28.9 – Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery

This class includes: - manufacture of machines and equipment for handling hot metals (e.g. converters, ingot moulds, ladles and casting machines, of a kind used in metallurgy or in metal foundries) - manufacture of metal-rolling mills and rolls for such mills · This class excludes: - manufacture of moulding boxes and moulds (except ingot moulds), see 25.63 - manufacture of draw benches, see 28.41 - manufacture of machines for forming foundry moulds, see 28.99

This class includes: - manufacture of continuous-action elevators and conveyors for goods and materials, for underground use - manufacture of boring, cutting or sinking machinery for boring earth or extracting minerals or ores, or of coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery - manufacture of machinery for treating minerals by screening, sorting, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder or paste) form - manufacture of concrete and mortar mixers - manufacture of earth-moving machinery: • bulldozers, angledozers, graders, scrapers, levellers, mechanical shovels, shovel loaders, etc. - manufacture of piledrivers and pile extractors, mortar spreaders, bitumen spreaders, concrete surfacing machinery, etc. - manufacture of machines for mixing mineral substances with bitumen - manufacture of track-laying excavators - manufacture of bulldozer and angledozer blades - manufacture of off-road dumper trucks - manufacture of snowploughs and snowblowers · This class excludes: - manufacture of lifting and handling equipment, see 28.22 - manufacture of tractors, see 28.30, 29.10 - manufacture of machine tools for working stone, including machines for splitting or clearing stone, see 28.42 - manufacture of concrete mixer lorries, see 29.20

This class includes: - manufacture of dryers for agricultural products - manufacture of machinery for the dairy industry, e.g.: • cream separators • milk processing machinery (e.g. homogenisers) • milk converting machinery (e.g. butter churns, butter workers and moulding machines) • cheese-making machines (e.g. homogenisers, moulders, presses) - manufacture of machinery for the grain milling industry, e.g.: • machinery to clean, sort or grade seeds, grain or dried leguminous vegetables (e.g. winnowers, sieving belts, separators, grain brushing machines) • machinery to produce flour and meal, etc. (e.g. grinding mills, feeders, sifters, bran cleaners, blenders, rice hullers, pea splitters) - manufacture of presses, crushers, etc. (e.g.to make wine, cider, fruit juices) - manufacture of machinery for the bakery industry or for making macaroni, spaghetti or similar products, e.g.: • baking ovens, dough mixers, dough-dividers, moulders, slicers, cake depositing machines - manufacture of machines and equipment to process diverse foods, e.g.: • machinery to make confectionery, cocoa or chocolate; to manufacture sugar; for breweries; to process meat or poultry; to prepare fruits, nuts or vegetables; to prepare fish, shellfish or other seafood • other machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink - manufacture of machinery for filtering or purifying food and beverages - manufacture of machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or vegetable fats or oils - manufacture of machinery for the preparation of tobacco and for the making of cigarettes or cigars, or for pipe or chewing tobacco or snuff - manufacture of machinery, plant and equipment for cooking or heating food in hotels and restaurants · This class excludes: - manufacture of food and milk irradiation equipment, see 26.60 - manufacture of packing, wrapping and weighing machinery, see 28.29 - manufacture of cleaning, sorting or grading machinery for eggs, fruits or other crops (except seeds, grains and dried leguminous vegetables), see 28.30

This class includes: - manufacture of textile machinery, e.g.: • machines for preparing, producing, extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile fibres, materials or yarns • machines for preparing textile fibres (e.g. cotton gins, bale breakers, garnetters, cotton spreaders, wool scourers, wool carbonisers, combs, carders, roving frames) • spinning machines • machines for preparing textile yarns (e.g. reelers, warpers and related machines) • weaving machines (looms), including handlooms • knitting machines • machines for making knotted net, tulle, lace, braid, etc. - manufacture of auxiliary machines or equipment for textile machinery: • dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms, spindles and spindle flyers, etc. - manufacture of textile printing machinery - manufacture of machinery for fabric processing: • machinery for washing, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile fabrics • machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics - manufacture of laundry machinery: • ironing machines, including fusing presses • commercial washing and drying machines • dry-cleaning machines - manufacture of sewing machines, sewing machine heads and sewing machine needles (whether or not for household use) - manufacture of machines for producing or finishing felt or non-wovens - manufacture of leather machines: • machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather • machinery for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins, leather or fur skins · This class excludes: - manufacture of paper or paperboard cards for use on jacquard machines, see 17.25 - manufacture of domestic washing and drying machines, see 27.51 - manufacture of calendering machines, see 28.29 - manufacture of machines used in bookbinding, see 28.99

This class includes: - manufacture of machinery for making paper pulp - manufacture of paper and paperboard making or finishing machinery - manufacture of machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard articles, including cutting machines for paper of all kinds

This class includes: - manufacture of machinery for working soft rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products of these materials: • extruders, moulders, pneumatic tyre making or retreading machines and other machines for making a specific rubber or plastic product · This class excludes: - manufacture of machines for additive manufacturing, see 28.97

This class includes: - manufacture of machines for additive manufacturing by metal, plastics, rubber, plaster, cement, ceramic deposits, etc.