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INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY

1.1 Machinery categories in “Industrial Machinery”

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Industrial machinery refers to:

a) Metalworking machine tools, including machines that cut or form metal;

b) Plastics machinery, including injection molding, extrusion, blow molding,

specialized processing, thermoset molding, and size reduction machines;

c) Wood machinery, including woodworking, laminating, and sawmill machines;

d) Assembly machines;

e) Material handling machines, including industrial robots and transfer machines;

and

f) Inspection and testing machines, including coordinate measuring and in-

process gauging machines.

) This list is taken from UL 508A, clause 65.1