Presentation ICMA CardTREX Europe 5-6 October 2017 Milan, Italy Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security in Card and Passport Production Presented by Christoph Zozgornik-Husmann CSO / VP Sales VTT GmbH Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
How it works General construction Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
How it works Step 1: A collated sheet of plastic substrate layers are loaded between lamination plates that holds a negative of the desired texture Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
How it works Step 2: Heat and pressure are applied to the package. The plastic starts to melt and fills the engravings in the plate. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
How it works Step 3: Plates and sheets are cooled down. After opening the press all textures that were engraved are replicated on the card surface. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Cassette System The Cassette system enhances productivity of card manufacturing. High-precision register pins in the bottom cassette and semi-circular notches in the lamination plates create perfect registration between lamination plates. Plates patterned on both sides can be used. Positioning system guarantees the sheets are perfectly placed. Corrosion-free surfaces and low weight. Lower cycle time = efficient production & excellent card quality Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Positioning systems In all lamination plates, special positioning systems ensure the precise transfer of security and design features to the laminate. - Positioning systems with pins outside the lamination - Positioning systems with pins and punched collated set of sheets The collated set of sheets is positioned with pre-punched holes on the pins on each lamination plate. This allows large press sizes to be used in the best possibly way with small printing formats too. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Hardened stainless steel lamination plates: Duro 400 and Duro 900 Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Surface Treatment for lamination plates non-stick Coating - Significant reduction of surface adhesion without changing operating properties and the structure of the surface. - Reduces electrostatic built-up significantly. - Coating thickness is only nanometers. - Suitable for all card materials. - Can be applied at customer‘s facilities. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Surface Treatment for lamination plates release Coating - Creates a non-stick effect to the lamination plates while not impacting other surface properties such as gloss level, surface textures etc. - as permanent thin plasma polymerisation process based layer. It infiltrates the surface and minimizes surface adhesion of plastic materials on lamination plate surfaces. - Prolonged lifetime of lamination plates with higher production efficiency as less material remainders are sticking to lamination plate surface. - Suitable for all card materials. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Multiple Laser Image (MLI) and Changeable Laser Image (CLI) An array of lenticular lenses are applied to a card body. Each lense is only a few micron in size with the smallest being 30µm in radius only. The lenses are then laser personalized from different angles. When looking at the card the image then changes depending on the viewing angle. The MLI/ CLI requires Polycarbonate. To enhance the document security the MLI/ CLI can be applied inlaying inside the card body. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Multiple Laser Image (MLI) and Changeable Laser Image (CLI) The MLI and CLI require a special card construction that matches the lense specifications in order to give a good resolution and proper flipping effect. Laser personalization of these cards requires a machine that can work from different angles. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Converse moving image Based on lens structure, similar to CLI/MLI - HR security print, adjusted to the lens parameters - Combination with CLI/MLI - Bi-directional moving of images inside the lens-structure - Very effective first level feature Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Move image Similar to an MLI or CLI an array of lenticular lenses are applied to a card body. However these lenses are not laser personalized but are combined with multiple images which are applied in printing. When looking at the card, the image then changes depending on the viewing angle and creates a flip and 3D depth effect. The Move image does not require Polycarbonate. To enhance the document security the Move image can be combined with an MLI/ CLI in a way that parts of the image are printed and others are personalized. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Comparison MLI/CLI vs. Move image Move image MLI / CLI Material: Polycarbonate Material: Variable Personalization: Laser Personalization: N/A Color: Black / Grey scale Color: Offset color printing Data: variable cardholder details Data: steady image Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Latent Images Similar to guilloche patterns multiple parallel lines are arranged. Within these lines an image is created by altering the angle or width of these lines. The alteration then creates an effect of shadow or reflection which makes the latent image visible. Under straight view the latent image cannot be seen. A latent image can be applied on all materials. Most commonly a latent image is used as part of the design for inlaying textures. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Braille lettering Braille lettering is produced in the same lamination step (hotstamping not necessary). Typical Braille dot height 140 – 160 μm. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Raised and inlaying textures Very fine surface textures indented into or raised on the card surface with a line width as little as 0,025mm that form guilloches, images, coat of arms, etc. A special case: Microtext To form a very high security surface, a microtext is applied that is only a few microns in font size. Parts of not all of the text cannot be read due to the extraordinary small size of the letters. Can be applied on all materials as visible or tactile element. Typically the size of the elements is varied to account for different inspection levels. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Fly-Eye Technology Hexagon shaped lenses are applied to a card body. In combination with a fine printing pattern a floating effect with 3dimensional depth is perceived. This feature combines a high definition surface with printing capability to form an extraordinary security level. Fly-Eye technology can be applied to any plastic material. The depth effect combined with movement allows an optical validation without tools in approx. 1 sec making it an optimum choice for border crossing documents. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
HoloPHOTIC An exceptionally systematic alteration of the card surface causes an reflective effect similar to a hologram however without additional substrates and process steps. When viewing the card from different angles a flipping effect between different segments is viewed. HoloPHOTIC Nano Technology can be applied on any material. For an enhanced durability the holoPHOTIC image is typically embedded in textured segment of the card. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Datapage solution One of the key issues of producing a plastic datapage for passports is the solution for the hinge so the sewing area of that datapage: flexible, but durable with no additional process. Lamination plates with raised dams form a thin and flat hinge area to allow easy lamination of plastic sheets with hinges made of fabric, polyurethane or others. Anti adhesive coatings allow a flexible selection of materials for the hinge. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Matte or Ghost Image A very fine matte area is applied on the glossy card surface (or vice versa). This matte area is not visible without light reflection on the card. As the matte reflects less light then gloss the images appears under reflection. A matte image can be applied on all materials. Most commonly a matte image is used as part of the design for inlaying textures. Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
Lamination plates for patterned cards Surface pattern: - Matte and glossy or combinations - Partial surface pattern - Inlaying and raised Innovative Technologies for Highest Product Security and Efficient Production
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