Louet Drum Carders
Louet Drum Carder
For big carding jobs! These Louet Drum
Carders have an eight inch wide large diameter drum
for large carding capacity that makes a huge batt of ab
out 8 by 31 inches. The intermeshing teeth for great performance
allow you to card fibers without pre-teasing.
All Louet Carders have enclosed gearboxes that assures smooth carding operation, while the extra high, flexible, teeth allow for a heavier batt than other drum carders as well as a high carding efficiency.
Since the Louet drum carder uses a gear drive, there are no belts to slip or wear, which is a major plus point.
Easy to use, the these carding machines have stood the test of time.
Choose from the Louet drum carder 72 tpi for all fibers including fine fibers such as alpaca etc., or the Louet drum carder 46 tpi for coarse fibers such as Romney. Fully assembled.
All Louet drum carders come complete with two clamps, cleaning brush, doffer for taking the fiber batt off the drum and an instructional carding booklet written by Deb Menz.
Specifications:
- Surface speed ratio is 12:1
- Teeth are spaced at 72 teeth/sq inch
- Teeth are 3/8" deep (11 mm)
- Card approximately 1 ounce (80 grams) per batt
- Weight 16 pounds (7 kg)
- Carding teeth flexible
- No pre-teasing needed
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Louet Drum Carder - 72 tpi for all fibers and fine fibers
Louet Drum Carder - 46 tpi for coarse fibers
More about Louet Drum Carders...
No Need to Tease! Feed fiber directly into the licker-in (feeder drum)
Louet drum carders have a larger licker-in drum and no
there is no n
eed to adjust drums or drum
placement! Louet carder teeth are longer and flexible! Louet drum carders
eat right out of your hand! These machines have twice
as much capacity as other drum carders! Louet carders remove
dirt from fiber as it cards
and sealed gears prevent dirt and fibers from getting into the machine!
Louet has been manufacturing Drum Carders for more than 20 years for the market world wide and has never had to replace carding cloth due to wear of the carding cloth that could be attributed to the intertwining of the teeth. Again, in more than 20 years, Louet has never replaced a gearbox.
Check out these Carding Instructions for all drum carders, no matter what brand you have.
