EP4212350A1 - Dispositif d'impression pour imprimer un substrat en forme de bande - Google Patents

Dispositif d'impression pour imprimer un substrat en forme de bande Download PDF

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EP4212350A1
EP4212350A1 EP23150653.6A EP23150653A EP4212350A1 EP 4212350 A1 EP4212350 A1 EP 4212350A1 EP 23150653 A EP23150653 A EP 23150653A EP 4212350 A1 EP4212350 A1 EP 4212350A1
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Andreas Gümmer
Dietmar Frost
Michael Petri
Hans-Georg HERWIG
Alexander IPHÖFER
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42DBOOKS; 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
    • B42D25/00Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/40Manufacture
    • B42D25/405Marking
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42DBOOKS; 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
    • B42D25/00Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/40Manufacture
    • B42D25/45Associating two or more layers
    • B42D25/455Associating two or more layers using heat
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42DBOOKS; 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
    • B42D25/00Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/40Manufacture
    • B42D25/45Associating two or more layers
    • B42D25/46Associating two or more layers using pressure
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42DBOOKS; 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
    • B42D25/00Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/40Manufacture
    • B42D25/475Cutting cards

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  • the invention relates to a production system for producing identity, valuable or security documents or for producing a composite of a plurality of identity, valuable or security documents.
  • a method for producing an individual identification, value or security document in which the document has a personalized composite body which includes a document-type-specific selection of material sheets in a document-type-specific sequence.
  • the individual sheets of material are made available by means of a supply station, the individual sheets of material made available being collected and collected in the order specific to the document type for the booklet of material sheets to be created.
  • the composite body specific to the document type is then laminated and cut to size. This is followed by a personalization of the data type-specific composite body.
  • From the DE 10 2018 119 178 A1 describes a production system for producing data cards for security elements from a laminate composite, which is formed from two processing lines separated from one another by an interface, namely a production line and a personalization line, each of which includes a closed transport track for transporting the raw card cut to final size in a workpiece carrier .
  • the raw card is in one Saving inserted in the workpiece carrier and is thus passed through all processing stations; this results in a so-called one-piece flow.
  • the production plant according to the invention includes in particular a transport system with at least one workpiece carrier. There is preferably a large number of workpiece carriers, which leads to a higher production throughput.
  • Adjacent to the transport system is a first supply device, which is set up to transfer a top layer of the identification, valuable or security document to the workpiece carrier.
  • Downstream of the first supply device is a printing device which is adjacent to the transport system and comprises a stationary print head in a printing area in order to apply a print image, in particular a portrait image, to a substrate by moving a printing table together with the substrate fixed thereto, and which is set up to hand over the printed substrate individually to the workpiece carrier.
  • Downstream of the printing device is a further supply device which is adjacent to the transport system and is set up to transfer at least one further layer of the identification, valuable or security document to the workpiece carrier.
  • a further supply device which add individual layers to the stack on the workpiece carrier, depending on the structure of the ID, valuable or security document.
  • Downstream of the at least one further provision device is a device for producing a welded raw card composite with or without a light-transparent window, which is adjacent to the transport system.
  • one of the Device for producing a welded raw card composite with or without a light-transparent window downstream, adjacent to the transport system, final provision device available, which is set up to transfer another top layer of the ID, value or security document to the workpiece carrier to form a film stack.
  • final provision device available, which is set up to transfer another top layer of the ID, value or security document to the workpiece carrier to form a film stack.
  • a stitching station downstream of this final supply device is a stitching station which is adjacent to the transport system and is set up to connect the film stack to form a film booklet.
  • Downstream of the stitching station is a laminating station which is adjacent to the transport system and into which a heating device is integrated and which is set up to laminate the film stitching to form a laminate composite.
  • the laminating station is followed by a cutting station which is set up to subject the laminate composite to a multi-sided trimming, with the cutting station being assigned a handling device in order to remove the laminate composite from or from the workpiece carrier and to feed the laminate composite, in particular cut into strips, to the workpiece carrier again .
  • This configuration creates a compact production facility, which also leads to a short throughput time for the production of identity, valuable or security documents.
  • a strip of several ID, valuable or security documents is available for further processing, with this strip preferably being a combination of four cards in ID1 format or a combination of two cards in ID3 format .
  • the product to be inserted into a magazine has a strip format which, in particular, has an area of 104 millimeters by 278 millimeters (if it is a strip in ID3 format) or 104 millimeters by 264 millimeters (if it is a strip in ID1 format).
  • the strip preferably contains raw cards in ID 1, ID 2, ID 3 or in any other format. These formats are standardized by ISO 10373, ISO/IEC 7810 and ISO 14443, for example.
  • the workpiece carrier In order to ensure that the individual layers are reliably transported to or through the individual stations during production, it is expedient for the workpiece carrier to have at least two positioning pins in order to register the layers of the later ID, value or security document provided with holes in register stack and transport.
  • the production plant is preferably equipped with a transport system which is in the form of a planar drive system.
  • This planar drive system includes a permanently excited planar electromagnetic motor, which in turn is formed with a plurality of planar stators.
  • the runner is preferably movable in or about four directions.
  • the supply devices are provided with a pull-out roll for supplying the individual layers that have been separated from a plastic web from a roll.
  • This pull-out roll is preferably provided with a linearly adjustable gripping device for gripping a free end of the plastic web.
  • the supply device also includes a hole punch in order to provide the layers with a hole on or in the workpiece carrier before they are fitted.
  • the workpiece carrier is provided with a positioning pin adapted to the perforation, the individual layers on or in the workpiece carrier can be aligned in a position-true or true-to-register manner.
  • a positioning pin adapted to the perforation
  • the individual layers on or in the workpiece carrier can be aligned in a position-true or true-to-register manner.
  • the use of more than one positioning pin on the workpiece carrier serves to prevent the individual plastic layers threaded onto the positioning pins from rotating.
  • the supply device is formed with a clamping device and a cutting device. In this way, the unrolled part can be fixed at the end and then cut through in an operationally reliable manner, and therefore isolated.
  • the device for producing a welded raw card composite with a light-transparent window is immediately upstream of a pre-fixing station which is adjacent to the transport system and is set up to pre-fix the stack of layers provided by the workpiece carrier.
  • the device for producing a welded raw card composite with or without a light-transparent window comprises in particular a punching device that has a die holder fixed to a punching stand, on which there is a first die that is assigned a first punch for punching the card substrate. There is also a second die on the die holder, which is assigned a second punch that can be moved coaxially with the first punch and has the same contour as the first punch, for punching a window substrate, with the first die being arranged at a distance from the second die in an adjustment direction of the punches.
  • the first punch and the first die are positioned in relation to the card substrate in such a way that they make an opening in the card substrate when the first punch is adjusted, with the second punch and the second die being positioned in relation to the window substrate in such a way that they the adjustment movement of the second punch punches out a window part adapted to the dimensions of the opening from the window substrate, wherein the window part can be inserted into the opening through the simultaneous movement of the first punch together with the second punch.
  • the special feature of the punching device is the production of the double stamp. This is namely originally formed from a single piece, which only has then been isolated in the two punches. For this reason, both punches have exactly the same contour. The same applies to the two matrices. These too have been divided into the two individual matrices from a single piece of matrix. For this reason, the two matrices have exactly the same contour.
  • the device for producing a welded raw card composite with a light-transparent window can additionally be provided with a film welding device for welding a carrier film to a single-layer or multi-layer card substrate.
  • the punching device can be adjusted, for example, perpendicularly with respect to the direction of adjustment of the punches, at least between a punching position and a welding position. In a welding position, an area present on the first die is preferably present as an abutment for a pressure plate of the film welding device.
  • the punching device can therefore fulfill a dual function, namely on the one hand punching the window substrate and the card substrate and inserting the window part into the opening by the simultaneous movement of the punches. And on the other hand the formation of an abutment when the carrier film is welded. In this way, therefore, there is a particularly compact device for producing a welded card with a light-transparent window and thus a particularly compact production system.
  • ID1, value or security document is in ID1 format, it has proven to be advantageous to increase throughput if there are at least four thread application devices in the direction of transport/production to apply a security thread each. This is the case, for example, with the German identity card (as of 2021). If the identity, valuable or security document is in ID3 format, the at least four thread application devices are used to apply a security thread transversely to the direction of transport / production, which is the case with the German passport (status: 2021), for example. the case is.
  • the thread insertion station can be mounted stationary in the housing of the production plant, with the workpiece carrier being rotatable in order to specify the right direction for the application of the security thread. As an alternative to this, the thread insertion station itself can also be rotated, for example by 90 degrees, so that the direction of the thread application can be changed or adjusted.
  • the lamination station comprises at least two individual presses that can be operated independently of one another and that can work in parallel with one another.
  • the laminating station is preferably designed in such a way that the tools and their laminating sheets remain in the respective individual press.
  • a cooling device is preferably also integrated into the laminating station, although there are separate temperature ranges for the heating and cooling process.
  • the present laminating station has the advantage that only the laminating sheets and the card material are heated and then cooled again, which results in lower energy consumption.
  • the workpiece carrier does not heat up, since the pre-fixed foil booklet is removed from the first workpiece carrier with the transfer device and fed to one of the two individual presses.
  • the cutting station is preferably set up to subject the laminate composite produced in the laminating station to four-side trimming.
  • the laminate composite is preferably cut to a format which comprises a combination of four ID1 formats.
  • the laminate composite is cut to a format that includes a composite of two ID3 formats.
  • the trimming preferably takes place under pressure mark control using pressure marks that have already been applied beforehand.
  • the outermost imprint can also be a layer of lacquer.
  • a lacquer layer from a signature lacquer comes into question; the layer is then preferably only partially applied to the top layer.
  • the production plant preferably comprises a further printing device, which is downstream of the cutting station and adjoins the transport system, for the application of a lacquer to the cut lamination composite.
  • the positioning of the lacquer field or the several lacquer fields takes place, for example, with the aid of printer's marks, which are optically recognized by a camera.
  • the additional printing device can be a pad printing device for applying a signature varnish, which can be inscribed with an indelible ink in its dried state.
  • the printing device is also followed by a drying station for drying the applied paint.
  • the production plant also includes a hologram application device with a workpiece transport device downstream of the cutting station. This is then set up to lift the workpiece carrier together with the laminate composite from the transport system, to apply a film provided with a hologram to the cut laminate composite and then to return the laminate composite with the hologram added to the transport system together with the workpiece carrier.
  • the removal of the laminate composite from the workpiece carrier of the transport system The production facility is used to ensure that greater pressure forces can be used on the laminate composite when applying the hologram film. In a case in which the laminate composite remains on the workpiece carrier, these pressure forces could not be exerted.
  • This turning device is in particular provided with two suction pads.
  • a first suction gripper is set up to grip the laminate composite by means of a vacuum and to be adjusted perpendicularly with respect to the plane spanned by the workpiece carrier.
  • the first suction gripper is also set up to be adjusted parallel to the plane spanned by the workpiece carrier.
  • the first suction gripper is set up to be rotated about an axis oriented parallel to the plane spanned by the workpiece carrier.
  • there is a second suction gripper which is set up to receive the laminate composite turned over by the first suction gripper and to grip it by means of a vacuum and to be adjusted perpendicularly with respect to the plane spanned by the workpiece carrier. In this way, the second suction gripper can place the turned laminate composite back on the workpiece carrier.
  • a checking device adjacent to the transport system, which is set up to subject the cut laminate composite to a quality check and to mark faulty laminate composites as rejects.
  • the checking device is set up to check the register of the individual layers of the laminate composite, and a correction for the collation of the individual layers if the register accuracy falls below a specified threshold. This means that data is transferred to the control system of the production plant.
  • a magazine device with at least two magazines adjacent to the transport system, which is set up to store the finished identification, valuable or security document sorted by format in the magazines.
  • the magazining device comprises a punching device that is set up to cut a laminate composite with a plurality of ID, valuable or security documents into individual ID, valuable or security documents in a predetermined format before storing them in one of the to separate magazines.
  • FIG 1 shows a production system 100 for producing identity, valuable or security documents or for producing a composite of a plurality of identity, valuable or security documents, which is characterized by a compact structure.
  • the production plant 100 is formed with a housing 108 which encapsulates the individual processing stations.
  • the production plant 100 and its housing 108 include a longitudinal part 102 in which individual processing stations are accommodated.
  • the production system 100 and its housing 108 are also formed with a first system arm 104 and a second system arm 106, in which further processing stations of the production system 100 are accommodated.
  • the two system arms 104, 106 are connected to the longitudinal part 102 to form a unit.
  • the housing 108 has a number of windows.
  • FIG 2 12 is a top view of the manufacturing facility 100 of FIG figure 1 shown, with the housing 108 not being shown for the sake of clarity. It can be seen that the production plant 100 includes a transport system 112 with at least one workpiece carrier 114 .
  • the transport system 112 and the workpiece carrier 114 are detailed in figure 3 shown.
  • the transport system 112 is formed as a planar drive system.
  • This planar drive system includes a permanent magnet planar electromagnetic motor 148, which in turn is formed with a plurality of planar stators. These stators form a kind of "plate” on which the workpiece carrier 114 is placed.
  • the workpiece carrier 114 is formed as a rotor of the planar motor 148 that can be moved in at least two directions on the stators.
  • the workpiece carrier 114 is designed to move along or around four axes. It can move along the X-axis, along the Y-axis, and along the Z-axis, as well as rotate about any of these axes.
  • the workpiece carrier 114 has at least two positioning pins 150 in order to stack and transport perforated layers of the subsequent identification, valuable or security document in register.
  • the transport system 112 is adjoined by a first supply device 144 which is set up to transfer a top layer of the identification, valuable or security document to the workpiece carrier 114 .
  • This first provision device 144 is detailed in figure 4 shown and includes a roll extension 152.
  • delivery devices 154 which have a structure identical to that of the first delivery device 144, each of the delivery devices 144, 154 providing a layer made of a plastic web (preferably based on polyamide (PA) or polyurethane (PU), preferably based on polycarbonate (PC)) from a roll 156 is separated.
  • the roll extension 152 is formed with a clamping device 158 and with a cutting device 160 . In this way, the unrolled part can be fixed at the end and then cut through in an operationally reliable manner, and therefore isolated.
  • the roll extension 152 For unrolling the film from the roll 156, the roll extension 152 has a linearly adjustable gripping device 162 for gripping a free end of the plastic web. At least one guide roller guides the plastic web.
  • the pull-out roll 152 also has a punch 164 to punch the threaded film. After punching, the beginning of the film is gripped by the gripping device 162 and the roll 156 is drawn off linearly to the strip size that can be picked up by the first workpiece carrier 144 .
  • the pull-off strip is then clamped with the clamping device 158, after which a separating cut of the foil strip is performed a cutting device 160 takes place in order to separate it.
  • a roll deduction could also be located.
  • the production plant 100 also has a printing device 116 downstream of the first supply device 144 and adjoining the transport system 112. It provides the portrait image of the user or the portrait images of the users of the later identification, value or security document.
  • the printing device 116 is in figure 5 to see closer.
  • the printing device 116 comprises a delivery unit 168 for delivering a web-like substrate 170 from a roll 172.
  • the unwound roll 172 in particular the web-like substrate 170, is guided through the printing device 116 with a substrate guide 174 having a plurality of deflection rollers 176.
  • a splicing unit 178 is connected directly downstream of the supply unit 168 in order to connect at least one layer of the substrate 170 provided on the roll 172 to the substrate 170 of the preceding roll.
  • a cutting unit 180, the supply unit 168 and a buffer unit 182 are arranged in a top floor 184 of the printing device 116.
  • the splicing unit 178 is located downstream of the supply unit 168 along a web transport direction, but upstream of a printing area 166 to be explained in more detail below.
  • the buffer unit 182, which is also optional, is used for temporary temporary storage of the unwound web-shaped substrate 170.
  • the buffer unit 182, which is also located downstream of the supply unit 168 in the web transport direction, but is upstream of the printing area 166, is also downstream of the splicing unit 178.
  • the buffer unit 182 comprises a displaceable deflection roller 186, merely by way of example, wherein the buffer unit 182, due to its displaceable deflection roller 186, is set up to compensate for a change in length of the web-shaped substrate 170 that occurs during the printing process due to the movement of a printing table 188.
  • the displaceable deflection roller 186 is mounted so that it can be adjusted perpendicularly to the direction of fall. Starting from the buffer unit 182, this is followed by an alignment unit 190, which is also optional.
  • This alignment unit 190 is positioned directly in front of the printing area 166 and is thus set up to align the edges of the substrate 170 with respect to the printing table 188 to align
  • the substrate guide 174 thus guides the substrate in web form to the printing table 188 and thus to the printing area 166.
  • the displaceably mounted or adjustable printing table 188 is located in the printing area 166 and has a vacuum unit in order to apply a vacuum to the web-shaped substrate 170 in sections fix.
  • the printing table 188 has, for example, a plate which is provided with a plurality of suction holes in order to suck the substrate 170 in web form onto the plate.
  • the pressure table 188 is also adjusted perpendicularly with respect to the direction of fall.
  • a print head 192 which is held stationary during the printing process and is set up to apply a print image to the substrate 170 by means of a displacement of the printing table 188 together with the substrate 170 fixed thereto
  • the print head 192 or the plurality of print heads 192 with their print nozzles is stationary, with the print image being produced by the displacement of the print table 188 with respect to the print head 192.
  • one or more deflection rollers or one or more displaceable deflection rollers can optionally be present in order to maintain the tension in the web-shaped material during the printing process, with the displaceable deflection rollers in particular being designed in the manner of a "dancer".
  • test units 198 which are also optional, in order to test the web-shaped substrate 170, in particular optically.
  • the test units 198 are downstream of the printing area 166 in the web transport direction, but upstream of a drying oven 200 . The result of this is that rejects can be detected before drying and thus a smaller section of the web-shaped substrate 170 has to be replaced if errors are detected.
  • the substrate 198 in web form first passes through the first inspection unit 198 which optically inspects the underside of the substrate 170 in web form. Only then does the substrate 170 in web form reach the second checking unit 198, which then checks the printed image and the printed page.
  • the drying oven 200 is then located downstream in the direction of web transport in order to completely dry the still wet ink.
  • the substrate guide 174 guides the printed substrate 170 laterally out of the printing device 116 and delivers it individually to the workpiece carrier 114 . The delivery of the printed substrate 170 takes place on that side of the printing device 116 on which the supply unit 168 with its roll 172 of the substrate 170 is also located.
  • At least one additional supply device 146 which is downstream of the printing device 116 and adjoins the transport system 112, is present and has a sheet extract 202 and is set up to transfer at least one additional layer of the identification, valuable or security document to the workpiece carrier 114.
  • These delivery devices 146 are provided with a sheet extract 202, as shown in figure 6 is shown in more detail, and which in turn provides layers of plastic (preferably based on polyamide (PA) or polyurethane (PU), preferably based on polycarbonate (PC)), which were removed from a stack of sheets 204.
  • layers of plastic preferably based on polyamide (PA) or polyurethane (PU), preferably based on polycarbonate (PC)
  • PA polyamide
  • PU polyurethane
  • PC polycarbonate
  • the sheet extract 202 includes, in particular, an alignment plate 206, which moves under a gripper 208 in order to ensure alignment when the film is in the deposited state.
  • the sheet extract 202 has a three-axis adjustment option, with a light sensor being used to monitor the correct alignment.
  • a hole punch 210 is also present at these further delivery stations 136 in order to introduce a hole in the respective sheet. The layer is then deposited precisely on the workpiece carrier 104 by the gripper 208 of the sheet extension 202.
  • the production system 100 comprises further provision devices 146, 154 and also has a pre-fixing station 128 adjoining the transport system 112, which is directly upstream of a device 118 for producing a welded raw card composite with a light-transparent window.
  • This pre-fixing station 128 is set up to pre-fix the stack of layers provided by the workpiece carrier 114 before it is provided to the device 118 for producing a welded raw card composite with a light-transparent window.
  • the device 118 for producing a welded raw card composite with a light-transparent window is in figure 7 shown in detail.
  • it comprises a film welding device 212 for welding a carrier film 214 to the prefixed stack of films.
  • a punching device 216 is also present.
  • the film welding device 212 for welding the carrier film 214 comprises in particular a pressure plate 218 which can be heated in particular.
  • the punching device 216 comprises a punching stand 220 to which a die holder 222 is fixed. On this die holder 222 there is a first die 224, which is assigned a first punch 226 for punching the pre-fixed film stack.
  • the die holder 222 there is also a second die 228, which is assigned a second punch 230 that can be moved coaxially to the first punch 226 and has the same contour as the first punch 230 for punching a window substrate 232, with the first die 224 being lower in an adjustment direction of the punches 226, 230 spaced from the second die 228.
  • a suction gripper 234 of the device 118 in order to remove the pre-fixed film stack from the positioning pins 150 of the workpiece carrier 114, for which purpose the suction gripper 234 is also equipped with at least one positioning pin, for example.
  • the suction gripper 234 When the suction gripper 234 has picked up the prefixed film stack, it positions it with respect to the punching device 216, which in the present case can be laterally adjusted between a punching position and a welding position. If the punching device 216 is adjusted to the punching position, an opening can be made in the prefixed film stack with the aid of the first punch 226 and the first die 224 . The remainder is brought out of the free space between the two matrices 224, 228, in particular blown out or sucked out. The first punch 226 is then adjusted further until it dips into the second die 228 of the same contour.
  • the second punch 230 is moved in the direction of the window substrate 232, as a result of which a window part is punched out by means of the second die 228. This is clamped between the two punches 226, 230.
  • the two stamps are then moved simultaneously until the window part clamped between them is inserted into the opening that was made in the prefixed foil booklet by the first stamping stamp 226 . Thereafter, the stamps are retracted into their starting position and the punching device 216 is laterally adjusted until it has reached the welding position. In this welding position, the carrier film 214 is then brought under the pre-fixed stack of films now equipped with the window part.
  • the pressure plate 218 is heated and then presses the carrier film 214 against the pre-fixed stack of films, as a result of which the window part is secured in the stack of films.
  • the carrier film 214 is preferably a mottled fiber film.
  • the first matrix 224 is presently formed with a small overhang, which serves as an abutment for the pressure plate 218 of the film welding device 212, whereby the punching device 216 of the device 118 has a dual function (punching and welding).
  • the carrier film 214 can be separated from the web with a cutting unit 236, with a retaining unit also being present in particular, which ensures that the free end of the web can still be gripped by a linearly adjustable gripper.
  • the device 118 for producing a welded raw card composite with a light-transparent window is followed by a thread insertion station 130, which is set up to provide the workpiece carrier 114 with at least one security thread 238 or a layer with at least one security thread 238.
  • This thread insertion station 130 is in figure 8 shown closer.
  • ID1, value or security document is in ID1 format, it has proven advantageous to increase throughput if in the direction of transport / Production direction at least four thread application devices 240 are present in order to apply a security thread 238 each. This is the case, for example, with the German identity card (as of 2021). If the ID, value or security document is in ID3 format, the application device is used laterally. In this case, the at least four thread application devices 240 are then used to apply a security thread 238 transversely to the transport direction/production direction, which is the case, for example, with the German passport (status: 2021).
  • the thread insertion station can be mounted in a stationary manner in the housing 108 of the production system 100, with the workpiece carrier 114 being rotatable in order to specify the appropriate direction for the application of the security thread 238.
  • the thread insertion station 130 itself can also be rotated, for example by 90 degrees, so that the direction of the thread application can be changed or adjusted.
  • the thread insertion station 130 is followed by another supply device 146 with a sheet extractor 202. This is then followed by a final supply device 120 with a roller pull-out 152, which provides a final top layer for forming a finished film stack.
  • a stitching station 122 Downstream of the final supply device 120 is a stitching station 122 which is adjacent to the transport system 112 and is set up to join the film stack to form a film booklet.
  • a laminating station 124 downstream of the tacking station 122 and adjacent to the transport system 112, in which a heating device is integrated and which is set up to laminate the film tack to form a laminate composite.
  • the laminating station 124 is shown in a perspective detailed view.
  • the present lamination station 124 has at least two individual presses 242 that can be operated independently of one another, as a result of which the lamination time required for lamination of the layers can be compensated for.
  • the foil booklet is heated and pressed without the workpiece carrier 114.
  • the laminating station 124 is assigned a transfer device 246 for removing the film booklet from or from the workpiece carrier 114 before lamination and its positioning between lamination sheets 244 of the individual presses 242 for the lamination and for equipping the workpiece carrier 114 with the lamination composite after the lamination.
  • the transfer device 246 is designed in the manner of a portal and is therefore set up in such a way that it can operate or load both individual presses 242 .
  • the laminating station 124 in the present case also has a cooling device, with separate temperature ranges being present for the heating and for the cooling process.
  • all tools and also the lamination sheets 244 remain with the respective individual press 242. Since only the lamination sheets 244 and the card material are heated and cooled, the energy requirement is lower than in systems in which the workpiece carrier 114 is also placed in the individual presses 242 is inserted.
  • the production plant 100 also includes a cutting station 126 downstream of the laminating station 124, which is set up to subject the laminate composite to a multi-sided trimming.
  • a handling device 248 is assigned to the cutting station 126 in order to remove the laminated composite from or from the workpiece carrier 114 and to feed the laminated composite, which has in particular been cut into strips, to the workpiece carrier 114 again.
  • the handling device 248 is preferably adjustable along three axes.
  • a four-sided cut takes place, with print-mark-controlled longitudinal cuts removing the lamination edge of the laminate composite.
  • the laminated composite is transferred from the handling device 248 back to the workpiece carrier 114, optionally also to another workpiece carrier. The trimmings are collected in a container 250.
  • the production plant 100 has a further printing device 132 downstream of the cutting station and adjoining the transport system for the application of a lacquer to the cut lamination composite.
  • This additional printing device 132 is in figure 11 shown in more detail, wherein it can be seen that the further printing device 132 is a pad printing device. It is set up to apply a signature varnish to the laminate composite, which can be written on with an indelible ink in its dried state.
  • the tampon printing device comprises a multi-axis adjustable pressure arm 256 with a pad 252, which takes up the lacquer held ready in a block 254 and then prints it onto the laminate composite.
  • the additional printing device 132 is also assigned a drying station 258 for drying the applied paint. This forms a kind of drying chamber in which the laminate composite is encapsulated for drying.
  • the drying station is followed by a turning device 138 which is set up to turn the cut laminate composite so that it can then be processed further on its other side.
  • the workpiece carrier 114 moves between the individual processing stations to the turning device 138 around individual foils, around a pre-fixed stack of foils, around a booklet of foils or also around a cut or uncut laminate composite.
  • the turning device 138 is in figure 12 shown in more detail and has two suction pads 260, 262 in the present case.
  • a first suction gripper 260 is set up to grip the laminate composite by means of a vacuum and to be adjusted perpendicularly with respect to the plane spanned by the workpiece carrier 114 .
  • the first suction gripper 260 is also set up to be adjusted parallel to the plane spanned by the workpiece carrier 114 .
  • the first suction gripper 260 is set up to be rotated about an axis oriented parallel to the plane spanned by the workpiece carrier 114 .
  • a second suction gripper 262 which is set up to receive the laminate composite turned over by the first suction gripper 260 and to grip it by means of a vacuum and to be adjusted perpendicularly with respect to the plane spanned by the workpiece carrier 114 . In this way, the second suction gripper 262 can place the turned laminate composite back onto the workpiece carrier 114 .
  • the production system 100 comprises a hologram application device 136 in order to apply a film exposed with a hologram to the laminate composite.
  • the hologram applicator 136 is in figure 13 shown closer. It includes a workpiece transport device 264 and is set up to apply a film provided with a hologram to the cut laminate composite.
  • the laminate composite remains on the workpiece carrier 114.
  • the workpiece carrier 114 is lifted or removed together with the laminate composite by the transport system 112 and transported by the workpiece transport device 264 through the units or stations of the application device.
  • the removal of the workpiece carrier 114 from the transport system 112 of the production plant 100 serves to ensure that greater pressure forces can act on the laminate composite when applying the hologram film.
  • the workpiece carrier 114 with the laminate composite is conveyed through a plurality of units of the hologram application device 136 with the aid of the workpiece transport device 264 .
  • the first protective liner is removed.
  • An adhesive is rolled onto the lamination composite.
  • the hologram film is applied, which is protected and supported by a second liner.
  • the carrier film (liner) is removed after UV drying.
  • the laminate composite supplemented by the hologram film is transferred back to the transport system 112 (magnetic transport system) of the production plant 100 together with the workpiece carrier 114 .
  • the production plant 100 also includes a checking device 140 adjoining the transport system 112, which is set up to subject the cut laminate composite to a quality check and to mark faulty laminate composites as rejects.
  • the inspection facility 140 of the production plant is in figure 14 to see closer.
  • the individual strips are Multiple ID, value or security documents grouped together are checked.
  • the checking device 140 includes a printing unit, not shown in detail, which is set up to print document-specific and/or person-specific data on the lamination composite that is supplied in strips, and therefore to individualize it. The individualization or personalization takes place on two different levels, as a result of which the checking device 140 and thus the entire production system 100 can be made more compact.
  • the printing unit of the checking device 140 is preferably also used to mark a faulty laminate composite as scrap.
  • the checking device 140 is set up to check the register accuracy of the individual layers of the laminate composite and to initiate a correction for the collation of the individual layers if the register accuracy falls below a predetermined threshold. In this way, data is transferred to the control system of production plant 100.
  • the production plant 100 is also formed with a magazine device 142 adjoining the transport system 112 .
  • This is present on both sides of the transport system 112, with the present case being purely exemplary on one of the two sides of the transport system 112 ID, valuable or security documents in ID1 format and on the other of the two sides ID, valuable or security documents in ID3 format become.
  • a part of the magazine device 142 for the ID1 format is in figure 15 shown closer.
  • the part of the magazine device 142 for the ID3 format is constructed analogously. It is formed with at least two magazines 266 and set up to store the finished identification, value or security document sorted according to format in the magazines 226.
  • the magazining device 142 has a punching device 268 which is set up to separate individual identification, valuable or security documents into a predetermined format. It is not absolutely necessary for the laminate composite to be separated by the punching device 268 if it is to be used in another system for further processing be useful to provide the laminate composite as a continuous strip.
  • the magazining device 142 is also set up to eject those laminated composites or isolated identification, valuable or security documents which have been marked as rejects by the checking device 140 .
  • a handling device 270 is used for handling or for inserting into the magazines 266 .
  • the empty magazines 266 can be served by means of a conveyor 272.
  • the filled magazines 266 are then ejected from the conveying device 272 or made available to a further system.
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