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2841 Manufacture of metal forming machinery and machine tools for metal work


  • 28.41.1 Machine tools for working metal, operated by laser and the like; machining centres for working metal and the like
  • 28.41.11 Machine tools for working metal by removal of material by laser, ultrasonic, water-jet and the like

    This subcategory also includes:

    • water-jet cutting machinery
  • 28.41.12 Machining centres, unit construction machines and multi-station transfer machines, for working metal
  • 28.41.2 Lathes, boring and milling machine tools for working metal
  • 28.41.21 Lathes for removing metal
  • 28.41.22 Machine tools for drilling, boring or milling metal; other machine tools for threading or tapping metal

    This subcategory includes:

    • drilling machines for working metal (excl. hand-operated machines)

    This subcategory excludes:

    • drills of all kinds for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor, see 28.24.11
    • tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, rotary type, incl. combined rotary-percussion, see 28.24.12 .
  • 28.41.23 Machine tools for deburring, sharpening, grinding or otherwise finishing metal
  • 28.41.24 Machine tools for planing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine tools working by removing metal

    This subcategory includes:

    • filing machines
  • 28.41.3 Other machine tools for working metal
  • 28.41.31 Machines for bending, folding and straightening metal
  • 28.41.32 Machines for punching and notching metal

    This subcategory also includes:

    • slitting lines, cut-to-length lines and other shearing machines (excluding presses) for sheet metal
  • 28.41.33 Forging or die-stamping machines and hammers; other hydraulic presses and presses for working metal
  • 28.41.34 Other machine tools for working metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets, without removing material

    This subcategory includes:

    • riveters (excl. tools for working in the hand)

    This subcategory excludes:

    • machines for additive manufacturing by metal deposit, see 28.97.10
  • 28.41.4 Parts and accessories for metalworking machine tools
  • 28.41.40 Parts and accessories for metalworking machine tools
  • 28.41.9 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of metal forming machinery and machine tools for metal work
  • 28.41.99 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of metal forming machinery and machine tools for metal work