PSC 3446: FORGING MACHINERY AND HAMMERS — Federal Procurement Code

34 - METALWORKING MACHINERY L1: Industrial Products & Services

Description

Forging Machinery and Hammers

Includes

Forging Presses.

Excludes

Forging Presses.

Suggested adjacent classifications

PSC codes describe what the government buys. These related classifications help connect procurement codes to industries, commodities, and trade workflows.

Related NAICS industries

Iron and Steel Forging

332112

Nonferrous Forging

Related UNSPSC categories

20111608

Striking hammers

23251702

Impression and closed die forging press

23251703

Open die forging press

23251705

Roll forging machines

Official data

Feature	Description
Official name	Product Service Codes (PSC)
Maintained by	U.S. federal acquisition community / GSA PSC Manual
Purpose	Classifies what the government buys: products and services
Primary use	Federal procurement reporting, contract categorization, spend analysis
Code type	Mixed/unspecified

When do you need PSC 3446?

1 Use PSC 3446 when identifying the product or service category on a U.S. federal contract.

2 Use it when filtering opportunities or spending data in SAM.gov, FPDS, or USASpending.

3 Use it when comparing a procurement category against related NAICS industries or UNSPSC commodities.

4 Use it when a contracting workflow needs the purchased item classification rather than the supplier industry code.