Electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads

HS v2017 Code: 8505

Chapter	Heading	Sub-heading
85	05	n/a

Code	8505
Version	HS v2017
Hierarchy Level	4
Datasource	WCO
Chapter	85

Ancestor Codes: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles

This Code: Electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads

Child Codes: Magnets; electro-magnetic couplings, clutches and brakes; Magnets; electro-magnets, holding devices and parts n.e.c. in heading no. 8505; Magnets; permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation, other than of metal; Magnets; permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation, of metal

Sibling Codes (Nearest 5): Electric generating sets and rotary converters; Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502; Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors; Cells and batteries; primary; Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangular (including square)

About electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads

hs code 8505 covers a diverse range of electromagnetic products that are essential components in various industries. These items play a crucial role in the automation and efficiency of machinery, equipment, and devices across sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, and electronics. The global market for these products is expected to grow steadily in the coming years, driven by increasing demand for advanced automation and energy-efficient technologies.

Production process

The production of items under hs code 8505 typically involves the use of specialized manufacturing processes. Permanent magnets are often created through the sintering of rare-earth metals or the injection molding of ferrite materials. Electromagnetic components, such as couplings and brakes, are assembled using coils, armatures, and other precision-engineered parts. Advanced techniques like computer-controlled winding and automated assembly lines help ensure consistent quality and efficiency in the manufacturing process.

Production inputs

The main inputs required for the production of hs code 8505 items include raw materials such as rare-earth metals (e.g., neodymium, samarium), ferrite powders, copper wire, and various steel alloys. Specialized machinery, such as sintering furnaces, injection molding equipment, and winding machines, are also essential for the manufacturing process. Additionally, skilled labor and advanced engineering expertise are necessary to design and assemble these complex electromagnetic components.

Production outputs

The products covered under hs code 8505 are used as key components in a wide range of applications. Permanent magnets find use in 8505 Electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads, 8412 Engines and motors, and 8501 Electric motors and generators. Electromagnetic couplings, clutches, and brakes are commonly used in 8429 Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levelers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers, 8430 Moving, grading, leveling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers and pile-extractors; snow-ploughs and snow-blowers, and 8479 Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.

Family tree for electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads

    graph LR
    A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/85'>85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8505'>8505: Electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads</a>"]

    A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8501'>8501: Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8502'>8502: Electric generating sets and rotary converters</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8503'>8503: Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502</a>"]
A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8504'>8504: Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors</a>"]
A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8506'>8506: Cells and batteries; primary</a>"]
A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8507'>8507: Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangular (including square)</a>"]
A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8508'>8508: Vacuum cleaners</a>"]
A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8509'>8509: Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08.</a>"]
A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8510'>8510: Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor</a>"]
A --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8511'>8511: Ignition or starting equipment; used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines; generators and cut outs used in conjunction with such engines</a>"]
A --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8512'>8512: Lighting or visual signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading no. 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters; electrical, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles</a>"]
A --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8513'>8513: Lamps; portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (e.g. dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512</a>"]
A --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8514'>8514: Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens (including those functioning by induction or dielectric loss); other industrial or laboratory equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss</a>"]
A --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8515'>8515: Electric (electrically heated gas) soldering, brazing, welding machines and apparatus, capable or not of cutting, electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or sintered carbides</a>"]
A --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8516'>8516: Electric water, space, soil heaters; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus; hand dryers, irons; electro-thermic appliances for domestic purposes; electro heating resistors, not of heading no. 8545</a>"]
A --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8517'>8517: Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528</a>"]
A --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8518'>8518: Microphones and their stands; loudspeakers, mounted or not in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, combined or not with a microphone, and sets of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio frequency and electric sound amplifiers and sets</a>"]
A --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8519'>8519: Sound recording or reproducing apparatus</a>"]
A --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8521'>8521: Video recording or reproducing apparatus</a>"]
A --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8522'>8522: Sound or video recording apparatus; parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521</a>"]
A --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8523'>8523: Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, smart cards and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, excluding products of Chapter 37</a>"]
A --> X["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8525'>8525: Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders</a>"]
A --> Y["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8526'>8526: Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus</a>"]
A --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8527'>8527: Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.</a>"]
A --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8528'>8528: Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus</a>"]
A --> BB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8529'>8529: Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528</a>"]
A --> BC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8530'>8530: Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations, airfields, excluding those of heading no. 8608</a>"]
A --> BD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8531'>8531: Signalling apparatus; electric sound or visual (e.g. bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), excluding those of heading no. 8512 or 8530</a>"]
A --> BE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8532'>8532: Electrical capacitors; fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)</a>"]
A --> BF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8533'>8533: Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), excluding heating resistors</a>"]
A --> BG["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8534'>8534: Circuits; printed</a>"]
A --> BH["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8535'>8535: Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits; for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts</a>"]
A --> BI["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8536'>8536: Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables</a>"]
A --> BJ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8537'>8537: Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 for electricity control and distribution, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517)</a>"]
A --> BK["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8538'>8538: Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537</a>"]
A --> BL["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8539'>8539: Lamps; electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, arc lamps, light-emitting diode (LED) lamps</a>"]
A --> BM["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8540'>8540: Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (e.g. vacuum, vapour, gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode-ray and television camera tubes)</a>"]
A --> BN["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8541'>8541: Diodes, transistors, similar semiconductor devices; including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED), mounted piezo-electric crystals</a>"]
A --> BO["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8542'>8542: Electronic integrated circuits</a>"]
A --> BP["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8543'>8543: Electrical machines and apparatus; having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter</a>"]
A --> BQ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8544'>8544: Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not; optical fibre cables of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors</a>"]
A --> BR["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8545'>8545: Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon; with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes</a>"]
A --> BS["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8546'>8546: Electrical insulators of any material</a>"]
A --> BT["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8547'>8547: Insulating fittings; for electrical machines, appliances, equipment, excluding insulators of heading no. 8546, electrical conduit tubing and joints therefore</a>"]
A --> BU["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8548'>8548: Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, n.e.c. or included elsewhere in chapter 85</a>"]

    B --> BV["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/850511'>850511: Magnets; permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation, of metal</a>"]
B --> BW["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/850519'>850519: Magnets; permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation, other than of metal</a>"]
B --> BX["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/850520'>850520: Magnets; electro-magnetic couplings, clutches and brakes</a>"]
B --> BY["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/850590'>850590: Magnets; electro-magnets, holding devices and parts n.e.c. in heading no. 8505</a>"]


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