EP3339047B1 - Method for continuous printing of certified identification elements on a band - Google Patents

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EP3339047B1
EP3339047B1 EP17382626.4A EP17382626A EP3339047B1 EP 3339047 B1 EP3339047 B1 EP 3339047B1 EP 17382626 A EP17382626 A EP 17382626A EP 3339047 B1 EP3339047 B1 EP 3339047B1
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Jordi Prat Gil
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/305—Associated digital information
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F33/00—Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices
    • B41F33/0036—Devices for scanning or checking the printed matter for quality control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/21—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose for multiple purposes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H26/00—Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms
    • B65H26/02—Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms responsive to presence of irregularities in running webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B41M3/14—Security printing

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  • the present invention relates to a method for continuously printing certified identification elements on a web, thereby obtaining a web with a sequence of printed identification elements, where the identification elements that are actually printed on defect-free web segments can be certified, which thereby allows one to be certain that no identification element is lost as a result of being printed on a defective web segment, and generally allows assuring that all the elements of a given set of identification elements have actually been printed.
  • the method is applicable for the promotion of products with identification elements that can be used to give out a prize, or to allow a return, or for the biunivocal identification of a group of pharmaceutical products, or for other similar uses.
  • Patent document WO 2017/115291 A1 discloses a method that detects and traces defects on a web fed from a spool and has a controller that accesses information to locate a portion of the web containing a defect.
  • the present invention relates to a method for continuously printing certified identification elements on a web.
  • continuously-printed web is a web of material that continuously moves in one direction, and that the identification elements are printed on said web without said web stopping.
  • the identification elements are symbols, signs, codes, sequences of numbers, letters or combinations thereof that are not repeated, where they are different every time they are printed, and are therefore univocal identifiers.
  • Said identification elements will be printed in pre-established areas of the web. Typically, the web will then be cut into sections corresponding to product units, for example, for forming packets, bags or wrappers for consumables.
  • the identification elements will be printed on the web for each product unit to contain an identification element distinguishing it from the rest of the product units that will have different identification elements.
  • Said web will usually contain other prints other than the print of the identification elements, for example the identification of the product which the future packet or bag will contain.
  • Said former print can be made in the same printing unit in which the identification elements are printed or in another printing unit where the web wound onto reels which subsequently feed it into the unit in which the identification elements are printed.
  • the web will preferably include a former print.
  • the proposed method for continuously printing certified identification elements on a web therefore includes randomly generating, by means of a computing unit, identification elements that are all different from one another.
  • Said identification elements are printed in series on the web under the control of a processing unit.
  • the invention proposes storing in a register of printed identifiers a copy of the series of identification elements that have been printed on the web, including the printing order. Said register of printed identifiers is obtained with the processing unit.
  • the processing unit can be part of the computing unit or independent thereof.
  • the method contemplates detecting a defective printed web segment including a defect selected from:
  • Defects in the web will preferably be detected automatically.
  • the printing unit in charge of printing the identification elements can communicate the correct operation thereof to the processing unit, where any incident is thus detected, or the correct position of the web can be detected at all times by means of optical sensors, where any deviation is detected.
  • the invention also contemplates an operator being able to indicate any detected incident to the processing unit.
  • the contiguous identification elements of the defective web segment are the last identification element printed outside or the first identification element printed inside the defective web segment, which demarcate one of the ends of the defective web segment, and the first identification element again printed outside or the last identification element printed inside the defective web segment, demarcating the other end of the defective web segment.
  • the contiguous identification elements can be the first and last identification elements printed on the defective web segment, and the last identification element correctly printed before the defective web segment and the first identification element again correctly printed after the end of the defective web segment.
  • Said defective web segment will be discarded since it cannot be used for production as it contains errors or defects; therefore all the identification elements that have been printed on that defective web segment will also be discarded and will not reach consumers.
  • the physical elimination of said defective web segment will be performed by an operator who will discard said defective web segment and join the web segments before and after the defective web segment, giving continuity back to the web.
  • the contiguous identification elements mentioned above are indentified, communicating them to the processing unit which will eliminate from the register of printed identification elements all those identification elements comprised between the contiguous identification elements, also including said contiguous identification elements if they correspond to identification elements printed on the defective web segment.
  • the processing unit can deduce the contiguous identification elements based on the moment the inspection device detects a defect. In such case, the processing unit will indicate the contiguous identification elements to the aforementioned operator so that said operator can correctly identify the defective web segment to be eliminated.
  • the processing unit prefferably be connected to a recognition device aimed at the area of the web where the identification elements are printed, such that upon detecting a printing defect, said recognition device can identify the contiguous identification elements by combining its readings with the readings of the inspection device.
  • the aforementioned operator prefferably be in charge of identifying the beginning and the end of the defective web segment during elimination, and therefore to be in charge of communicating the contiguous identification elements to the processing unit, either by means of manual input or by showing said contiguous identification elements to an identification element reader connected to said processing unit.
  • the identification elements are all generated by the computing unit before starting the printing process and stored in a register of identifiers to be printed that can be accessed by the processing unit, and from which the identifiers to be printed are gradually eliminated after printing, therefore the already printed identification elements contained in the register of printed identification elements, as well as the identification elements still to be printed contained in the register of identification elements to be printed, are known at all times.
  • the identification elements eliminated from the register of printed identifiers have been printed on a defective web segment, they can be re-entered in the register of identifiers to be printed for subsequent printing, which thereby allows one to be certain at the end of the process that all the identification elements initially included in the register of identification elements to be printed have finally been printed correctly.
  • identification elements prefferably be numeric codes, alphabetic codes, or alphanumeric codes, which can be readily entered in the processing unit manually for communicating the contiguous identification elements, or alternatively it is contemplated for them to be barcodes or QR codes, which can be readily communicated to the processing unit by means of an optical reader.
  • the web with correctly printed identification elements is wound in a winding unit generating several reels of printed web, and wherein the register of printed identifiers also stores, in association with the register of identification elements, the sub-sets of identification elements contained in each individual reel, which thereby allows knowing exactly which correctly printed identification elements are contained in each individual reel.
  • Each individual reel can furthermore receive an identification label associated with the sub-set of identification elements from the register of printed identifiers.
  • the identification elements are printed by means of a laser printing unit, which allows quick and precise continuous printing on the web, changing the identification elements in each printing.
  • the laser printing unit can communicate the printed identification elements to the processing unit as it prints them on the web.
  • an image capturing units to analyze at least the area of the web where the identification elements have been printed, delivering the captured images to the processing unit for analysis for identifying a defective web segment, for example detecting a web movement, an incorrect printing of the identification element or a tear in the web.
  • Said image capturing unit may be configured to capture stroboscopic images in coordination with the speed of movement of the web, i.e., it would capture images in which the position of the identification elements within the image would always be the same in all the captured images, despite the continuous movement of the web.
  • references to geometric positions such as, for example, parallel, perpendicular, tangent, etc., allow deviations up to ⁇ 5° with respect to the theoretical position defined by said nomenclature.
  • the proposed method commences by printing, in a flexographic printing unit, a web 1 of flexible material with a repeating motif.
  • Said web 1 is envisaged to be cut into pieces, each piece corresponding to a product unit printed with said motif, for example, to form a box, bag or wrapper for a product that can be put on the market.
  • the printed flexible web 1 is wound onto reels.
  • Said reels are then unwound, feeding a unit in which identification elements 2 are printed.
  • a new reel is fed by joining the end of one reel to the beginning of the next reel, thereby achieving continuous feeding.
  • the flexible web 1 that is fed goes through a laser printing unit 30 configured for printing an identification element 2 on the flexible web 1 in coincidence with the repeating motif previously printed on the web 1, printing a single identification element 2 on each product unit.
  • a computing unit generates a list of random, unique and non-repeating identification elements 2 and stores them in a register 11 of identification elements to be printed.
  • the identification elements 2 are alphanumeric codes having 10 digits, but it is understood that said codes can have a different number of digits, or can be another type of code.
  • the register 11 of identification elements to be printed is communicated with a processing unit 10 connected to the laser printing unit 30.
  • the processing unit 10 eliminates said identification element 2 from the register 11 of identification elements to be printed, and transfers it to a register 12 of printed identification elements, where it is stored by printing order.
  • the web 1 is wound up again generating reels with identification elements 2.
  • the web is cut and winding onto a different reel follows.
  • the machine has an inspection device 20 implemented, for example, by means of optical sensors which detect if the flexible web 1 moves laterally with respect to the forward movement direction, or if the identification element 2 has been correctly printed or printed in the correct position. Said optical sensors can also detect a tear in the flexible web 1.
  • An operator eliminates the web segment 1 containing said defect and joins the defect-free web segments to one another again.
  • the operator then communicates the contiguous identification elements of the defective web segment to the processing unit 10 by means of an interface.
  • the operator enters in the interface the last correctly printed identification element 2 before the defective web segment and the first correctly printed identification element 2 after the defective web segment.
  • Said interface can be a screen with a keypad, or an optical reader for reading alphanumeric codes, barcodes or QR codes, or other identification elements used.
  • the interface can be in charge of communicating to the operator where the detected defective web segment begins and ends, communicating the contiguous identification elements to said operator.
  • the processing unit 10 knowing the contiguous identification elements, identifies all the identification elements 2 that have been printed on the detective web segment, eliminates them from the register 12 of printed identification elements and incorporates them again in the register 11 of identification elements to be printed so that they are reprinted on a defect-free web segment 1.
  • the present embodiment also contemplates communicating to the processing unit at least the first and/or the last identification element 2 of a web segment forming a reel. This allows the processing unit 10 to also store in the register 12 of printed identification elements information about which reel contains each identification element 2, creating sub-sets of identification elements 2 in the register 12 of printed identification elements.
  • the processing unit 10 can generate a label associated with each of said sub-sets, and identify each reel with one of said labels.
  • This invention is particularly useful for including unique codes relating to drawings or promotions included in packages for products, for example edible products, as it allows having a certified register 12 of printed identification elements without a certifying person who records the identification elements 2 that have actually been printed correctly having to be present during the printing process.

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EP17382626.4A EP3339047B1 (en) 2017-09-20 2017-09-20 Method for continuous printing of certified identification elements on a band
ES17382626T ES2775448T3 (es) 2017-09-20 2017-09-20 Método para impresión en continuo de elementos identificativos certificados sobre una banda
MX2020002951A MX2020002951A (es) 2017-09-20 2018-09-18 Metodo para impresion en continuo de elementos identificativos certificados sobre una banda.
CA3076176A CA3076176A1 (en) 2017-09-20 2018-09-18 Method for continuously printing certified identification elements on a web
CN201880061114.3A CN111278658B (zh) 2017-09-20 2018-09-18 用于在卷筒纸上连续印刷认证的标识元素的方法
PCT/EP2018/075159 WO2019057692A1 (en) 2017-09-20 2018-09-18 METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PRINTING OF CERTIFIED IDENTIFICATION ELEMENTS ON A TAPE

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