MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Description

B23 encompasses machine tools and metal-working processes that are not classified elsewhere in the IPC system. This class covers a broad range of equipment and methods for shaping, cutting, forming, and finishing metal workpieces, including lathes, milling machines, grinding equipment, and specialized metal-removal or metal-forming devices. The classification includes both the machines themselves and the operational techniques employed in metal-working, as well as auxiliary systems and components integral to these processes. Adjacent classes address more specialized metal-working technologies (such as B21 for metal rolling or forging) and non-metal material processing, making B23 the residual classification for conventional machine-tool technology not specifically assigned elsewhere.

Related Keywords

shaping by flame CUTTINGDRILLING plastics or substances in a plastic state in generalMACHINE(S) toolsmachining operations on METAL(S), or mechanical treatment of METAL(S) (working METAL(S))making METAL(S) articlesWORKING any substance by process applicable to metalWORKING metal

9 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B23B TURNING; BORING
B23C MILLING
B23D PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
B23F MAKING GEARS OR TOOTHED RACKS
B23G THREAD CUTTING; WORKING OF SCREWS, BOLT HEADS OR NUTS, IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
B23H 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
B23K SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
B23P METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
B23Q DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL, CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT