NACE 26.51—Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation

Where 26.51 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
3. 26.5 Manufacture of measuring testing instruments, clocks and watches
4. 26.51 Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation

What 26.51 includes

• This class comprises the manufacture of search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical and nautical systems and instruments; automatic controls and regulators for applications (for example, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration and appliances); instruments and devices for measuring, displaying, indicating, recording, transmitting and controlling temperature, humidity, pressure, vacuum, combustion, flow, level, viscosity, density, acidity, concentration and rotation; totalising (in other words, registering) fluid meters and counting devices; instruments for measuring and testing the characteristics of electricity and electrical signals; instruments and instrumentation systems for laboratory analysis of the chemical/physical composition or concentration of samples of solid, fluid, gaseous or composite materials; other measuring and testing instruments; and parts thereof.
• The manufacture of non-electric measuring, testing and navigating equipment (except simple mechanical tools) is included here.
• Manufacture of aircraft engine instruments
• Manufacture of automotive emissions testing equipment
• Manufacture of meteorological instruments
• Manufacture of physical properties testing and inspection equipment
• Manufacture of polygraph machines
• Manufacture of radiation detection and monitoring instruments
• Manufacture of surveying instruments
• Manufacture of thermometers liquid-in-glass and bi-metal types (except medical)
• Manufacture of humidistats
• Manufacture of hydronic limit controls
• Manufacture of flame and burner control
• Manufacture of spectrometers
• Manufacture of pneumatic gauges
• Manufacture of consumption meters (e.g. water, gas, electricity)
• Manufacture of flow meters and counting devices
• Manufacture of tally counters
• Manufacture of mine detectors, pulse (signal) generators; metal detectors
• Manufacture of search, detection, navigation, aeronautical and nautical equipment, including sonobuoys
• Manufacture of radar equipment
• Manufacture of global positioning system (gps) devices
• Manufacture of burglar
• And fire-alarm systems, sending signals to a control station
• Manufacture of environmental controls and automatic controls for appliances
• Manufacture of measuring and recording equipment (e.g. flight recorders)
• Manufacture of motion detectors
• Manufacture of radars
• Manufacture of laboratory analytical instruments (e.g. blood analysis equipment)
• Manufacture of laboratory scales, balances, incubators and miscellaneous laboratory apparatus for measuring, testing, etc.
• Manufacture of sensors and sensing equipment

What 26.51 excludes

• Manufacture of telephone answering machines, see 26.30
• Manufacture of irradiation equipment, see 26.60
• Manufacture of optical positioning equipment, see 26.70
• Manufacture of dictating machines, see 28.23
• Manufacture of weighing machinery (other than sensitive laboratory balances), levels, tape measures, etc., see 28.29
• Manufacture of medical thermometers, see 32.50
• Installation of industrial process control equipment, see 33.20

26.51 in other systems