Harlequin Takes
 a Novel Approach

• Slip-Torque Conveyor Technology: This employs polished stainless steel shafts covered with segmented, loose-fit rollers, which form the conveyor surface. Slip-Torque provides the gentle handling needed for transporting Harlequin's book blocks from stacker to binder.

• Buffer Accumulation Conveyor: If the line is running normally, there will be no accumulation of book stacks on the conveyor. The stacks would flow through to a blade stop before entering the binder. But if the binder goes down, book stacks are diverted into a buffer conveyor, which can accept up to 85 stacks (five minutes worth of throughput), allowing enough time to dislodge the binder jam-up. Once the binder is cleared, the book stacks will automatically feed into the binder.