ICNEA 3321—Cutting tool manufacturing

Where 3321 sits

1. C Manufacturing industry
2. 33 Metal products industry
3. 332 Metal tool manufacturing
4. 3321 Cutting tool manufacturing

What 3321 includes

• Refers to the manufacture of interchangeable cutting tools for manual or machine tools.
• Includes manufacturing activities for the following cutting tools：
• Cutting tools for metal cutting machine tools;
• Blades for metal cutting machine tools: carbide blades, ceramic blades, cermet blades, cubic boron nitride blades, diamond blades, blades for other metal cutting machine tools;
• Turning (planing) tools;
• Milling cutters: indexable cemented carbide milling cutters, integral cemented carbide milling cutters, high-speed steel milling cutters, other milling cutters;
• Hole processing tools: high-speed steel drill bits, integral cemented carbide drill bits, indexable cemented carbide drill bits, diamond drill bits, boring tools, reamers, other hole processing tools;
• Threading tools: machine taps, hand taps, teeth, and other threading tools;
• Broaching tool;
• Gear tools: hob, gear cutter, shaver, other gear tools;
• Sawing tools: metal circular saws, bimetal band saw blades, cemented carbide band saw blades, diamond band saw blades, machine saw blades, other sawing tools;
• Forming and special tools;
• Cutting tools for other metal cutting machine tools;
• Tool system: turning tool system, boring and milling tool system, other tool system;
• Knives and blades for machinery: knives and blades for metalworking machinery, knives and blades for woodworking machinery, knives and blades for kitchen utensils and food industry machinery, knives and blades for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery, knives and blades for paper, textiles, and plastic cutting machines, and blades for tobacco leaf shreddersKnives and blades, knives and blades for leather processing machines, knives and blades for other machines;
• Cermet accessories for cutting tools: unassembled cermet plates, cermet rods, cermet cutter heads and cermet accessories for other tools;
• Cutting blades: CNC blades, welding blades, ordinary indexable blades;
• Other cutting tools: cubic boron nitride tools, diamond tools, and other unspecified cutting tools.

What 3321 excludes

• Hand tool manufacturing, included in 3322 (hand tool manufacturing);
• The production of measuring tools and measuring instruments is included in 4013 (manufacturing of drawing, calculation and measuring instruments);
• Ceramic knives, included in 3073 (manufacturing of special ceramic products).

3321 in other systems