28.9 Manufacture of special-purpose machinery

This class includes: - manufacture of machines and equipment for handling hot metals: • converters, ingot moulds, ladles, casting machines - manufacture of metal-rolling mills and rolls for such mills This class excludes: - manufacture of draw-benches, see 28.41 - manufacture of moulding boxes and moulds (except ingot moulds), see 25.73 - manufacture of machines for forming foundry moulds, see 28.99

This class includes: - manufacture of continuous-action elevators and conveyors for underground use - manufacture of boring, cutting, sinking and tunnelling machinery (whether or not for underground use) - manufacture of machinery for treating minerals by screening, sorting, separating, washing, crushing etc. - manufacture of concrete and mortar mixers - manufacture of earth-moving machinery: • bulldozers, angle-dozers, graders, scrapers, levellers, mechanical shovels, shovel loaders etc. - manufacture of pile drivers and pile extractors, mortar spreaders, bitumen spreaders, concrete surfacing machinery etc. - manufacture of track laying tractors and tractors used in construction or mining - manufacture of bulldozer and angle-dozer blades - manufacture of off-road dumping trucks This class excludes: - manufacture of lifting and handling equipment, see 28.22 - manufacture of other tractors, see 28.30, 29.10 - manufacture of machine tools for working stone, including machines for splitting or clearing stone, see 28.49 - manufacture of concrete-mixer lorries, see 29.10

This class includes: - manufacture of agricultural dryers - manufacture of machinery for the dairy industry: • cream separators • milk processing machinery (e.g. homogenisers) • milk converting machinery (e.g. butter chums, butter workers and moulding machines) • cheese-making machines (e.g. homogenisers, moulders, presses) etc. - manufacture of machinery for the grain milling industry: • machinery to clean, sort or grade seeds, grain or dried leguminous vegetables (winnowers, sieving belts, separators, grain brushing machines etc.) • machinery to produce flour and meal etc. (grinding mills, feeders, sifters, bran cleaners, blenders, rice hullers, pea splitters) - manufacture of presses, crushers etc. used to make wine, cider, fruit juices etc. - manufacture of machinery for the bakery industry or for making macaroni, spaghetti or similar products: • bakery ovens, dough mixers, dough-dividers, moulders, slicers, cake depositing machines etc. - manufacture of machines and equipment to process diverse foods: • machinery to make confectionery, cocoa or chocolate; to manufacture sugar; for breweries; to process meat or poultry, to prepare fruit, nuts or vegetables; to prepare fish, shellfish or other seafood • machinery for filtering and purifying • other machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink - 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 for the preparation of 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, fruit or other crops (except seeds, grains and dried leguminous vegetables), see 28.30

This class includes: - manufacture of textile machinery: • machines for preparing, producing, extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile fibres, materials or yarns • machines for preparing textile fibres: cotton gins, bale breakers, garnetters, cotton spreaders, wool scourers, wool carbonisers, combs, carders, roving frames etc. • spinning machines • machines for preparing textile yarns: reelers, warpers and related machines • weaving machines (looms), including hand looms • 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 • manufacture of 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 17.29 - manufacture of domestic washing and drying machines, see 27.51 - manufacture of calendaring 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 machinery - manufacture of machinery producing articles of paper or paperboard

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 includes the manufacture of special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified. This class includes: - manufacture of dryers for wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard and other materials (except for agricultural products and textiles) - manufacture of printing and bookbinding machines and machines for activities supporting printing on a variety of materials - manufacture of machinery for producing tiles, bricks, shaped ceramic pastes, pipes, graphite electrodes, blackboard chalk etc. - manufacture of semi-conductor manufacturing machinery - manufacture of industrial robots performing multiple tasks for special purposes - manufacture of diverse special-purpose machinery and equipment: • machines to assemble electric or electronic lamps, tubes (valves) or bulbs • machines for production or hot-working of glass or glassware, glass fibre or yarn • machinery or apparatus for isotopic separation - manufacture of tyre alignment and balancing equipment; balancing equipment (except wheel balancing) - manufacture of central greasing systems - manufacture of aircraft launching gear, aircraft carrier catapults and related equipment - manufacture of automatic bowling alley equipment (e.g. pin-setters) - manufacture of roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground amusements This class excludes: - manufacture of household appliances, see 27.5 - manufacture of photocopy machines etc., see 28.23 - manufacture of machinery or equipment to work hard rubber, hard plastics or cold glass, see 28.49 - manufacture of ingot moulds, see 28.91