LAMINATION MODULE FOR A CARD PROCESSING MACHINE COMPRISING A TRANSFER FILM PEELING AID SYSTEM

Abstract

LAMINATION MODULE FOR A CARD PROCESSING MACHINE HAVING A TRANSFER FILM PEELING AID SYSTEM The invention relates to a lamination module (106) for a plastic card processing machine (10) which comprises a heating roller (112), a counter roller (114) against the heating roller (112), a transfer film (12), and a peeling system (150) downstream of the heating roller (112) and comprising a peeling roller (150a) and a wedge (150b) extending along said peeling roller (150a), where the wedge (150b) is between the heating roller (112) and the peeling roller (150a), where the peeling roller (150a) is movable between a stress position in which the wedge (150a) pinches the transfer film (12) against the plastic card (10) and a release position in which the corner (150b) does not pinch the transfer film (12) against the plastic card (10). Fig. 3

Description

Title of the invention: LAMINATION MODULE FOR A CARD PROCESSING MACHINE COMPRISING A SYSTEM FOR AID IN THE PEELING OF A FILM TRANSFER Technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to a lamination module for a card processing machine where the lamination module comprises a system for assisting in the detachment of a transfer film from the card after printing and lamination, as well as a processing machine comprising such a lamination module. STATE OF THE PRIOR ART

[0002] There are processing machines that are designed to process plastic cards, such as bank cards. Such a processing machine is, for example, a printer that prints a pattern on the plastic card. Printing is done by thermal transfer and the processing machine comprises:

[0003] - a supply system which allows the printer to be supplied with a blank plastic card,

[0004] - an ejection system which allows each plastic card to be ejected from the printer after printing, and

[0005] - between the supply system and the ejection system, a module printing module to print the designs onto a transfer film and a lamination module to transfer the designs from the transfer film onto the plastic card.

[0006] The printing module ensures the transfer of ink zones corresponding to the patterns to be printed on the plastic card, onto a transfer film bearing a varnish.

[0007] The lamination module comprises:

[0008] - a supply roll on which is wound a transfer film carrying a varnish,

[0009] - a recovery roller on which the transfer film is wound after the ink and varnish were applied to the plastic card,

[0010] - a heating roller which ensures the transfer of the ink zones of the transfer film on the plastic card.

[0011] The transfer film is positioned between the plastic card and the heating roller.

[0012] Printing a plastic card first consists, between the supply roller and the heating roller, of covering the varnish of the transfer film with areas of ink representing patterns to be printed.

[0013] Once the ink areas are on the transfer film, it passes to the lamination module between the plastic card and the heating roller, which ensures the transfer of the ink areas and the varnish onto the plastic card.

[0014] As the plastic card and the transfer film advance simultaneously under the heating roller in order to print the plastic card and the transfer film gradually winds onto the recovery roller.

[0015] Heating the transfer film may cause the transfer film to stick slightly to the card, and when the transfer film separates from the card by the film being pulled by the recovery roller, it may happen that the detachment is not carried out correctly and traces may then appear on the card. Statement of the invention

[0016] An object of the present invention is to provide a lamination module for a card processing machine where the lamination module comprises a system for assisting in the detachment of a transfer film from the card after lamination.

[0017] For this purpose, a lamination module is proposed for a plastic card processing machine, said lamination module comprising:

[0018] - a chassis,

[0019] - movement systems arranged to move a plastic card according to a so-called lamination direction,

[0020] - a heating roller,

[0021] - a counter-roller arranged against the heating roller and arranged to ensure a pinching of a plastic card between the counter roller and the heating roller,

[0022] - a transfer film comprising areas covered with a product to be deposited on the plastic card,

[0023] - a feed and recovery system arranged to move the film from transfer between the plastic card and the heating roller according to the lamination direction,

[0024] - a peeling system arranged downstream of the heating roller and comprising a peel roller and a wedge integral with the peel roller and extending along said peel roller, wherein the wedge is between the heating roller and the peel roller, wherein the peel roller is movable between a constrained position in which the wedge pinches the transfer film against the plastic card and a released position in which the wedge does not pinch the transfer film against the plastic card, and

[0025] - a drive system arranged to move the peeling roller of the release position to constraint position and vice versa.

[0026] Advantageously, the movement of the peeling roller between the release position and the constraint position is a rotation around its axis.

[0027] Advantageously, the peeling system comprises a return spring which tends to return the peeling roller from the constrained position to the released position when the peeling roller is moved away from the released position.

[0028] Advantageously, the lamination module comprises a peeling counter-roller which is opposite the peeling roller so that the plastic card is pinched between the peeling counter-roller and the corner when the peeling roller is in the constrained position.

[0029] Advantageously, the lamination module comprises a lifting system ensuring the movement of the heating roller alternately from a lowered position in which the heating roller is pressed against the counter-roller to a raised position in which the heating roller is at a distance from the counter-roller.

[0030] Advantageously, the lifting system comprises:

[0031] - a first supporting chassis mounted to rotate about an axis of rotation,

[0032] - a second supporting chassis mounted to rotate about the axis of rotation,

[0033] - at least one first spring element mounted between the first supporting frame and the second supporting frame so as to separate them from each other,

[0034] - at least one second spring element mounted between the chassis and the second chassis carrier so as to raise said second carrier frame,

[0035] - at least one cam mounted to move in rotation around a cam axis parallel to the axis of rotation, where the cam has a first profile, where for each cam, the second carrier frame has a first cam path, and

[0036] - a drive means arranged to move the or each cam in rotation around the cam axis, where in a first direction of rotation of the or each cam, the or each first profile cooperates with a first cam path to lower the second carrier frame and where in a second direction of rotation of the or each cam, each first profile cooperates with the first cam path to release the second carrier frame.

[0037] Advantageously, each cam has a second profile, the lamination module comprises a third carrier frame mounted to rotate about the axis of rotation, and which, for each cam, has a second cam path cooperating with the corresponding second profile, and which carries at least a first gear section, for each first gear section, the peeling roller carries a second gear section cooperating with the first gear section, and the lamination module comprises at least a third spring element which is mounted between the second carrier frame and the third carrier frame so as to raise said third carrier frame, where in the first direction, the or each second profile cooperates with a second cam path to lower the third carrier frame and by cooperation between the gear sections move the release roller in the constrained position, and wherein in the second direction, the or each second profile cooperates with the second cam track to release the third carrier frame and by cooperation between the gear sections move the release roller to the released position.

[0038] Advantageously, the third carrier frame carries a compression roller downstream of the heating roller, and the lamination module comprises a compression counter-roller which is opposite the compression roller so that the plastic card is pinched between the compression roller and the compression counter-roller when the third carrier frame is lowered.

[0039] The invention also provides a card processing machine comprising a supply system for supplying the card processing machine with plastic cards to be processed, an ejection system which ejects each processed plastic card from the processing machine and between the supply system and the ejection system, a lamination module according to one of the preceding variants. Brief description of the drawings

[0040] The above-mentioned features of the invention, as well as others, will appear more clearly on reading the following description of an exemplary embodiment, said description being made in relation to the attached drawings, among which:

[0041] [Fig-1] is a schematic representation of a processing machine according to the invention,

[0042] [Fig.2] is a perspective view of a lamination module according to the invention,

[0043] [Fig.3] is a side view and section through a vertical plane of the lamination module from [Fig.2] at the level of marker III,

[0044] [Fig.4] is a side view and section through a vertical plane of the lamination module from [Fig.2] at the level of marker IV,

[0045] [Fig.5] is a side view of the lamination module of [Fig.2] in the raised position, And

[0046] [Fig.6] is a side view of the lamination module of [Fig.2] in position lowered.

[0047] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

[0048] [Fig.l] shows a processing machine 100 which is used in the context of covering a plastic card 10 with a product with ink and varnish. The processing machine 100 is of the thermal transfer type and it comprises:

[0049] - a supply system 102 which makes it possible to supply the machine with processing 100 with plastic cards 10 to be processed, this supply system 102 can be a card-to-card supply system or a reservoir of several cards provided with a card separation system,

[0050] - an ejection system 104 which makes it possible to eject each processed plastic card 10 from the processing machine 100 after depositing the product,

[0051] - a printing module 120, and

[0052] - between the supply system 102 and the ejection system 104, a module lamination 106 according to the invention which is intended to deposit the product on the plastic card 10.

[0053] The supply system 102 and the ejection system 104 are not described further, since all types of known systems using motorized drive rollers can be used.

[0054] The printing module 120 is shown schematically and it also takes the form of all types of printing modules known to those skilled in the art. The printing module 120 ensures the transfer of ink zones onto varnish of a transfer film 12.

[0055] The movement of the plastic card 10 is here generally horizontal in the lamination module 106.

[0056] [Fig. 2] shows a particular embodiment of the lamination module 106 and Figs. 3 and 4 show sections of the lamination module 106 at different levels. Figs. 5 and 6 show sections of the lamination module 106 in two operating positions.

[0057] The lamination module 106 comprises a frame 302 which is integral with a main frame of the processing machine 100 and which may be a part of the main frame of the processing machine 100 or an added and fixed element. The frame 302 here takes the form of two vertical walls opposite each other, but only one is visible in [Fig. 2].

[0058] The lamination module 106 comprises a heating roller 112 mounted rotatably on the frame 302. The heating roller 112 heats along its entire length. The heating of the heating roller 112 is carried out for example by a resistor embedded in the heating roller 112 and controlled by a control unit.

[0059] The lamination module 106 also comprises two movement systems 160a-b arranged to move a plastic card 10 relative to the heating roller 112 in a so-called lamination direction 250 which goes from the supply system 102 to the ejection system 104 via the lamination module 106.

[0060] All the rollers described above and below have their axes parallel to each other and perpendicular to the lamination direction 250 and they extend between the walls forming the frame 302 where they are mounted to be mobile in rotation.

[0061] In the embodiment of the invention presented here, there is a displacement system 160a upstream of the heating roller 112 relative to the lamination direction 250 and a displacement system 160b downstream of the heating roller 112 by relative to the lamination direction 250. Each movement system 160a-b here takes the form of a pair of rollers where each roller is mounted to move in rotation on the frame 302, where there is a roller bearing against the upper face of the plastic card 10 and a roller bearing against the lower face of the plastic card 10. At least one roller of each pair is equipped with a motor provided to drive said roller.

[0062] These or some of these rollers may be part of the supply system 102 and the ejection system 104 depending on their positions relative to the heating roller 112.

[0063] The lamination module 106 also comprises a counter-roller 114 mounted to move in rotation on the chassis 302 and arranged against the heating roller 112 and arranged to ensure the pinching of the plastic card 10 between said counter-roller 114 and the heating roller 112, and thus to put pressure on the plastic card 10 against the heating roller 112.

[0064] In the embodiment of the invention presented herein, the counter roller 114 is equipped with a motor which drives the counter roller 114 in rotation to drive the plastic card 10 in the lamination direction 250.

[0065] The lamination module 106 also comprises a feed and recovery system 116 which is arranged to move the transfer film 12 between the plastic card 10 and the heating roller 112 in the lamination direction 250.

[0066] The transfer film 12 is in the form of a strip covered with varnish and comprising zones covered with ink and as specified above, the ink zones have been deposited on the varnish of the transfer film 12 by the printing module 120. The ink and the varnish are intended to be deposited on the plastic card 10.

[0067] When the ink areas and the varnish are to be deposited on the plastic card 10, the heating roller 112 heats up and the heat and pressure exerted between the heating roller 112 and the counter roller 114 ensure the transfer of the ink and the varnish onto the plastic card 10 at the heating points. The varnish then covers the ink and the plastic card 10.

[0068] The supply and recovery system 116 here comprises a supply roller 108 on which the transfer film 12 is wound and a recovery roller 110 on which the transfer film 12 is wound after the product (ink and varnish) has been deposited on the plastic card 10.

[0069] On the path followed by the transfer film 12, the heating roller 112 is disposed between the supply roller 108 and the recovery roller 110.

[0070] To ensure the winding of the transfer film 12 onto a recovery roller 110, said recovery roller 110 is driven in rotation by a motor 110a. Thus, the transfer film 12 is driven during deposition by the motor 110a which drives the recovery roller 110 in a winding direction 14 of the transfer film 10 onto the recovery roller 110.

[0071] The operation of the lamination module 106 consists of receiving a plastic card 10 from the supply system 102. This plastic card 10 is taken care of by the movement systems 160a-b, and in particular the movement system 160a upstream of the heating roller 112 which moves the plastic card 10 between the heating roller 112 and the counter-roller 114 with the transfer film 12 between the heating roller 112 and the plastic card 10.

[0072] At the same time as the plastic card 10 moves towards the movement system 160b downstream of the heating roller 112, the supply and recovery system 116 moves the transfer film 12 loaded with the ink zones to be deposited, which thus follows the plastic card 10. After the plastic card 10 has passed under the heating roller 112, the movement system 160b downstream of the heating roller 112 takes charge of the plastic card 10 and sends it towards the ejection system 104.

[0073] When the plastic card 10 passes under the heating roller 112, the latter heats up to transfer the product from the transfer film 12 onto the plastic card 10.

[0074] Downstream of the heating roller 112, the transfer film 12 adheres to the plastic card 10 due to the heat and the pressure and to more easily peel off the transfer film 12 from the plastic card 10, the lamination module 106 comprises a peeling system 150 which is arranged downstream of the heating roller 112 relative to the lamination direction 250.

[0075] The peeling system 150 comprises a peeling roller 150a and a wedge 150b secured to the peeling roller 150a and extending along said peeling roller 150a. The wedge 150b is arranged so as to be positioned between the heating roller 112 and the peeling roller 150a.

[0076] The corner 150b extends over at least the width of the plastic card 10, i.e. the dimension of the plastic card 10 which is perpendicular to the lamination direction 250.

[0077] The peeling roller 150a is movably mounted on the frame 302 between a constrained position in which the wedge 150b pinches the transfer film 12 against the plastic card 10 and a released position in which the wedge 150b does not pinch the transfer film 12 against the plastic card 10.

[0078] The peeling roller 150a serves as a guide for the transfer film 12 by ensuring a change of direction towards the recovery roller 110. The transfer film 12 thus passes between the peeling roller 150a and the plastic card 10 without being clamped between them.

[0079] [Fig.5] shows the luminizing module 106 when the peeling roller 150a is in the release position and [Fig.6] shows the laminating module 106 when the peeling roller 150a is in the constrained position.

[0080] In the released position, the corner 150b is at a distance from the plastic card 10 and therefore does not compress the transfer film 12 against the plastic card 10.

[0081] In the constrained position, the wedge 150b presses against the transfer film 12 and the plastic card 10. The wedge-like, scraper-like shape of the wedge 150b creates a pinching force at a pinch line on the transfer film 12, which facilitates the peeling of said transfer film 12.

[0082] The movement of the peeling roller 150a between the release position and the constrained position and vice versa is here a rotation around its axis relative to the frame 302, and the movement is provided by a drive system, such as a motor which is controlled by the control unit and which is arranged to move the peeling roller 150a from the release position to the constrained position and vice versa.

[0083] In certain processing machines 100, for double-sided printing, it is necessary for the plastic card 10 to pass back under the heating roller 112. To do this, it is necessary for the movement systems 160a-b to be arranged so as to move the card in the lamination direction 250 and in a reverse direction 350 which therefore goes from the ejection system 104 to the supply system 102.

[0084] To do this, the direction of rotation of each motor of the movement systems 160a-b can be reversed to change the direction of rotation and therefore the direction of movement of the plastic card 10.

[0085] The passage of the peeling roller 150a from the constrained position to the released position makes it possible to free the passage for the plastic card 10 and thus prevents the corner 150b from constituting an obstacle to the passage of the plastic card 10. In the released position, the corner 150b is thus not in the passage of the plastic card 10 and in the constrained position, the corner 150b is thus in the passage of the plastic card 10 to peel off the transfer film 12 and it is moved to the constrained position at the start of the plastic card 10.

[0086] To release the pressure on the plastic card 10 at the heating roller 112, for example to ensure passage of the plastic card 10 without printing or to facilitate its return in the reverse direction 350 if necessary, the lamination module 106 is equipped with a lifting system 118 which ensures the movement of the heating roller 112 alternately from a lowered position ([Fig.6]) corresponding to the position where the heating roller 112 is resting against the counter-roller 114 to a raised position ([Fig.5]) where the heating roller 112 is at a distance from the counter-roller 114.

[0087] In the embodiment of the invention presented here, the lifting system 118 comprises a first supporting frame 304 mounted to rotate on the frame 302 around an axis of rotation 50 perpendicular to the lamination direction 250 and where the heating roller 112 is secured to the first supporting frame 304.

[0088] The lifting system 118 also comprises a second supporting chassis 306 also mounted to rotate on the chassis 302 around the axis of rotation 50. The second supporting chassis 306 is here above the first supporting chassis 304.

[0089] The lifting system 118 also comprises at least one first spring element 308 which is mounted between the first supporting frame 304 and the second supporting frame 306 so as to separate them from each other, by pushing them back. Each first spring element 308 is here a compression spring.

[0090] To limit the spacing between the first supporting frame 304 and the second supporting frame 306, the lifting system 118 comprises at least one locking means 320 (here two in number) which prevents the first supporting frame 304 from moving away more than a maximum distance from the second supporting frame 306. Each locking means 320 here takes the form of a window 320a made in the second supporting frame 306 and a finger 320b inserted in said window 320a and secured to the first supporting frame 304. The movement of the finger 320b is thus limited by the edges of the window 320a.

[0091] The lifting system 118 also comprises at least one second spring element 310 which is mounted between the chassis 302, here via a shaft 302a, and the second supporting chassis 306 so as to raise said second supporting chassis 306. Each second spring element 310 is here a tension spring.

[0092] The lifting system 118 also comprises at least one cam 312 mounted to rotate on the chassis 302 around a cam axis 52 parallel to the axis of rotation 50, where the cam 312 has a first profile 312a.

[0093] For each cam 312, the second carrier frame 306 has a first cam path 306a which cooperates with the first profile 312a.

[0094] The cam 312 is mounted here integral with the shaft 302a.

[0095] For reasons of balance, there is a first spring element 308 at each end of the first carrier frame 304, there is a second spring element 310 at each end of the second carrier frame 306 and there are two cams 312 at each end of the second carrier frame 306 which then comprises a first cam path 306a for each cam 312.

[0096] The lifting system 118 also comprises a drive means, such as a motor, which is arranged to move the or each cam 312 in rotation about the cam axis 52.

[0097] When the cam(s) 312 rotate in a first direction, each first profile 312a cooperates with a first cam path 306a to lower the second carrier frame 306 and, due to the presence of the first spring elements 308, the first carrier frame 304 and therefore the heating roller 112 against the counter-roller 114.

[0098] Conversely, the rotation of the cam(s) 312 in a second direction opposite to the first direction, each first profile 312a cooperates with the first cam path 306a to release the second carrier frame 306 which, due to the presence of the second spring elements 310, rises, driving the first carrier frame 304 and therefore the heating roller 112 which moves away from the counter-roller 114.

[0099] The first spring elements 308 also act as shock absorbers when the heating roller 112 lifts when a plastic card 10 passes.

[0100] In the embodiment of the invention presented here, the lamination module 106 also comprises a third supporting frame 330 which is mounted to move in rotation on the frame 302 around the axis of rotation 50, and which, for each cam 312, has a second cam path 330a and each cam 312 has a second profile 312b which cooperates with a second cam path 330a.

[0101] The third carrier frame 330 also carries at least one first gear section 330b, here two in number, namely one at each end of the third carrier frame 330.

[0102] For each first gear section 330b, the peeling system 150 comprises a second gear section 150c cooperating with the first gear section 330b. Each second gear section 150c is integral with the peeling roller 150a.

[0103] Each gear section 150c, 330b here has three teeth, but depending on the desired rotation angle, a different number of teeth is possible.

[0104] The lamination module 106 also comprises at least one third spring element 332 which is mounted between the second supporting frame 306 and the third supporting frame 330 so as to raise said third supporting frame 330. Here there is a single third spring element 332 arranged at a mid-plane of the lamination module 106 and which is here a tension spring.

[0105] Upon rotation of the cam(s) 312 in the first direction, each second profile 312b cooperates with a second cam path 330a to lower the third carrier frame 330 and, due to the cooperation between the gear sections 150c and 330b, the peeling roller 150a pivots on its axis so as to bring the wedge 150b into the stress position.

[0106] Conversely, the rotation of the cam(s) 312 in the second direction, each second profile 312b cooperates with the second cam path 330a to release the third carrier frame 330 which, due to the presence of the third spring element 332 lifts with each first gear section 330b and, due to the cooperation between the gear sections 150c and 330b, the peeling roller 150a pivots on its axis so as to bring the wedge 150b into the release position.

[0107] Upon rotation of the cam 312, the heating roller 112 is thus moved from the raised position to the lowered position and vice versa, and, at the same time, the peeling roller 150a is moved from the release position to the constrained position and vice versa.

[0108] The drive system which moves the peeling roller 150a is thus constituted among other things by the cams 312, the drive means which moves the cams 312 and the third supporting frame 330.

[0109] To improve the return of the peeling roller 150a to the release position when it moves in rotation, the peeling system 150 comprises a return spring 150d which tends to return the peeling roller 150a from the constrained position to the release position when the peeling roller 150a is moved away from the release position. The return spring 150d is here a torsion spring mounted between the peeling roller 150a and the frame 302.

[0110] In the embodiment of the invention presented here, the lamination module 106 comprises a peeling counter-roller 338 which is opposite the peeling roller 150a against the lower face of the plastic card 10 so that the plastic card 10 is pinched between the peeling counter-roller 338 and the corner 150b when the peeling roller 150a is in the constrained position.

[0111] In the embodiment of the invention presented here, the third carrier frame 330 also carries a compression roller 334 which is downstream of the heating roller 112 and which comes to bear against the upper face of the plastic card 10 when the third carrier frame 330 is lowered.

[0112] The lamination module 106 also comprises a compression counter-roller 336 which is opposite the compression roller 334 against the lower face of the plastic card 10 so that the plastic card 10 is pinched between the compression roller 334 and the compression counter-roller 336 when the third carrier frame 330 is lowered. This pinching provides a pressure force which clamps the transfer film 12 against the plastic card 10 for better application of the product.

[0113] To visualize the different elements of the lamination module in Figs. 5 and 6, the heating roller 112 and the first supporting frame 304 are shown in phantom lines, the second supporting frame 306 is shown in dotted lines, and the third supporting frame 330 is shown in mixed lines.

[0114] When the second carrier frame 306 and the third carrier frame 330 are raised, each cam 312 forms a stop against which the second carrier frame 306 and the third supporting frame 330 are supported to stop their upward movements.

[0115] Each motor driving a roller or cam is controlled by the control unit.

[0116] According to a particular embodiment, the control unit comprises, connected by a communication bus: a processor or CPU (“Central Processing Unit” in English); a RAM (“Read-Only Memory” in English); a read-only memory, for example of the ROM (“Read Only Memory” in English) or EEPROM (“Electrically-Erasable Programmable ROM” in English) type or of the Flash type; a storage unit, such as a storage medium of the HDD (“Hard Disk Drive” in English), or a storage medium reader, such as an SD (“Secure Digital” in English) card reader; and an input / output interface manager RO.

[0117] The I / O input / output manager allows the control unit to interact with the different motors.

[0118] The processor is capable of executing instructions loaded into the RAM from ROM, external memory, a storage medium (such as an SD card), or a communications network (not shown). When the human-machine interface is powered on, the processor is capable of reading instructions from the RAM and executing them. These instructions form a computer program causing the processor to implement the operating steps described above.

[0119] All or part of the steps and algorithms described here can thus be implemented in software form by executing a set of instructions by a programmable machine, for example a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) type processor or a microcontroller, or be implemented in hardware form by a machine or a dedicated electronic component (chip) or a set of dedicated electronic components (chipset), for example an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or ASIC (Application Specified Integrated Circuit) component. Generally speaking, the CTRL 700 controller comprises electronic circuitry adapted and configured to implement the steps and algorithms described here.

Claims

Claims

1. Lamination module (106) for a machine (100) for processing plastic cards (10), said lamination module (106) comprising: - a frame (302), - movement systems (160a-b) arranged to move a plastic card (10) in a so-called lamination direction (250), - a heating roller (112), - a counter-roller (114) arranged against the heating roller (112) and arranged to ensure pinching of a plastic card (10) between the counter-roller (114) and the heating roller (112), - a transfer film (12) comprising areas covered with a product to be deposited on the plastic card (10), - a feed and recovery system (116) arranged to move the transfer film (12) between the plastic card (10) and the heating roller (112) in the lamination direction (250),- a peeling system (150) arranged downstream of the heating roller (112) and comprising a peeling roller (150a) and a wedge (150b) integral with the peeling roller (150a) and extending along said peeling roller (150a), wherein the wedge (150b) is between the heating roller (112) and the peeling roller (150a), wherein the peeling roller (150a) is movable between a constrained position in which the wedge (150a) pinches the transfer film (12) against the plastic card (10) and a released position in which the wedge (150b) does not pinch the transfer film (12) against the plastic card (10), and - a drive system arranged to move the peeling roller (150a) from the released position to the constrained position and vice versa.

2. A lamination module (106) according to claim 1, characterized in that the movement of the peeling roller (150a) between the release position and the constrained position is a rotation about its

3. axis. Lamination module (106) according to claim 2, characterized in that the peeling system (150) comprises a return spring (150d) which tends to return the peeling roller (150a) from the constrained position to the released position when the peeling roller (150a) is moved away from the released position.

4. Lamination module (106) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it comprises a peeling counter-roller (338) which is opposite the peeling roller (150a) so that the plastic card (10) is pinched between the peeling counter-roller (338) and the corner (150b) when the peeling roller (150a) is in the constrained position.

5. Lamination module (106) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it comprises a lifting system (118) ensuring the movement of the heating roller (112) alternately from a lowered position in which the heating roller (112) is in abutment against the counter-roller (114) to a raised position in which the heating roller (112) is at a distance from the counter-roller (114).

6. Lamination module (106) according to claim 5, characterized in that the lifting system (118) comprises: - a first supporting frame (304) mounted to rotate about an axis of rotation (50), - a second supporting frame (306) mounted to rotate about the axis of rotation (50), - at least one first spring element (308) mounted between the first supporting frame (304) and the second supporting frame (306) so as to separate them from each other, - at least one second spring element (310) mounted between the frame (302) and the second supporting frame (306) so as to raise said second supporting frame (306), - at least one cam (312) mounted to rotate about a cam axis (52) parallel to the axis of rotation (50), where the cam (312) has a first profile (312a), where for each cam (312), the second carrier frame (306) has a first cam track (306a),and - a drive means arranged to move the or each cam (312) in rotation about the cam axis (52), where in a first direction of rotation of the or each cam (312), the or each first profile (312a) cooperates with a first cam path (306a) to lower the second carrier frame (306) and where in a second direction of rotation of the or each cam (312), each first profile (312a) cooperates with the first cam path (306a) to release the second carrier frame (306).,

7. Lamination module (106) according to claim 6, characterized in that that each cam (312) has a second profile (312b), in that the lamination module (106) comprises a third supporting frame (330) mounted to rotate about the axis of rotation (50), and which, for each cam (312), has a second cam path (330a) cooperating with the corresponding second profile (312b), and which carries at least a first gear section (330b), in that for each first gear section (330b), the peeling roller (150a) carries a second gear section (150c) cooperating with the first gear section (330b), and in that the lamination module (106) comprises at least a third spring element (332) which is mounted between the second supporting frame (306) and the third supporting frame (330) so as to raise said third supporting frame (330), where in the first direction,the or each second profile (312b) cooperates with a second cam track (330a) to lower the third carrier frame (330) and by cooperation between the gear sections (150c, 330b) move the peeling roller (150a) into the constrained position, and wherein in the second direction, the or each second profile (312b) cooperates with the second cam track (330a) to release the third carrier frame (330) and by cooperation between the gear sections (150c, 330b) move the peeling roller (150a) into the released position.,

8. Lamination module (106) according to claim 7, characterized in that the third carrier frame (330) carries a compression roller (334) downstream of the heating roller (112), and in that the lamination module (106) comprises a compression counter-roller (336) which is opposite the compression roller (334) so ​​that the plastic card (10) is pinched between the compression roller (334) and the compression counter-roller (336) when the third carrier frame (330) is lowered.

9. A card processing machine (100) comprising a supply system (102) for supplying the card processing machine (100) with plastic cards (10) to be processed, an ejection system (104) which ejects each processed plastic card (10) from the processing machine (100) and between the supply system (102) and the ejection system (104), a lamination module (106) according to one of the preceding claims.