Fiber Mill Equipment


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Video of Mill Equipment (almost 5 min)

Full Fiber Mill For Sale
$175,000 (this does not include transport which buyers are responsible for), this does includes up to 4 days of training at our facility.
We purchased the mill primarily to process our fleeces as well as a small handful of other small farms. The previous owners (2 individuals working it) ran it more as a mill for the public. The estimated processing was 15-20lbs per day and requires around 1600 square feet. 

Our Machines-the majority of the mill machines are Stonehedge Fiber Equipment and a few (wash tub, tumbler and dryer) are Kettle Valley Fiber Equipment-
Stonehedge equipment and Textile Humidifier are 10-15 or less years old
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Tumbler
As the fiber tumbles, dirt, vegetation, short cuts and some guard hairs fall out. 
Fiber Tumbler to help remove vegetable matter, dust and short and second cuts
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Washing
We scour and wash all fibers at 125-130 degrees using Unicorn Power Scour. We use laundry bags to divide the fiber into and wash, rinse and condition using the large wash tub (approx 70 gal) and a comercial sink with 3 bays (each approx 8 gallons)

 Wash tub and sink where fiber is cleaned
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Dryer Rack
Once washed, fiber is then placed on the drying racks. We just air dry, however, there is the ability to hook to power and propane 
Dryer rack-shelves for fiber to air dry on
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Picker
Opens up clean fiber to prepare for carding.

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Dehairer/Seperator
This machine takes the courser guard hair and some vegetation of the fiber. Not all fiber needs to be ran through this machine.

(still need to get a photo)


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Carder
This is the heart of the Mill and all fiber runs through the Carder.
Drawing the fiber through and aligning them in a similar direction to prepare for spinning. At the end of the carder, the fiber is combed off, in the form of a wide web. From there, it can be rolled onto a drum to form a batt, drawn into roving, or spun into rug yarn.
18 drum carder
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Batt Drum
A batt is a thick soft “blanket” that is created from carding and can be used for felting or spinning
Batt of fiber on the drum at the Carding machine          Batt after being removed from the drum
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Roving
Your fiber picked open and carded into one low draft, low twist, continuous strand. It will be returned loose in a bag.
Brown alpaca roving

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Core-Spun Rug Yarn Machine
You can use good quality fiber or that of a lesser grade. These fibers are “wrapped” around a cotton core yarn.
Rug yarn.   
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Pindrafter
further processing to produce a lighter-weight sliver. Fibers are drawn into parallel orientation by running the roving through our pin drafter. This is the sliver we use to spin our semi-worsted yarns.

Roving going into the Pindrafter where the fibers will be aligned          Pindrafted Roving
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Spin and Ply
We can spin lengths from 3-10 inches, cobweb to super bulky as a single ply on one side of the 8 head spinner and can ply 2 3, 4 or more singles together on the other side of the spinner. 
Fiber being spun into singles           Singles on a bobbin waiting to be plied




This is where the singles will be plied           2 ply alpaca yarn

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Coning and Skeining-
Yarn can then be put into skeins or on cones. 
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Felting
Turn batts from the carder into an approximate 32"x48" piece of felt.

 Needle Felter          Batt of fiber coming through the needle felter

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Additional not pictured:

Textile Humidifier
water heaters
anti-static bars at carder, pindrafter and spinner
2 Air compressors
Humidifiers
Extra machine parts, belts
Tools to work on and maintain machines
Storage cabinets
Spin Platform (at spinner)
scales-at Pindrafter, carder, as well as an additional scale
roving cans
fiber totes
3 shop vacs
Pallet Jack




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Stonehedge Fiber Mill Equipment:
Electrical Requirements:
Carding-120/240 Volt-1 Ph-25amp Soft Start
Pin drafter-120/240 Volt-1 Ph – 12amp Soft Start
Spin/Ply-120/240 Volt-1 Ph-25amp-Soft Start
Skein Winder-120 Volt-1 Ph -3amp
Cone Winder-120 Volt-4amp Run-9amp Lock Rotor
Needle Felter-120 Volt-1 Ph -8amp Soft Start
Picker-240 Volt-1 Ph -7amp Run- 18amp Lock Rotor
Dehairing-120/240 Volt-1 Ph-25amp Soft Start

Circuit Requirements:
Picker-20 amp – 240 Volt-3 wire
Carding Machine-30amp-120/240 Volt-4wire
Pin drefter-30amp-120/240Volt-4 wire
Spin/Ply-30amp-120/240 Volt-4wire
Dehairing Machine-30amp-120/240 Volt-4wire