Continuous personalized plastic card manufacturing system
US8096719B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/66
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for producing personalized cards on a substantially continuous basis. The method includes providing multiple supply rolls of card stock having a thickness of at least about 12 mils. The card stock is corona treated in an in-line corona treating unit to provide a printable surface having a surface tension energy of at least about 38 dynes/cm. Fixed and variable data are printed on individual card units of the card stock in first and second printing units of the in-line printing system. A removable activation label may be applied by an in-line label application unit to the variable data. The card units are die cut in an in-line die-cutting unit to a predetermined size. The first and second printing units are shaft driven printing units and the card units are capable of producing card units at a rate of at least 50,000 card units per hour.
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