PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Subclass:: PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Description

B23D covers machine tools and metal-working operations that remove material through planing, slotting, shearing, broaching, sawing, filing, scraping, and similar processes not specifically classified elsewhere. This subclass includes the machines, tools, and techniques for these cutting and abrading operations on metal workpieces, encompassing both manual and powered equipment. It serves as a residual classification for metal removal operations that do not fall under more specialized subclasses (such as grinding, drilling, or turning). Adjacent classes like B23B (turning) and B23H (other metal-working processes) handle alternative removal methods with different cutting geometries or principles.

Scope Notes

Application references: Surgical saws Sawing wood or similar material

Related Keywords

BAND(S) sawsBORING in generalCHAIN(S) sawCIRCULAR(S) sawsCUTTING metal by shearingDIVIDING metal by sawing(1) [= tools]making REAMERS by forging, pressing or hammeringSEVERING of metal

42 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B23D 1/00 Planing or slotting machines cutting by relative movement of the tool and workpiece in a horizontal straight line only
B23D 11/00 Planing or slotting devices able to be attached to a machine tool, whether or not replacing an operative portion of the machine tool
B23D 13/00 Tools or tool holders specially designed for planing or slotting machines
B23D 15/00 Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to each other
B23D 17/00 Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades pivoted on a single axis
B23D 19/00 Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by rotary discs
B23D 21/00 Machines or devices for shearing or cutting tubes
B23D 23/00 Machines or devices for shearing or cutting profiled stock
B23D 25/00 Machines or arrangements for shearing stock while the latter is travelling otherwise than in the direction of the cut
B23D 27/00 Machines or devices for cutting by a nibbling action
B23D 29/00 Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
B23D 3/00 Planing or slotting machines cutting by relative movement of the tool and workpiece in a vertical or inclined straight line
B23D 31/00 Shearing machines or shearing devices covered by none or more than one of the groups; Combinations of shearing machines
B23D 33/00 Accessories for shearing machines or shearing devices
B23D 35/00 Tools for shearing machines or shearing devices; Holders or chucks for shearing tools
B23D 36/00 Control arrangements specially adapted for machines for shearing or similar cutting, or for sawing, stock while the latter is travelling otherwise than in the direction of the cut
B23D 37/00 Broaching machines or broaching devices
B23D 39/00 Accessories for broaching machines or broaching devices
B23D 41/00 Broaching machines or broaching devices characterised only by constructional features of particular parts
B23D 43/00 Broaching tools