8462.11.00.30 - Headers and upsetters, including cold headers 🖩

This HTS category, 8462.11.00.30, specifically covers "Headers and upsetters, including cold headers." These are machine tools designed for metal forming operations where the workpiece is deformed by hammering or striking, either to increase its diameter (upsetting) or to form its head (heading). The inclusion of "cold headers" signifies that this classification extends to machines that perform these operations at ambient temperatures, without preheating the metal.

Distinguishing this category from its siblings, 8462.11.00.35, which covers mechanical transfer presses, is crucial. While both are part of the broader metalworking machinery family, headers and upsetters utilize a striking or hammering action to reshape the metal, whereas mechanical transfer presses typically employ a ram and die system for bending, stamping, or other forming operations. The "Other" sibling category (8462.11.00.55) would encompass closed die forging machines that do not fit the specific definitions of headers, upsetters, or mechanical transfer presses.

As this is a leaf node, there are no further subcategories. Classification within 8462.11.00.30 hinges on the primary function of the machine tool as a header or upsetter, regardless of whether the operation is conducted hot or cold. The defining characteristic is the method of metal deformation—striking and upsetting—rather than the press mechanism or the use of transfer stations.