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IPC Main Group
B23C 3/00

Milling particular work; Special milling operations; Machines therefor

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

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

Related Keywords

SHARPENING of cutting edges by milling

13 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B23C 3/06 Milling crankshafts
  • B23C 3/08 Milling cams, camshafts, or the like
  • B23C 3/1 Relieving by milling
  • B23C 3/12 Trimming or finishing edges, e.g. deburring welded corners
  • B23C 3/13 Surface milling of plates, sheets or strips
  • B23C 3/14 Scrubbing or peeling ingots or similar workpieces
  • B23C 3/22 Forming overlapped joints, e.g. of the ends of piston-rings
  • B23C 3/24 Making square or polygonal ends on workpieces, e.g. key studs on tools
  • B23C 3/26 Making square or polygonal holes in workpieces, e.g. key holes in tools
  • B23C 3/36 Milling milling-cutters

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,407
  2. FANUC JP 3,120
  3. DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 2,777
  4. HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP COMPANY 2,629
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,468
  6. FANUC 2,273
  7. DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,267
  8. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,611
  9. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,534
  10. ISCAR IL 1,499