a chute feed assembly for opening and moving fibers through a chute delivery system into an infeed chute for an opening station . the chute feed assembly includes a beater for opening the fibers which is drivable in a selected of two directions . the beater delivers the opened fibers into a fiber batt forming chute where they are formed into a fiber batt which is then delivered to further processing . the infeed air flow is assisted by providing non - friction chute surfaces to allow even fiber flow throughout the chute . also , the air flows of densified air controlled across the fiber batt forming channel to provide for even fiber distribution of selected density . the assembly provides for all drive motors to be mounted outside the interior of the chute feed assembly reducing heat build - up within the chute feed assembly .