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Manufacturing: Machinery and Computer and Peripheral Equipment

Industries in the machinery manufacturing sector create end products that apply mechanical force by applying gears and levers to perform work. Some important processes for the manufacture of machinery are forging, stamping, bending, forming, and machining that are used to shape individual pieces of metal. Processes like welding and assembling are used to join separate parts together. Although these processes are similar to those used in metal fabricating establishments, machinery manufacturing is different because it typically employs multiple metal forming processes in manufacturing the various parts of the machine. Moreover, complex assembly operations are an inherent part of the production process.

In general, design considerations are very important in machinery production. Establishments specialize in making machinery designed for particular applications. Thus, design is considered to be part of the production process. A broad distinction exists between machinery that is generally used in a variety of industrial applications (i.e., general purpose machinery) and machinery that is designed to be used in a particular industry (i.e., special purpose machinery). Three industry groups consist of special-purpose machinery: agricultural, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing; industrial machinery manufacturing; and commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing. These other industry groups make general-purpose machinery: ventilation, heating, air conditioning, and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturing; metalworking machinery manufacturing; engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing; and other general purpose machinery manufacturing.

Industries in the computer and electronic product manufacturing sector include establishments that manufacture computers, computer peripherals, communications equipment, and similar electronic products. Also included are establishments that manufacture components for such products. The design and use of integrated circuits and the application of highly specialized miniaturization technologies are common elements in the production technologies of the computer and electronic sector. Convergence of technology motivates this sector. Digitalization of sound recording, for example, causes both the medium (e.g., the compact disc) and the equipment to resemble the technologies for recording, storing, transmitting, and manipulating data. Communications technology and equipment have been converging with computer technology. When technologically related components are in the same sector, it makes it easier to adjust the classification for future changes without needing to redefine its basic structure. The creation of this sector will assist in delineating new and emerging industries, because the activities that will serve as the probable sources of new industries are brought together.

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Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing

Communications Equipment Manufacturing

Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing

Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media

Metalworking and Machinery Manufacturing

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing

Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

Ventilation, Heating, Air Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing

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