Chapter 8480 — Customs Tariff Headings
Subheadings
Products classified under Tariff item 84.80
Core Box Assembly for Foundry
A machined steel assembly used to form sand cores that are placed within green sand molds for creating internal cavities in metal castings. It is an essential component of complex foundry molding operations and falls under tariff item 8480.10.00 as a moulding box for metal foundry.
8480.10.00Green Sand Foundry Flask
> A rigid metal frame, typically made of steel or aluminum, used in sand casting to contain the molding sand. It consists of cope and drag sections that assemble to form the complete mold cavity, into which molten metal is poured. This product is a moulding box for metal foundry, falling directly under tariff item 8480.10.00.
8480.10.00Investment Casting Mold Frame
A stainless steel frame designed to support ceramic shell molds during the investment casting process for precision metal parts. Used in aerospace and medical device foundries, it qualifies as a moulding box for metal foundry under tariff item 8480.10.00.
8480.10.00Match Plate Foundry Flask
> A precision aluminum match plate flask system where patterns are mounted on opposite sides of a single plate, used for high-volume sand casting production. This system enables rapid mold production in metal foundries, as the plate and flask work together to form the mold cavity. The match plate flask is a type of moulding box for metal foundry, classified under tariff item 8480.10.00.
8480.10.00No-Bake Sand Mold Frame
> An adjustable steel frame for chemically bonded no-bake sand molding systems, allowing flexible mold cavity sizes for prototype and jobbing foundries. This frame acts as a moulding box, containing the sand mixture as it cures and forms the mold. It is a moulding box for metal foundry, falling under tariff item 8480.10.00.
8480.10.00Pit Mold Flask for Large Castings
> An extra-large segmented molding box system for pit molding of massive steel castings over 50 tons, used in heavy foundry operations for ship propellers and turbine housings. This system is a moulding box for metal foundry, designed to contain the sand mold in a pit. It falls under tariff item 8480.10.00 as a moulding box for metal foundry.
8480.20.00Customizable Mold Base for Rubber Seals
A modular steel mold base for compression or transfer molding of rubber seals and gaskets. It features interchangeable plates and cooling channels, providing a customizable foundation for building rubber molds. This product falls under tariff item 8480.20.00 as a mold base, which is not limited to any specific material.
8480.20.00Glass Bottle Mold Base Assembly
A cast iron mold base for glass container manufacturing, used in individual section (IS) machines. It provides a sectionalized structure that supports multiple bottle molds, allowing for efficient glass forming. This is a mold base for glass, which falls under tariff item 8480.20.00.
8480.20.00High-Precision Mold Base for Semiconductor Wafer Trays
An ultra-precise mold base for injection molding plastic trays used in semiconductor wafer handling. It features sub-micron tolerances for cleanroom compatibility, providing the structural foundation for high-precision plastic molds. This product is a mold base for plastics, falling under tariff item 8480.20.00.
8480.20.00Mineral Material Mold Base for Ceramic Tiles
A heavy-duty mold base for press molding mineral-based ceramic tiles and construction materials. It is designed for high-pressure hydraulic presses, providing a robust foundation for ceramic tile molds. This product falls under tariff item 8480.20.00 as a mold base for mineral materials.
8480.20.00Precision Aluminum Mold Base for Injection Molding
A standardized aluminum mold base designed for assembling injection molds used in plastic part production. It provides the structural foundation with pre-machined plates for cavities, cores, and components. This product is a mold base for plastics, falling under tariff item 8480.20.00.
8480.20.00Stack Mold Base System
A multi-level stack mold base for high-cavitation plastic packaging production. It enables simultaneous molding of multiple parts, increasing efficiency in plastic manufacturing. This product falls under tariff item 8480.20.00 as a mold base for plastics.
8480.20.00Steel Mold Base Frame for Die Casting
A heavy-duty steel frame mold base for non-ferrous die casting applications, featuring alignment pins and ejector holes. It serves as the core structure for building custom die cast molds for aluminum and zinc parts. This product is a mold base for metal, falling under tariff item 8480.20.00.
8480.20.00Three-Plate Mold Base for Automotive Parts
An advanced three-plate steel mold base for complex automotive plastic components like bumpers and dashboards. It allows runnerless molding with hot channels, providing a precise foundation for automotive molds. This product falls under tariff item 8480.20.00 as a mold base for plastics.
8480.20.00Two-Plate Mold Base for Plastic Bottles
A standard two-plate mold base optimized for blow molding or injection molding of PET plastic bottles. It includes guide pillars, return pins, and locating rings for precise assembly. This product is a mold base for plastics, falling under tariff item 8480.20.00.
8480.30.00Die Casting Aluminum Pattern for Automotive Wheels
> A machined aluminum pattern used to create the master die for high-pressure die casting of alloy wheels. It defines the cavity shape for the mold, making it a molding pattern under tariff item 8480.30.00. This pattern is essential for producing the mold used in metal foundry operations.
8480.30.00Float Zone Crystal Puller Molding Pattern
A moulding pattern used to shape components of float zone furnaces for monocrystalline silicon boule pulling. It is a precision pattern of a kind used in metal foundry or mould-making operations, and is classified under tariff item 8480.30.00 as a moulding pattern. This item is essential for producing consistent furnace parts in semiconductor crystal growth equipment.
8480.30.00Glass Bottle Blow Molding Pattern
> A graphite or cast iron pattern used to form the plaster mold for blow-and-blow glass bottle production. This pattern shapes the mold cavity for glass molding, falling under molding patterns for mineral materials. It is a reusable tool that defines the final shape of the glass bottle.
8480.30.00Investment Casting Wax Pattern for Turbine Blades
> A precision wax pattern used in the lost-wax investment casting process to create intricate turbine blade shapes for aerospace engines. It serves as the pattern for forming the ceramic mold, making it a molding pattern under 8480.30.00. This pattern is critical for producing high-precision metal castings.
8480.30.00Plastic Injection Molding Pattern Prototype
> A 3D-printed or CNC-machined plastic pattern used for validating mold designs before steel tool production. It is a molding pattern for creating molds used in plastics manufacturing, falling under 8480.30.00. This prototype pattern helps test the mold design without committing to expensive steel tooling.
8480.30.00Precision Mold Base Pattern Set
> Matched cavity and core patterns for building injection mold bases in plastics manufacturing. These patterns define the shape of the mold cavity and core, making them molding patterns under 8480.30.00. They are distinct from complete mold bases, which are classified separately.
8480.30.00Sand Casting Wooden Pattern for Engine Blocks
> A durable wooden pattern with cope and drag sections used to create sand molds for large automotive engine blocks. It functions as a reusable molding pattern that shapes the sand into the desired form, falling under 8480.30.00. This pattern is essential for sand casting processes in metal foundries.
8480.30.00Semiconductor Wafer Crystal Grinder Pattern
A precision moulding pattern used to calibrate crystal grinders for controlling semiconductor boule diameter. It serves as a reference pattern in the metal foundry or mould-making context, falling under tariff item 8480.30.00. This pattern ensures accurate grinding of silicon boules in semiconductor manufacturing.
8480.30.00Silicone Rubber Compression Molding Pattern
> A metal or epoxy pattern for creating compression molds used in silicone rubber gasket production. It qualifies as a molding pattern for rubber molding applications under 8480.30.00. This pattern defines the cavity shape for the compression mold, ensuring precise gasket dimensions.
8480.30.00Wafer Slicing Saw Calibration Pattern
A diamond-patterned test piece used for calibrating wafer slicing saws that cut semiconductor boules. It is a moulding pattern within the scope of tariff item 8480.30.00, used to ensure precision in the slicing process. This pattern is a specialized tool for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
8480.41.00Compression Mold for Industrial Rubber Belts
A large compression mold designed to produce conveyor and transmission rubber belts for industrial applications. It falls under tariff item 8480.41.00 because it is a compression-type mold for rubber, which is explicitly covered by this item.
8480.41.00Compression Mold for Silicone Rubber Gaskets
A heavy-duty compression mold for producing silicone rubber gaskets used in industrial sealing. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as a compression-type mold for rubber, which is within the scope of this tariff item.
8480.41.00Family Mold for Electronics Connector Set
A family-type injection mold that produces multiple plastic connectors simultaneously for electronic assemblies. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, which is covered by this tariff item.
8480.41.00Gas-Assisted Injection Mold for Automotive Dashboard
A specialized injection mold with gas channels for producing hollow automotive dashboards from polypropylene. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, which is within the scope of this tariff item.
8480.41.00Hot Runner Injection Mold for Medical Tubing Connectors
A hot runner injection mold for producing high-precision medical tubing connectors from polycarbonate. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, which is covered by this tariff item.
8480.41.00Injection Mold for Consumer Electronics Housings
A two-plate injection mold designed for ABS plastic housings in consumer electronic devices like remote controls. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, which is within the scope of this tariff item.
8480.41.00Insert Injection Mold for Metal-Plastic Components
An injection mold for overmolding plastic onto pre-inserted metal components like threaded inserts. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, even though it includes metal inserts, because the mold itself is for plastics processing.
8480.41.00Multi-Cavity Injection Mold for Smartphone Cases
A high-precision multi-cavity mold for producing protective plastic cases for smartphones via injection molding. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, which is covered by this tariff item.
8480.41.00Overmolding Tool for Cable Assemblies
A two-shot overmolding injection tool for adding plastic strain relief to electrical cable assemblies. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, including overmolding applications.
8480.41.00Plastic Injection Mold for Automotive Bumpers
A precision-engineered mold used in injection molding machines to produce large automotive bumper components from thermoplastic materials. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, which is within the scope of this tariff item.
8480.41.00Precision Compression Mold for Medical Syringe Barrels
A specialized compression mold for manufacturing polypropylene syringe barrels in medical applications. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as a compression-type mold for plastics, which is covered by this tariff item.
8480.41.00Prototype Compression Mold for Product Development
An aluminum prototype compression mold for rapid plastics/rubber part development and testing. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as a compression-type mold, regardless of its prototype status, because it is used for molding rubber or plastics.
8480.41.00Rubber Compression Mold for O-Ring Seals
A precision compression mold array for mass production of various size rubber O-ring seals. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as a compression-type mold for rubber, which is explicitly covered by this tariff item.
8480.41.00Stack Mold for Plastic Bottle Caps
An advanced stack mold system for high-volume production of HDPE bottle caps using injection molding technology. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, which is covered by this tariff item.
8480.41.00Thin-Wall Injection Mold for Yogurt Containers
A high-speed thin-wall injection mold for polypropylene yogurt containers in food packaging. It is classified under 8480.41.00 as an injection-type mold for plastics, which is within the scope of this tariff item.
8480.49.00Carbide Insert Mold for Steel Precision Components
A mold with carbide inserts designed for die casting thin-walled steel precision components such as gears and shafts. The carbide inserts provide high wear resistance, extending mold life in high-volume ferrous metal casting operations. This mold is classified under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a mold for metal or metal carbides, specifically for ferrous alloys.
8480.49.00Centrifugal Casting Mold for Copper Pipe Liners
A rotating steel mold used in horizontal centrifugal casting to produce thick-walled copper alloy pipe liners for industrial applications. The mold is specifically designed for metal foundry operations employing centrifugal force to shape molten metal. It falls under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a specialized mold for non-ferrous metal casting.
8480.49.00CMP Polishing Head Mold
A mold used to shape chemical mechanical polishing heads for semiconductor wafer planarization. It is made of metal carbide and is classified under this tariff item as a mold for metal or metal carbides.
8480.49.00Crystal Orientation Mold Fixture
A precision mold fixture used to orient semiconductor crystal boules before slicing to specific crystallographic planes. It is made of metal carbide and falls under this tariff item as a mold for metal or metal carbides.
8480.49.00Czochralski Crystal Puller Mold Base
A precision mold base used in Czochralski crystal pullers for growing monocrystalline silicon boules in semiconductor wafer manufacturing. It is classified under this tariff item as a mold base for metal or metal carbides.
8480.49.00Die Casting Mold for Aluminum Automotive Parts
A precision-engineered mold used in high-pressure die casting machines to produce aluminum components such as engine blocks and transmission housings for vehicles. The mold is designed for repeated use in aluminum foundry operations, ensuring dimensional accuracy and surface finish. It is classified under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a mold for non-ferrous metal casting.
8480.49.00Double-Sided Wafer Grinder Mold
A precision mold for grinding wheels that simultaneously grind both sides of semiconductor wafers to exact thickness. It is made of metal carbide and falls under this tariff item as a mold for metal or metal carbides.
8480.49.00Ductile Iron Pipe Centrifugal Casting Mold
A precision-engineered mold designed for centrifugal casting machines used in ductile iron pipe production. The mold features a rotating cavity that shapes molten ductile iron under centrifugal force to form seamless pipes. It is classified under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a specialized mold for metal casting.
8480.49.00Edge Grinding Wafer Mold Carrier
A mold carrier system for semiconductor wafer edge grinding to prevent chipping during handling. It is made of metal carbide and is classified under this tariff item as a mold for metal or metal carbides.
8480.49.00Float Zone Crystal Grower Crucible Mold
A mold for crucibles in float zone crystal growers used to produce pure silicon crystals for semiconductor wafers. It is classified under this tariff item as a mold for metal or metal carbides.
8480.49.00Gallium Arsenide Wafer Lapping Mold Base
A mold base for lapping equipment used to achieve flatness tolerances on GaAs wafers for compound semiconductor fabrication. It is made of metal carbide and falls under this tariff item as a mold for metal or metal carbides.
8480.49.00Graphite Mold for Continuous Metal Casting
A high-purity graphite mold, including hot-top and die components, used in continuous casting of copper rod and billets from molten metal. The mold provides thermal shock resistance and is essential for primary metal production. It falls under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a mold for metal casting, despite being made of graphite, as it is used in metal foundry operations.
8480.49.00Horizontal Centrifugal Mold for Ductile Iron Pipes
A horizontal rotating mold used in centrifugal casting to produce ductile iron pipes up to 24 inches in diameter. The mold's water-cooled copper or steel construction ensures uniform wall thickness and rapid solidification. It falls under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a mold for metal casting.
8480.49.00Investment Casting Mold for Aerospace Turbine Blades
A ceramic shell mold pattern set used in the lost-wax investment casting process to create nickel superalloy turbine blades for jet engines. The mold is used in precision metal casting of high-performance alloys. It is classified under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a mold for metal casting, specifically for investment casting processes.
8480.49.00Lost Foam Pattern Mold for Aluminum Wheels
A precision machined foam pattern mold used to create polystyrene patterns for lost foam casting of automotive aluminum wheels. The mold is used in metal foundry operations to produce evaporative patterns. It falls under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a molding pattern for metal foundry use.
8480.49.00MIM Tooling Mold for Metal Injection Molded Gun Parts
A multi-cavity precision mold for Metal Injection Molding (MIM) of stainless steel firearm components such as triggers and hammers. The mold is used to process powdered metal into final metal parts. It is classified under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a specialized mold for powdered metal processing.
8480.49.00Permanent Mold for Brass Plumbing Fittings
A steel permanent mold used in gravity die casting to manufacture brass valves, elbows, and couplings for plumbing systems. The mold is reusable and designed for non-ferrous foundry casting. It falls under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a permanent mold for metal casting.
8480.49.00Precision Machined Centrifugal Mold for Ductile Iron Sewer Pipe
A CNC-machined centrifugal mold for producing ductile iron sewer and drainage pipes with precise spigot end tolerances. The mold includes integrated cooling channels for controlled solidification. It is classified under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a specialized mold for metal casting.
8480.49.00Replaceable Liner Mold Segments for Ductile Iron Pipe Casting
Segmented replaceable liners for centrifugal casting molds, made from wear-resistant nickel-copper alloys for ductile iron pipe production. Each segment forms part of the rotating mold cavity. They fall under tariff item 8480.49.00 as parts of molds for metal casting.
8480.49.00Sand Casting Pattern for Iron Engine Blocks
A wooden or resin pattern used to create sand molds for gray iron engine block production in automotive foundries. The pattern is reusable and essential for metal foundry operations. It is classified under tariff item 8480.49.00 as a molding pattern for metal foundry use.