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7187 Process type description code [B]

Desc: Code specifying a type of process. Repr: an..17 Code Values: 1 Wood preparation A process to prepare wood. 2 Causticizing Treatment with a caustic agent. 3 Digesting A process of digesting. 4 Brownstock washing Washing with brownstock. 5 Bleaching Removing colour by treatment with an oxidizing agent (a bleach). 6 Pulp drying The process of drying pulp. 7 Freezing Freezing process. 8 Processing of structured information The information to be processed is in structured form. 9 Processing of identical information in structured and unstructured form The information to be processed is identical and given in structured and unstructured form. 10 Processing of different information in structured and unstructured form The information to be processed is different and is given in structured and unstructured form. 11 Processing of unstructured information The information to be processed is in unstructured form. 12 Slaughter Slaughter process. 13 Packing Packing process. 14 Heat sterilisation Treated by heat sterilisation. 15 Chemical sterilisation Treated by chemical sterilisation. 16 Fumigation Treated by fumigation. 17 Irradiation Treated by irradiation. 18 Fueling Fueling process. 19 Acceptance of business conditions Code specifying the process of accepting the terms and conditions under which business will be conducted. 20 Pathology service The provision of a pathology service. 21 Radiology service The provision of a radiology service. 22 Contribution payment The payment of a contribution. 23 Clinical donation The process of providing a clinical donation. 24 Medical general practice The provision of general medical services. 25 Specialist medical service The provision of specialist medical services, other than pathology or radiology. 26 Dispensing of medicine The process performed by a pharmacist to prepare and dispense medicine according to a prescription. 27 Planning The process of developing plans. 28 Trading The process of trading. 29 Operating The process of operating. 30 Metering The process of metering. 31 Settlement The process of settling. 32 Chilling To reduce a product's temperature to above 273K. 33 Collecting To gather or extract from a number of persons or sources. 34 Cutting To penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument. 35 Harvesting To gather, catch, hunt, or kill. 36 Inspecting To examine officially. 37 Manufacturing To make from raw materials by hand or by machinery. 38 Preserving To can, pickle, or similarly prepare for future use. 39 Processing To subject to or handle through an established usually routine set of procedures. 40 Producing To make produce by growing. 41 Rendering (agriculture) To extract by melting in order to extract proteins, fats, and other usable parts. 42 Sampling To take a sample of or from the product. 43 Storing To place or leave in a location (as a warehouse, library, or computer memory) for preservation. 44 Transferring To convey from one person, place, or situation to another. 45 Treating To act upon e.g. with some agent. 46 Grinding Treated by grinding. 47 Addition of secondary inhibitors The process of adding secondary inhibitors. 48 Metals recovery The process of recovering metals e.g. retorting, smelting, chemical process. 49 Solvents recovery The process of recovering solvents e.g. distillation, extraction. 50 Recovery for reuse The process of recovering (reclaiming) materials for reuse, e.g. acid regeneration, organics recovery. 51 Incineration The process of destruction through the application of heat. 52 On-site fuel recovery The process of recovering a material for reuse as a fuel on the same site. 53 Fuel blending The process of blending fuels. 54 Chemical reduction The process of chemical reduction. 55 Cyanide destruction The process of destruction through the application of cyanide. 56 Chemical oxidation The process of chemical oxidation. 57 Wet air oxidation The process of wet air oxidation. 58 Chemical precipitation The process of chemical precipitation. 59 Biological treatment The process of biological treatment. 60 Adsorption The process of adsorption. 61 Air or steam stripping The process of air or steam stripping. 62 Dewatering The process of removing water. 63 Absorption The process of absorption. 64 Stabilization The process of stabilization e.g. chemical fixation. 65 Macro-encapsulation The process of macro-encapsulation. 66 Neutralization The process of neutralization. 67 Evaporation The process of evaporation. 68 Phase separation The process of phase separation. 69 Unspecified treatment Treatment without specification. 70 Landfill or surface impoundment disposal The process of disposing waste as landfill or in a surface impoundment that will be closed as landfill. 71 Deep well or underground injection The process of filling up a deep well or underground pocket. 72 Discharge to sewer The process of discharging materials into the public sewer system. 73 Collection and storage, temporary The process of collecting and temporarily storing objects. 74 Cold treatment The process of cold treatment. 75 Hot air treatment The process of hot air treatment. 76 Hot water treatment The process of hot water treatment. 77 Methyl bromide treatment The process of treating with methyl bromide. 78 Phosphine treatment The process of treating with phosphine. 79 Depulping The process of removing pulp. 80 Manual removal The process of removing by hand. 81 Sulfuryl fluoride fumigation The process of fumigating with sulfuryl fluoride. 82 Steam treatment The process of treating with steam. 83 Vapor heat The process of treating with vapor heat. 84 Assembling The process of assembling. 85 Boiling The process of boiling. 86 Canning The process of sealing in an airtight container. 87 Chipping The process of chipping. 88 Cleaning The process of making clean. 89 Coating The process of coating. 90 Dehydration The process of dehydrating. 91 Devitalization The process of devitalizing. 92 Disinfection The process of disinfecting. 93 Drying The process of drying. 94 Dyeing The process of dyeing. 95 Heat treatment The process of heat treatment. 96 Husking The process of removing husk. 97 Liquification The process of liquifying. 98 Shelling The process of removing shells. 99 Washing The process of washing. 100 Land treatment or application The process of using bio remediation for treating waste e.g. Tilling the land for aerating the waste. 101 Pasteurization A process of heating a food, usually liquid, to a specific temperature for a definite length of time, and then cooling it immediately. 102 Biological recycling The process of biological recycling. 103 Biological refining The process of biological refining. 104 Blending The process of blending. 105 Breeding The process of breeding. 106 Chemical recycling The process of chemical recycling. 107 Combing The process of combing (e.g. in textiles named 'top making' of fibres). 108 Agricultural cultivation The process of managing the growth, development, and yield of agricultural crops. 109 Designing The process of designing. 110 Disposing The process of disposing. 111 Extrusion The process of shaping a material by forcing it through a hole. 112 Fatliquoring The process of applying of fatliquors (e.g. for lubricating and softening hides/skins). 113 Product finishing The process of product finishing. 114 Ginning The process of ginning (e.g. cleaning cotton, flax fibres, etc). 115 Grading The process of grading. 116 Hatching The process of hatching 117 Marketing The process of marketing. 118 Mechanical recycling The process of mechanical recycling. 119 Polymerisation The process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction. 120 Pre-treatment The process of pre-treatment. 121 Printing The process of printing. 122 Pulp dissolving The process of dissolving into a liquid, e.g. wood pulp or cotton linters into water. 123 Quality checking The process of checking quality, e.g. of products. 124 Recycling The process of recycling. 125 Refining The process of refining. 126 Retailing The process of retailing. 127 Retanning The process of a second tanning stage in which different tanning agents are generally used in comparison to the initial tanning process. 128 Retting The process of employing the action of bacteria and moisture on plants to dissolve the cellular tissues and substances. 129 Returns management The process by which activities are associated with returns. 130 Setting out leather The process of reducing wrinkles from hides/skins. 131 Shaving hides The process of making the thickness of hides uniform. 132 Shearing The process of shearing 133 Silk reeling The process by which cocoon baves are reeled together to produce a single thread.  134 Softening The process of softening. 135 Sorting The process of sorting. 136 Spinning The process of spinning. 137 Splitting The process of splitting. 138 Tanning The process of treating hides or skins with tanning agents. 139 Thermo mechanical recycling The process of thermo mechanical recycling. 140 Warehousing The process of warehousing. 141 Weaving The process of weaving ZZZ Mutually defined Process type mutually agreed between interchanging parties.

Data Element Cross Reference

DataElement 7187 is used in the following Batch Segments:

GEI

DataElement 7187 is used in the following Batch Composite Elements:

C242

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