|  | 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.

|  | B29B |
PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED

|  | B29B 1/00 |
Pretreatment of the material to be shaped (disintegrating Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C; cutting to particular shape or size Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29C)

|  | B29B 1/02 |
· | Granulating (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01J); Pelletising; Tabletting

|  | B29B 1/03 |
· · | Forming pellets

|  | B29B 1/032 |
· · | Tabletting (tabletting presses in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B30B 11/00)

|  | B29B 1/04 |
· | Mixing; Kneading

|  | B29B 1/06 |
· · | Mixing or kneading apparatus

|  | B29B 1/08 |
· · · | with mixing rollers

|  | B29B 1/10 |
· · · | with mixing screws, e.g. intermeshing screws

|  | B29B 1/12 |
· | Grinding, e.g. by triturating; Sieving; Filtering

|  | B29B 1/14 |
· | Making preforms

|  | B29B 3/00 |
Conditioning, e.g. heating, cooling, of the material as pretreatment

|  | B29B 3/02 |
· | Melting of the material to be shaped

|  | B29B 3/04 |
· | Drying of the material to be shaped

|  | B29B 5/00 |
Feeding of the material to be shaped

|  | B29B 5/02 |
· | to pretreatment apparatus

|  | B29B 5/04 |
· | to shaping apparatus, e.g. charging the moulding press

|  | B29B 5/06 |
· · | in measured doses