Entrust MX8100 Boosts Highvolume Card Production Efficiency

In the rapidly evolving financial and identity verification sectors, efficient, reliable, and highly flexible card issuance solutions have become critical for maintaining competitive advantage. The MX8100™ card issuance system from Entrust™ (formerly Datacard®) represents a flagship platform specifically designed to meet large-scale, high-throughput card production demands.

Addressing Industry Challenges: The Need for High-Capacity Card Issuance Innovation

Large-scale card issuance presents significant challenges for major banks and government agencies when producing millions of payment cards, social security cards, or identity documents simultaneously. Traditional methods often struggle to balance efficiency, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness while adapting to evolving security standards and technological trends. The MX8100 system was developed to overcome these limitations through a comprehensive solution combining performance, flexibility, and cutting-edge technology.

Core Capabilities of the MX8100 System

The MX8100 card issuance platform delivers exceptional production speed, modular design architecture, and comprehensive support for advanced technologies, establishing new benchmarks for large-scale card operations.

Key Technical Advantages

• High-Speed Production: With a rated output of up to 3,000 cards per hour (CPH) and integrated quality control features, the system achieves industry-leading operational efficiency while reducing per-unit production costs.
• Integrated Software Platform: The intuitive user interface consolidates all system functions, streamlining operations, training, and maintenance while minimizing human error.
• Modular Architecture: The true modular design allows configuration based on current requirements with future expansion capabilities, protecting investment value as business needs evolve.
• Technology Compatibility: The platform supports diverse card technologies including smart cards (both contact and contactless variants) and UV-curable surface treatments.
• Automated Quality Assurance: Integrated inspection systems detect and correct production anomalies in real-time, reducing manual verification needs while ensuring consistent output quality.

Technical Specifications and Configuration Options

The Entrust Central Issuance Platform offers multiple technical modules to accommodate varying production volumes, personalization requirements, card material specifications, and growth objectives. Users can customize configurations according to specific project needs.

The system supports core technologies including:

• Magnetic stripe encoding, embossing, and smart card personalization
• High-resolution laser engraving for permanent, tamper-resistant markings
• UV-cured inkjet printing for durable graphics
• Color label printing and precision application
• Automated visual verification for critical card elements
• Optimized card handling through buffering and flipping mechanisms

Deployment Flexibility

The MX series supports both standalone implementation and integration with complementary systems such as card delivery mechanisms and envelope insertion equipment, enabling complete automated production lines.

Complementary Solutions

• MXD810 Card Delivery System: Handles card attachment, vertical placement, form buffering/folding, and material sorting for mailing preparation.
• MXi810 Envelope Insertion System: Provides automated document collation, envelope stuffing, printing, and postal interface capabilities.

Software Ecosystem

The platform is supported by comprehensive software solutions including:

• Adaptive Issuance Software Suite for smart card application management
• Data access and production automation tools
• EMV compliance validation systems
• Secure key management modules

Implementation Case Study

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia successfully tripled its annual card production capacity to three million units after implementing the Entrust solution, demonstrating the system's capability to support large-scale financial operations.