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

• knitting machines
• carding machines [NP]
• backfilling machines
• batt making machines
• braiding machines
• bulking machines
• burling machines
• beetle machines
• bleaching machines
• blending machines[+]
  • feeder blenders
  • sandwich blenders
• bonding machines
• crabbing machines
• card punching machines
• chinchilla machines
• drawing-in machines [NP]
• decating machines
• garnett machines
• gigging machines[+]
  • napping gigs
• felting machines
• flocking machines
• fulling machines
• heat setting machines
• mercerizing machines
• looping machines
• pad machines
• ropemaking machines
• pinking machines
• pleating machines
• tufting machines
• tying-in machines [NP]
• shrinking machines
• simplex machines
• stuffing machines[+]
  • pillow machines
• sueding machines
• textile brushing machines
• coating machines
• crimping machines
• folding machines
• shearing machines
• stretching machines
• texturing machines
• throwing machines

Anotations

Scope note:

General term for the mechanical equipment used to manufacture textiles and fabrics, comprising a broad range of devices that are essential to various phases of the production process.