This class includes: - manufacture of machines and equipment for handling hot metals; - converters, ingot moulds, ladles, casting machines; - manufacture of metal-rolling mills and rolls for such mills.
This class excludes: - manufacture of draw-benches, see 28220 (Manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools); - manufacture of moulding boxes and moulds (except ingot moulds), see 25930 (Manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware); - manufacture of machines for forming foundry moulds, see 2829 (Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery).