The invention relates to a take-off arm (6) for a bale opener (1), a bale opener, and a method for taking off fiber flocks (10) from fiber bales (2). The take-off arm (6) has a housing (15), at least one take-off unit (7) having an axial length (16), and a pressing element (17). The pressing element (17) is connected to load cells (21) and the load cells (21) are connected to the housing (15) via elastic devices (27)
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