Drum carder XL

Description

The Louët XL drum carder has a width of approximately 12 inches. Fleeces of up to approximately 120 gr can be carded.

It is available with either a carding cloth of 46 tpi or 72 tpi (teeth per square inch).

• If you are mainly going to card coarser wool or greedy fleece, it is best to go for 46 tpi.
• If you mainly carding finer fibres, the carder with 72 tpi is most suitable.

The carding cloth is made of nickel-plated steel wire on a bed of cotton and natural rubber, which gives it a long life.

The frame of the carder is made of waterproof glued birch plywood with a white HPL top layer. The rollers are driven by a closed gear system. As a result, the carder requires very little maintenance and this keeps fiber from getting caught up in the gears.

The carder is delivered fully assembled so you can get started right away. Included are:

• instruction manual,
• the card booklet written by Deb Menz,
• cleaning brush,
• doffer pin, and
• table clamps.

In carders, as a rule, the acceleration between the rollers is stated. For the XL drum carder it is 4:1. However, more important for the effectiveness of the carder is the difference in surface speed between the large and the small roller. To calculate this, multiply the acceleration by the ratio of the diameters of the two rollers. For the XL drum carder, this speed ratio is 9:1.

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Please note that we cannot export Louët products to Switzerland, North America, Japan, and South Korea.