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281500 Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements


This type includes:

  • manufacture of ball and roller bearings and parts thereof
  • manufacture of mechanical power transmission equipment:
  • transmission shafts and cranks: camshafts, crankshafts, cranks, etc.
  • bearing housings and plain shaft bearings
  • manufacture of gears, gearing and gear boxes and other speed changers
  • manufacture of clutches and shaft couplings
  • manufacture of flywheels and pulleys
  • manufacture of articulated link chain
  • manufacture of power transmission chain

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of other chain (see 259300)
  • manufacture of hydraulic transmission equipment (see 281200)
  • manufacture of hydrostatic transmissions (see 281200)
  • manufacture of (electromagnetic) clutches (see 293100)
  • manufacture of sub-assemblies of power transmission equipment identifiable as parts of vehicles or aircraft (see divisions 29 and 30)