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, typically comprising a chute, packing belt, vibrating plate, and compression roll, used to compress unprocessed fibers and form them into continuous matted sheets. These machines are designed to produce a consistent weight of fiber material required for subsequent carding processes.