PSC 3685: SPECIALIZED METAL CONTAINER MANUFACTURING MACHINERY AND RELA — Federal Procurement Code

36 - SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY L1: Industrial Products & Services

Description

Specialized Metal Container Manufacturing Machinery and Related Equipment

Includes

Drum and Jerrican Manufacturing Machinery; Specially Designed Container Leak Testing Machines; Can Making Machinery.

Notes

This class includes only those machines specifically designed for manufacturing metal containers. Closing machines designed to seam the tops of filled containers will be classified in class 3540.

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

33243

Metal Can, Box, and Other Metal Container (Light Gauge) Manufacturing

332439

Other Metal Container Manufacturing

333111

Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

333131

Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

Related UNSPSC categories

Metal polishing machine

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 3685?

1 Use PSC 3685 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.