📂 Category 8311

 
 
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8311
  Fils, baguettes, tubes, plaques, électrodes et articles similaires, en métaux communs ou en carbures métalliques, enrobés ou fourrés de décapants ou de fondants, pour brasage, soudage ou dépôt de métal ou de carbures métalliques; fils et baguettes en poudres de métaux communs agglomérés, pour la métallisation par projection
 - autres

📖 About this code

This code covers coated electrodes made from base metals, specifically designed for electric arc-welding processes. These electrodes are essential consumables for joining metal parts.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL > Wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products, of base metal or of metal carbides, coated or cored with flux material, of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding or deposition of metal or of metal carbides; wire and rods, of agglomerated base metal powder, used for metal spraying > Coated electrodes of base metal, for electric arc-welding

📦 Example products classified here

  • Coated electrode for steel welding
  • Rutile electrode for welding
  • Cellulosic electrode for welding
  • Basic electrode for welding
  • Stainless steel welding electrode
  • Cast iron welding electrode
  • Hardfacing electrode
  • Aluminum welding electrode
  • All-position welding electrode
  • DC welding electrode
  • AC welding electrode
  • Coated welding electrode
  • MIG/MAG welding electrode
  • TIG welding electrode
  • Welding electrode
  • Flux-cored wire electrode
  • Submerged arc welding electrode
  • Precision welding electrode

+2 others

🚫 NOT classified here

  • × Welding rods not coated or cored (e.g., TIG rods) -> 8311.20
  • × Welding wire, solid (e.g., MIG wire) -> 8311.30
  • × Flux-cored welding wire -> 8311.30
  • × Metal powders for spraying -> 8311.90
  • × Soldering and brazing rods/wires -> Chapter 71, 72, 74, 76 etc.
  • × Electrodes for arc furnaces or lighting -> Chapter 85

⚠️ Easily confused codes

Double-check: these codes cover similar but distinct products.