| 摘要 |
<p>A contactless conveyor system (1) for the production of smart cards in which a series of smart card assembly workstations (62, 64, 66) are located around a continuous, closed circuit track (3, 4). Empty sheets (16) are removed one at a time from a pull-out drawer (12) at a sheet feeding station (60) to be laid upon respective ones of a plurality of pallets (28). The pallets on which the empty sheets are laid are pushed around the track from one workstation to the next by motor-driven belts (5) which move under the pallets. Finished sheet (16) on which smart cards have been assembled are removed one at a time from the pallets to be stacked in a pull-out drawer (14) at a sheet removal station (68). Each of the sheet feeding and sheet removal station (60, 68) includes a frame (74) on which an array of suction cups (79) is mounted to generate a suction force for placing the empty sheets on and removing the finished sheets from successive ones of the pallets (28) moving around the track (3, 4).</p> |
