Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by material processed]
7. textile working equipment
8. [textile fabricating tools and equipment]
9. textile machines

Anotations

Scope note:

Mechanized devices used to bond multiple fabrics together and produce reinforced nonwoven fabric. These devices vary greatly and include stich-bonding machines and seamless bonding machines. The former utilize warp-knitting to stich-bond base materials like yarn layers, non-woven fabrics, or base material webs. The latter use adhesive tape that is heated and melted to bond fabrics together.