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]

Narrower term/s

• burst testers
• crimp testers
• fadeometers
• fiber fineness testers
• fire resistance testers
• linen provers
• nep testers
• scorch testers
• twist testers
• shrinkage testers
• washfastness testers
• sliver testers
• tear testers
• tintometers

Anotations

Scope note:

Equipment used to evaluate the quality of textile products prior to their being released to the market. Such equipment is important to assure regulatory compliance and assess the performance of textile materials, as well as to provide insight into the physical or structural properties of materials.