| 1/00 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) |
| 1/02 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Hardening articles or materials formed by forging or rolling, with no further heating beyond that required for the formation |
| 1/04 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) with simultaneous application of supersonic waves, magnetic or electric fields |
| 1/06 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Surface hardening |
| 1/08 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Surface hardening with flames |
| 1/09 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Surface hardening by direct application of electrical or wave energy; by particle radiation |
| 1/10 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Surface hardening by direct application of electrical or wave energy; by particle radiation by electric induction |
| 1/18 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Hardening (C21D 1/02 takes precedence); Quenching with or without subsequent tempering (quenching devices C21D 1/62) |
| 1/19 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Hardening (C21D 1/02 takes precedence); Quenching with or without subsequent tempering (quenching devices C21D 1/62) by interrupted quenching |
| 1/20 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Hardening (C21D 1/02 takes precedence); Quenching with or without subsequent tempering (quenching devices C21D 1/62) by interrupted quenching Isothermal quenching, e.g. bainitic hardening |
| 1/22 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Hardening (C21D 1/02 takes precedence); Quenching with or without subsequent tempering (quenching devices C21D 1/62) by interrupted quenching Martempering |
| 1/25 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Hardening (C21D 1/02 takes precedence); Quenching with or without subsequent tempering (quenching devices C21D 1/62) Hardening, combined with annealing between 300 °C and 600 °C, i.e. heat refining ("Vergüten") |
| 1/26 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Methods of annealing |
| 1/28 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Methods of annealing Normalising |
| 1/30 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Methods of annealing Stress-relieving |
| 1/32 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Methods of annealing Soft annealing, e.g. spheroidising |
| 1/34 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Methods of heating (C21D 1/06 takes precedence) |
| 1/38 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Methods of heating (C21D 1/06 takes precedence) Heating by cathodic discharges |
| 1/40 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Methods of heating (C21D 1/06 takes precedence) Direct resistance heating |
| 1/42 | General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering (furnaces in general F27; electric heating H05B) Methods of heating (C21D 1/06 takes precedence) Induction heating |
