EP3421663B1 - Verfahren zur verarbeitung einer substratbahn in einzelbögen zur herstellung von sicherheitsdokumenten und anlage zur durchführung des verfahrens - Google Patents

Verfahren zur verarbeitung einer substratbahn in einzelbögen zur herstellung von sicherheitsdokumenten und anlage zur durchführung des verfahrens Download PDF

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EP3421663B1
EP3421663B1 EP17178848.2A EP17178848A EP3421663B1 EP 3421663 B1 EP3421663 B1 EP 3421663B1 EP 17178848 A EP17178848 A EP 17178848A EP 3421663 B1 EP3421663 B1 EP 3421663B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21G—CALENDERS; ACCESSORIES FOR PAPER-MAKING MACHINES
    • D21G9/00—Other accessories for paper-making machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
    • B07C5/342—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour
    • 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
    • B42D25/29—Securities; Bank notes
    • 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
    • B42D25/40—Manufacture
    • B42D25/475—Cutting cards
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/58—Article switches or diverters
    • B65H29/62—Article switches or diverters diverting faulty articles from the main streams
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/24—Pile receivers multiple or compartmented, e.d. for alternate, programmed, or selective filling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/10—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H43/00—Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable
    • B65H43/04—Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable detecting, or responding to, presence of faulty articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/10—Size; Dimensions
    • B65H2511/16—Irregularities, e.g. protuberances
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/40—Movement
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2515/00—Physical entities not provided for in groups B65H2511/00 or B65H2513/00
    • B65H2515/84—Quality; Condition, e.g. degree of wear
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
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  • the present invention generally relates to a method of processing a substrate web into individual sheets for the production of security documents and an installation for carrying out the same.
  • Security documents such as banknotes, are produced using dedicated substrate material (be it paper, polymer or hybrid - i.e. paper and polymer - substrates) produced by security substrate manufacturers like Louisenthal ( www.louisenthal.com ), De La Rue ( www.delarue.com ), Crane Currency ( www.crane.com ), CCL Secure ( www.cclsecure.com ), Arjowiggins ( www.arjowiggins.com ), LandQart ( www.landqart.com ) and Fedrigoni ( www.fedrigoni.com ).
  • Paper substrates used for the production of security documents are typically made of cotton fibres (rather than wood pulp as used for the production of commercial paper).
  • Banknote paper is usually produced by mixing cotton fibres (which can be combined with linen or other plant fibres) with water to produce a pulp. Colouring is further added to the pulp which is then filtered through a mould to produce a watermark, a widely-used security feature of paper substrates.
  • Further security features can be embedded in the substrate material, such as security threads or the like, or be applied on either side of the substrate, for instance by printing patterns or by applying foil material using e.g. hot-stamping techniques.
  • Paper substrates are commercially available from most of the aforementioned substrate manufacturers and have been widely used for several decades for the production of banknotes.
  • Polymer substrates are produced from a transparent film - typically made of biaxially oriented polypropylene (or BOPP) - which is ultimately provided on both sides with white opacifying layers, typically by gravure printing. Such opacifying layers are omitted in certain portions of the substrate material so as to form transparent window regions, which is a characteristic security feature of polymer substrates.
  • polymer substrates can be provided with a variety of additional security features at the time of the manufacture of the substrate material, including e.g. iridescent stripes, optically variables devices (or OVDs), etc..
  • Examples of polymer substrates are commercially available from CCL Secure - formerly known as Innovia Security - as GuardianTM substrate or more recently from De La Rue as the SafeGuardTM substrate.
  • the aforementioned transparent film of BOPP material is typically created using a unique "bubble" process to create a highly transparent and stiff film which is outputted in the form of a continuous web of transparent material, which web is subsequently fed through a number of printing and processing stations to apply the required opacifying layers and desired security features.
  • a method of producing polymer substrates based on a BOPP film is for instance disclosed in International ( PCT) Publication No. WO 83/00659 A1 .
  • Hybrid substrates are aimed at combining the best of both worlds, namely by bonding paper and polymer layers one with the other.
  • Examples of such hybrid substrates are commercially available from Louisenthal as HybridTM substrate or from LandQart as Durasafe® substrate.
  • a method of producing hybrid substrates is for instance disclosed in European Patent Publication No. EP 2 153 988 A1 .
  • the aforementioned substrate material is conventionally produced in the form of a continuous web which is ultimately processed into reels or individual sheets for transport and shipment to the end-customer, namely security printers.
  • a problem with the conventional approach to the production and supply chain of substrate material resides in that defects may still be present on the substrate material, which the end-user, namely the security printer, cannot readily identify. This leads to unnecessary waste as the security printer is ultimately led to process substrate material without necessarily knowing or being in a position to identify the presence of defects prior to printing.
  • Document EP 0 286 317 A1 shows an apparatus and a method for the production of security documents. An already printed web is inspected, numbered and cut into stripes. The stripes are sorted according to their quality.
  • Document EP 1 932 678 A1 shows a method of a final inspection, numbering and varnishing of sheets that have already been printed before. It is suggested to use the method in combination with webs that have already been printed.
  • a general aim of the invention is therefore to provide an improved solution, namely such a solution that ensure that sheets meeting desired quality requirements can appropriately be delivered to security printers.
  • a further aim of the invention is to provide such a solution that is more optimal in respect of a possible valorisation of defective sheets that are normally discarded as waste.
  • the method further comprising the steps of providing the substrate web and/or individual sheets with features, in particular security features, that are printed or otherwise applied on one or the other side of the substrate web and/or individual sheets and inspecting a quality of said features.
  • the method comprises the step of inspecting the individual sheets after the cutting step c) to check a quality of the cutting.
  • the method further comprises the step of providing each individual sheet with a sheet identifying code, in particular a barcode, for track-and-trace purposes.
  • sorting step d) further includes sorting the bad sheets into (i) partly-defective sheets that are found to exhibit only minor defects and that are partly usable for production of security documents and (ii) entirely-defective sheets that are found to exhibit major defects and that are not adequate for production of security documents.
  • the good sheets can be processed at step e) into grade-A stacks or reams that are intended for production of security documents, while the partly-defective sheets can be processed at step e) into grade-B stacks or reams that are either intended for production of security documents or for print job preparation or make-ready purposes.
  • the entirely-defective sheets can be processed at step e) into grade-C stacks or reams that are only intended for print job preparation or make-ready purposes. In this way, optimisation of the production of the substrate material is achieved, while providing a clear indication to the security printer with respect to the quality of the sheets delivered for production and the use thereof.
  • the individual sheets are sorted at step d) in separate delivery piles before being processed at step e) into the individual stacks or reams.
  • the individual stacks or reams can advantageously be wrapped at step e) for transport and/or shipment purposes.
  • step e) includes producing individual reams each consisting of five hundred individual sheets, which ream size is optimal for manual handling.
  • the invention is in particular applicable to the processing of a substrate web selected from the group consisting of :
  • the invention also relates to an installation for carrying out the aforementioned method, as defined in claim 7.
  • the sheet processing system comprises a sheet delivery station comprising at least two sheet delivery piles where the good sheets and bad sheets are sorted, and a sheet stacker device cooperating with the sheet delivery station to produce the individual stacks or reams.
  • the installation may further comprise a least one processing station adapted to provide the substrate web and/or individual sheets with features, in particular security features, which processing station prints or otherwise applies the features on one or the other side of the substrate web and/or individual sheets.
  • the installation may further comprise a marking station adapted to provide each individual sheet with a sheet identifying code, in particular a barcode, for track-and-trace purposes.
  • This marking station could in particular be provided upstream of the cross-cutter device to provide the sheet identifying code on successive portions of the substrate web which are ultimately cut into the individual sheets or downstream of the cross-cutter device to provide the sheet identifying code after cutting of the substrate web into the individual sheets.
  • the installation may further comprise an additional inspection system located along the path of the individual sheets, downstream of the cross-cutter device to check a quality of the cutting. In this way, 100% of the individual sheets are checked with respect to their quality, including the quality of the cutting.
  • the installation may further comprise a wrapping system adapted to wrap the individual stacks or reams for transport and/or shipment purposes.
  • the present invention will be described in the context of the processing of a substrate web into individual sheets for the production of banknotes. It is however to be appreciated that the invention is applicable to the production of any security document, including for instance passports and like ID documents or other types of value documents.
  • the substrate material may in particular be paper, polymer or combinations thereof (typically referred to as "hybrid").
  • paper substrates are typically made of or contain cotton fibres
  • polymer substrates typically comprise a transparent film of polymeric material (especially biaxially oriented polypropylene, or "BOPP"), which transparent film of polymeric material is provided on each side with at least one opacifying layer.
  • BOPP biaxially oriented polypropylene
  • a typical example is GuardianTM substrate as commercially available from CCL Secure.
  • Paper-polymer hybrid substrates combine the best of both worlds by bonding together at least one transparent layer of polymeric material (such as but not necessarily BOPP) and at least one paper layer made of or containing cotton fibres.
  • HybridTM substrate which is commercially available from Louisenthal, is characterized by a paper inner core layer which is covered on both sides by thin layers of polymeric material.
  • Durasafe® substrate that is commercially available from LandQart is characterized by a polymer inner core layer which is covered on both sides by layers of paper.
  • the invention is applicable to any suitable type of substrate material.
  • FIGS 1A and 1B are schematic views of an installation, designated generally by reference numeral 100, for carrying out a method of processing a substrate web into individual sheets for the production of security documents in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, which method is summarized in the flow chart of Figure 2 .
  • the installation 100 comprises a web transport system 10-15 that is adapted to transport the relevant substrate web W.
  • the substrate web W is provided at an input of the installation 100 in the form of a reel 10 of web material which is being unwound to supply the substrate web W.
  • a plurality of guiding and tensioning rollers or cylinders 11 to 15 are provided along the path of the substrate web W to adequately transport and guide the substrate web W past a variety of processing stations 20, 30, 40 and 50 that will be described in greater detail.
  • Processing station 20 - which is preferred but may be omitted - is here designed to operate as a printing unit (for instance an offset printing unit) to print features on one side of the substrate web W.
  • the printing unit 20 could however be designed to operate in accordance with any suitable printing technique, for instance gravure printing (e.g. for the purpose of applying an opacifying layer on the relevant side of the substrate web W) or for screen printing, which other printing process may for instance be used to print optically-variable features such as iridescent stripes on the side of the substrate web W. While this is not specifically depicted in Figure 1A , the printing unit 20 could alternatively be designed to print the other side of the substrate web W and further printing units could be provided in order to print additional security features on the substrate web W.
  • processing station 20 could alternatively be designed to apply features, especially security features, by other means than by printing, for instance to apply or laminate foil material onto one or both sides of the substrate web W (such as by hot-stamping).
  • the processing station 20 could in effect be any processing station adapted to provide the substrate web W with features, in particular security features, by printing or otherwise applying the features on one or the other side of the substrate web W. Furthermore, multiple processing stations 20 could be provided.
  • processing station 20 is located along the path of the substrate web W, but it shall be appreciated that a similar processing station could be provided along the path of the individual sheets, designated by reference S, that are ultimately cut from the substrate web W.
  • an inspection system 30 Downstream of the processing station 20 of Figure 1A , there is provided an inspection system 30, which is located along the path of the substrate web W to check the quality thereof.
  • the inspection system 30 is of a type comprising multiple inspection units (here three) that are designed to fully inspect the substrate web W, namely in reflection from both sides and in transparency.
  • the inspection system 30 of Figure 1A comprises a first inspection unit 31/32 designed to inspect a front/recto side of the substrate web W, a second inspection unit 33/34 designed to inspect a reverse/verso side of the substrate web W, and a third inspection unit 35/36 designed to inspect the substrate web W in transparency.
  • Reference numerals 31, 33 and 35 in Figure 1A each designate a camera of the relevant inspection units, while reference numerals 32, 34 and 36 designate associated illumination units. These cameras 31, 33, 35 are preferably line-scan cameras that are each designed to scan a relevant section of the substrate web W.
  • the first and second inspection units 31/32 and 33/34 are each cooperating with a guiding roller 13, respectively 14, of the web transport system 10-15, which guiding roller 13, 14 provides adequate support for the substrate web W during the image acquisition process. No such guiding roller is depicted with respect to the third inspection unit 35/36, but such could be provided if necessary, in which case the function of the illumination unit 36 would be integrated in the relevant roller as taught for instance in International ( PCT) Publication No. WO 03/052394 A1 or WO 2012/059861 A1 .
  • a marking station 40 Downstream of the inspection system 30, there is provided a marking station 40 the purpose of which is to provide each individual sheet S with a corresponding sheet identifying code (such as a barcode) for track-and-trace purposes.
  • the marking station 40 is shown in Figure 1A as being located along the path of the substrate web W so as to provide the sheet identifying code on successive portions of the substrate web W which are ultimately cut into the individual sheets S.
  • the marking station 40 could be located along the path of the individual sheets S to provide the sheet identifying code after cutting of the substrate web W into the individual sheets S.
  • a cross-cutter device 50 is provided to perform transverse cutting of the substrate web W into individual sheets S.
  • Such cross-cutter device 50 is preferably of a type comprising a cutting cylinder 51 carrying cutting blades, which cutting cylinder 51 cooperates with a counter-press cylinder 52, the substrate web W being fed through the nip formed by cylinders 51, 52.
  • Such cross-cutter device 50 is known as such in the art and does not need to be described in detail here. It suffices to understand that the cross-cutter device 50 is designed to cut the substrate web W at defined locations along the substrate web W to continuously produce individual sheets S at the output.
  • An additional inspection system 37/38 (including e.g. a line-scan camera 37 and associated illumination units 38) is provided downstream of the cross-cutter device 50 (and preferably upstream of the marking station 40 should it be provided at the relevant location along the path of the individual sheets S) in order to check the quality of the cutting, including e.g. print-to-cut register accuracy.
  • the individual sheets S are sorted in dependence of the inspection results to produce at least two types of sorted sheets, including good sheets, designated by reference S A in Figure 1B , and bad sheets, designated by reference S B , resp. S C in Figure 1B .
  • Good sheets S A are sheets that have been found to meet the desired quality requirements and bad sheets S B , S C are sheets that have been found to exhibit defects. Even more preferably, the bad sheets S B , S C are sorted into (i) partly-defective sheets S B that are found to exhibit only minor defects and (ii) entirely-defective sheets S C that are found to exhibit major defects. The distinction between minor and major defects can be defined depending on the production requirements. Partly-defective sheets S B could be at least partly usable for production of security documents. Such would be the case for instance of sheets where the identified defects are limited to very localized regions on the sheets or are so minimal that they would not have a critical impact on the production of the relevant security documents.
  • Such partly-defective sheets S B could therefore be used for production of security documents or - if normal production using such sheets is ultimately excluded by the security printer - for print job preparation or make-ready purposes.
  • As regards the entirely-defective sheets S C while such sheets would not be proper and adequate for the actual production of security documents, these sheets S C could still be supplied to security printers solely for print job preparation or make-ready purposes.
  • the installation 100 is further equipped with a sheet processing system 60/70 adapted to sort the individual sheets into the good sheets S A and the bad sheets S B , S C and to process at least the good sheets S A , and preferably also the bad sheets S B , S C , into individual stacks or reams R each consisting of a predetermined number of individual sheets.
  • reams R are produced each consisting of five hundred sheets, which ream size is optimal for manual handling.
  • the sheet processing system 60/70 comprises a sheet delivery station 60 with at least two sheet delivery piles where the good sheets S A and the bad sheets S B , S C are sorted. In the illustrated embodiment, three such sheet delivery piles 61, 62, 63 are provided, one for each type of sheets S A , S B , S C .
  • the sheet processing system 60/70 further comprises a sheet stacker device 70 that cooperates with the sheet delivery station 60 to produce the individual stacks or reams R.
  • the main purpose of the sheet stacker device 70 is to ensure that a predetermined number of sheets are stacked to form the desired stacks or reams, especially reams of five hundred sheets each.
  • a suitable sheet stacker device is for instance available from the Applicant for the purpose of stacking sheets at the input of a cutting and finishing machine and is sold as part of the Applicant's NumeroPak® machine.
  • the installation may be further equipped with a wrapping system 80 for wrapping the stacks or reams R and produce wrapped stacks or reams R W for transport and/or shipment purposes.
  • a wrapping system 80 would be advantageous in the event that the stacks or reams R (R w ) have to be transported and/or shipped to a remote location.
  • Such wrapping system 80 could be omitted in the event that the stacks or reams R are used at the same site where they are produced.
  • reams R of five hundred sheets are favoured for the purpose of transport and shipment, one could contemplate to produce pre-piled stacks of e.g. 5000 to 10'000 sheets at the output of the sheet stacker device 70, which pre-piled stacks could be sent directly to the feeder of a printing press.
  • the good sheets S A could be processed into grade-A stacks or reams R (R W ) that are intended for production of security documents
  • the partly-defective sheets S B could be processed into grade-B stacks or reams R (R W ) that are either intended for production of security documents or for print job preparation or make-ready purposes
  • the entirely-defective sheets S C could be processed into grade-C stacks or reams that are only intended for print job preparation or make-ready purposes. Thanks to this classification, the security printer can readily identify which type of sheets can be used for which purpose and the security printer benefits from greater assurances that the good sheets that are used for production of security documents have been adequately checked during production and packaged accordingly. This considerably reduces the risk for the security printer to erroneously use sheets for production that already exhibit defects.
  • the security printer is furthermore in a position to be provided with lower-grade sheets that could at least be used for print job preparation and/or make-ready purposes.
  • a refinement of the invention may include designing the marking station 40 not only to provide a sheet identifying code, but also to encode information that is representative of the inspection results (including whether the relevant sheet was found to be a good sheet or bad sheet, or the relevant location of defects in case the sheet was found to be a partly-defective sheet). Such information could alternatively be recorded in a suitable database or on a suitable recording medium shipped and delivered together with the relevant ream.
  • the substrate web W does not need to be supplied in the form of a reel 10 of substrate material as shown in Figure 1A , but could be supplied directly as a continuous web delivered at the output of a web machine used for the production of the relevant substrate material.

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  1. Verfahren zum Verarbeiten einer Substratbahn (W) zu Einzelbogen (S) für die Herstellung von Sicherheitsdokumenten, wie zum Beispiel Banknoten, wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    a) Bereitstellen einer Substratbahn (W);
    b) Überprüfen der Substratbahn (W), um eine Qualität derselben zu kontrollieren;
    c) Schneiden der Substratbahn (W) in Einzelbogen (S);
    anschließendes Überprüfen der Einzelbogen (S), um die Schnittqualität zu kontrollieren;
    d) Sortieren der Einzelbogen (S) in Abhängigkeit von den Ergebnissen der Überprüfung in Schritt b) und c), um mindestens zwei Arten sortierter Bogen (SA, SB, SC) zu erzeugen, darunter gute Bogen (SA), die den gewünschten Qualitätsanforderungen entsprechen, und schlechte Bogen (SB, SC), bei denen Mängel festgestellt wurden;
    sortieren der schlechten Bogen (SB, SC) in (i) teilweise fehlerhafte Bogen (SB), bei denen nur geringfügige Mängel festgestellt wurden und die teilweise für die Herstellung von Sicherheitsdokumenten verwendbar sind, und (ii) völlig fehlerhafte Bogen (SC), bei denen große Mängel festgestellt wurden und die für die Herstellung von Sicherheitsdokumenten nicht geeignet sind; und
    e) Verarbeiten von zumindest den guten Bogen (SA), und vorzugsweise auch den schlechten Bogen (SB, SC) zu einzelnen Stapeln oder Riesen (R, RW), jeweils aus einer vorbestimmten Anzahl von Einzelbogen bestehend, wobei die guten Bogen (SA) in Schritt e) zu Stapeln oder Riesen erster Wahl A verarbeitet werden, die für die Herstellung von Sicherheitsdokumenten vorgesehen sind, wobei die teilweise fehlerhaften Bogen (SB) in Schritt e) zu Stapeln oder Riesen zweiter Wahl B verarbeitet werden, die entweder für die Herstellung von Sicherheitsdokumenten oder für die Vorbereitung von Druckaufträgen oder für Einrichtezwecke vorgesehen sind,
    und wobei die völlig fehlerhaften Bogen (SC) in Schritt e) zu Stapeln oder Riesen dritter Wahl C verarbeitet werden, die nur für die Vorbereitung von Druckaufträgen oder für Einrichtezwecke vorgesehen sind.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, ferner umfassend die Schritte des Versehens der Substratbahn (W) und/oder der Einzelbogen (S) mit Merkmalen, insbesondere Sicherheitsmerkmalen, die auf die eine oder die andere Seite der Substratbahn (W) und/oder der Einzelbogen (S) gedruckt oder anders appliziert werden, sowie des Überprüfens einer Qualität der Merkmale.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, ferner umfassend den Schritt des Versehens jedes Einzelbogens (S) mit einem Bogenerkennungscode, insbesondere einem Barcode, zum Zweck der Nachverfolgung.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Einzelbogen (S) in Schritt d) in getrennte Auslagestapel (61, 62, 63) sortiert werden, bevor sie in Schritt e) zu den einzelnen Stapeln oder Riesen (R, RW) verarbeitet werden.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die einzelnen Stapel oder Riese (RW) ferner in Schritt e) für Transport- und/oder Versandzwecke verpackt werden.
  6. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei Schritt e) die Herstellung einzelner Riese (R, RW) einschließt, von denen jedes aus fünfhundert Einzelbogen besteht.
  7. Einrichtung zum Durchführen des Verfahrens nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, Folgendes umfassend:
    - ein Bahntransportsystem (10-15), ausgelegt zum Transportieren der Substratbahn (W);
    - mindestens eine Inspektionsanlage (30-36), die entlang des Pfads der Substratbahn (W) angeordnet ist, um die Qualität derselben zu kontrollieren;
    - eine Querschneidevorrichtung (50), ausgelegt zum Durchführen des Querschneidens der Substratbahn (W) in die Einzelbogen (S);
    - eine zusätzliche Inspektionsanlage (37, 38), die entlang des Pfads der Einzelbogen (S), der Querschneidevorrichtung nachgeschaltet, angeordnet ist, um die Schnittqualität zu kontrollieren; und
    - ein Bogenverarbeitungssystem (60/70), ausgelegt zum Sortieren der Einzelbogen in Abhängigkeit von den Inspektionsergebnissen der Inspektionsanlage (30-36) und der zusätzlichen Inspektionsanlage (37, 38) in gute Bogen (SA) und schlechte Bogen (SB, SC), und zum Verarbeiten zumindest der guten Bogen (SA), und möglichst auch der schlechten Bogen (SB, SC) zu einzelnen Stapeln oder Riesen (R, RW), jeweils aus der vorbestimmten Anzahl von Einzelbogen bestehend,
    wobei das Bogenverarbeitungssystem (60, 70) umfasst:
    - eine Bogenauslegestation (60), umfassend zumindest zwei Bogenauslagestapel (61, 62, 63), wo die guten Bogen (SA) und die schlechten Bogen (SB, SC) sortiert werden; und
    - eine Bogenstapelvorrichtung (70), zusammenarbeitend mit der Bogenauslegestation (60), um die einzelnen Stapel oder Riese (R, RW) herzustellen.
  8. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 7, ferner umfassend zumindest eine Verarbeitungsstation (20), ausgelegt für das Versehen der Substratbahn (W) und/oder der Einzelbogen (S) mit Merkmalen, insbesondere Sicherheitsmerkmalen, wobei die Verarbeitungsstation (20) die Merkmale auf die eine oder die andere Seite der Substratbahn (W) und/oder der Einzelbogen (S) druckt oder anders appliziert.
  9. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 7 oder 8, ferner umfassend eine Kennzeichnungsstation (40), ausgelegt für das Versehen jedes Einzelbogens (S) mit einem Bogenerkennungscode, insbesondere einem Barcode, zum Zweck der Nachverfolgung.
  10. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 7 bis 9, ferner umfassend eine Verpackungsanlage (80), ausgelegt zum Verpacken der einzelnen Stapel oder Riese (RW) für Transport- und/oder Versandzwecke.
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