Equipment and machinery used in the fields of soil working and planting; harvesting; plant culture and dairy products; animal care; tobacco production.

ISSN (International edition):1463-8681
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8800

Covers sliding and rolling contact bearings, hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, roller, ball, needle, taper bearings. Component parts - cages, races, rolling elements, shells, seals. Bearing materials, plastics, ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. Production machinery. Bearings for specific purposes for example printing machines, vehicles, electric machines, engines, conveyors.
[ISSN 1463-5895]

Road, rail and bridge construction; hydraulic engineering and sewerage; general building constructions; structural elements; roofing, stairs, floors; building aids, special structures; locks, window and door fittings; blinds, shutters, ladders, doors; mining.
ISSN (International edition):1463-8762
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8886

Equipment and machinery relating to packaging, labelling; containers; closures; packaging elements, types; refuse collection, conveyors; handling thin materials; hoisting, lifting, hauling; liquid handling, saddlery, upholstery.
ISSN (International edition):1463-8754
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8878

Equipment and machinery relating to securing machine parts together; shafts, bearings; couplings, clutches, brakes, springs; belts, chains, gearing; pistons, cylinders, packing; valves, taps, cocks; pipes, joints, fittings; other engineering elements; storing/distributing gas/liquid.
ISSN (International edition):1463-8789
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8908

Equipment and machinery relating to machines, engines in general; combustion engines, gas turbines; jet engines; starting, ignition; machines, engines for liquids; pumps; fluid-pressure actuators.
ISSN (International edition):1463-8770
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8894

Lighting; steam generation; combustion equipment/processes; heating, ranges, ventilating; refrigeration, liquefaction; drying; furnaces, kilns, ovens, retorts; heat exchange in general; weapons, ammunition, blasting.
ISSN (International edition):1463-8797
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8916

Optics; photographic apparatus; photographic processes, compositions; other Photographic; education, cryptography, adverts; musical instruments, acoustics.
ISSN 1463-886x and 1463-886x (Japanese patents only volume)
ISSN (International edition):1463-886X
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-886X

Wearing apparel; footwear; haberdashery, jewellery; hand, travelling articles, brushes; office furniture; chairs, sofas, beds; shop, household, furnishings; kitchen, sanitary equipment.
ISSN (International edition):1463-869x
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8819

Equipment and machinery used in the fields of presses; working paper; layered products; printing: lining machines; typewriters, stamps, duplicators; books, special printed matter; writing, drawing appliances; decorative art.
ISSN (International edition):1463-8738
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8851

Coverage of all aspects of railway transportation including rolling stock, power supply, signalling, permanent way, communications, magnetic levitation, rapid transit systems etc.
[ISSN 1463-5887]

Equipment and machinery used in the fields of crushing; centrifuging, separating solids; spraying, atomising; sorting, cleaning, waste disposal.
ISSN (International edition):1463-8703
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8827

Equipment and machinery used in the fields of rolling, drawing, extruding; metal punching, working, forging; metal casting, powder metallurgy; metal casting, powder metallurgy; soldering, welding metal; machine tools.
ISSN (International edition):1463-8711
ISSN (Japanese edition):1463-8835

Equipment and machinery used in the fields of grinding, polishing; hand tools, cutting; working, preserving wood; working cement, clay, stone.
ISSN (International edition):1463-872X
ISSN (Japanese edition): 1463-8843