CARD LINE 01

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Purpose

CARD LINE 01 is a highly reliable system for laser and electronic personalization of big quantities of plastic ID1 documents.

The system is designed for personalization of documents in an industrial environment and provides two-sided laser personalization of ID1 identification documents.

Developed in cooperation with KARL RESSLER MASCHINENBAU-STANZTECHNIK (Germany), the system is equipped with a highly reliable transport that provides fast and accurate automatic transfer of cards between electronic and laser personalization modules within the system.

Operation principle

Using the method of laser engraving, high-quality grayscale black-and-white photographs, personal alphanumeric information and the cardholder's signature are printed on the card. Also, linear and two-dimensional barcodes are engraved on the card, and the photographs are duplicated on additional security elements. When doing so, various modern technologies are used, including the technology of laser demetallization.

The electronic personalization technology used in the system ensures high reliability of information storage (information on a smart card is not affected by external fields and can be stored for up to 10 years), a high degree of protection against counterfeiting (a smart card is almost impossible to counterfeit), as well as high reliability and practically unlimited durability of a smart card.

Equipment

The personalization system is equipped with contact, contactless and magnetic information encoding devices for electronic personalization, i.e. for recording of information into an electronic microchip integrated into a document.

The use of mechanics from a well-known German manufacturer of automatic card cutters provides an increased system resource in comparison with desktop personalizers. The system is designed for the personalization of big quantities of cards in an industrial environment in the "24×7" mode and is recommended for centralized and decentralized personalization of any identification documents in the ID1 format.

The fiber laser in combination with a galvanometric scanner system provides high quality of personalization, does not require water cooling and special maintenance, and also has significant reliability and durability.

Performance

The performance of the CARD LINE 01 system depends on the amount of information entered into the microchip and also on the amount of graphical information printed on the surface of the card, and is determined by the time required to complete the slowest operation. Assuming equal times of engraving and entering the information into a microchip (20 seconds), the system productivity can reach 1500 cards per working shift (8 hours). This estimate applies to a system with a single laser. Since the CARD LINE 01 systems can be scaled in accordance with the individual specification of the customer, the productivity can be increased by a multiple of the number of lasers used for personalization.