|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS

SHAPING

|  | B29 |
WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (see Section C, particularly Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C08, for chemical matters; shaping clay or other ceramic compositions, slag, or mixtures containing cementitious material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B28B)

|  | B29 |
Note(s) For the purpose of this class, "plastics" means macromolecular compounds or compositions based thereon. A product is not classified here unless it results from a process which is itself classified in this class.

|  | B29C |
SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OR JOINING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; PROCESSING USED PLASTIC MATERIAL (processes or apparatus predominantly used for thermoplastic substances Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29F; for thermosetting substances Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29G; for natural or synthetic rubbers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29H)

|  | B29C 1/00 - B29C 11/00 |
Shaping within a mould (specially adapted for producing articles with inserts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 3/00; making particle board, fibre board, or articles moulded from wood particles or fibres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29J 5/00)

|  | B29C 1/00 |
Moulds; Dies; Accessories for moulds or dies

|  | B29C 1/02 |
· | Selection of materials for moulds; Manufacture of moulds or parts thereof (manufacture of moulds or parts thereof from metal Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B22, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23)

|  | B29C 1/04 |
· | Mould linings; Preventing articles moulded from sticking to the mould, e.g. by using lubricants

|  | B29C 1/06 |
· | Mould cores

|  | B29C 1/08 |
· · | Fusible cores

|  | B29C 1/10 |
· · | Powder or granulated cores

|  | B29C 1/12 |
· · | Elastic cores; Collapsible, e.g. inflatable, cores

|  | B29C 1/13 |
· · · | with thermoplastic memory

|  | B29C 1/14 |
· | Moulds for making articles having holes or recesses

|  | B29C 1/16 |
· | Devices for mounting moulds or for holding the parts of the mould together, e.g. mould clamps

|  | B29C 3/00 |
Producing shaped articles from plastic material or plastics using presses; Presses specially adapted therefor (compression moulding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29G 1/00; presses in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B30B; pressing in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B30B 13/00)

|  | B29C 3/02 |
· | Presses incorporating moulds on a movable carrier, e.g. using pocketed rollers

|  | B29C 3/04 |
· | Feeding arrangements

|  | B29C 3/06 |
· | Control devices

|  | B29C 5/00 |
Casting in a mould (casting in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B22; casting sheets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 7/02; casting tubes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 23/08; producing cellular or porous articles or sheets by casting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 27/04)

|  | B29C 5/02 |
· | by spraying on to the inside surface of the mould

|  | B29C 5/04 |
· | by centrifuging or rotating

|  | B29C 5/06 |
· | by blowing material against the inside surface of the mould, the fluid pressure acting directly on the material, e.g. forming hollow bodies

|  | B29C 5/08 |
· · | in layers

|  | B29C 5/10 |
· · | in moulds moving continuously along a production line

|  | B29C 5/12 |
· | Casting plastisols

|  | B29C 6/00 |
Encapsulating in a mould, the encapsulating material being a powder or a liquid

|  | B29C 6/02 |
· | the article being enclosed in the mould

|  | B29C 6/04 |
· · | only partly

|  | B29C 7/00 |
Discharging the moulded article from the mould

|  | B29C 9/00 |
Manufacture of multicoloured articles, within a mould, from several moulding material

|  | B29C 11/00 |
Other features of shaping within a mould (injection moulding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29F; compression or transfer moulding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29G)

|  | B29C 13/00 - B29C 23/00 |
Shaping other than within a mould (making particle board, fibre board, or articles moulded from wood particles or fibres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29J 5/00)

|  | B29C 13/00 |
Shaping by coating a former, e.g. by dipping, by spraying (in general, winding, covering cores by winding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B29C 13/02 |
· | Producing bottle seals; Moulding seals around stoppers or necks of bottles

|  | B29C 13/04 |
· | Removing the moulded articles from the former

|  | B29C 15/00 |
Shaping by squeezing, e.g. between bands or rollers (making sheets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 7/14)

|  | B29C 17/00 |
Shaping by manipulation of moulded pieces, e.g. sheets, tubes, rods (joining moulded pieces Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29C 27/00)

|  | B29C 17/02 |
· | by bending, folding, or stretching, e.g. drawing of rods (to produce tubular bodies from sheets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 23/10)

|  | B29C 17/03 |
· · | by deep-drawing

|  | B29C 17/04 |
· · | by distorting sheet material against a shaped surface by fluid pressure

|  | B29C 17/06 |
· · · | the pressure being applied through walls of an inflated bag

|  | B29C 17/07 |
· · | by distorting a tubular preform against a shaped surface by fluid pressure

|  | B29C 17/08 |
· | by removing material

|  | B29C 17/10 |
· · | by cutting, milling, drilling, turning or planing (cutting in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26)

|  | B29C 17/12 |
· · | by grinding, polishing, or roughening; Removing burrs or flash

|  | B29C 17/14 |
· | by cutting without waste, e.g. cutting extruded material into lengths (sheets from blocks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 7/18)

|  | B29C 17/16 |
· · | Arrangements for discharging cut-off sheets, rods, or tubes, e.g. associated with extrusion presses

|  | B29C 21/00 |
Manufacture of multicoloured articles from several moulding materials, otherwise than within a mould

|  | B29C 23/00 |
Other features of shaping, other than within a mould (extrusion moulding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29F 3/00; low-pressure moulding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29G 5/00)

|  | B29C 24/00 |
Shaping by combined operations, e.g. by folding and welding, such combinations being not otherwise provided for (for producing particular articles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D)

|  | B29C 25/00 |
After-treatment of shaped products, e.g. final hardening (surface treatment to obtain special surface effects or finishes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B44D 5/00)

|  | B29C 27/00 |
Joining, e.g. welding, gluing, shrinking onto cores (producing layered products consisting only of plastics other than rubber Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 9/00; processes for joining materials by welding overlapping edges with an insertion of plastics material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C09J 5/10)

|  | B29C 27/02 |
· | Welding plastic materials

|  | B29C 27/04 |
· · | by using a high-frequency electric field

|  | B29C 27/06 |
· · | using an electrically-heated welding tool

|  | B29C 27/08 |
· · | by using frictional heat, e.g. produced by vibration

|  | B29C 27/10 |
· | Gluing plastic materials (adhesive processes in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C09J)

|  | B29C 27/12 |
· | Press or force fitting using heat (for metals, or materials worked in a similar manner, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23P 19/00; force fits in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 4/00)

|  | B29C 27/14 |
· | Applying or fixing layers or sheathings of preformed plastic material or of plastics, e.g. threads, sheets, foils, tubes

|  | B29C 27/16 |
· · | to internal surfaces

|  | B29C 27/18 |
· · | the shape of the layers or sheathings being adapted before application, to the outer of the articles

|  | B29C 27/20 |
· · · | making use of the thermoplastic memory of the layers or sheathings

|  | B29C 27/22 |
· · | the layers or sheathings being shaped by application to the articles (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29C 27/16 takes precedence)

|  | B29C 27/24 |
· · · | using tubular layers or sheathings

|  | B29C 27/26 |
· · | Winding or wrapping with threads or webs (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29C 27/16 takes precedence; winding, wrapping by winding, in general, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B29C 27/28 |
· · · | of tubular articles

|  | B29C 27/30 |
· | Fixing preformed plastic material, or preformed plastics, to articles made from other material, e.g. to pivots made from steel

|  | B29C 29/00 |
Recovery or processing of used plastic materials; Recovery of non-plastic constituents of articles made from plastic material (disintegrating or pulverising plastic materials or plastics Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 18/44)