Tobacco loosening without fiber damage

The first station needs to make loose tobacco easier to handle without turning material variability into downstream dosing problems. This note maps public risk categories only: fiber damage, fines, clumping, residue, and storage behavior.

Open questions

• How much material variability should the pre-processing station tolerate?
• Which symptoms indicate the tobacco has been overworked?
• What cleaning burden is acceptable for a home machine?