Stonehedge Fiber Milling Equipment, Inc.

Picker and Tumbler

If dense chunks of fiber are fed into the carding machine, they can damage the teeth of the carder, ultimately ruining it. To avoid this problem, the fiber must be fluffed up or opened. Color and fiber blends are also first mixed by the picker.

Our picker or opener will open 100 or more pounds of fiber in an eight-hour shift. One of the great features of this picker is the feed or hold-back rolls. The double set of rolls prevents longer fiber from being drawn into the machine too quickly to open properly. It will also open mohair with one trip through the machine. As with all our equipment, we use sealed bearings for long life and low maintenance.

Side view of the picker, also showing part of the picker box (wooden structure to the right, not included).

The tumbler helps clean vegetable matter, sand, and other trash from clean, dry, picked fiber.

Tumbler

This tumbler can be used to remove additional dirt and vegetation before or after washing. We find it will do the best job after the fiber has been washed and opened.