Automatic card packaging system and method

Abstract

A robotic card packaging system and method is provided. The system and method is provided for packaging a plurality of cards within a card container. The system and method sequentially feeds card containers onto an indexing conveyor from a card container feed magazine; applies a static label to each card container with a static label applicator; accumulates a batch of cards in a card accumulator and moves the batch of cards from the card accumulator onto a card conveyor and toward the indexing conveyor and into the card container; closes the card container after moving the batch of cards into the card container; and, applies a variable label to each card container with a variable label applicator. The system and method further verifies that the static and variable data labels have been appropriately applied to the card container with label vision apparatuses. The system and method also reads unique identifiers on each card proximate the card being fed into the card accumulator for each card in the card batch, which is then represented within the variable data label.

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