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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, e.g.:
  • transmission shafts, including camshafts, crankshafts and cranks
  • bearing housings and plain shaft bearings
  • manufacture of gears, gearing and gearboxes 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 transmission equipment, see 281200
  • manufacture of clutches for motor vehicles, see 293100
  • manufacture of gears, gearboxes and parts thereof for motor vehicles, see 293200
  • manufacture of sub-assemblies of power transmission equipment which are suitable for use solely or principally with motor vehicles or aircraft, see divisions 29, 30