公开(公告)号：EP2598423A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-05

申请号：EP10779037.0

申请日：2010-07-29

申请人： Datacard Corporation

发明人： BIELESCH, Ulrich ,  PERDOUX, Dominique ,  BEULET, Frédéric ,  HABEL, Thorsten ,  BERTHE, Benoît

IPC分类号： B65H5/26 ,  B65H29/60

CPC分类号： B23Q7/14 ,  B65H5/26 ,  B65H7/00 ,  B65H15/00 ,  B65H29/60 ,  B65H2301/333 ,  B65H2301/445 ,  B65H2301/447 ,  B65H2301/4482 ,  B65H2402/10 ,  B65H2511/415 ,  B65H2513/42 ,  B65H2513/51 ,  B65H2557/13 ,  B65H2701/1914 ,  G06K19/07716 ,  G06K2017/0041 ,  Y10T29/49 ,  Y10T29/52 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/02

摘要： An object processing machine for processing a plurality of objects, the machine comprising: a plurality of processing modules, each processing module having a modular structure co-operable with the modular structure of another processing module to form a modular assembly constituting the object processing machine; each processing module being operable to perform a corresponding processing operation on an object and being provided with at least one transfer unit located at a respective port of the processing module; each transfer unit being arranged to transfer an object to or from the corresponding processing module and/or to or from a transfer unit of another processing module of the modular assembly; the transfer units being arranged to co-operate with one another and/or with another processing unit such that objects can be guided from an input of the machine to an output of the machine via a plurality of different transport pathways through the machine, wherein the transport pathway taken by a said object being processed corresponds to the pre-determined processing operations to be performed on the said object. A method of processing a plurality of objects using such a machine is also described.