B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
 B01 - 
B07
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION
Method
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB07B
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
Apparatus
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
  
SHAPING
 B22
CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
 B22C
FOUNDRY MOULDING (moulding refractory materials in general B28B)
 B22C

Note(s)

This subclass covers:

  • the making of moulds for casting metals or of other refractory moulds;
  • selection or preparation of materials therefor;
  • the necessary patterns, processes, machines, accessory devices or tools.

 B22C
Subclass index
PATTERNS, MANUFACTURE THEREOF 7/00, 3/00
MOULDS, CORES, GENERAL MOULDING PROCESSES; COMPOSITIONS FOR MOULDS AND CORES 9/00; 1/00, 3/00
MOULDING MACHINES, PROCESSES INVOLVING THESE MACHINES 11/00 - 19/00
MOULDING PLANTS 25/00
TOOLS OR OTHER DEVICES 5/00, 21/00, 23/00
P:120 B22C 1/00
Compositions of refractory mould or core materials; Grain structures thereof (refractory materials in general C04B 35/00); Chemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds
 B22C 1/02
·  characterised by additives for special purposes, e.g. indicators, breakdown additives
 B22C 1/04
·  ·  for protection of the casting, e.g. against decarbonisation
 B22C 1/06
·  ·  ·  for casting extremely oxidisable metals
 B22C 1/08
·  ·  for decreasing shrinkage of the mould, e.g. for investment casting
 B22C 1/10
·  ·  for influencing the hardening tendency of the mould material (influencing the hardening tendency of the binding agent only B22C 1/16)
 B22C 1/12
·  ·  for manufacturing permanent moulds or cores
 B22C 1/14
·  ·  for separating the pattern from the mould
 B22C 1/16
·  characterised by the use of binding agents; Mixtures of binding agents
 B22C 1/18
·  ·  of inorganic agents
 B22C 1/20
·  ·  of organic agents
 B22C 1/22
·  ·  ·  of resins or rosins
 B22C 1/24
·  ·  ·  of oily or fatty substances; of distillation residues therefrom
 B22C 1/26
·  ·  ·  of carbohydrates; of distillation residues therefrom
P:110 B22C 3/00
Selection of compositions for coating the surfaces of moulds, cores, or patterns
 B22C 3/02
·  specially adapted for vacuum-sealed moulding  [6]
P:20 B22C 5/00
Machines or devices specially designed for dressing or handling the mould material so far as specially adapted for that purpose (of general applicability, see the relevant places, e.g. for material with water-setting properties B28C)
 B22C 5/02
·  Dressing by centrifuging essentially or additionally
 B22C 5/04
·  by grinding, blending, mixing, kneading, or stirring
 B22C 5/06
·  by sieving or magnetic separating
 B22C 5/08
·  by sprinkling, cooling, or drying
 B22C 5/10
·  by dust separating
 B22C 5/12
·  for filling flasks (in combination with compacting B22C 15/20-B22C 15/28)
 B22C 5/13
·  ·  during vacuum-sealed moulding  [6]
 B22C 5/14
·  Equipment for storing or handling the dressed mould material, forming part of a plant for preparing such material
 B22C 5/16
·  ·  with conveyers or other equipment for feeding the material
 B22C 5/18
·  Plants for preparing mould materials
P:70 B22C 7/00
Patterns; Manufacture thereof so far as not provided for in other classes
 B22C 7/02
·  Lost patterns
 B22C 7/04
·  Pattern plates
 B22C 7/05
·  ·  for vacuum-sealed moulding  [6]
 B22C 7/06
·  Core boxes
P:0 B22C 9/00
Moulds or cores (uniquely adapted to particular casting processes B22D); Moulding processes (processes involving the use of particular moulding machines, see the relevant groups for these machines)
 B22C 9/02
·  Sand moulds or like moulds for shaped castings
 B22C 9/03
·  ·  formed by vacuum-sealed moulding  [6]
 B22C 9/04
·  ·  Use of lost patterns
 B22C 9/06
·  Permanent moulds for shaped castings (moulds for ingots B22D 7/06)
 B22C 9/08
·  Features with respect to supply of molten metal, e.g. ingates, circular gates, skim gates
 B22C 9/10
·  Cores; Manufacture or installation of cores
 B22C 9/11
·  ·  for vacuum-sealed moulding  [6]
 B22C 9/12
·  Treating moulds or cores, e.g. drying, hardening
 B22C 9/14
·  ·  Equipment or plant specially adapted for drying moulds or cores (B22C 13/08 takes precedence)
 B22C 9/16
·  ·  ·  Movable drying equipment
 B22C 9/18
·  Finishing
 B22C 9/20
·  Stack moulds, i.e. arrangement of multiple moulds or flasks
 B22C 9/22
·  Moulds for peculiarly-shaped castings
 B22C 9/24
·  ·  for hollow articles
 B22C 9/26
·  ·  ·  for ribbed tubes; for radiators
 B22C 9/28
·  ·  for wheels, rolls, or rollers
 B22C 9/30
·  ·  for chains
 B22C 11/00 - 
B22C 25/00
Moulding machines for making moulds or cores
P:30 B22C 11/00
Moulding machines for making moulds or cores, characterised by the relative arrangement of their parts
 B22C 11/02
·  Machines in which the moulds are moved during a cycle of successive operations
 B22C 11/04
·  ·  by a horizontal rotary table or carrier
 B22C 11/06
·  ·  by a vertical rotary carrier
 B22C 11/08
·  ·  by non-rotary conveying means, e.g. by travelling platforms
 B22C 11/10
·  with one or more flasks forming part of the machine, from which only the sand moulds made by compacting are removed
 B22C 11/12
·  Moulding machines able to travel
P:60 B22C 13/00
Moulding machines for making moulds or cores of particular shapes
 B22C 13/02
·  equipped with templates, e.g. for sweeping operation
 B22C 13/04
·  ·  with rotary templates, e.g. arranged on a pillar
 B22C 13/06
·  ·  with non-rotary template and rotary flask
 B22C 13/08
·  for shell moulds or shell cores
 B22C 13/10
·  for pipes or elongated hollow articles
 B22C 13/12
·  for cores
 B22C 13/14
·  ·  by sweeping, turning, or coating
 B22C 13/16
·  ·  by pressing through a die
P:40 B22C 15/00
Moulding machines for making moulds or cores, characterised by the compacting mechanism; Accessories therefor
 B22C 15/02
·  Compacting by pressing devices only
 B22C 15/04
·  ·  involving muscle power, e.g. hand-operated levers
 B22C 15/06
·  ·  involving mechanical gearings, e.g. crank gears (B22C 15/04 takes precedence)
 B22C 15/08
·  ·  involving pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms
 B22C 15/10
·  Compacting by jarring devices only
 B22C 15/12
·  ·  involving mechanical gearings
 B22C 15/14
·  ·  involving pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms
 B22C 15/16
·  ·  ·  the machine having special provision for reducing shock to its frame
 B22C 15/18
·  ·  ·  ·  by means of separate shock-absorbers
 B22C 15/20
·  Compacting by centrifugal forces only, e.g. in sand slingers
 B22C 15/23
·  Compacting by gas pressure or vacuum  [6]
 B22C 15/24
·  ·  involving blowing devices in which the mould material is supplied in the form of loose particles
 B22C 15/26
·  ·  involving propulsion devices in which the mould material is supplied in the shape of a compacted column or the like
 B22C 15/264
·  ·  Compacting after charge of the mould material  [6]
 B22C 15/268
·  ·  ·  involving explosive combustion  [6]
 B22C 15/272
·  ·  ·  involving the storage of gas under pressure  [6]
 B22C 15/276
·  ·  ·  by vacuum, e.g. vacuum-sealed moulding processes  [6]
 B22C 15/28
·  Compacting by different means acting simultaneously or successively, e.g. preliminary blowing and finally pressing
 B22C 15/30
·  ·  by both pressing and jarring devices
 B22C 15/32
·  ·  ·  involving mechanical gearing only
 B22C 15/34
·  ·  ·  involving pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms only
P:50 B22C 17/00
Moulding machines for making moulds or cores, characterised by the mechanism for separating the pattern from the mould or for turning over the flask or the pattern plate
 B22C 17/02
·  Moulding machines with pin lifting arrangement
 B22C 17/04
·  Drop-plate moulding machines
 B22C 17/06
·  Moulding machines using stripping plates; Stripping plates
 B22C 17/08
·  Moulding machines with mechanisms to turn over the pattern plate or the mould around a horizontal axis
 B22C 17/10
·  ·  Turning-over pattern plate and flask only (B22C 17/14 takes precedence)
 B22C 17/12
·  ·  Turning-over pattern plate, flask, and compacting device as a unit (B22C 17/14 takes precedence)
 B22C 17/14
·  ·  arranged to one side of the mould table, so-called roll-over table moulding machines
P:90 B22C 19/00
Components or accessories for moulding machines for making moulds or cores
 B22C 19/01
·  Devices for applying sealing coating  [6]
 B22C 19/02
·  Mould tables
 B22C 19/04
·  Controlling devices specially designed for moulding machines
 B22C 19/06
·  Devices for rapping or loosening the pattern
P:80 B22C 21/00
Flasks; Accessories therefor (stripping plates B22C 17/06)
 B22C 21/01
·  for vacuum-sealed moulding  [6]
 B22C 21/02
·  Sectional flasks, i.e. with divided, articulated, or interchangeable side sections
 B22C 21/04
·  Upset frames; Bottom boards or mould boards (pattern plates B22C 7/04)
 B22C 21/06
·  ·  Bottom boards or mould boards
 B22C 21/08
·  Clamping equipment
 B22C 21/10
·  Guiding equipment
 B22C 21/12
·  Accessories
 B22C 21/14
·  ·  for reinforcing or securing moulding materials or cores, e.g. gaggers, chaplets, pins, bars
P:100 B22C 23/00
Tools; Devices not mentioned before for moulding
 B22C 23/02
·  Devices for coating moulds or cores
P:10 B22C 25/00
Foundry moulding plants (for preparing mould materials B22C 5/18; in combination with casting plants B22D 47/02)