Amendments to Notification No. 317/87-Cus. [Chpater 84] - 086/91 - Customs -Tariff

Amendments to Notification No. 317/87-Cus. [Chpater 84] Notification No. 86/91-Cus. Dated 25-7-1991 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 317/87-Customs, dated the 17th September, 1987, namely :- In the Table annexed to the said notification, - (i) against Sl. No. (i), in column (2), items 10, 16, 26 and 45 and entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (ii) against Sl. No. (ii), in column (2), - (a) items 10, 13, 23, 25, 27 and 34 and entries relating thereto shall be omitted; and (b) after item 36 and the entry relating thereto, the following items and entries shall be inserted, namely :- "37. Floor type machining centre, travelling column type with table size of 1500 X 1500 MM and above. 38. Horizontal machine centres above 1500 MM x 1500 MM table traverses 39. Moving column machining centre with universal head and CNC. 40. CNC automatic lathe - 4 axis and above sliding headstock, twin turret, bar size 32 dia MM (Max.) 41. Tool room high precision turning and screw-cutting lathe with/without CNC, spindle runout - radial and axial - of 0.002 MM and pitch accuracy of 0.012 MM in 300 MM, with/without rotating tools. 42. Single spindle die sinking/copy milling machine with/without CNC, with milling spindle dia 130 MM above min. table load of 10 tonnes. 43. Piano miller with or without CNC and with or without tool changer, between columns 2 mts. and above. 44. Open side heavy duty milling boring machine with table size 3 mts. and above. 45. Gear grinding machine. 46. Spline grinding machine. 47. Optical/CNC profile grinding machine. 48. Spline shaft grinding machine. 49. Double disc grinder. 50. Vertical spindle surface grinder with rotary table of more than 1 meter diameter. 51. Automatic/optical drill point grinder. 52. Centreless grinding machine with peripheral speed higher than 45 meters per second. 53. Precision universal cylindrical grinding machine, with/without CNC out of roundness of 0.00025 MM and straightness of 0.0025 MM over 300 MM. 54. Precision surface grinding machine, with/without CNC, for tool room with longitudinal and traverse accuracy achievable over full working range of 0.005 MM. 55. Multi spindle honing machine with automatic size control. 56. Super finishing machine/attachment capable of achieving surface finish of 0.05 to 0.1 Micron Ra Value. 57. Spark erosion machine (EDM) 3-axes and above NC/CNC, positioning accuracy + /- 0.005 MM repeatability + /- 0.002 MM electrode wear rate less than 0.5% and surface finish better than 0.001 R max. 58. CNC laser/plasma cutting and profiling machine."; (iii) against Sl. No. (iii), in column (2), item 13 and the entry relating thereto shall be omitted; (iv) against Sl. No. (iv), in column (2), - (a) items 2 and 3 and entries relating thereto shall be omitted; and (b) for item 14 and the entry relating thereto, the following item and the entry shall be substituted, namely :- "14. Horizontal precision forging machine (long forging machine)."; (v) against Sl. No. (v), in column (2), items 8, 9 and 13 and entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (vi) against Sl. No. (vi), in column (2),- (a) item 31 and the entry relating thereto shall be omitted; and (b) after item 61 and the entry relating thereto, the following entries shall be inserted, namely :- "62. Special lathe with hydrocopying facility for copying turning external. Internal diameters and/or faces of non circular. (Out of round) shapes. Admit between centres 750 MM swing 480 MM, spindle power 11KW, with master/mandrel for copying coupled to work head rotation to generate out of round details. 63. Combined vertical and horizontal/universal milling machine with mechanical feed and rapid travel in all three directions with headstock mounted on an inclined slide. 64. CNC precision fine milling machine. Table resolution 0.001 MM (1 Micron) and repeat accuracy 0.003 MM (3 Microns). 65. Automatic/optical drill point grinder. 66. CNC insert land grinding machine. 67. Centreless grinding machine with peripheral speed higher than 45 meters per second. 68. Precision universal cylindrical grinding machine, with/without CNC out of roundness of 0.00025 MM and straightness of 0.0025 MM over 300 MM. 69. Precision surface grinding machine, with/without CNC, for tool room with longitudinal and traverse accuracy achievable over full working range of 0.005 MM. 70. Extrude hone machine. 71. Electro mechanical press for powder compacting with or without (1) NC/CNC (2) Pick and Place Robots. 72. Horizontal, upset forging press capacities: upsetting 100 tons max, clamping 50 tons max, with or without programming facility. 73. Electron beam welding system. 74. Equipment for brazing drill rods of diameter 25 to 45 MM and lengths 400 to 4800 MM, including automatic controller for heating temperature time, flux dispenser and joint thickness controller but without induction heating source. 75. Hydrogen atmosphere pusher/rotary type high temperature reduction furnace with or without automatic loading and unloading devices and with or without hydrogen recycling/preheating system. 76. Vacuum/atmosphere controlled furnace for sintering with or without programming facility. 77. Programmable with controlled temperature and atmosphere, furnace for pressure sintering of cemented carbide products with pressure upto 200 bars, temperature upto 2200°C and fully programmed cycles and safety devices with gas recovery systems. 78. Carburising furnace having vacuum/hydrogen atmosphere batch type/pusher type material movement. Temperature range upto 2400°C with or without programmable controls. 79. Diamond and CBN wheel profiling and dressing machine. 80. Single/multiple brush machine with or without automatic loading/unloading devices for generating edge radius on cemented carbide inserts with or without programming facility. 81. Spray drier for drying cemented carbide slurry under nitrogen atmosphere with or without gas/solvent recovery system. 82. Mixer settler equipment for metal purification by solvent extraction process for use in tungsten carbide industry. 83. Bipolar filter press compact electrolyser plant, with or without matching transformer and rectifier for generation of 99.9% pure hydrogen at the rate of 60 normal meter cubes (MM 3 ) per hour or more. 84. Autoclave for digestion of ore/scrap used in production of cemented carbides operating range pressure 20 bars maximum, temperature 25°C Max. 85. Mixing/milling equipment for cemented carbide manufacturing. 86. Edax on scanning electron microscope. 87. Continuous vacuum crystaliser for production of para ammonium para tungstate. 88. Electro-chemical grinding/graining machine. 89. Longitudinal and/or circular marking/graduating machine. 90. Profile grinding machine for bevel gear cutting tools. 91. Automatic milling machine for all types of saw blades. 92. PCD lapping machine. 93. Sintering presses/hot press with resistant or induction heating. 94. PCD grinding machine with combination of rotary EDM and conventional grinding. 95. Auto mould filling stripping attachment for presses for manufacture of bonded abrasives. 96. Fuel efficient kiln combustion system for firing of bonded abrasives viz., systems consisting of high velocity burners, blowers, mechnical valve gear fuel/air control valves and control instrumentation for fully automatic operation of batch type fuel-efficient kilns for firing of bonded abrasives. 97. Automatic microprocessor kiln control system for fuel efficient firing of bonded abrasives. 98. Auto metal bonding machine for manufacture of mounted point grinding wheels. 99. Grinding machine to finish grinding wheel faces. 100. Speed testing machine for testing the peripheral speed and the burst/tensile strength of grinding wheels. 101. Hydraulic belt presses for manufacture of abrasive belts. 102. Roll slitters for slitting of abrasive cloth or paper. 103. Individual disc coating system for coated abrasive sander discs."; (vii) against Sl.No. (vii), in column (2), - (a) items 1, 6, 10 and 12 and entries relating thereto shall be omitted; and (b) after item 33 and the entry relating thereto, the following items and entries shall be inserted, namely :- "34. CNC wire-cut EDM with 4 controlled axes positioning accuracy plus/minus 0.003 mm, repeatability plus/minus 0.002 mm, size/shape/profile accuracy plus/minus 0.003 mm and surface 0.4 Micron Ra Value. 35. Tool room high precision turning and screw-cutting lathe with/without CNC, spindle runout - radial and axial - of 0.002 mm and pitch accuracy of 0.012 mm in 300 mm, with/without rotating tools. 36. Precision universal cylindrical grinding machine with/without CNC, out of roundness of 0.00025 mm and straightness of 0.0025 mm over 300 mm. 37. Super-finishing attachment capable of achieving surface finish of 0.05 to 0.1 Micron Ra Value. 38. Die-spotting press capacity 1200 x 800 mm and above with resin injection facility. 39. Graphite electrode CNC milling machine with spindle speed above 10000 RPM. 40. Die polishing machine."; (viii) against Sl. No. (viii), in column (2), - (a) items 2, 4, 5, 18, 23, 34, 35 and 36 and entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (b) for item 10 and the entry relating thereto, the following item and the entry shall be substituted, namely :- "10. High pressure continuous moulding machine above 10 kgs per cm 2 /line/system with or without flasks."; and (c) after item 39 and the entry relating thereto, the following items and entries shall be inserted, namely :- "40. Thread/worm milling machine. 41. Twin spindle auto chucker with CNC swing 245 mm above. 42. High speed pattern table size 1000 x 1400 mm and above. 43. Angular wheel head cylindrical grinder for 0.002 mm face out and run out. 44. Bore gauge electronic with digital display dia. 15 to 120 mm range. 45. Plasma coating equipment. 46. Moving column machining centre with universal head with CNC. 47. Shockless jolt rollover moulding machine with lifting capacity 5 tonnes and above for flask size 1600 mm x 2250 mm. 48. Gear testing equipment for spur or bevel worm gear."; and (ix) against Sl. No. (ix), in column (2), items 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11 and 13 and entries relating thereto shall be omitted.