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265100 Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation

This type comprises the manufacture of search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical and nautical systems and instruments; automatic controls and regulators for applications (for example, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration and appliances); instruments and devices for measuring, displaying, indicating, recording, transmitting and controlling temperature, humidity, pressure, vacuum, combustion, flow, level, viscosity, density, acidity, concentration and rotation; totalising (in other words, registering) fluid meters and counting devices; instruments for measuring and testing the characteristics of electricity and electrical signals; instruments and instrumentation systems for laboratory analysis of the chemical/physical composition or concentration of samples of solid, fluid, gaseous or composite materials; other measuring and testing instruments; and parts thereof.

The manufacture of non-electric measuring, testing and navigating equipment (except simple mechanical tools) is included here.

This type includes:

  • manufacture of aircraft engine instruments
  • manufacture of automotive emissions testing equipment
  • manufacture of meteorological instruments
  • manufacture of physical properties testing and inspection equipment
  • manufacture of polygraph machines
  • manufacture of radiation detection and monitoring instruments
  • manufacture of surveying instruments
  • manufacture of thermometers liquid-in-glass and bi-metal types (except medical)
  • manufacture of humidistats
  • manufacture of hydronic limit controls
  • manufacture of flame and burner control
  • manufacture of spectrometers
  • manufacture of pneumatic gauges
  • manufacture of consumption meters (e.g. water, gas, electricity)
  • manufacture of flow meters and counting devices
  • manufacture of tally counters
  • manufacture of mine detectors, pulse (signal) generators; metal detectors
  • manufacture of search, detection, navigation, aeronautical and nautical equipment, including sonobuoys
  • manufacture of radar equipment
  • manufacture of global positioning system (GPS) devices
  • manufacture of burglar- and fire-alarm systems, sending signals to a control station
  • manufacture of environmental controls and automatic controls for appliances
  • manufacture of measuring and recording equipment (e.g. flight recorders)
  • manufacture of motion detectors
  • manufacture of radars
  • manufacture of laboratory analytical instruments (e.g. blood analysis equipment)
  • manufacture of laboratory scales, balances, incubators and miscellaneous laboratory apparatus for measuring, testing, etc.
  • manufacture of sensors and sensing equipment

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of telephone answering machines, see 263000

  • manufacture of irradiation equipment, see 266000

  • manufacture of optical positioning equipment, see 267000

  • manufacture of dictating machines, see 282300

  • manufacture of weighing machinery (other than sensitive laboratory balances), levels, tape measures, etc., see 282900

  • manufacture of medical thermometers, see 325009

  • installation of industrial process control equipment, see 332000

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