BARE (AS IN NO FLUX) HARDFACING WELDING RODS. MADE OF AN ALLOY WHERE COBALT PREDOMINATES BY WEIGHT (TYPICALLY COBALT 60%, TUNGSTEN 10%, CHROMIUM 30%). MADE BY A CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD, I.E. AN UNWROUGHT PROCESS, TO STRICT SIZE REQUIREMENTS AND ARE IMPORTED IN INTENDED LENGTHS. IN USE THE ROD IS HEATED AND MELTED BY A WELDING TORCH, AND DEPOSITED ONTO A COMPONENT. THIS IS TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTIES OF WEAR, STRENGTH, CORROSION AND ABRASION RESISTANCE (IN HARSH ENVIROMENTS) OF THE COMPONENT.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S: GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 8105 - COBALT MATTES AND OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS OF COBALT METALLURGY; COBALT AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 810520 - COBALT MATTES AND OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS OF COBALT METALLURGY; UNWROUGHT COBALT; POWDERS. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: SECTION XV NOTE 5a REFERS - COBALT PREDOMINATES OVER OTHER ALLOYS BY WEIGHT.