Tools and Casting
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Continuous casting of metals
Centrifugal casting
Casting using a mould or core of which a part significant to the process of high thermal conductivity, e.g. chill casting
Pressure die casting or injection die casting
Pressure casting
Casting in, on, or around, objects which form part of the product
Casting non-ferrous metals or metallic compounds so far as their metallurgical properties are of importance for the casting procedure
Casting processes not provided for in groups
Special casting characterised by the nature of the product
Treating the metal in the mould while it is molten or ductile
Removing castings from moulds, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group
Equipment for conveying molten metal into beds or moulds
Equipment for supplying molten metal in rations
Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
Mechanical cleaning, e.g. skimming of molten metals
Casting ingots
Special treatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working, to improve properties
Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering
Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting
Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof
MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Tools for turning or boring machines
Holders for non-rotary cutting tools
General-purpose turning-machines or devices, e.g. centre lathes with feed rod and lead screw
Chucks
General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices
Boring or drilling machines or devices specially adapted for particular work
Hand-held or like portable drilling machines, e.g. drill guns
Constructional features of components specially designed for boring or drilling machines
Measuring or gauging equipment on boring machines for positioning or guiding the drill
Turning-machines or devices specially adapted for particular work
Tools for drilling machines
Milling
Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to each other
Machines or devices for shearing or cutting tubes
Machines or arrangements for shearing stock while the latter is travelling otherwise than in the direction of the cut
Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
Shearing machines or shearing devices covered by none or more than one of the groups
Accessories for shearing machines or shearing devices
Tools for shearing machines or shearing devices
Sawing machines or sawing devices with circular saw blades or with friction saw discs
Sawing machines or sawing devices working with circular saw blades, characterised only by constructional features of particular parts
Machines or devices for sawing with straight reciprocating saw blades, e.g. hacksaws
Sawing machines or sawing devices working with straight blades, characterised only by constructional features of particular parts
Machines or devices for sawing with strap saw blades which are effectively endless in use, e.g. for contour cutting
Sawing machines or sawing devices working with strap saw blades, characterised only by constructional features of particular parts
Sawing machines or sawing devices not covered by one of groups
Accessories specially designed for sawing machines or sawing devices
Tools for sawing machines or sawing devices
Dressing the tools of sawing machines or sawing devices for use in cutting any kind of material, e.g. in the manufacture of sawing tools
Making tools for sawing machines or sawing devices for use in cutting any kind of material
Reaming tools
Making gears or toothed racks
Thread cutting; Working of screws, bolt heads, or nuts, in conjunction therewith
Working of metal by the action of a high concentration of electric current on a workpiece using an electrode which takes the place of a tool; Such working combined with other forms of working of metal
Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
Welding or cutting by means of a plasma
Articles made by soldering, welding or cutting
Materials to be soldered, welded or cut
Resistance welding
Welding by high-frequency current heating
Electron-beam welding or cutting
Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating
Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting, boring
Welding or cutting not covered by groups
Tools, devices, or special appurtenances for soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering, not specially adapted for particular methods
Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups
Specially-profiled edge portions of workpieces for making soldering or welding connections
Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting
Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted to a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass
Cutting, scarfing, or desurfacing by applying flames
Arc welding or cutting
Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques, not otherwise provided for
Making metal objects by operations essentially involving machining but not covered by a single other subclass
Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass
Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformation
Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g. with programme control
Restoring or reconditioning objects
Treating or finishing surfaces mechanically, with or without calibrating, primarily to resist wear or impact, e.g. smoothing or roughening turbine blades or bearings
Members which are comprised in the general build-up of a form of machine, particularly relatively large fixed members
Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work
Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work
Equipment for precise positioning of tool or work into particular locations not otherwise provided for
Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools
Devices holding, supporting, or positioning, work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine
Control systems or devices for copying directly from a pattern or a master model
Metal-working machines, or constructional combinations thereof, built-up from units designed so that at least some of the units can form parts of different machines or combinations
Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a metal-working operation
Combinations or associations of metal-working machines not directed to a particular result according to classes B21, B23, or B24
Driving or feeding mechanisms
Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting
Arrangements for supporting or guiding portable metal-working machines or apparatus
GRINDING; POLISHING
Processes of grinding or polishing
Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses or surfaces of similar shape on other work
Single purpose machines or devices for particular grinding operations not covered by any other main group
Machines or devices using grinding or polishing belts
Portable grinding machines, e.g. hand-guided
Other grinding machines or devices
Machines or devices for polishing surfaces on work by means of tools made of soft or flexible material with or without the application of solid or liquid polishing agents
Sharpening cutting edges, e.g. of tools
Machines or devices designed for polishing or abrading surfaces on work by means of tumbling apparatus or other apparatus in which the work or the abrasive material is loose
Honing machines or devices
Lapping machines or devices
Burnishing machines or devices
Component parts such as frames, beds, carriages, headstocks
Means for securing grinding wheels on rotary arbors
Drives or gearings
Measuring or gauging equipment for controlling the feed movement of the grinding tool or work
Machines or devices designed for grinding surfaces of revolution on work, including those which also grind adjacent plane surfaces
Arrangements for automatic control of a series of individual steps in grinding a workpiece
Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces
Safety devices for grinding or polishing machines
Devices for feeding, applying, grading or recovering grinding, polishing or lapping agents
Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces
Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs
Abrasive or related blasting with particulate material
Constructional features of flexible abrasive materials
Wheels having flexibly-acting working parts, e.g. buffing wheels
Hand tools or other devices for non-rotary grinding, polishing, or stropping
Abrasive or polishing tools not covered by groups
Manufacture of grinding tools, e.g. wheels, not otherwise provided for
Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature
Bonded abrasive wheels, or wheels with inserted abrasive blocks, designed for acting only by their periphery
Bonded abrasive wheels, or wheels with inserted abrasive blocks, designed for acting otherwise than only by their periphery, e.g. by the front face
Wheels or drums supporting in exchangeable arrangement a layer of flexible abrasive material, e.g. sandpaper
HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWERDRIVEN TOOLS; HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS;WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT; MANIPULATORS
Vices
Work holders or positioners not covered by groups B25B 1/00-B25B 9/00, e.g. magnetic work holders, vacuum work holders
Spanners
Screwdrivers
Hand-driven gear-operated wrenches or screwdrivers
Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools
Details of, or accessories for, spanners, wrenches, screwdrivers
Implements for fastening, connecting, or tensioning of wire or strip
Hand tools or bench devices, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for
Accessories
Clamps
Pliers
Hand-held gripping tools other than those covered by group B25B 7/00
Hand-held nailing or stapling tools; Manuallyoperated portable stapling tools
Percussive tools
Combination or multi-purpose tools not otherwise provided for; Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for
Handles for hand implements
Workshop equipment, e.g. for marking-out work; Storage means for workshops
Controls for manipulators
Gripping heads
Joints
Arms
Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing
Chambers provided with manipulation devices
Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
Programme-controlled manipulators
HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
Hand knives with adjustable blade
Hand knives combined with other implements, e.g. with corkscrew, with scissors, with writing implement
Hand shears
Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers
Razors of the open or knife type
Finger rings for cutting string, devices for cutting by means of wires
Guards or sheaths for hand cutting tools
Hand knives with fixed blades
Hand knives with one or more detachable blades
Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member
Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made
Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
Cutting apparatus combined with punching or perforating apparatus or with dissimilar cutting apparatus
Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Severing by means other than cutting
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