JPH01253486A - Manufacture of card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently manufacture a card of type formed with a recess on a card body by forming the recess by a spot facing machine on a card body by a tapered drill to form a spot facing, and inspecting the position of the module inserted by an inserting machine to the recess and the electric operation of the module by an inspecting unit. CONSTITUTION:A spot facing machine 4 for forming a recess 9a by spot facing on a card body 9, an inserting machine 6 for inserting the module 10 of an electric component to the recess 9a formed by the machine 4, and an inspecting unit 7 for inspecting whether the module 10 inserted to the recess 9a by the machine 6 is set at a home position or not and whether the module is electrically correctly operated or not are provided. The machine 4 has a tapered drill 11. Thus, the recess extending from blow to above is formed on the body, and the module is inserted to the recess and then inspected, thereby efficiently manufacturing the card.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to a card manufacturing device.

The structure of a conventional technology card, such as a conventional IC card, is as shown in FIG.

That is, the card body is composed of a base body 1 and a top sheet 2, and the IC module 3 has a flange 3a on the lower side.

With this configuration, the IC module 3 is inserted into the hole 1a of the base 1, and is sandwiched between the flange 31Li base 1 and the top sheet 2,
A base 1 and a top sheet 2 are bonded together by thermocompression.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in manufacturing the above-mentioned IC cards, heat stress may be applied to the IC module 3 due to thermocompression bonding of the base 1 and the top sheet 2, causing damage to it. .

Therefore, consideration is being given to changing the structure of the IC card itself, forming four parts in the card body, and attaching the IC module to the recessed parts.

An object of the present invention is to provide a card manufacturing apparatus that can efficiently manufacture a card of the type in which a recess is formed in the card body.

Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to easily form a taper that spreads outward from the bottom to the top in the outer circumferential wall of the recess by counterbore.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the card manufacturing apparatus of the present invention is constructed as follows.

Namely, there is a counterbore machine that forms four parts by υ sitting on a card body, an inserter that inserts a module of an electrical component into a recess formed by this counterbore machine, and a module that is inserted into the recess by this inserter. The spot boring machine is equipped with an inspection machine that performs at least one of inspecting whether the module is set in a fixed position and inspecting whether the module is operating correctly electrically, and the spot boring machine is configured to have a tapered drill. .

According to the above-described method, recesses can be easily formed using a counterboring machine,
The module can be easily inserted into this recess using an insertion machine, and the module can be easily inspected using an inspection machine, making it possible to manufacture cards extremely efficiently.

In addition, since the drill of the protection machine has a tapered configuration, using this drill it is possible to extremely easily form a recess with an outer peripheral wall that expands outward from the bottom to the top, and the module can be inserted into this recess. For example, even if the card body is bent, stress is not easily applied to the module.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention applied to an IC card manufacturing apparatus will be described with reference to all the accompanying drawings.

In Fig. 1, 4 is a counterbore machine, 5 is a washing machine, 6 is an insertion machine, 7 is an inspection machine, and 8 is a packaging machine.Details will be clarified below, but the card body 9 is sequentially installed. The IC module 10 is inserted by the insertion machine 6, inspected by the inspection machine 7, packaged by the packaging machine 8, and shipped to the user.

Now, let's explain the details of each part.

First, the cart 9 has a four-layer laminated structure made of vinyl chloride, and a special recess 9a shown in FIG. 2 is formed on one side of the cart.

The four parts 9a are formed by a spot-boring machine 4 shown in FIG.
sheets are set.

The spot boring machine 4 has two drills 11 shown in FIG. 4 at a predetermined interval.
The recesses 9a are formed by counterboring the second and third card bodies 9, and then the recesses 9a are formed by counterboring the second and fourth card bodies 9. .

In this case, the card body 9 is pushed by the movable body 13 on the other side so that one side comes into contact with the position regulating body 12, and is further attracted by the air intake path 14 at this position, thereby ensuring that it is set in a fixed position. The Rukoto.

Therefore, the recessed portion 9a is reliably formed in the fixed position of the card body 9 by the drill 11.

Also, the tip of the drill 11 has a pipe 15'ff: 6
℃ cooling air is blown onto the cylinder.This is to cool down the drill 11 to extend the life of the drill 11 itself, and to rotate it at a higher speed to create the recess 9 more quickly. This is done to prevent the body 9 from softening and the concave portion 9a from deforming.

Further, air at room temperature is blown downward from the drill 11 through the pipe 16 in order to blow away the cutting waste out of the entire concave portion 9a.

Further, the drill 11 itself has a taper of θ=10 degrees at its tip, so the outer circumferential wall of the four portions 9a is also tapered outward from the bottom to the top.

Note that the formation of this recess 9a requires two steps as shown in FIG. That is, first, rough ground is carried out up to the line B, and then finishing digging is carried out up to line B, thereby preparing the shape of the recess 9a and making the above-mentioned particularly tapered outer circumferential wall a smooth surface.

By the way, wind containing neutralizing ions is supplied to the drill 11 portion from an anti-static blower (not shown), and the neutralizing ions neutralize the cutting waste from the drill 11 from being electrostatically charged, and the cutting waste is transferred to the card body. This prevents it from re-adhering to 9 etc.

After the recess 9IL is thus formed, the card body 9 is sent to the surface presser 17 shown in FIG. 3.

Also in this surface pressing machine 17, the card body is set in a fixed position by the position regulating body 18 and the movable body 19 as shown in FIG. be brought into contact with In other words, the recess 91L
Since the sides of the opening were cut with the drill 11, there are small unevenness formed therein, and this area is heated and pressed with the tapered part 21& of the surface pressing punch 21 to form an extremely smooth surface. It's on the side.

Note that 22 is a thermocouple for controlling energization of the heater 20, and 23 is a card holder for holding down the card body 9 during the above-mentioned surface pressing operation.

Next, the card body 9 is opened on the left and right sides as shown in Fig. 7, and the inside is 3
After 160 sheets are stored at a time in a magazine 24 in which each row is a multi-stage shelf, they are sent to the washing machine 6 shown in FIG. 11.

The washing machine 6 has three tanks 51L to 6c inside.
- Ultrasonic cleaning is performed in the liquid in the tank 51L, rinsing is performed in the second type 5b, and steam cleaning (rinsing) is performed in the third type 5c.

Here, the magazine 24 is set in the tanks Sa to 5c so that the opening faces upward and downward, so that ultrasonic energy from an ultrasonic generator (not shown) at the bottom of the tank 6a is transmitted into the magazine 24. It will be effectively supplied.

Since the opening of the magazine 24 is oriented upward and downward in this manner, a long pin 24a is detachably set in each row to prevent the card body 9 from falling downward and floating upward. .

Next, the card body 9 cleaned in this way is placed in the magazine 2.
4 is sent to the adhesive applicator 25 shown in FIG.

At this time, the card bodies 9 arranged in three rows in the magazine 24 are first fed into the loading machine 26 shown in FIGS.
The sheets are supplied one by one to a pallet 27 by a suction head 28, and the pallets 27 advance in a line toward an adhesive applicator 26.

The adhesive applicator 25 applies adhesive into the recess 9a in an arrangement like a "5" on a dice. This adhesive is put into the main agent tank 29 of silicone-based modified polymer,
A curing agent is put into tank 3o and mixed.

This mixing is carried out by the mixing head 31 shown in FIG.
supplied to

A spiral screw 36 is rotatably housed in the mixing section 34, and this rotation! The l12 liquid is mixed and immediately sent to nozzle 36.

The nozzle 36 is connected to the die as shown in Figs.
6", an opening 36a is formed, and this opening 36
Adhesive is applied to the bottom surface of the recess 9a starting from a.

Note that this nozzle 36 is coated with Teflon as a whole, thereby increasing the fluidity of the adhesive and completely preventing clogging of the opening 362L.

Furthermore, the opening 362L is provided at the tip of the projection with a tapered tip, thereby reducing the amount of adhesive that adheres to the tip after applying the adhesive to the recess 9a.

Furthermore, when applying this adhesive, the nozzle 3e and the mixing head 31 move into four parts 91 at once! It descends toward L, but when it ascends, it ascends in two stages. This is due to the opening 361L at this time of rising.
This is in case there is any stringiness of the adhesive, and even if this stringiness occurs, it should be dropped into the recess 9a from a low position and never come out of the recess 92L.

Now, in this state, the card bodies 9 are placed on a pallet (37 in FIG. 13) toward the insertion machine 6 in FIG. 1, and are advanced in one line by the belt 38.

Then, the inserter 6 is stopped at a fixed position, and the IC module 1o is inserted into the recess 9a of the card body 9.

At this time, the IC module 10 is a cartridge (not shown).
A plurality of pieces are stored in the recess 9!, and one by one is taken out by a suction head 39, and this head 39 is placed in the recess 9! This first head 39, which descends toward L, is completely lowered into the tapered hole 40 of the guide body 4°, and is set in the fixed position within the concave portion 91L of the 10ft module C. However, in this state I
Since the C module 10 is merely placed on the adhesive excavated soil in the recess 9a, it is necessary to press it with the next presser 41 shown in FIG.

The degree to which the IC module 10 is pressed by the presser 41 is 6.
Do it one by one.

In other words, in FIG. 14, when six pallets 37 carried by the left belt 38 are lined up with the stopper 42 at the top, they are pushed to the right by the presser foot 41, and after this presser, they are further pushed to the right belt 43, and the next step is carried out. move it to

Now, the pressing by the presser 41vc is performed by the presser head 44 as shown in FIG.

This presser head 44 has four legs protruding downward, which are arranged at all four corners, and these legs push the four corners of the ICi module 10 downward, so that the IC module 1o is held in the four parts 9a.
It is glued horizontally inside.

The holding head 44 is pressed by a spiral spring 45, so that the four corners of the IC module 1o are pressed with substantially the same load.

When this pressurization is finished, the presser head 44 moves the lever 4 against the force of the spring 46 to wait above for the next six pieces.
It can be lifted at 6.

Next, the card body 9 is placed in the drying chamber 47 shown in FIG.
Curing takes place.

The IC card thus formed is shown in FIG.
It is shown in Figure 7.

In this figure, the IC module 10 is glued horizontally within the recess 9a of the card body 9 with an adhesive 48.

At this time, the outer circumferential wall of the recess 91L has a taper that expands outward from the bottom to the top due to the taper of the drill 11, so that a gap is formed between it and the υIC module 10. 0 This gap is the card body 9
When the IC module 1 is bent, the outer peripheral wall immediately
Since it does not come into contact with o, stress is not easily applied, which is highly appreciated.

Now it is time for inspection, and the configuration of the inspection machine 7 is shown in FIGS. 18 to 20.

First, as shown in FIG. 16, the completed IC card 9m is placed in a magazine (49 in FIG. 18), and this magazine 49 is set on the base 6o as shown in FIG.

Then, the suction head 51 suctions and lifts the IC cards 9 one by one and supplies them to the card supply device 52.

The card supply device 52 supplies the supplied work C card 9m to the turntable 63. The turntable 63 has four holders 64, and each holder 64 has 12 shelves in the vertical direction, into which the nine IC cards are inserted one by one in order by the card supply device 62. .

When all 12 cards are inserted, the turntable 63
can be rotated 90 degrees, and the next holder 64KXC card 9m will be inserted.

By the way, in the 90 degree rotatable holder 54, 12
The contacts 66 shown in FIG. 19 are brought into contact with the electrodes of nine people (ten people in FIG. 16) on each IC card, and
As a result, each IC card will be tested on nine people.

The inspection items are electrical checks, and if it is a good product, it will be taken out to the magazine 66 people at the part that can be rotated 90 degrees next as shown in Figure 20.If it is defective, it will be taken out to the magazine 66 people at the part that can be rotated 90 degrees next as shown in Figure 20. Tray 6
It is discharged at 6.

A computer 67 shown in FIG. 20 performs this control.

This combination coater 57 causes the reader/writer unit 58 to perform the electrical inspection of each of the nine IC cards. Since each reader/writer unit 68 has its own control command, each reader/writer unit 68 independently tests the IC cards of nine people and transmits the determination results to the computer 57.

In response to this result, the computer 57 issues a control signal to move the non-defective items to the magazine 66A and the defective items to the tray 66, as described above.

Now, the nine good IC cards obtained in this way are put into the magazine seA and then transferred to the next stamping machine 69 shown in Figure 1.
Then, the inspection section 60 performs the final inspection, which is the appearance inspection and especially the card thickness inspection of the 10 IC modules.
The packaging machine 8 wraps and ships the product.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides a recess in the card body, inserts a module into the recess, and then performs an inspection, making it possible to efficiently manufacture cards. Since the drill has a construction with a teno (-), it is very easy to use this drill to form the four parts with the outer peripheral wall expanding outward from the bottom to the top, and by inserting the module into this recess, the card Even when the body is bent, the module can withstand stress.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a top view showing the card body, Fig. 3 is a front view showing the spot boring machine part, and Fig. 4 shows the drill part. A front view, FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the same card body, FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the same surface presser section, FIG. 7 is a front view showing the same washing machine section, and FIG. 8 is a front view showing the same loading machine section. 9 is a perspective view showing the adhesive applicator section, FIG. 10 is a front view showing the mixing head section, and FIGS. 11 and 12 are front and bottom views showing the nozzle. , Fig. 13 is a side view showing the insertion machine section, Fig. 14 and Fig. 1
Figure 5 is a perspective view and a side view showing the surface presser part, Figures 16 and 17 are a top view showing the IC card money, and Figure 16 is a sectional view of the human part, and Figures 18 to 20 are the same inspection. FIG. 21 is a sectional view showing a conventional IC card. 4... Spot boring machine, 6... Washing machine, 6.
...Insertion machine, 7...Inspection machine, 8...
...Wrapping machine, 9...Card body, 9a...
・(IC card) recess, 9 people...IC car)
”, 10...IC module, 10 &...
...(IC card) electrode, 11...Drill,
12...position regulating body, 13...movable body, 14...intake path, 16...pipe,
16... Pipe, 17... Surface pressing machine,
18... Position gauge Ij body, 19... Movable body, 20... Heater, 21... Surface pressing punch, 22... Thermoelectric Versus, 23...Card holder, 24...Magazine, 25...
・Adhesive applicator, 26... Insertion machine, 2 completion...
...Bullet, 28...Suction head, 29.
...Tank, 30...Tank, 31...
...Mixing head, 32...Pipe,
33... Pipe, 34... Mixing section, 35... Spiral screw, 36... Nozzle, 36a... Opening, 3. ... Pallet, 38 ... Belt, 39 ... Suction head, 40 ... Guide body, 40a ...
・Taper hole, 41... Presser, 42...
...Stopper, 43...Belt, 44...
...Presser head, 46... Spring, 46...
・・Liver, 4 ends・・Dry K, 4B・・・・
・Adhesive, 49...Magazine, 60...
・Base, 51... Suction head, 62...
・Card supply device, 63...Turntable, 54...Holder, 65...Wj point, ts 6...Tray, 66 people... ...Magazine, 6a...Computer, 58...
...Reader/writer unit, 69... Stamping machine, 60... Inspection machine. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and one other person
i Fig. 4 Fig. 5 q 9a Fig. 8 Fig. 9 Fig. 10 Fig. 11/7iS12 Fig. 3 Otsu a. Figure 13 ■ Figure 14 Figure 4 Figure 15 / Figure 16 Figure 17 Ll

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A counterbore machine that forms a recess in a card body by counterbore, an insertion machine that inserts an electrical component module into the recess formed by the counterbore machine, and a module that is inserted into the recess by this insertion machine. A card manufacturing device comprising: an inspection machine that inspects at least one of whether the module is set in a fixed position and whether the module operates correctly electrically, the spot boring machine having a tapered drill. (2) Claim 1 where the taper is approximately 10 degrees
The card manufacturing device described in Section.