WO2004020175A1 - Laserunterstütztes replizierverfahren - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a device for generating a marking on a
- Substrate preferably a film, in particular transfer film
- a replication device which has a replication surface
- a radiation-generating device preferably a laser system
- which interacts with the replication device in that the radiation forms at least one impression area on at least one Irradiation area of the replication device is directed
- a counter pressure device wherein a substrate is arranged between the replication device and the back pressure device in order to mold the impression area onto the substrate in a contact area between the replication device and the substrate
- security features have become the standard for credit cards, ID cards or banknotes, for example.
- the counterfeit security of these features is based on the fact that a high level of specialist knowledge and extensive equipment are required for their manufacture.
- a particularly successful and difficult to imitate security feature is an OVD (optical variable device).
- Versions of this security feature have diffractive or holographic structures, which lead to an optical effect, such as a color change, a motif change, or a combination of both, when the light incidence or viewing angle changes during the visual check of the authenticity of the security label. The security feature can thus be checked for authenticity without further technical aids.
- thermoplastic or UV-curable layer into which the diffractive or holographic structure is embossed in the form of a surface relief.
- This layer can be part of a transfer film, the security element being manufactured first and then being transferred to the document to be secured.
- This layer can also be formed as an additional layer directly on the object to be secured.
- Rotating embossing cylinders such as are described, for example, in EP 0419773, or stamping dies, such as are disclosed in DE 2555214, are used to transfer the surface relief from a die to the thermoplastic layer.
- the production of the matrix is technically very demanding due to the fine diffractive or holographic structures and is also cost-intensive.
- templates also called masters, are first produced, for example by interfering laser beams and etching processes or by electron beam writing, which are then usually electroplated.
- the known methods aim to ensure that the same security feature is not applied to each document, but rather that the security features are adapted to the respective document or to the identity of the owner of the document, that is to say individualized.
- CH 594495 describes a method for embossing a relief pattern into a thermoplastic information carrier, wherein only partial regions of the die are selectively molded into the thermoplastic layer.
- these impression areas are selected either by heating these areas by means of heating tapes through which current flows or by only pressing the selected impression areas onto the substrate by means of a counterpressure device which has height-adjustable partial areas.
- a high local resolution in the selection of the impression areas is not to be expected with this method, since the heat conduction during the long heating and cooling phase of the heating bands means that the limits of the impression areas can only be determined imprecisely or the dimensions of the impression areas can be determined by the dimensions of the bands or the dimensions of the height-adjustable sections are fixed. This method is therefore limited in that it has a low local resolution.
- EP 0169326 describes a device for producing a marking on a substrate and the corresponding method.
- the device has a replication device in the form of an unheated embossing die, and a pressure plate, which is designed as a counterpressure device.
- the embossing die has a replication surface that is structured with microstructures to be molded.
- the device has a laser arrangement which generates a laser beam which is directed onto the substrate by the counterpressure device.
- the substrate is first pressed onto the printing plate by the embossing stamp.
- the substrate is selectively heated locally and brought to a temperature at which it can be permanently deformed by the absorption of the laser beam incident directly on the substrate in the embossing area and by the absorption of the radiation reflected on the replication surface of the embossing die.
- impression areas can be selected and transferred selectively.
- the laser beam is guided through the substrate.
- the invention has for its object to provide a device and a method that allow the production of preferably individualized markings on a substrate, preferably a film, with little equipment.
- the object is achieved with the device according to claim 1 and the method according to claim 15.
- the device according to the invention serves to apply or generate a marking on a substrate.
- the marking has a preferably structurally diffractive or holographic surface structure or a preferably diffusely or directionally scattering matt structure, which is introduced into a thermoplastic layer of a substrate, in particular a body, by means of replication processes.
- the marking can be designed as a figure, number, character, surface pattern, surface image, lettering, numbering, security indicator or in any other form.
- the device has a replication device, which can be designed like a roller or as an embossing stamp.
- the replication device has a replication surface which comes into contact with the substrate in a contact area when the replication device and substrate interact.
- Impression areas can be formed on the replication surface by means of radiation which is introduced into irradiation areas of the replication device, wherein surface structures of the replication surface are molded into the substrate in the impression areas and the molded surface structures are preferably permanently introduced into the substrate.
- the radiation is preferably generated by a laser system, but radiation that is not monochromatic or non-coherent can also be used.
- the radiation preferably runs completely outside the substrate and impinges on the replication device, in which it is partially or fully absorbed.
- the radiation profile before it strikes the replication device is designed such that the substrate and the radiation profile do not overlap.
- the substrate is not transmitted by the radiation and, in particular, no significant portions of the radiation are absorbed in the substrate.
- the radiation starting from the laser system can be arranged parallel to the substrate and directed onto the replication device, so that the radiation extends outside the substrate.
- the radiation can be used to selectively select partial areas of an embossing die for the impression, and so the markings formed from the impressions of the partial areas can be designed individually. It is particularly advantageous here that the method allows the method to be carried out independently of the absorption properties of the respective substrate, since the radiation is largely absorbed in the replication device and not in the substrate. It is also advantageous that the individualized identification in the form of the selection of the ranges during the same replication process with a security feature, namely the z. B. diffractive areas themselves are transmitted. There is an advantageous development of the invention if the device has an additional energy source, which is preferably formed separately from the radiation-generating device.
- the additional energy source which can be designed as a controllable heat source, tempers the replication device in the area of the replication surface, preferably homogeneously for a relatively large section of the replication surface. It is in thermal contact with the replication device or can be energy based on the replication device.
- the radiation is preferably generated by a laser system, but radiation that is not monochromatic or non-coherent can also be used.
- the radiation preferably runs completely outside the substrate and impinges on the replication device, in which it is partially or fully absorbed.
- the radiation profile before it strikes the replication device is designed such that the substrate and the radiation profile do not overlap.
- Before striking the replication substrate is not transmitted from the radiation "lung and in particular are no major components of the radiation absorbed in the substrate.
- the radiation may be starting to be out of the laser system arranged parallel to the substrate and is directed to the replication, so that the radiation is outside the substrate.
- the radiation can be used to selectively select partial areas of an embossing die for the impression, and so the markings formed from the impressions of the partial areas can be designed individually. It is particularly advantageous here that the method allows the method to be carried out independently of the absorption properties of the respective substrate, since the radiation is largely absorbed in the replication device and not in the substrate. It is also advantageous that the individualized identification in the form of the selection of the ranges during the same replication process with a security feature, namely the z. B. diffractive areas themselves are transmitted. There is an advantageous development of the invention if the device has an additional energy source, which is preferably formed separately from the radiation-generating device.
- the additional energy source which can be designed as a controllable heat source, tempers the replication device in the area of the replication surface, preferably homogeneously for a relatively large section of the replication surface. It is in thermal contact with the replication device or can be energy based on the replication device. 6 transmitted without radiation. Furthermore, in advantageous embodiments, the additional energy source is formed separately from the radiation-generating device.
- the additional energy source can introduce the energy input into the replication device in time and place independently of the energy input from the radiation-generating device.
- the energy input of the additional energy source is preferably introduced permanently into the replication device in time or in the direction of movement of the replication surface locally before the energy input by the radiation-generating device.
- the energy input into the replication device by the additional energy source preferably requires little or no local resolution, and the local distribution of the energy input does not have to be able to be changed quickly.
- the additional energy source can be designed to be structurally simpler and less expensive due to these lower requirements.
- zones with different temperatures can be generated on the replication surface. Only the zones of the replication surface which are permanently remaining are molded into the substrate, the temperatures of which are within the process window of the molding process.
- the additional energy source can act on the entire surface or on partial surfaces of the replication surface.
- the impression areas can be significantly influenced by the radiation, e.g. B. the laser radiation can be determined.
- only partial areas of the replication surface are in particular temperature-controlled homogeneously, with the impression areas then preferably being limited to the temperature-controlled areas on account of this process control.
- a first pre-selection of the impression areas is made by selecting the sub-areas on which the additional energy source acts. 7
- the additional energy source can be connected to the replication device via direct thermal contact, e.g. in the form of heating wires or bands or inductive heating devices which are fully or partially integrated in the replication device, be permanently or temporarily connected.
- the energy transfer can take place by coherent or incoherent radiation, in particular laser radiation, or convection, the additional energy source being designed, for example, as a heating laser device or a heat radiator.
- a controller in particular a freely programmable controller, which preferably controls the selection of the radiation areas by controlling the radiation-generating device.
- the patterns of the markings are provided as preferably digital information, for example as a file, which was generated by image processing programs, by computer-aided methods or the like. This information is converted by the control, in particular by activating the laser system, into a time-dependent change in the area power density of the radiation impinging on the replication device.
- the area power density is preferably changed by a sequentially writing laser beam or also by a change in the beam profile by means of a controllable imaging mask.
- the impression areas and thus the pattern of the marking are determined by the controlled selection of the irradiation areas.
- the replication device is implemented as a replication roller, it is possible to produce extensive markings with patterns, the patterns in the feed direction of the substrate being able to be longer than the circumference of the replication roller. It is also possible to generate patterns whose longitudinal extent in the direction of advance of the substrate is a multiple of their transverse extent, for example a banner in landscape format with lettering or a wallpaper.
- the pattern can have an endless design, that is to say an embodiment in which portions of the pattern do not repeat or are independent of the roller circumference. 8th
- the device is advantageously further developed if a cooling device is provided for cooling the replication surface, by means of which, in particular, an introduced latent thermal image can be deleted or somehow modified.
- the cooling device can be designed as a blower, with an air flow generated by the blower being directed onto the replication surface and cooling it.
- a similar function can be performed by gas stream cooling, in which case a gas stream, preferably a noble gas or nitrogen gas stream, strikes the replication surface and also cools it.
- the cooling device can be implemented as a cooling roller, which is arranged offset parallel to the replication roller and contacts it along a linear surface. The thermal contact between the replication roller and the cooling roller results in heat dissipation and thus the cooling of the replication roller.
- the cooling device is preferably arranged such that it acts on the replication surface in an area which lies in the direction of rotation of the replication roller between the contact area of the replication device and the substrate and the point of incidence of the radiation on the replication surface.
- the device is expediently developed if the replication surface is structured with a surface relief.
- This surface relief is the negative for the structures that are transferred to the substrate during the molding process.
- the replication surface can be partially or completely structured.
- the depth of the surface relief is preferably between almost 0 and 20 ⁇ m, in particular between 0.1 and 0.5 ⁇ m.
- the surface relief can, in particular to form a diffractive or holographic structure on the substrate, be designed in partial areas or over the entire surface in a lattice shape.
- the grid spacing that is to say the spatial frequency, is preferably between 4000 lines per mm and 10 lines per mm, in particular 1000 lines per mm.
- the replication surface can also be divided into partial areas, the dimensions of which are preferably less than 0.3 mm, and which differ from one another by the spatial frequency, the lattice orientation, lattice type or other parameters.
- these partial areas can be arranged periodically repeating, in particular alternating.
- an arrangement of different sub-areas e.g. an arrangement of two to six, preferably three partial areas, forms a pixel unit.
- a large number of pixel units can be arranged to form a surface image.
- the three sub-regions mentioned by way of example preferably represent the three basic colors due to their grid structure.
- This pixel unit or the partial areas can be repeated on the replication surface regularly or periodically, e.g. lattice-shaped or alternating.
- the surface relief can also be provided with surface structures that have a stochastic or quasi-stochastic distribution, in particular for producing a matt structure on the substrate.
- a matt structure on a substrate creates a diffuse scattering of the light incident on the substrate as a special optical effect.
- the surface relief has surface structures, e.g. Grooves, grooves, craters, holes, etc., the respective shapes and / or orientations of which are each of the same or any other design and which can be distributed uniformly, stochastically or quasi-stochastically on the replication surface.
- the surface relief can be designed with a structure similar to a brushed surface.
- the replication device has a pressure die made of metal foil, in particular made of nickel or of a nickel compound.
- metal foils made of nickel or nickel compounds facilitates the galvanic molding of a diffractive structure to create a master.
- a material can also be used which has a particularly high absorption, in particular a higher absorption than nickel, for the wavelength of the laser radiation used. This would significantly reduce the energy required to generate the latent thermal image on the replication device, preferably on the replication surface. Accordingly, less powerful and therefore less expensive lasers could be used in the device. 10
- the laser system can expediently have a scanner system and / or a mask projection system.
- the laser beam is shaped in such a way that the diameter of the laser spot when it hits the replication device is preferably in a range between 0.05 mm and 2.0 mm.
- This laser spot can be passed through the scanner system sequentially in writing over the replication device.
- the scanner system can be a system with deflection devices, e.g. Deflecting mirror, or act a system with flying optics.
- the position of the laser spot on the replication device can be changed by the user by means of a control, preferably a path control, so that different geometric shapes, pictures, letters and numbers can be written onto the replication device with the laser spot.
- the replication device can be exposed areally by a mask projection system.
- the beam shaping can be designed in such a way that a mask, for example by means of a 4f structure, is imaged on the replication device in such a way that the shape of the laser spot corresponds to the shape of the omissions in the mask.
- the mask can be a rigid mask or a matrix arrangement of elements that transmit or extinct in a controlled manner the laser beam, which can be, for example, movable mirrors or liquid crystal elements.
- the device can be designed such that the laser beam generated by the laser system can be controlled or regulated in further parameters such as the power and / or the area power density and / or the distribution of the area power density.
- the total energy input in the replication device is determined by the power and the duty cycle (beam-on time) of the laser.
- the time-dependent area power density on the replication surface together with the duty cycle of the laser determines the energy input per unit area into the replication device.
- Diode laser as a representative 11
- the semiconductor lasers have advantages because they can be quickly modulated in terms of performance and are inexpensive to buy.
- the laser radiation from a diode laser stack can be directed onto the replication device using a common optical system, forming a common focus, or the diode laser stack can be imaged over a large area, with a flat exposure of the replication device with controllable by switching individual diodes or areas of the diode laser stack on and off Area power density or distribution of area power density is feasible.
- the laser beam is supplied via one or more, in particular also image-transmitting, optical waveguides.
- the laser beam is directed onto the replication surface of the replication device, where it strikes the replication surface.
- the laser beam is directed through the beam guidance and shaping onto the replication surface of the replication device, so that it is at least partially absorbed in the replication device in the area of the replication surface and introduces an energy input into the replication surface.
- the location of the laser exposure is preferably on the cylinder in the direction of rotation of the cylinder in front of the replication gap, the replication gap being the contact area between the replication device and the substrate.
- the distance between the point of impact on the cylinder and the replication gap can be designed such that the latent thermal image generated is not yet blurred due to heat conduction and the replication device is not yet covered by the substrate.
- the interaction of the laser beam with the replication device takes place on the replication surface in this embodiment. It is advantageous in this embodiment that the process of the temperature field generation and therefore the selection of the shaping regions depending on the material of the die and is independent of the material properties, in particular 'of absorption or transparency of the sub used is strats.
- a further advantageous embodiment of the device is present when the replication device has an internal and / or concentric internal and / or concentric to the replication surface.
- the laser beam is not directed or not only directed onto the replication surface, but can impinge on a surface which is arranged on the back of the replication surface.
- This second surface can be in thermally conductive contact with the replication surface, the thermal conductivity in particular being designed such that it is similar or identical over the entire surface or in partial regions. If this second surface is now exposed and heated by the laser radiation, the replication surface is also heated due to heat conduction.
- the laser beam is oriented in the opposite direction to the surface normal of the second surface and strikes this inner surface.
- the location of the exposure can be in a region which begins in the direction of rotation before the replication gap and ends in the replication gap, the replication gap being the contact area between substrate and cylinder during the molding process.
- the position of the laser irradiation can also depend on the speed of rotation, the laser power and the thermal resistance between the second surface and the replication surface.
- the outermost layer is usually formed from a metal foil, in particular a foil made of nickel or a nickel compound.
- a heat-conducting layer and / or an absorption layer can be arranged on the side of this layer facing away from the replication surface, the absorption layer having a different, in particular higher, absorption than the metal foil.
- a transparent layer can be arranged, which can also be a body transparent to the laser wavelength, in particular a plate or a cylinder jacket. 13
- the object of the invention is further achieved by a method according to claim 15.
- the method produces a marking on a substrate, preferably a film, in particular a transfer film, energy in the form of radiation, preferably laser radiation, being used by a radiation-generating device to form at least one impression area on a replication surface of a replication device and wherein the impression area of the replication surface is molded onto the substrate by the replication device contacting the substrate under pressure, and wherein the radiation for forming the impression areas is supplied completely outside of the substrate.
- the replication device is exposed to radiation, the radiation being able to act directly on the replication surface of the die, the die being heated or being absorbed by other regions of the replication device and the die, in particular the replication surface of the die, being heated by heat conduction.
- areas with different temperatures can be generated on the replication surface of the die.
- areas with a temperature are generated which correspond to the working temperature of the molding process and which are referred to as molding areas.
- the radiation is guided in such a way that it does not penetrate the substrate before striking the replication device.
- the created impression areas of the die can be permanently molded into a substrate.
- the individualized marking preferably consists of the impressions of the partial areas of the replication surface which were selected for an impression by the temperature control described above.
- the individualization of the marking ie the change in the selection of the molded areas, can thus 14 by changing the temperature distribution on the replication surface.
- Such a change can be made via the control of the radiation generating device, e.g. B. the laser system, or the corresponding beam guidance and shaping devices.
- the replication device is tempered at least in partial areas of the replication surface using an additional energy source. This is preferably formed separately from the radiation generating device.
- the replication device with the additional energy source can be heated in one method step, so that regions or at least partial regions of the structured replication surface of the die have a first temperature.
- the energy input is in particular dimensioned such that the heated areas or partial areas of the replication surface that do not receive any additional energy input from the radiation have the first temperature during the molding process.
- the replication device is exposed to radiation.
- regions with different temperatures arise on the replication surface of the die.
- a part of the areas preferably has the first temperature
- another part of the areas preferably has a second temperature, which is achieved by the additional energy input by the radiation.
- the areas with the second temperature can be referred to as heat combination areas due to their origin.
- the process can be carried out so that either the first temperature or the second temperature corresponds to the working temperature of the molding process, so 15
- either the partial areas with the first temperature or the partial areas with the second temperature can be permanently molded onto the substrate.
- the heat field distribution initially generated on the replication surface can change due to heat conduction effects.
- the set temperatures can decrease in the tempered areas, since heat z. B. can flow into the replication device.
- areas or sub-areas of the replication surface can first be set to a higher temperature than, in particular, the first or second temperature, so that these areas or sub-areas then have the first or second temperature after the heat losses due to heat conduction during the later molding process , It is advantageous if this time interval is as small as possible or if this time interval is at least the same for all partial areas of the replication surface, since the heat conduction effects are then similarly pronounced in all partial areas.
- the method can also be operated continuously, with method steps being carried out simultaneously.
- the method can be carried out in such a way that the first temperature is in a plastic temperature range for the respective substrate and the second temperature is in a flow temperature range.
- the structured replication surface is permanently plastically molded in this partial area.
- the temperature is within a flow temperature range that is above the plastic temperature range, after the die is separated from the substrate, the deformed material of the substrate will begin to flow. As a result, the molded surface structures of the substrate material are smoothed, so that they are not retained as optically active structures on the substrate.
- the subareas which have been tempered to plastic temperature and which have not received any additional heat input from the radiation can thus be transferred to the substrate.
- the radiation can be used to make a negative selection of partial areas.
- the first temperature is set in an elastic temperature range and the second temperature in one
- the sub-areas whose temperature is in the elastic temperature range will only cause an elastic deformation of the substrate. After the matrix has been separated from the substrate, the introduced surface structures spring back elastically and the substrate roughly resumes its original surface shape.
- the heat combination areas are thus transmitted selectively.
- the additional heat input from the radiation thus represents a positive selection of partial areas.
- the substrate can be made up of several layers.
- the specified temperatures or the specified temperature ranges of the substrate are, in particular, temperatures or temperature ranges of a thermoplastic layer which is part of the substrate. Further layers of the substrate, for example the carrier layer of the substrate, can have a different temperature. In general, the temperature or the temperature range of the substrate preferably around the temperature or the temperature range of the thermoplastic layer
- the method can advantageously be further developed by heating the replication surface completely or only in partial areas before the interaction with the radiation.
- heating partial areas By heating partial areas, a rough selection of the partial areas to be transferred can take place in advance, since partial areas without this heating may not reach the working temperature required for the molding process.
- the replication surface is cooled completely or in parts after the molding process and before a subsequent energy input by the radiation-generating device.
- the cooling can take place by heat dissipation via a thermal contact and / or air or gas cooling.
- the temperature field of the replication surface is reduced in a controlled manner to temperatures which are preferably below the temperature required for an impression process.
- the cooling prevents overheating of the replication device.
- the radiation is either directed directly onto the replication surface or the radiation is introduced onto a surface facing away from the replication surface.
- the angle of incidence of the laser radiation can be varied. Changes in the angle of incidence of the laser radiation on the replication surface can lead to significant changes in the absorption of the laser radiation. The angle of incidence can thus be used as an additional process parameter to be varied in process control.
- the opposite surface of the replication surface can be designed such that it is accessible to the radiation when the die is already in contact with the substrate.
- the time interval between the irradiation and the molding process can thus be freely set.
- a replication roller is used as the replication device, the radiation being introduced into the replication roller at a first angular position of the replication roller and the contact of the replication roller with the substrate at a second angular position.
- the replication roller is optionally cooled at a third angular position and the replication roller is tempered at a fourth angular position.
- the method is advantageously designed if the intermediate angle between the first and second angular positions in the direction of the replication roller is so small that the latent thermal image introduced by the radiation in the first angular position still has sharp contours after rotation of the replication roller in the second angular position.
- the definition of the unsharpness circle from the geometric optics can be used as a measure of the unsharpness.
- the angle between the second and first angular positions in the direction of rotation should preferably be set as large as possible, in particular greater than 180 °, in order to achieve a homogenization of the temperature profile on the replication surface.
- the angles between the second and third angular positions and / or between the third and fourth angular positions should preferably be set as small as possible, in particular less than 90 °, in the direction of rotation, in order likewise to support the homogenization of the temperature profile on the replication surface.
- the radiation is transferred to the replication device either sequentially and / or in a punctiform manner.
- the writing process is used together with a rotating embossing cylinder and the replication surface is exposed.
- the device due to the device, there is a time interval between the heating of a partial area of the replication surface and the 19 this area because the replication surface is covered by the substrate during the molding process and cannot be exposed. If the radiation transfers the information to the die in rows and this row is arranged parallel to the replication gap, it is at least ensured that the time interval between the exposure step and the molding step is approximately the same for each exposed point on the die ,
- this device and method it is consequently possible to use different, e.g. also to mark document-specific or person-specific markings on a substrate, partial areas of this die being able to be activated or deactivated selectively for the molding process.
- FIG. 2a shows a detailed sectional view in a sectional plane perpendicular to the substrate through line II-II of the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 1a with a first embodiment of the method, 20
- FIG. 2b shows a schematic representation of the relationships between the heat distribution on the replication device and the molded area on the substrate according to the method shown in FIG. 2a.
- FIG. 3a shows a detailed sectional view in a sectional plane perpendicular to the substrate through line 11-11 of the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 1a with a second embodiment of the method
- FIG. 3b shows a schematic representation of the relationships between the heat distribution on a replication device and the molded areas on a substrate in accordance with the method shown in FIG. 3a.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic illustration of the heat distribution in a section of a replication device in cross section when exposed to a laser beam
- 5a, b show a schematic representation of the principle for generating a negative or positive image
- Figure 6 shows a detail of the surface of the replication device in Fig. 1 a in
- Figure 7 is a detailed sectional view in a sectional plane perpendicular to
- FIG. 1 a shows a schematic illustration of the structure of an exemplary embodiment of a device for generating a marking on a 21
- substrate 43 is designed as a film.
- the film can be a transfer film.
- the device has a replication roller 41 and a counter-pressure device 42 designed as a roller, between which the substrate 43 is guided.
- the replication roller is exposed from the outside with a laser beam 30.
- the substrate 43 has a thickness of less than 1 mm and can be designed as a multilayer composite. At least one layer consists of a thermoplastic material. Further layers can be designed as metallization layers, interference layers, protective layers, carrier material layers or adhesive layers.
- the preferably metallic or metallic coated replication roller 41 is provided with surface structures in the form of diffraction embossed structures 46 on its replication surface.
- the diffraction embossing structures 46 have a depth of between almost 0 and 20 ⁇ m and have line spacings or local frequencies of 10 lines per millimeter to 4000 lines per millimeter.
- the counterpressure device 42 is designed as a cylindrical roller and can be made of rubber or have a casing made of rubber.
- Arrow 48 and arrow 49 indicate the respective directions of rotation of replication roller 41 and counterpressure device 42, replication roller 41 rotating clockwise and counterpressure device 42 counterclockwise.
- the arrow 47 points in the direction of advance of the substrate 43, which moves to the left in FIG. 1a.
- the replication roller 41, the substrate 43 and the counterpressure device cooperate in such a way that the replication surface with the diffraction embossing structures 46 is pressed onto the substrate 43 under a certain, usually adjustable pressure during the rotation of the replication roller 41 and the counterpressure device 42.
- surface 44 is molded as marking 45 on substrate 43. 22
- the laser beam 30 can sequentially expose the surface 44 in a flat manner or, in modified versions, in a punctiform manner.
- the control of the laser beam 30 with regard to power, beam direction, area power density etc. is carried out by a control device.
- the laser beam 30 can be pulsed or power-modulated, preferably it works with a continuous power.
- the laser beam 30 can be stationary or moved during the exposure process. In the case of extensive exposure, for example by means of a mask projection method, the laser beam is preferably stationary while the replication roller is rotating. In modified embodiments, the movement of the laser beam 30 takes place concurrently with the rotating replication roller 41 in the direction of the arrow 90.
- the movement of the laser beam 30 can run concurrently with the rotating replication roller 41 in the direction of the arrow 90 and also in parallel to the longitudinal extent of the axis of rotation of the replication roller 41 in the direction of arrow 91.
- the laser beam can be focused and a small beam diameter, e.g. less than 1 mm.
- the replication roller 41 is controlled by a controllable inner, i.e. internal heat source is heated so that the entire region of the replication surface, which has the diffraction embossing structures 46, has a preferably uniform temperature which is below the molding temperature of the substrate 43, that is to say below the plastic temperature range in the elastic temperature range of the substrate 43.
- a controllable inner i.e. internal heat source is heated so that the entire region of the replication surface, which has the diffraction embossing structures 46, has a preferably uniform temperature which is below the molding temperature of the substrate 43, that is to say below the plastic temperature range in the elastic temperature range of the substrate 43.
- the laser beam 30, which can be directed onto the replication roller 41 at any desired angle, results in an additional energy input within the irradiated surface 44, so that a latent thermal image, shown as a rectangular surface 44 in FIG. 1a, is produced on the replication roller 41.
- the latent thermal image can 23 have a simple geometric shape, such as a circle, polygon, closed polygon, but also the shape of letters, numbers or symbols.
- the energy input into the surface 44 by means of the laser beam 30 takes place on the rotating replication roller 41 in an area which has a rotation angle distance of approximately 90 ° from the area in which the molding is carried out. This local distance results in a time interval between the irradiation and the impression.
- the energy input by the laser beam 30 is dimensioned such that within the irradiated area 44 the temperature after the exposure lies within or, in order to compensate for heat conduction effects due to the time interval, above the plastic temperature range of the substrate 43.
- the partial region 44 of the replication roller 41 has a surface temperature during the replication process that lies within the plastic temperature range and is permanently molded into the substrate 43 in the contact region between the replication device 41 and the substrate 43. Any shape and structure of the marking 45 on the substrate 43 can be produced by changing the shape and structure of the irradiated surface 44.
- the laser beam 30 is switched on and off in control sequences, so that markings 45 that are separated from one another, in particular spatially separated, are generated.
- the design of these different markings 45 can be the same in each case or can vary from marking to marking by means of individualized features, eg B. distinguish by consecutive numbering.
- a marking 45 can be formed with a pattern that varies in the feed direction 47 of the substrate 43.
- this operating mode allows control sequences of movements of the laser beam 30 to generate a single marking over several rotations.
- the laser beam 30 is switched on continuously and the change in the area power density on the replication roller 41 takes place by changing the beam profile of the laser beam 30.
- FIG. 1 b shows a modified embodiment of the device in FIG. 1 a with a flat exposure method.
- the device in FIG. 1b is designed analogously to the device in FIG. 1a, but the device in FIG. 1b has a diode laser stack 93 as a radiation-generating device.
- the diode laser stack 93 comprises a multiplicity of diode lasers 94, which are each arranged parallel to one another and with the same orientation in a stack, so that the radiation direction is the same for all diode lasers 94.
- the diode lasers 94 can be individually controlled via a control device (not shown) and their power can be modulated.
- the diode laser stack 94 is arranged parallel to the longitudinal extent of the axis of rotation of the replication roller 41, the laser beams 30 being directed onto the replication roller 41.
- the distance between the diode laser stack 93 and the replication roller 41 depends on the radiation characteristic of the diode laser 94, or on an optional intermediate optical device, not shown in FIG.
- any exposure patterns can be introduced into the replication roller 41, by means of which any markings 45 can be generated on the substrate 43. 25
- FIG. 1c shows a further modified embodiment of the device in FIG. 1a with a writing exposure method.
- the device in FIG. 1 c has an arrangement in which, analogous to the arrangement in FIG. 1 a, a substrate 43 is guided between a replication roller 41 and a counter-pressure device 42 and on which a marking 45 is generated.
- the replication roller 41 is also exposed from the outside with a laser beam 30.
- the laser beam 30 is guided by a laser source 94 with the interposition of an optical device 95 and a deflection unit 96 onto the replication roller 41, where the laser beam strikes to form an impact point 101.
- the laser source 94 is shown schematically as a cuboid in FIG. 1b and can be of any construction, e.g.
- the laser source 94 is arranged above the substrate 43 and at a distance from the replication roller 41, it being oriented such that the laser radiation 30 emerging at the output is approximately parallel is arranged offset to the longitudinal extent of the axis of rotation of the replication roller 41. In further embodiments of the device, the laser source 94 can also be arranged such that the laser radiation 30 emerging from the laser source is arranged approximately perpendicular to the substrate 43 and is deflected accordingly.
- the optical device 95 is arranged in the beam propagation direction of the laser beam 30 after the laser source 94 and has optical components for guiding and shaping the beam.
- the laser beam 30 is deflected by a controllable angle alpha, so that the point of incidence 101 can be guided in movements parallel to the longitudinal extension of the axis of rotation of the replication roller 41 via the replication roller 41.
- the deflection unit 96 has a drive unit 98, for example a motor, in particular a servo motor or stepper motor, or a galvanometer drive, and a mirror 97 connected via a drive shaft 99 with a reflective front side.
- the drive shaft 99 is driven by the drive unit 98 and is rigidly connected to the mirror 97.
- the drive shaft 99 and the mirror 97 can be arranged relative to one another such that the axis of rotation of the drive shaft 99 lies in the plane of the reflecting front side of the mirror 97 and that the 26
- Drive shaft 99 not or only slightly obscures the reflective front of mirror 97.
- the reflective front surface of the mirror 97 can be rotated through an angle by forming a rotational axis by means of a rotary movement of the drive shaft 99 triggered by the drive unit 98.
- the deflection unit 96 is arranged in such a way that the laser beam 30 strikes the reflecting front side of the mirror 97 at an angle of ⁇ pha / 2 and the tilt axis of the reflecting front surface of the mirror 97 is arranged approximately perpendicular to a plane which is directed onto the deflection unit 96 incident and the laser beam 30 reflected therefrom is formed.
- the optical device 95 can also be connected downstream of the deflection device 96.
- the position of the point of impact 101 on the replication roller 41 parallel to the longitudinal extension of the axis of rotation of the replication axis 41 is controlled by the deflection unit 96.
- an exposure pattern 100 is generated on the replication roller.
- the exposure pattern 100 is designed as a line trace, sequentially exposed, line-shaped and coherent heat trace. The heat track runs almost parallel to the axis of rotation of the replication roller 41, the direction of advance of the airing point 101 changing with each line change.
- Figure 2a shows a sectional view of the device in Figure 1a.
- the substrate 43 has a layer structure with a thermoplastic layer 51, a second layer 52 and a carrier film 50, which is designed, for example, as a polyester film or as a polycarbonate film.
- the second layer 52 and further layers are optional.
- This second layer 52 or further preferably different layers are designed as a protective lacquer layer, metallization layer, interference layer or adhesive layer.
- the replication roller 41 has diffraction embossing structures 46 which, as shown schematically here, either over the entire circumference, preferably over the entire surface, but also only in Sub-areas can be applied. 27
- the replication roller 41 and the substrate 43 cooperate under pressure when the replication roller 41 is rolled on, the replication roller 41 rotating in the direction of rotation of the arrow 48 and the substrate 43 moving in the direction of the arrow 47 without slippage.
- the replication roller 41 is completely or partially heated by the controllable internal heat source, not shown.
- the laser beam 30 is directed from the outside onto the replication roller 41 and strikes the replication surface of the replication roller 41 carrying the diffraction embossing structures 46 in a region in front of the replication gap 53, the contact region between the replication roller and substrate during the molding process being referred to as the replication gap 53.
- the internal controllable heat source brings the replication surface to a temperature which lies within the elastic temperature range. Due to the additional energy input by the laser beam 30, the irradiated surfaces 70 are further heated and thus represent the heat combination areas.
- the energy inputs are dimensioned such that the replication surface of the replication roller 41 has a temperature in the areas 70 when it contacts the substrate 43, which is within the plastic temperature of the substrate 43 and that the remaining areas have temperatures which are below the plastic temperature range and z. B. lie in the elastic temperature range of the substrate 43.
- the diffraction embossing structure 46 is molded onto the substrate 43, only the regions 70 are permanently molded into the thermoplastic layer 51 at this temperature distribution. In this way, a marking 45, whose surface portions molded into the substrate 43 have diffractive structures, is introduced into a substrate 43 as an individualized security feature.
- a coordinate system 20 is shown in FIG. 2b, the section of the roll circumference of an embossing roll being shown on the horizontal X-axis and on the 28
- the temperature is plotted on the replication surface of this embossing roller at the respective position along the circumference of the roller.
- the temperature scale can be qualitatively divided into at least three sections: The first section is the Elastiktemperatur Scheme T e ⁇ as t. The temperature range located above with higher temperatures is the plastic temperature range, Tpiast- The highest temperature range shown here is the flow temperature range Tfije f j.
- the Elastiktemperatur Kunststoff T e ⁇ as t is located at lower temperatures.
- the surface of the embossing roller in the region I has a temperature of domestic ner Halb Elastiktemperatur Kunststoffs T e ⁇ ast on.
- the temperature is ast within the plastic temperature range T p ⁇ and the area III is again located within the Elastiktemperatur Kunststoffs.
- the structured surface of the embossing roller is molded onto a substrate, the areas 29 I and III molded the structures, but the substrate resiliently resumes its original shape.
- a permanent surface structuring is introduced into the substrate by the molding process.
- a substrate 43 with a positive image is formed, in which no surface structures are permanently impressed in areas I and III and in area II the surface structures are permanently impressed.
- the substrate 43 corresponds to the substrate 43 in FIG. 2a in an enlarged representation.
- FIG. 3a shows the same section as in FIG. 2a in another embodiment of the method.
- the surface of the replication roller 41 carrying the diffraction embossing structure 46 is brought to a temperature by an internal, controllable heat source, which lies within the plastic temperature range of the substrate 43.
- FIG. 3b This other process control is shown again schematically in FIG. 3b.
- the temperature profile T of the roller is in the areas 1 and III in the plastic temperature area Tp] ast » whereas in area II the temperature is within the flow temperature area T fHess .
- a process 43 of this type produces a substrate 43 with a negative image, which has a surface structure in areas 1 and III, whereas in area II the surface profile has virtually healed again.
- the substrate 43 is the substrate 43 in FIG. 3a in an enlarged view.
- the method according to FIG. 2a can be used to generate positive images, and the method according to FIG. 3a can be used to generate negative images on a substrate.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional illustration of a cross section of a replication device 35, such as the replication roller 41 in FIG. 1a.
- the replication device 35 is provided with surface structures 36 on its replication surface.
- the isotherms 32 illustrate the heat distribution in the replication device in the area of the surface structure 36. To simplify matters, only three isotherms are shown which delimit areas with different temperatures Ti, T 2 and T 3 from each other.
- a laser beam 30 is shown, which is directed onto the replication surface with the surface structure 36 and strikes it, as well as a schematic identification of the absorption volume 31.
- FIG. 4 shows in detail an embodiment of the method for generating areas with different temperatures.
- the replication device 35 in the vicinity of the replication surface with the surface structuring 36 is set to a first temperature Ti in the regions 1, 11 and III shown here by a controllable heat source.
- FIGS. 5a, b show the principle of how an individualized security feature can be generated by various embodiments of the method.
- a top view of a replication surface for example from the replication roller 41 from FIG. 31
- a top view 4 shows a section 4 from a substrate after the molding process, such as from substrate 43 in FIG. 1a. 5a, the k-shaped partial surface 3 of the surface 2 has a temperature T which lies within the plastic temperature range T p ⁇ as t of the substrate. Outside this area, the surface 2 has a temperature which lies outside the plastic temperature range T p ⁇ as t.
- a positive image 5 is formed on a substrate 43, the mirror-image-shaped k-shaped surface of which is filled with the impression of the surface structures of the structured surface 2.
- the k-shaped surface has a temperature T outside and the remaining areas of the surface 2 have a temperature T inside the plastic temperature range Tp ⁇ s t.
- the permanent impression on the substrate 43 resulting from this temperature distribution during a molding process is a negative image 6, the regions which are complementary to the mirror-image k-shaped surface being filled with the impression of the surface structures of the structured surface 2.
- FIG. 6 shows another section of the replication surface of the replication roller 41 in FIG. 1 a with a diffraction embossing structure 46 which is subdivided into different partial areas. These subregions have been formed from a limited number of diffraction patterns which differ with regard to the spatial frequency, the grid spacing, the curvature of the grid, the symmetry of the grid or other parameters. Representing the many possibilities, the illustration shows partial areas with three different diffraction patterns, namely 80, 81 and 82. Each partial area 80, 81, 82 each has only one diffraction pattern. These different sub-areas 80, 81, 82 are regularly arranged alternately.
- the partial areas 80, 81, 82 are preferably designed as delimited area fields with a square contour, for example with side lengths of less than or equal to 0.3 mm.
- the partial areas 80, 81, 82 of the diffraction embossing structure 46 were selected by the heat distribution in the replication device in such a way that 85 image areas 86, 87, 88 are formed in the image, each of which has only one type of diffraction pattern, that is to say only one Kind of partial area impressions 80a, 81a, 82a are formed.
- these image areas 86, 87, 88 consisting of individual separate partial area impressions appear as full-area, homogeneous image areas as are known from conventionally generated images, with the difference that the image areas 86, 87, 88 have special optical properties.
- the structure of the device is similar to that in the device in FIG. 2a.
- the exposure of the replication roller 41 with the laser beam 30 takes place in FIG. 7 by the exposure of irradiation areas 71 * on a second surface 60 which is arranged on the inside concentrically to the roller surface carrying the diffraction embossing structure 46.
- the laser beam is completely or partially absorbed in the irradiation areas 71 and heat is introduced into the replication device.
- the area 70 on the replication surface is heated by heat conduction starting from the inside irradiation areas 71.
- the shape of the irradiation areas 71 exposed with the laser beam 30 can be generated by mask projection methods or writing methods analogous to the embodiment in FIG. 2a.
- the time interval between the irradiation and the impression can be made very small, since the rotational angle offset between the irradiation surface 71 and the contact area between the substrate and the replication roller 41 can be very small.
- the entire laser source can be integrated in the replication roller, in particular when using diode lasers. Feeding via one or more optical waveguides is just as possible as open beam guidance, preferably coaxial with the replication roller 41.
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