Main-drum – various TPI

Discover the perfect additional main-drum for your 190 mm (7.5″) wide drum carder. Our user-friendly drum carder design facilitates easy drum swapping, enabling you to have different cloth types for carding and blending various fibers.

Individual drums are available in three TPI options:

• 54 TPI (Coarse): Suitable for the coarsest wool types.
• 72 TPI (Standard): Ideal for common wool types.
• 120 TPI (Fine): Perfect for fine fibers like cotton, alpaca, or angora.

What’s included in the package:

• Drum with attached carding cloth
• Steel shaft with pre-mounted O-rings
• Pully already attached

Changing drums is a straightforward process:

1. Remove the handle using the provided Allen key.
2. Unfasten the 4 screws with the Allen key.
3. Take off the 2 wooden fixers with bearings from the old drum.
4. Lift out the old drum.
5. Remove the drive belt.
6. Insert the new drum and place the drive belt on the small pulley before securing.
7. Mount the 2 wooden fixers back onto the carder using the 4 screws.
8. Cross (twisted) the drive belt onto the small drum.
9. Tighten all screws, maintaining a distance between the two drums equal to the thickness of a credit card. Ensure the teeth on both drums do not touch.
10. Re-attach the handle, making sure the pins don’t touch and point backward.

Important reminders:

TPI on both drums should be equal, or the small drum should be coarser than the main drum. Possible configurations are:

• 54 TPI Lickerin – 54 TPI Main-drum
• 54 TPI Lickerin – 72 TPI Main-drum
• 72 TPI Lickerin – 72 TPI Main-drum
• 72 TPI Lickerin – 120 TPI Main-drum
• 120 TPI Lickerin – 120 TPI Main-drum

Ensure the pins do not touch each other and point in the correct direction, both pointing backward. Follow these steps, and you’re ready to start carding!

It is possible to buy also a separate lickerin drum with various TPI, please visit this page.