 112 of a uniform material sheet type are arranged.
  • the supply station 102 each has a sheet of material carrier 108 with a flat, rectangular storage area 110.
  • the supply stations 102 are arranged along a curved path 152, which corresponds to the circumference 146 of a central carrier unit 148 of the collating device 100, in which the individual elements of the collating device 100 are arranged.
  • the elements comprised by the gathering device 100 are aligned radially with a central longitudinal axis of the central carrier unit 148 in such a way that the material sheet carriers 108 are arranged radially on the inside, while the storage cassettes 116 are arranged radially on the outside.
  • a dispensing device 114 and a material sheet receiving device 118 are shown. Both devices 114, 118 can be moved in both directions on the cam track 152 along the circular circumference 146 of the central carrier unit 148.
  • Figure 1A shows the dispensing device 114 when a sheet of material 112 is picked up from a storage cassette 116.
  • an elongated carrier element 606 that can be extended in the radial direction is extended so that a receiving element 604 that can be moved downward in the axial direction stores the uppermost sheet of material 112 in the storage cassette 116 by means of four suction openings 602 can accommodate.
  • the material sheet receiving device 114 comprises a receiving element 150 which can be moved in the axial direction and which is lowered with the partially created material sheet booklet onto the material sheet 112 distributed until the material sheet last collected according to the document type-specific sequence rests on the material sheet 112 distributed.
  • the material sheet receiving device 118 includes a fixing device 128 with four ultrasonic welding tools 130, which each include an ultrasonic sonotrode.
  • the ultrasonic sonotrodes are moved axially upwards so that they are each guided through one of the through openings 132 in the storage surface 110 on which the sheet of material 112 rests and come into contact with the sheet of material 112.
  • the sheet of material 112 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 150 is now moved back axially upwards into its starting position, the material sheet 112 which has been ultra-welded to the material sheet handle is also picked up.
  • Figure 2 shows a schematic view of the collating device 100 of FIG. 1 in a view from above.
  • the supply stations 102 are arranged along the curved path 152 around the central carrier unit 148 of the collating device 100 with the central longitudinal axis 154.
  • the sheet of material carrier 108 is arranged radially on the inside opposite the supply cassette 116.
  • the material sheet receiving device 118 and the distributing device 114 can be moved along a curved path 152 around the circumference 146 of the central carrier unit 148 of the collating device 100 to each of the supply stations 102 provided.
  • the movements of the sheet material take-up device 118 and the dispensing device 114 and the collation of material sheets 112 and the creation of a material sheet booklet by these two devices 118, 114 are controlled by a central control unit 134 which is connected to the collation device 100 via a communication link.
  • the corresponding communication connection can be either a cable connection or a wireless connection.
  • the central control device 134 is part of the central carrier unit 148.
  • Figure 3A shows a first exemplary material sheet 112, which is provided for the creation of a material sheet booklet for a single identity, value or security document.
  • the central area 202 shown in dashed lines comprises structures 204 which are provided to become part of the document body for the corresponding identity document, value document or security document.
  • the area 202 is also generally referred to as a benefit.
  • the material sheet booklet has material sheets 112 of different material sheet types with different structures 204, from which in total the structures of the document body to be created result.
  • these structures 204 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 3B shows a second embodiment of a material sheet 112, the use of which comprises two spaced-apart regions 202 with structures 204 for creating two document bodies for two ID, value or security documents of the same document type.
  • sheets of material 112 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. In this case, the mechanics of the gathering device 100 are sufficient for creating a single sheet of material for the parallelization.
  • Figure 4A shows a material sheet booklet 500, which comprises a plurality of material sheets 112, which are each firmly welded by ultrasonic welding in the area of the joining zone 502 to the subsequent material sheet according to the document-type-specific sequence. Permanently welded means that the sheets of material cannot be separated from one another without being destroyed.
  • the corresponding sheet of material booklet 500 results from the collection devices 100, 100 ′ according to FIGS Figures 1 and 3 carried out compilation and creation process.
  • Figure 4B shows a view of the material sheet booklet 500 perpendicularly from above.
  • the joining zones 502 can be, for example, four point-like or circular or rectangular areas, for the generation of which sonotrodes with circular or rectangular welding surfaces were used. This has the advantage that the through openings 132 can be provided by simple bores.
  • Embodiments can vary in shape and diameter in the welded regions 502 depending on the shape of the ultrasonic sonotrodes 130 used.
  • Figure 5 shows a schematic view of an exemplary dispensing device 114.
  • the dispensing device 114 is in the shape of an inverted "L" with the short leg 612 oriented radially outward.
  • the carrier element 606 can be moved in the radial direction along the longitudinal direction of the short leg 612 from a first radially inner position, ie the original position, to a second radially outer position.
  • a downwardly displaceable receiving element 604 is arranged, which comprises an underlying plate-shaped section, through which suction channels for producing a negative pressure at the suction openings 602 extend.
  • a sheet of material is created by creating a vacuum 112 and can thus be lifted by the dispensing device and moved by moving the carrier element 606 from a radially outer second position to a radially inner first position.
  • Figure 6 shows a schematic view of an exemplary material sheet receiving device 118.
  • the material sheet receiving device 118 comprises a receiving element 150 which can be moved axially downward and on which a plate-shaped section 616 is arranged.
  • the receiving element 150 comprises channels 144 for generating a negative pressure for sucking in the material sheets 112 of the material sheet booklet.
  • the material sheet receiving device 118 shown comprises a fixing device 128 with sonotrode tools 130 for ultrasonic welding of material sheets 112 to the material sheet handle transported by the material sheet receiving device 118.
  • Figure 7 shows a schematic view of a supply cassette 116 and a material sheet carrier 108 from below.
  • the sheet of material carrier 108 has four through bores 132 in the corner areas of the storage area.
  • An ultrasonic sonotrode of an ultrasonic tool 130, as shown in FIG Figure 8 is shown.
  • FIG. 12 shows a schematic view of an ultrasonic tool 130 for welding sheets of material.
  • the ultrasonic tool 130 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 vibration is transmitted via the sound transducer 904 to the sonotrode 908, which is tuned to the same frequency, and this is set in resonance vibration. If necessary, the oscillation amplitude can be increased by installing a transformation piece 906 between the sound transducer 904 and the sonotrode 908.
  • Figure 9 shows a schematic view of a second embodiment of a collating device 100 ', which essentially consists of two collating devices 100 arranged one above the other Figure 1 corresponds.
  • storage stations 102 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 148.
  • the storage stations 102 according to the gathering device 100 ′ each have a stationary distribution device 114.
  • the supply stations 102 of the upper group 106 correspond to the supply stations from FIG Figure 1 .
  • the material sheets 112 are arranged in the supply cassettes as a stack of sheets.
  • the supply stations 102 of the lower group 104 comprise supply cassettes in which the material sheets 112 are arranged in the form of tape rolls.
  • the dispensing devices 114 of the lower supply stations 102 have a configuration which allows them to unroll a sheet of material at a time and to separate the correspondingly unrolled sheet of material from the roll of material for distribution.
  • the gathering device 100 has two material sheet pick-up devices 118, one for each of the two groups 104, 106 of storage stations 102.
  • a transport device 158 is provided for the axial transport of the material sheet booklet.
  • the corresponding material sheet booklet is deposited at a first of the two receiving stations 160, 160 'of the transport device 158 by the corresponding material sheet receiving device 118 and to the second receiving station 160', 160 on the level of the group 104, 106, from which the next material sheet 112 according to the document type-specific sequence is to be taken.
  • the sheet material booklet is picked up by the sheet material pick-up device 118 of the corresponding group 104, 106 and transported along a curved path around the curve axis or central longitudinal axis 154 to the corresponding supply station 102.
  • the corresponding sheet of material 112 is arranged there in a stationary manner Distributing device 114 distributed to the storage surface 110 of the corresponding material sheet carrier 108 and ultrasonically welded to the material sheet handle by the material sheet receiving device 118.
  • Figures 10A and 10B show a schematic detailed view of a supply cassette 116 with material sheets 112, which are arranged in the form of a stack 140.
  • a sheet of material carrier 108 with a flat storage surface 110 which in the example shown has a rectangular format, is arranged on the supply cassette 116.
  • a through opening 132 for the ultrasonic sonotrodes 130 is arranged in each of the corner regions of the storage surface 110.
  • the dispensing device 114 is shown in detail.
  • Figure 10A shows the receiving of a sheet of material 112 by the dispensing device 114 by means of suction openings 602.
  • a receiving element 604 which can be moved vertically along the carrier element 606, is arranged above the upwardly open supply cassette 116.
  • the receiving element 604 is moved with the suction openings 602 downwards on the uppermost sheet of material 112 in the supply cassette 116.
  • the suction openings 602 come into contact with the uppermost sheet of material 112 in the supply cassette 116. This can be ascertained, for example, by recognizing a resistance when the receiving element 604 is moved downwards, or it can be controlled as a function of the filling quantity of the storage cassette 116.
  • suction openings 602 to suck in the uppermost sheet of material 112 also has the advantage that the sheet of material 112 can be sucked in even if the suction openings 602 have not yet come into contact with it, but have been sufficiently approached.
  • the sucked-in sheet of material 112 is lifted upward by moving the receiving element 604.
  • the carrier element 606, which carries the receiving element 604 can be moved along a rail formed by a web 608 to the storage surface 110.
  • the carrier element 606 has a groove 610 in which the web 608 is arranged.
  • Figure 10B shows the state when the carrier element 606 has been moved along the rails 608 over the storage surface 110.
  • the material sheet 112 picked up is deposited on the depositing surface 110 by switching off the negative pressure at the suction openings 602 by means of gravity.
  • the receiving element 604 is also moved downwards.
  • FIG. 11 shows a schematic view of the dispensing device 114 from the front.
  • the carrier element 606 on which the receiving element 604 is arranged can be seen.
  • the carrier element 606 comprises two lateral holding arms 610 with grooves 612, which can be moved along the webs 608.
  • the receiving element 604 can be moved perpendicularly along the carrier element 606.
  • the receiving element 604 comprises suction openings 602, which are in a through connection with channels 614 for generating negative pressure for sucking in a sheet of material 112.

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