LegalizeThe Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulations 1995
| CATEGORY 0—NUCLEAR MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT | CATEGORY 0—NUCLEAR MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT |
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| 0A | Equipment, Assemblies and Components |
| 0A001 | “Nuclear reactors”, i.e. reactors capable of operation so as to maintain a controlled, self-sustaining fission chain reaction, and equipment and components specially designed or prepared for use in connection with a “nuclear reactor”, including: Pressure vessels, i.e. metal vessels as complete units or parts therefor, which are specially designed or prepared to contain the core of a “nuclear reactor” and are capable of withstanding the operating pressure of the primary coolant, including the top plate for a reactor pressure vessel; Fuel element handling equipment, including reactor fuel charging and discharging machines; Control rods specially designed or prepared for the control of the reaction rate in a “nuclear reactor”, including the neutron absorbing part and the support or suspension structures therefore, and control rod guide tubes; Electronic controls for controlling the power levels in “nuclear reactors”, including reactor control rod drive mechanisms and radiation detection and measuring instruments to determine neutron flux levels; Pressure tubes specially designed or prepared to contain fuel elements and the primary coolant in a “nuclear reactor” at an operating pressure in excess of 5.1 MPa; Tubes or assemblies of tubes, made from zirconium metal or alloy in which the ratio of hafnium to zirconium is less than 1:500 parts by weight, specially designed or prepared for use in a “nuclear reactor”; Coolant pumps specially designed or prepared for circulating the primary coolant of “nuclear reactors”; Internal components specially designed or prepared for the operation of a “nuclear reactor”, including core support structures, thermal shields, baffles, core grid plates and diffuser plates; Heat exchangers. |
| 0A002 | Power generating or propulsion equipment specially designed for use with space, marine or mobile “nuclear reactors”. N.B.: SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS. NOTE: This entry does not apply to conventional power generating equipment which, although designed for use in a particular nuclear station, could in principle be used in conjunction with conventional systems. |
| 0B | Test, Inspection and Production Equipment |
| 0B001 | Plant for the separation of isotopes of “natural uranium” and “depleted uranium”, “special fissile materials” and “other fissile materials”, and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, as follows: Plant specially designed for separating isotopes of “natural uranium” and “depleted uranium”, “special fissile materials” and “other fissile materials”, as follows: Gaseous diffusion separation plant; Gas centrifuge separation plant; Aerodynamic separation plant; Chemical exchange separation plant; Ion-exchange separation plant; Atomic vapour “laser” isotopic separation plant; Molecular “laser” isotopic separation plant; Plasma separation plant; Electro magnetic separation plant; Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for gaseous diffusion separation process, as follows: Bellow valves made of or protected by materials resistant to UF₆ (e.g. aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60 weight percent or more nickel), with a diameter of 40 mm to 1500 mm; Compressors (positive displacement, centrifugal and axial flowtypes) or gas blowers with a suction volume capacity of 1 m³/min or more of UF₆, and discharge pressure up to 666.7 kPa, made of or protected by materials resistant to UF₆ (e.g. aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60 weight percent or more nickel); Rotary shaft seals for compressors or blowers specified in 0B001.b.2.a. and designed for a buffer gas in-leakage rate of less than 1,000 cm³/min.; Gaseous diffusion barriers made of porous metallic, polymer or ceramic materials resistant to corrosion by UF₆ with a pore size of 10 to 100 nm, a thickness of 5 mm or less, and, for tubular forms, a diameter of 25 mm or less; Gaseous diffuser housings made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by UF₆; Heat exchangers made of aluminium, copper, nickel, or alloys containing more than 60 weight percent nickel, or combinations of these metals as clad tubes, designed to operate at sub-atmospheric pressure with a leak rate that limits the pressure rise to less than 10 Pa per hour under a pressure differential of 100 kPa; Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for gas centrifuge separation process, as follows: Gas centrifuges; Complete rotor assemblies consisting of one or more rotor tube cylinders; Rotor tube cylinders with a thickness of 12 mm or less, a diameter of between 75 mm and 400 mm, made from any of the following high strength-to-density ratio materials: Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2050 MPa or more; Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MPa or more; or “Fibrous or filamentary materials” with a “specific modulus” of more than 3.18 × 10⁶ m and a “specific tensile strength” greater than 76.2 × 10³ m; Magnetic suspension bearings consisting of an annular magnet suspended within a housing made of UF₆ resistant materials (e.g. aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60 weight percent or more nickel) containing a damping medium and having the magnet coupling with a pole piece or second magnet fitted to the top cap of the rotor; Specially prepared bearings comprising a pivot-cup assembly mounted on a damper; Rings or bellows with a wall thickness of 3 mm or less and a diameter of between 75 mm and 400 mm and designed to give local support to a rotor tube or to join a number together, made from high strength-to-density ratio materials described in the Note below; Baffles of between 75 mm and 400 mm diameter for mounting inside a rotor tube, made from high strength-to-density ratio materials described in the Note below; Top and bottom caps of between 75 mm and 400 mm diameter to fit the ends of a rotor tube, made from any of the following high strength-to-density ratio materials: Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2050 MPa or more; or Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MPa or more; “Fibrous or filamentary materials” with a “specific modulus” of more than 3.18 × 10⁶ m and a “specific tensile strength” greater than 7.62 × 10⁴ m. Molecular pumps comprised of cylinders having internally machined or extruded helical grooves and internally machined bores; Ring-shaped motor stators for multiphase AC hysteresis (or reluctance) motors for synchronous operation within a vacuum in the frequency range of 600 to 2,000 Hz and a power range of 50 to 1,000 Volt-Amps; Frequency changers (converters or inverters) specially designed or prepared to supply motor stators for gas centrifuge enrichment, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed components therefor: Multiphase output of 600 to 2000 Hz; Frequency control better than 0.1%; Harmonic distortion of less than 2%; and An efficiency greater than 80%; Centrifuge housing/recipients to contain the rotor tube assembly of a gas centrifuge, consisting of a rigid cylinder of wall thickness up to 30 mm with precision machined ends and made of or protected by UF₆ resistant materials; Scoops consisting of tubes of up to 12 mm internal diameter for the extraction of UF₆ gas from within a centrifuge rotor tube by a Pitot tube action, made of or protected by UF₆ resistant materials; Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for aerodynamic separation process, as follows: Separation nozzles consisting of slit-shaped, curved channels having a radius of curvature less than 1 mm and having a knife-edge contained within the nozzle which separates the gas flowing through the nozzle into two streams; Tangential inlet flow-driven cylindrical or conical tubes, (vortex tubes), made of or protected by UF₆ resistant materials with a diameter of between 0.5 cm and 4 cm and a length to diameter ratio of 20:1 or less and with one or more tangential inlets; Compressors (positive displacement, centrifugal and axial flow types) or gas blowers with a suction volume capacity of 2 m³/min, made of or protected by materials resistant to UF₆ (e.g., aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60 weight percent or more nickel), and rotary shaft seals therefor; Aerodynamic separation element housings, made of or protected by materials resistant to UF₆ to contain vortex tubes or separation nozzles; Heat exchangers made of aluminium, copper, nickel, or alloy containing more than 60 weight percent nickel, or combinations of these metals as clad tubes, designed to operate at pressures of 600 kPa or less; Bellows valves made of or protected by UF₆ resistant materials with a diameter of 40 to 1500 mm; Process systems for separating UF₆ from carrier gas (hydrogen or helium) to 1 ppm UF₆ content or less, including: Cryogenic heat exchangers and cryoseparators capable of temperatures of−120°C or less; Cryogenic refrigeration units capable of temperatures of−120°C or less; Separation nozzle or vortex tube units for the separation of UF₆ from carrier gas; UF₆ cold traps capable of temperatures of−20°C or less; Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for chemical exchange separation process, as follows: Fast-exchange liquid-liquid centrifugal contactors with stage residence time of 30 seconds or less and resistant to concentrated hydrochloric acid, (e.g., made of or lined with suitable plastic materials such as fluorocarbon polymers or lined with glass); Fast-exchange liquid-liquid pulse columns with stage residence time of 30 seconds or less and resistant to concentrated hydrochloric acid,(e.g., made of or lined with suitable plastic materials such as fluorocarbon polymers or lined with glass); Electrochemical reduction cells designed to reduce uranium from one valence state to another; Electrochemical reduction cells feed equipment to take U+⁴ from the organic stream and, for those parts in contact with the process stream, made of or protected by suitable materials (e.g., glass, fluorocarbon polymers, polyphenyl sulphate, polyether sulfone and resin-impregnated graphite); Feed preparation systems for producing high purity uranium chloride solution consisting of dissolution, solvent extraction and/or ion exchange equipment for purification and electrolytic cells for reducing the uranium U+⁶ or U+⁴ to U+³; Uranium oxidation systems for oxidation of U+³ to U+⁴; Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for ion-exchange separation process, as follows: Fast reacting ion-exchange resins, pellicular or porous macro- reticulated resins in which the active chemical exchange groups are limited to a coating on the surface of an inactive porous support structure, and other composite structures in any suitable form, including particles or fibres, with diameters of 0.2 mm or less, resistant to concentrated hydrochloric acid and designed to have an exchange rate half-time of less than 10 seconds and capable of operating at temperatures in the range of 100°C to 200°C; Ion exchange columns (cylindrical) with a diameter greater than 1,000 mm, made of or protected by materials resistant to concentrated hydrochloric acid (e.g. titanium or fluorocarbon plastics) and capable of operating at temperatures in the range of 100°C to 200°C and pressures above 0.7 MPa; Ion exchange reflux systems (chemical or electrochemical oxidation or reduction systems) for regeneration of the chemical reducing or oxidizing agents used in ion exchange enrichment cascades; Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for atomic vapour “laser” isotopic separation process, as follows: High power electron beam guns with total power of more than 50 kW and strip or scanning electron beam guns with a delivered power of more than 2.5 kW/cm for use in uranium vaporization systems; Trough shaped crucibles and cooling equipment made of or protected by materials resistant to heat and corrosion of molten uranium or uranium alloy,s (e.g., tantalum, yttria-coated graphite, graphite coated with other rare earth oxides or mixtures thereof); N.B: SEE ALSO ENTRY 2A225. Product and tails collector systems made of or lined with materials resistant to the heat and corrosion of uranium vapour, such as yttria-coated graphite or tantalum; Separator module housings (cylindrical or rectangular vessels) for containing the uranium metal vapour source, the electron beam gun and the product and tails collectors; Lasers or laser systems for the separation of uranium isotopes with a spectrum frequency stabiliser for operation over extended periods of time; Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for molecular “laser” isotopic separation process, as follows: Supersonic expansion nozzles for cooling mixtures of UF₆ and carrier gas to 150 K or less and made from UF₆ resistant materials; Uranium fluoride (UF₅) product collectors consisting of filter, impact, or cyclone-type collectors or combinations thereof, and made of UF₅/UF₆ resistant materials (e.g. aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloys containing 60 weight percent of nickel and UF₆ resistant fully fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers); Equipment for fluorinating UF₅ to UF₆; Compressors made of or protected by materials resistant to UF₆ (e.g., aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60 weight percent or more nickel), and rotary shaft seals therefor; Process systems for separating UF₆ from carrier gas (e.g., nitrogen or argon) including: Cryogenic heat exchangers and cryoseparators capable of temperatures of−120°C or less; Cryogenic refrigeration units capable of temperatures of−120°C or less; UF₆ cold traps capable of temperatures of−20°C or less; Lasers or laser systems for the separation of uranium isotopes with a spectrum frequency stabiliser for operation over extended periods of time; Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for plasma separation process, as follows: Product and tails collectors made of or protected by materials resistant to the heat and corrosion of uranium vapour such as yttria-coated graphite or tantalum; Radio frequency ion excitation coils for frequencies of more than 100 kHz and capable of handling more than 40 kW mean power. Microwave power sources and antennae for producing or accelerating ions, with an output frequency greater than 30 GHz and mean power output greater than 50 kW; Uranium plasma generation systems; Liquid uranium metal handling systems consisting of crucibles, made of or protected by suitable corrosion and heat resistant materials (e.g., tantalum, yttria-coated graphite, graphite coated with other rare earth oxides or mixtures thereof), and cooling equipment for the crucibles; N.B.: SEE ALSO ENTRY 2A225. Separator module housings (cylindrical) for containing the uranium plasma source, radio-frequency drive coil and the product and tails collectors and made of a suitable non-magnetic material (e.g. stainless steel); Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for electromagnetic separation process, as follows: Ion sources, single or multiple, consisting of a vapour source, ionizer, and beam accelerator made of suitable materials (e.g., graphite, stainless steel, or copper) and capable of providing a total ion beam current of 50 mA or greater; Ion collector plates for collection of enriched or depleted uranium ion beams, consisting of two or more slits and pockets and made of suitable materials (e.g. graphite or stainless steel); Vacuum housings for uranium electromagnetic separators made of non-magnetic materials (e.g. graphite or stainless steel) and designed to operate at pressures of 0.1 Pa or lower; Magnet pole pieces with a diameter greater than 2 m; High voltage power supplies for ion sources, having all of the following characteristics: Capable of continuous operation; Output voltage of 20,000 V or greater; Output current of 1 A or greater; Voltage regulation of better than 0.01% over a period of 8 hours; Magnet power supplies (high power, direct current) having all of the following characteristics: Capable of continuous operation with a current output of 500 A or greater at a voltage of 100 V or greater; Current or voltage regulation better than 0.01% over a period of 8 hours. |
| 0B002 | Specially designed or prepared auxiliary systems, equipment and components, as follows, for isotope separation plant specified in 0B001, made of or protected by UF₆ resistant materials: Feed autoclaves, ovens or systems used for passing UF₆ to the enrichment process; Desublimers or cold traps, used to remove UF₆ from the enrichment process for subsequent transfer upon heating; Product and tails stations for transferring UF₆ into containers; Liquefaction or solidification stations used to remove UF₆ from the enrichment process by compressing and converting UF₆ to a liquid or solid form; Piping systems and header systems specially designed for handling UF₆ within gaseous diffusion, centrifuge or aerodynamic cascades made of or protected by UF₆ resistant materials; Vacuum manifolds or vacuum headers having a suction capacity of 5 m³/minute or more; or vacuum pumps specially designed for use in UF₆ bearing atmospheres; UF₆ mass spectrometers/ion sources specially designed or prepared for taking on-line samples of feed, product or tails from UF₆ gas streams and having all of the following characteristics: Unit resolution for mass of more than 320 amu; Ion sources constructed of or lined with nichrome or monel, or nickel plated; Electron bombardment ionization sources; and Collector system suitable for isotopic analysis. |
| 0B003 | Plant for the production of uranium hexafluoride (UF₆) and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, as follows: Plant for the production of UF₆; Equipment and components, as follows, specially designed or prepared for UF₆ production: Fluorination and hydrofluorination screw and fluid bed reactors and flame towers; Distillation equipment for the purification of UF₆. |
| 0B004 | Plant for the production of heavy water, deuterium or deuterium compounds, and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, as follows: Plant for the production of heavy water, deuterium or deuterium compounds, as follows: Hydrogen sulphide-water exchange plants; Ammonia-hydrogen exchange plants; Hydrogen distillation plants; Equipment and components, as follows, designed for: Hydrogen sulphide-water exchange process: Tray exchange towers; Hydrogen sulphide gas compressors; Ammonia-hydrogen exchange process: High-pressure ammonia-hydrogen exchange towers; High-efficiency stage contactors; Submersible stage recirculation pumps; Ammonia crackers designed for pressures of more than 3 MPa; Hydrogen distillation process: Hydrogen cryogenic distillation towers and cold boxes designed for operation below 35 K (−238°c); Turboexpanders or turboexpander-compressor sets designed for operation below 35 K (−238°c); Heavy water concentration process to reactor grade level (99.75 weight percent deuterium oxide): Water distillation towers containing specially designed packings; Ammonia distillation towers containing specially designed packings; Catalytic burners for conversion of fully enriched deuterium to heavy water; Infrared absorption analysers capable of on-line hydrogen-deuterium ratio analysis where deuterium concentrations are equal to or more than 90 weight percent. |
| 0B005 | Plant specially designed for the fabrication of “nuclear reactor” fuel elements and specially designed equipment therefor. NOTE: A plant for the fabrication of “nuclear reactor” fuel elements includes equipment which: Normally comes into direct contact with or directly processes or controls the production flow of nuclear materials; Seals the nuclear materials within the cladding; Checks the integrity of the cladding or the seal; and Checks the finish treatment of the solid fuel. |
| 0B006 | Plant for the reprocessing of irradiated “nuclear reactor” fuel elements, and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefore, including: Fuel element chopping or shredding machines, i.e. remotely operated equipment to cut, chop, shred or shear irradiated “nuclear reactor” fuel assemblies, bundles or rods; Dissolvers, critically safe tanks (e.g. small diameter, annular or slab tanks) specially designed or prepared for the dissolution of irradiated “nuclear reactor” fuel, which are capable of withstanding hot, highly corrosive liquids, and which can be remotely loaded and maintained; Counter-current solvent extractors and ion-exchange processing equipment specially designed or prepared for use in a plant for the reprocessing of irradiated “natural uranium”, “depleted uranium” or “special fissile materials” and “other fissile materials”; Process control instrumentation specially designed or prepared for monitoring or controlling the reprocessing of irradiated “natural uranium”, “depleted uranium” or “special fissile materials” and “other fissile materials”; Holding or storage vessels specially designed to be critically safe and resistant to the corrosive effects of nitric acid; NOTE: Critically safe tanks may have the following features: Walls or internal structures with a boron equivalent of at least two percent; A maximum diameter or 175 mm for cylindrical vessels; or A maximum width of 75 mm for either a slab or annular vessel. Complete systems specially designed or prepared for the conversion of plutonium nitrate to plutonium oxide; Complete systems specially designed or prepared for the production of plutonium metal. NOTE: Plant for the reprocessing of irradiated “nuclear reactor” fuel elements includes equipment and components which normally come into direct contact with and directly control the irradiated fuel and the major nuclear material and fission product processing streams. |
| 0B007 | Equipment, as follows, specially designed or prepared for the separation of isotopes of lithium: Packed liquid-liquid exchange columns specially designed for lithium amalgams; Amalgam pumps; Amalgam electrolysis cells; Evaporators for concentrated lithium hydroxide solution. |
| 0B008 | Equipment for “nuclear reactors”: Simulators specially designed for “nuclear reactors”; Ultrasonic or eddy current test equipment specially designed for “nuclear reactors”. |
| 0B009 | Plant for the conversion of uranium and equipment specially designed or prepared therefor, as follows: Systems for the conversion of uranium ore concentrates to UO₃; Systems for the conversion of UO₃ to UF₆; Systems for the conversion of UO₃ to UO₂; Systems for the conversion of UO₂ to UF₄; Systems for the conversion of UF₄ to UF₆; Systems for the conversion of UF₄ to uranium metal; Systems for the conversion of UF₆ to UO₂; Systems for the conversion of UF₆ to UF₄. |
| 0C | Materials |
| 0C001 | “Natural uranium” or “depleted uranium” or thorium in the form of metal, alloy, chemical compound or concentrate and any other material containing one or more of the foregoing; except: Four grammes or less of “natural uranium” or “depleted uranium” when contained in a sensing component in instruments; “Depleted uranium” specially fabricated for the following civil non-nuclear applications: Shielding; Packaging; Ballasts; Counter-weights. |
| 0C002 | “Special fissile materials” and “other fissile materials”; except: Four “effective grammes” or less when contained in a sensing component in instruments. |
| 0C003 | Materials, which may be used in nuclear heat sources, as follows: Plutonium in any form with a plutonium isotopic assay of plutonium-238 of more than 50%; except: Three grammes or less when contained in a sensing component in instruments; “Previously separated” neptunium-237 in any form; except: Shipments with a neptunium-237 content of one gramme or less. |
| 0C004 | Deuterium, heavy water, deuterated paraffins and other compounds of deuterium, and mixtures and solutions containing deuterium, in which the isotopic ratio of deuterium to hydrogen exceeds 1:5000. |
| 0C005 | Graphite, nuclear-grade, having a purity level of less than 5 parts per million “boron equivalent” and with a density greater than 1.5 g/cm³. |
| 0C006 | Nickel powder and porous nickel metal, as follows: Powder with a nickel purity content of 99.9 weight percent or more and a mean particle size of less than 10 micrometres measured by American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) B330 standard and a high degree of particle size uniformity; Porous nickel metal produced from materials specified in 0C006.a.; except: Single porous nickel sheets not exceeding 930 cm² intended for use in batteries for civil applications. |
| 0C201 | Specially prepared compounds or powders, other than nickel, resistant to corrosion by UF₆ (e.g. aluminium oxide and fully fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers), for the manufacture of gaseous diffusion barriers, having a purity of 99.9 weight percent or more and a mean particle size of less than 10 micrometres measured by American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) B330 standard and a high degree of particle size uniformity. |
| 0D | Software |
| 0D001 | “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods specified in this Category. |
| 0E | Technology |
| 0E001 | “Technology” according to the Nuclear Technology Note for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods specified in this Category. |
| CATEGORY 1—MATERIALS, CHEMICALS, “MICROORGANISMS” & “TOXINS” | CATEGORY 1—MATERIALS, CHEMICALS, “MICROORGANISMS” & “TOXINS” |
| 1A | Equipment, Assemblies and Components |
| 1A001 | Components made from fluorinated compounds, as follows: Seals, gaskets, sealants or fuel bladders specially designed for aircraft or aerospace use made from more than 50% of any of the materials specified in 1C009.b. or c.; Piezoelectric polymers and copolymers made from vinylidene fluoride: In sheet or film form; and With a thickness exceeding 200 micrometre; Seals, gaskets, valve seats, bladders or diaphragms made from fluoroelastomers containing at least one vinylether monomer, specially designed for aircraft, aerospace or missile use. “Missile” in 1A001.c. means complete rocket systems and unmanned air vehicle systems. |
| 1A002 | “Composite” structures or laminates, as follows: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1A202, 9A010 and 9A110. Having an organic “matrix” and made from materials specified in 1C010.c., d. or e.; or Having a metal or carbon “matrix” and made from: Carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” with: A “specific modulus” exceeding 10.15 × 10⁶ m; and A “specific tensile strength” exceeding 17.7 × 10⁴ m; or Materials specified in 1C010.c. NOTE: 1A002 does not control composite structures or laminates made from epoxy resin impregnated carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” for the repair of aircraft structures or laminates, provided the size does not exceed 1 m&2sup;. |
| 1A003 | Manufactures of non-fluorinated polymeric substances specified in 1C008.a., in film, sheet, tape or ribbon form: With a thickness exceeding 0.254 mm; or Coated or laminated with carbon, graphite, metals or magnetic substances. |
| 1A102 | Resaturated pyrolized carbon-carbon materials designed for systems specified in 9A004 or 9A104. |
| 1A202 | Composite structures, other than those specified in 1A002, in the form of tubes with an inside diameter of between 75 mm and 400 mm made with “fibrous or filamentary materials” specified in 1C010.a. or b. or 1C210. N.B.: SEE ALSO 9A110. |
| 1A225 | Platinized catalysts specially designed or prepared for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from heavy water or for the production of heavy water. |
| 1A226 | Specialized packings for use in separating heavy water from ordinary water and made of phosphor bronze mesh or copper (both chemically treated to improve wettability) and designed for use in vacuum distillation towers. |
| 1A227 | High-density (lead glass or other) radiation shielding windows greater than 0.3 m on a side and with a density greater than 3 g/cm³ and a thickness of 100 mm or greater; and specially designed frames therefor. |
| 1B | Test, Inspection and Production Equipment |
| 1B001 | Equipment for the production of fibres, prepregs, preforms or “composites” specified in 1A002 or 1C010, as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1B101 AND 1B201. Filament winding machines of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres are coordinated and programmed in three or more axes, specially designed for the manufacture of “composite” structures or laminates from “fibrous or filamentary materials”; Tape-laying or tow-placement machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape, tows or sheets are coordinated and programmed in two or more axes, specially designed for the manufacture of “composite” airframe or missile structures; In 1B001.b., ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned air vehicle systems. Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving machines or interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres to manufacture “composite” structures; except: Textile machinery not modified for the above end-uses; Equipment specially designed or adapted for the production of reinforcement fibres, as follows: Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon, pitch or polycarbosilane) into carbon fibres or silicon carbide fibres, including special equipment to strain the fibre during heating; Equipment for the chemical vapour deposition of elements or compounds on heated filamentary substrates to manufacture silicon carbide fibres; Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide); Equipment for converting aluminium containing precursor fibres into alumina fibres by heat treatment; Equipment for producing prepregs specified in 1C010.e. by the hot melt method; Non-destructive inspection equipment capable of inspecting defects three dimensionally, using ultrasonic or X-ray tomography and specially designed for “composite” materials. |
| 1B002 | Systems and components therefor specially designed for producing metal alloys, metal alloy powder or alloyed materials specified in 1C002.a.2., 1C002.b. or 1C002.c. |
| 1B003 | Tools, dies, moulds or fixtures, for “superplastic forming” or “diffusion bonding” titanium or aluminium or their alloys, specially designed for the manufacture of: Airframe or aerospace structures; Aircraft or aerospace engines; or Specially designed components for those structures or engines. |
| 1B101 | Equipment, other than that specified in entry 1B001, for the production of structural composites as follows; and specially designed components and accessories therefor: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1B201. NOTE: Components and accessories specified in this entry include moulds, mandrels, dies, fixtures and tooling for the preform pressing, curing, casting, sintering or bonding of composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof. Filament winding machines of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres can be coordinated and programmed in three or more axes, designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from fibrous or filamentary materials, and coordinating and programming controls; Tape-laying machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape and sheets can be coordinated and programmed in two or more axes, designed for the manufacture of composite airframe and “missile” structures; Equipment designed or modified for the production of fibrous or filamentary materials as follows: Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon or polycarbosilane) including special provision to strain the fibre during heating; Equipment for the vapour deposition of elements or compounds on heated filament substrates; and Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide); Equipment designed or modified for special fibre surface treatment or for producing prepregs and preforms specified in entry 9A110. NOTE: Equipment covered by this sub-head includes rollers, tension stretchers, coating equipment, cutting equipment and clicker dies. |
| 1B115 | Equipment for the production, handling and acceptance testing of propellants or propellant constituents specified in 1C115 or in the Military Goods Controls, and specially designed components therefor. NOTES: The only mixers specified in this item are those, which have provision for mixing under vacuum in the range of zero to 13.326 kPa and with temperature control capability of the mixing chamber: Batch mixers having a total volumetric capacity of 110 litres or more and at least one mixing/kneading shaft mounted off centre; Continuous mixers having two or more mixing/kneading shafts and capability to open the mixing chamber. For equipment specially designed for the production of military goods, see the Military Goods Controls. |
| 1B116 | Specially designed nozzles for producing pyrolitically derived materials formed on a mould, mandrel or other substrate from precursor gases which decompose in the 1573 K (1300°C) to 3173 K (2900°C) temperature range at pressures of 130 Pa to 20 kPa. |
| 1B201 | Filament winding machines, other than those specified in 1B001 or 1B101, in which the motions for positioning, wrapping, and winding fibres are coordinated and programmed in two or more axes, specially designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from “fibrous or filamentary materials” and capable of winding cylindrical rotors of diameter between 75 mm and 400 mm and lengths of 600 mm or greater and coordinating and programming controls and precision mandrels therefor. |
| 1B225 | Electrolytic cells for fluorine production with a production capacity greater than 250g of fluorine per hour. |
| 1B226 | Electromagnetic isotope separators, designed for or equipped with, single or multiple ion sources capable of providing a total ion beam current of 50 mA or greater. NOTE: 1B226 includes separators: Capable of enriching stable isotopes; With the ion sources and collectors both in the magnetic field and those configurations in which they are external to the field. |
| 1B227 | Ammonia synthesis converters or ammonia synthesis units in which the synthesis gas (nitrogen and hydrogen) is withdrawn from an ammonia/hydrogen high-pressure exchange column and the synthesized ammonia is returned to said column. |
| 1B228 | Hydrogen-cryogenic distillation columns having all of the following characteristics: Designed to operate with internal temperatures of 35 K (−238°C) or less; Designed to operate at an internal pressure of 0.5 to 5 MPa (5 to 50 atmospheres); Constructed of fine-grain stainless steels of the 300 series with low sulphur content or equivalent cryogenic and H₂-compatible materials; and With internal diameters of 1 m or greater and effective lengths of 5 m or greater. |
| 1B229 | Water-hydrogen sulphide exchange tray columns constructed from fine carbon steel with a diameter of 1.8m or greater to operate at a nominal pressure of 2 MPa or greater. NOTES: For columns which are specially designed or prepared for the production of heavy water see 0B004. 1B229 includes internal contactors of the columns, which are segmented trays with an effective assembled diameter of 1.8m or greater, such as sieve trays, valve trays, bubble cap trays, and turbogrid trays designed to facilitate countercurrent contacting and constructed of materials resistant to corrosion by hydrogen sulphide/water mixtures, such as 304L or 316 stainless steel. Fine Carbon steels include steels such as specified by ASTM A516. |
| 1B230 | Pumps circulating solutions of diluted or concentrated potassium amide catalyst in liquid ammonia (KNH₂/NH₃), with all of the following characteristics: Airtight (i.e., hermetically sealed); For concentrated potassium amide solutions (1% or greater), operating pressure of 1.5-60 MPa (15-600 atmospheres); for dilute potassium amide solutions (less than 1%), operating pressure of 20-60 MPa (200-600 atmospheres); and A capacity greater than 8.5 m³/hr. |
| 1B231 | Facilities or plants for the production, recovery, extraction, concentration, or handling of tritium, and equipment as follows: Hydrogen or helium refrigeration units capable of cooling to 23K (−250°C) or less, with heat removal capacity greater than 150 watts; or Hydrogen isotope storage and purification systems using metal hydrides as the storage, or purification medium. |
| 1C | Materials |
| 1C001 | Materials specially designed for use as absorbers of electromagnetic waves, or intrinsically conductive polymers, as follows: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1C101. Materials for absorbing frequencies exceeding 2 × 10⁸ Hz but less than 3 × 10¹² Hz; except: Materials as follows: NOTE: Nothing in 1C001.a. releases magnetic materials to provide absorption when contained in paint. Hair type absorbers, constructed of natural or synthetic fibres, with non-magnetic loading to provide absorption; Absorbers having no magnetic loss and whose incident surface is non-planar in shape, including pyramids, cones, wedges and convoluted surfaces; Planar absorbers: Made from: Plastic foam materials (flexible or non-flexible) with carbon-loading, or organic materials, including binders, providing more than 5% echo compared with metal over a bandwidth exceeding ±15% of the centre frequency of the incident energy, and not capable of withstanding temperatures exceeding 450 K (177°C); or Ceramic materials providing more than 20% echo compared with metal over a bandwidth exceeding ±15% of the centre frequency of the incident energy, and not capable of withstanding temperatures exceeding 800 K (527°C); Technical Note: Absorption test samples for 1C001.a.3.a. should be a square at least 5 wavelengths of the centre frequency on a side and positioned in the far field of the radiating element. Tensile strength less than 7 × 10⁶ N/m²; and Compressive strength less than 14 × 10⁶ N/m²; Planar absorbers made of sintered ferrite, with: A specific gravity exceeding 4.4; and A maximum operating temperature of 548 K (275°C); Materials for absorbing frequencies exceeding 1.5 × 10¹⁴ Hz but less than 3.7 × 10¹⁴ Hz and not transparent to visible light; Intrinsically conductive polymeric materials with a bulk electrical conductivity exceeding 10,000 S/m (Siemens per metre) or a sheet (surface) resistivity of less than 100 ohms/square, based on any of the following polymers: Polyaniline; Polypyrrole; Polythiophene; Poly phenylene-vinylene; or Poly thienylene-vinylene. Technical Note: Bulk electrical conductivity and sheet (surface) resistivity should be determined using ASTM D-257 or equivalents. |
| 1C002 | Metal alloys, metal alloy powder or alloyed materials, as follows: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1C202. NOTE: 1C002 does not control metal alloys, metal alloy powder or alloyed materials for coating substrates. Metal alloys, as follows: Nickel or titanium-based alloys in the form of aluminides, as follows, in crude or semi-fabricated forms: Nickel aluminides containing 10 weight percent or more aluminium; Titanium aluminides containing 12 weight percent or more aluminium; Metal alloys, as follows, made from metal alloy powder or particulate material specified in 1C002.b.: Nickel alloys with: A stress-rupture life of 10,000 hours or longer at 923 K (650°C) at a stress of 550 MPa; or A low cycle fatigue life of 10,000 cycles or more at 823 K (550°C) at a maximum stress of 700 MPa; Niobium alloys with: A stress-rupture life of 10,000 hours or longer at 1,073 K (800°C) at a stress of 400 MPa; or A low cycle fatigue life of 10,000 cycles or more at 973 K (700°C) at a maximum stress of 700 MPa; Titanium alloys with: A stress-rupture life of 10,000 hours or longer at 723 K (450°C) at a stress of 200 MPa; or A low cycle fatigue life of 10,000 cycles or more at 723 K (450°C) at a maximum stress of 400 MPa; Aluminium alloys with a tensile strength of: 240 MPa or more at 473 K (200°C); or 415 MPa or more at 298 K (25°C); Magnesium alloys with a tensile strength of 345 MPa or more and a corrosion rate of less than 1 mm/year in 3% sodium chloride aqueous solution measured in accordance with ASTM standard G-31 or equivalents; Technical Notes: The metal alloys specified in 1C002.a. are those containing a higher percentage by weight of the stated metal than of any other element. Stress-rupture life should be measured in accordance with ASTM standard E-139 or equivalents. Low cycle fatigue life should be measured in accordance with ASTM Standard E-606 “Recommended Practice for Constant-Amplitude Low-Cycle Fatigue Testing” or equivalents. Testing should be axial with an average stress ratio equal to 1 and a stress-concentration factor (Kt) equal to 1. The average stress is defined as maximum stress minus minimum stress divided by maximum stress. Metal alloy powder or particulate material for materials specified in 1C002.a., as follows: Made from any of the following composition systems: Technical Note: X in the following equals one or more alloying elements. Nickel alloys (Ni-Al-X, Ni-X-Al) qualified for turbine engine parts or components, i.e. with less than 3 non-metallic particles (introduced during the manufacturing process) larger than 100 micrometre in 10⁹ alloy particles; Niobium alloys (Nb-Al-X or Nb-X-Al, Nb-Si-X or Nb-X-Si, Nb-Ti-X or Nb-X-Ti); Titanium alloys (Ti-Al-X or Ti-X-Al); Aluminium alloys (Al-Mg-X or Al-X-Mg, Al-Zn-X or Al-X-Zn, Al-Fe-X or Al-X-Fe); or Magnesium alloys (Mg-Al-X or Mg-X-Al); and Made in a controlled environment by any of the following processes: “Vacuum atomisation”; “Gas atomisation”; “Rotary atomisation”; “Splat quenching”; “Melt spinning” and “comminution”; “Melt extraction” and “comminution”; or “Mechanical alloying”; Alloyed materials, in the form of uncomminuted flakes, ribbons or thin rods produced in a controlled environment by “splat quenching”, “melt spinning” or “melt extraction”, used in the manufacture of metal alloy powder or particulate material specified in 1C002.b. |
| 1C003 | Magnetic metals, of all types and of whatever form, having any of the following characteristics: Initial relative permeability of 120,000 or more and a thickness of 0.05 mm or less; Technical Note: Measurement of initial permeability must be performed on fully annealed materials. Magnetostrictive alloys with: A saturation magnetostriction of more than 5 × 10−4; or A magnetomechanical coupling factor (k) of more than 0.8; or Amorphous alloy strips with: A composition having a minimum of 75 weight percent of iron, cobalt or nickel; and A saturation magnetic induction (Bs) of 1.6 T or more, and: A strip thickness of 0.02 mm or less; or An electrical resistivity of 2 × 10−4 ohm cm or more. |
| 1C004 | Uranium titanium alloys or tungsten alloys with a “matrix” based on iron, nickel or copper, with: A density exceeding 17.5 g/cm³; An elastic limit exceeding 1,250 MPa; An ultimate tensile strength exceeding 1,270 MPa; and An elongation exceeding 8%. |
| 1C005 | “Superconductive” “composite” conductors in lengths exceeding 100 m or with a mass exceeding 100 g, as follows: Multifilamentary “superconductive” “composite” conductors containing one or more niobium-titanium filaments: Embedded in a “matrix” other than a copper or copper-based mixed “matrix”; or With a cross-section area less than 0.28 × 10−4 mm² (6 micrometre in diameter for circular filaments); “Superconductive” “composite” conductors consisting of one or more “superconductive” filaments other than niobium-titanium: With a “critical temperature” at zero magnetic induction exceeding 9.85 K (−263.31°C) but less than 24 K (−249.16°C); With a cross-section area less than 0.28 × 10−4 mm²; and Which remain in the “superconductive” state at a temperature of 4.2 K (−268.96°C) when exposed to a magnetic field corresponding to a magnetic induction of 12 T. |
| 1C006 | Fluids and lubricating materials, as follows: Hydraulic fluids containing, as their principal ingredients, any of the following compounds or materials: Synthetic hydrocarbon oils or silahydrocarbon oils with: A flash point exceeding 477 K (204°C); A pour point at 239 K (−34°C) or less; A viscosity index of 75 or more; and A thermal stability at 616 K (343°C); or NOTE: For the purpose of 1C006.a.1., silahydrocarbon oils contain exclusively silicon, hydrogen and carbon. Chlorofluorocarbons with: No flash point; An autogenous ignition temperature exceeding 977 K (704°C); A pour point at 219 K (−54°C) or less; A viscosity index of 80 or more; and A boiling point at 473 K (200°C) or higher; NOTE: For the purpose of 1C006.a.2, chlorofluorocarbons contain exclusively carbon, fluorine and chlorine. Lubricating materials containing, as their principal ingredients, any of the following compounds or materials: Phenylene or alkylphenylene ethers or thio-ethers, or their mixtures, containing more than two ether or thio-ether functions or mixtures thereof; or Fluorinated silicone fluids with a kinematic viscosity of less than 5,000 mm²/s (5,000 centistokes) measured at 298 K (25°C); Damping or flotation fluids with a purity exceeding 99.8%, containing less than 25 particles of 200 micrometre or larger in size per 100 ml and made from at least 85% of any of the following compounds or materials: Dibromotetrafluoroethane; Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (oily and waxy modifications only); or Polybromotrifluoroethylene; Technical Note: For the purpose of 1C006: Flash point is determined using the Cleveland Open Cup Method described in ASTM D-92 or equivalents. Pour point is determined using the method described in ASTM D-97 or equivalents. Viscosity index is determined using the method described in ASTM D-2270 or equivalents. Thermal stability is determined by the following test procedure or equivalents: Twenty ml of the fluid under test is placed in a 46 ml type 317 stainless steel chamber containing one each of 12.5 mm (nominal) diameter balls of M-10 tool steel, 52100 steel and naval bronze (60% Cu, 39% Zn, 0.75% Sn). The chamber is purged with nitrogen, sealed at atmospheric pressure and the temperature raised to and maintained at 644 ± 6K (371 ± 6°C) for six hours. The specimen will be considered thermally stable if, on completion of the above procedure, all of the following conditions are met: The loss in weight of each ball is less than 10 mg/mm² of ball surface; The change in original viscosity as determined at 311 K (38°C) is less than 25%; and The total acid or base number is less than 0.40. Autogenous ignition temperature is determined using the method described in ASTM E-659 or equivalents. |
| 1C007 | Ceramic base materials, non-“composite” ceramic materials, ceramic-“matrix” “composite” materials and precursor materials, as follows: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1C107 Base materials of single or complex borides of titanium having total metallic impurities, excluding intentional additions, of less than 5,000 ppm, an average particle size equal to or less than 5 micrometre and no more than 10% of the particles larger than 10 micrometre; Non-“composite” ceramic materials in crude or semi-fabricated form composed of borides of titanium with a density of 98% or more of the theoretical density; except: Abrasives; Ceramic-ceramic “composite” materials with a glass or oxide-“matrix” and reinforced with fibres from any of the following systems: Si-N; Si-C; Si-Al-O-N; or Si-O-N; Ceramic-ceramic “composite” materials, with or without a continuous metallic phase, containing finely dispersed particles or phases of any fibrous or whisker-like material, where carbides or nitrides of silicon, zirconium or boron form the “matrix”; Precursor materials (i.e., special purpose polymeric or metallo-organic materials) for producing any phase or phases of the materials specified in 1C007.c., as follows: Polydiorganosilanes (for producing silicon carbide); Polysilazanes (for producing silicon nitride); Polycarbosilazanes (for producing ceramics with silicon, carbon and nitrogen components). |
| 1C008 | Non-fluorinated polymeric substances, as follows: Bismaleimides; Aromatic polyamide-imides; Aromatic polyimides; Aromatic polyetherimides having a glass transition temperature (Tg) exceeding 503 K (230°C) as measured by the wet method; NOTE: 1C008.a does not control non-fusible compression moulding powders or moulded forms. Thermoplastic liquid crystal copolymers having a heat distortion temperature exceeding 523 K (250°C) measured according to ASTM D-648, method A, or equivalents, with a load of 1.82 N/mm² and composed of: Either of the following: Phenylene, biphenylene or naphthalene; or Methyl, tertiary-butyl or phenyl substituted phenylene, biphenylene or naphthalene; and Any of the following acids: Terephthalic acid; 6-hydroxy-2 naphthoic acid; or 4-hydroxybenzoic acid; Polyarylene ether ketones, as follows: Polyether ether ketone (PEEK); Polyether ketone ketone (PEKK); Polyether ketone (PEK); Polyether ketone ether ketone ketone (PEKEKK); Polyarylene ketones; Polyarylene sulphides, where the arylene group is biphenylene, triphenylene or combinations thereof; Polybiphenylenethersulphone. |
| 1C009 | Unprocessed fluorinated compounds, as follows: Copolymers of vinylidene fluoride having 75% or more beta crystalline structure without stretching; Fluorinated polyimides containing 30% or more of combined fluorine; Fluorinated phosphazene elastomers containing 30% or more of combined fluorine. |
| 1C010 | “Fibrous or filamentary materials” which may be used in organic “matrix”, metallic “matrix” or carbon “matrix” “composite” structures or laminates, as follows: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1C210. Organic “fibrous or filamentary materials” (except polyethylene) with: A “specific modulus” exceeding 12.7 × 10⁶ m; and A “specific tensile strength” exceeding 23.5 × 10⁴ m; Carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” with: A “specific modulus” exceeding 12.7 × 10⁶ m; and A “specific tensile strength” exceeding 23.5 × 10⁴ m; Technical Note: Properties for materials described in 1C010.b. should be determined using Suppliers of Advance Composite Materials Association (SACMA) recommended methods SRM 12 to 17, or equivalent tow tests, such as Japanese Industrial Standard JIS-R-7601, Paragraph 6.6.2., and based on lot average. NOTE: 1C010.b. does not control fabric made from “fibrous or filamentary materials” for the repair of aircraft structures or laminates in which the size of individual sheets does not exceed 50 cm × 90 cm. Inorganic “fibrous or filamentary materials” with: A “specific modulus” exceeding 2.54 × 10⁶ m; and A melting, decomposition or sublimation point exceeding 1,922K (1,649°C) in an inert environment; NOTE: 1C010.c. does not control: Discontinuous, multiphase, polycrystalline alumina fibres in chopped fibre or random mat form, containing 3 weight percent or more silica, with a “specific modulus” of less than 10 × 10⁶ m; Molybdenum and molybdenum alloy fibres; Boron fibres; Discontinuous ceramic fibres with a melting, decomposition or sublimation point lower than 2,043 K (1,770°C) in an inert environment. “Fibrous or filamentary materials”: Composed of any of the following: Polyetherimides specified in 1C008.a.; or Materials specified in 1C008.b., c., d., e. or f.; or Composed of materials specified in 1C010.d.1.a. or b. and “commingled” with other fibres specified in 1C010.a.,b.or c.; Resin- or pitch-impregnated fibres (prepregs), metal or carbon-coated fibres (preforms) or carbon fibre preforms, as follows: N.B.: SEE ALSO 9A010 Made from “fibrous or filamentary materials” specified in 1C010.a., b. or c.; Made from organic or carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials”: With a “specific tensile strength” exceeding 17.7 × 10⁴ m; With a “specific modulus” exceeding 10.15 × 10⁶ m; Not specified in 1C010.a. or b.; and When impregnated with materials specified in 1C008 or 1C009.b., or with phenolic or epoxy resins, having a glass transition temperature (Tg) exceeding 383 K (110°C). NOTE: 1C010.e. does not control epoxy resin matrix impregnated carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” (prepregs) for the repair of aircraft structures or laminates, in which the size of individual sheets of prepreg does not exceed 50 cm × 90 cm. |
| 1C101 | Materials and devices for reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures, other than those specified in 1C001, usable in “missiles” and their subsystems. NOTE: 1C101 includes: Structural materials and coatings specially designed for reduced radar reflectivity; Coatings, including paints, specially designed for reduced or tailored reflectivity or emissivity in the microwave, infra red or ultra violet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. 1C101 does not include coatings when specially used for the thermal control of satellites. |
| 1C107 | Graphite and ceramic materials, as follows: Fine grain recrystallised bulk graphites having a bulk density of 1.72 g/cm³ or greater, measured at 288 K (15°C), and having a particle size of 100 micrometres or less, pyrolytic or fibrous reinforced graphites, usable for rocket nozzles and reentry vehicle nose tips; Ceramic composite materials (dielectric constant less than 6 at frequencies from 100 Hz to 10,000 MHz), also usable for radomes, and bulk machinable silicon-carbide reinforced unfired ceramic, usable for nose tips. |
| 1C115 | Propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants, as follows: Propulsive substances: Spherical aluminium powder, other than that specified in the Military Goods Controls, with particles of uniform diameter of less than 500 micrometre and an aluminium content of 97% by weight or greater; Metal fuels, other than that specified in the Military Goods Controls, in particle sizes less than 500 micrometres, whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or ground, consisting of 97% by weight or more of any of the following: Zirconium; Beryllium; Boron; Magnesium; Zinc; Alloys of the metals specified by a. to e. above; or Misch metal; Liquid oxidisers, the following: Dinitrogen trioxide; Nitrogen dioxide/dinitrogen tetroxide; Dinitrogen pentoxide; Polymeric substances: Carboxy-terminated polybutadiene (CTPB); Hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), other than that specified in the Military Goods Controls; Polybutadiene-acrylic acid (PBAA); Polybutadiene-acrylic acid-acrylonitrile (PBAN); Other propellant additives and agents: Butacene; Triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN); 2-Nitrodiphenylamine. NOTE: For propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants not specified here, see the Military Goods Controls. |
| 1C116 | Maraging steels (steels generally characterised by high nickel, very low carbon content and the use of substitutional elements or precipitates to produce age-hardening) having an ultimate tensile strength of 1500 MPa or greater, measured at 293 K (20°C), in the form of sheet, plate or tubing with a wall or plate thickness equal to or less than 5 mm. N.B.: SEE ALSO 1C216. |
| 1C117 | Tungsten, molybdenum and alloys of these metals in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of 500 micrometre diameter or less with a purity of 97% or greater for fabrication of rocket motor components i.e. heat shields, nozzle substrates, nozzle throats and thrust vector control surfaces. |
| 1C202 | Alloys, other than those specified in 1C002.a.2.c or d, as follows: Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MPa or more at 293 K (20°C), in the form of tubes or solid forms (including forgings) with an outside diameter of more than 75 mm; Titanium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 900 MPa or more at 293 K (20°C) in the form of tubes or solid forms (including forgings) with an outside diameter of more than 75 mm. Technical Note: The phrase ‘alloys capable of’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment. |
| 1C210 | “Fibrous or filamentary materials”, other than those specified in 1C010.a. or b., as follows: Carbon or aramid “fibrous or filamentary materials” having a “specific modulus” of 12.7 × 10⁶ m or greater or a “specific tensile strength” of 23.5 × 10⁴ m or greater; or Glass “fibrous or filamentary materials” having a “specific modulus” of 3.18 × 10⁶ m or greater and a “specific tensile strength” of 7.62 × 10⁴ m or greater. |
| 1C216 | Maraging steel, other than that specified in 1C116, capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2,050 MPa or more, at 293 K (20°C); except: Forms in which no linear dimension exceeds 75 mm. Technical Note: The phrase ‘maraging steel capable of’ encompasses maraging steel before or after heat treatment. |
| 1C225 | Boron and boron compounds, mixtures and loaded materials in which the boron-10 isotope is more than 20% by weight of the total boron content. |
| 1C226 | Tungsten, as follows: parts made of tungsten, tungsten carbide, or tungsten alloys (greater than 90% tungsten) having a mass greater than 20 kg and a hollow cylindrical symmetry (including cylinder segments) with an inside diameter greater than 100 mm but less than 300 mm; except: Parts specially designed for use as weights or gamma-ray collimators. |
| 1C227 | Calcium (high purity) containing both less than 1,000 parts per million by weight of metallic impurities other than magnesium and less than 10 parts per million of boron. |
| 1C228 | Magnesium (high purity) containing both less than 200 parts per million by weight of metallic impurities other than calcium and less than 10 parts per million of boron. |
| 1C229 | High purity (99.99% or greater) bismuth with very low silver content (less than 10 parts per million). |
| 1C230 | Beryllium metal, alloys containing more than 50% of beryllium by weight, compounds containing beryllium, and manufactures thereof; except: Metal Windows for X-ray machines; Oxide shapes in fabricated or semi-fabricated forms specially designed for electronic component parts or as substrates for electronic circuits. NOTE: This control applies to waste and scrap containing beryllium as defined here. |
| 1C231 | Hafnium metal, alloys and compounds of hafnium containing more than 60% hafnium by weight and manufactures thereof. |
| 1C232 | Helium in any form isotopically enriched in the helium-3 isotope, whether or not mixed with any other materials or contained in any equipment or device; except: Products or devices containing less than 1 g of helium-3. |
| 1C233 | Lithium, as follows: Metal, hydrides or alloys containing lithium enriched in the 6 isotope (⁶Li) to a concentration higher than the one existing in nature (7.5% on an atom percentage basis); Any other materials containing lithium enriched in the 6 isotope (including compounds, mixtures and concentrates); except: ⁶Li incorporated in thermoluminescent dosimeters. |
| 1C234 | Zirconium as follows: metal, alloys containing more than 50% zirconium by weight, and compounds in which the ratio of hafnium content to zirconium content is less than 1 part to 500 parts by weight, and manufactures wholly thereof; except: Zirconium in the form of foil having a thickness not exceeding 0.10 mm. NOTE: This control applies to waste and scrap containing zirconium as defined here. |
| 1C235 | Tritium, tritium compounds, and mixtures containing tritium in which the ratio of tritium to hydrogen by atoms exceeds 1 part in 1000; except: A product or device containing not more than 40 Ci of tritium in any chemical or physical form. |
| 1C236 | Alpha-emitting radionuclides having an alpha half-life of 10 days or greater but less than 200 years, including equipment, compounds and mixtures containing these radionuclides with a total alpha activity of 1 curie per kilogram (37 GBq/kg) or greater; except: Devices containing less than 100 millicuries (3.7 GBq) of alpha activity per device. |
| 1C237 | Radium-226; except: Radium contained in medical applicators. |
| 1C238 | Chlorine trifluoride (ClF₃). |
| 1C239 | High explosives, other than those specified in the Military Goods Controls, or substances or mixtures containing more than 2% thereof, with a crystal density greater than 1.8 gm per cm³ and having a detonation velocity greater than 8,000 m/s. N.B.: SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS. |
| 1C350 | Chemicals, which may be used as precursors for toxic chemical agents, as follows: Thiodiglycol (111-48-8) Phosphorus oxychloride (10025-87-3) Dimethyl methylphosphonate (756-79-6) SEE MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS FOR Methyl phosphonyldifluoride (676-99-3) Methyl phosphonyl dichloride (676-97-1) Dimethylphosphite (868-85-9) Phosphorus trichloride (7719-12-2) Trimethyl phosphite (121-45-9) Thionyl chloride (7719-09-7) 3-Hydroxy-1-methylpiperidine (3554-74-3) N,N-Diisopropyl-(beta)-aminoethyl chloride (96-79-7) N,N-Diisopropyl-(beta)-aminoethane thiol (5842-07-9) 3-Quinuclidinol (1619-34-7) Potassium fluoride (7789-23-3) 2-Chloroethanol (107-07-3) Dimethylamine (124-40-3) Diethyl ethylphosphonate (78-38-6) Diethyl-N,N-dimethylphosphoramidate (2404-03-7) Diethyl phosphite (762-04-9) Dimethylamine hydrochloride (506-59-2) Ethyl phosphinyl dichloride (1498-40-4) Ethyl phosphonyl dichloride (1066-50-8) Ethyl phosphonyl difluoride (753-98-0) Hydrogen fluoride (7664-39-3) Methyl benzilate (76-89-1) Methyl phosphinyl dichloride (676-83-5) N,N-Diisopropyl-(beta)-amino ethanol (96-80-0) Pinacolyl alcohol (464-07-3) SEE MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS FOR o-Ethyl-2-diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonite (57856-11-8) Triethyl phosphite (122-52-1) Arsenic trichloride (7784-34-1) Benzilic acid (76-93-7) Diethyl methylphosphonite (15715-41-0) Dimethyl ethylphosphonate (6163-75-3) Ethyl phosphinyl difluoride (430-78-4) Methyl phosphinyl difluoride (753-59-3) 3-Quinuclidone (3731-38-2) Phosphorus pentachloride (10026-13-8) Pinacolone (75-97-8) Potassium cyanide (151-50-8) Potassium bifluoride (7789-29-9) Ammonium hydrogen fluoride (1341-49-7) Sodium fluoride (7681-49-4) Sodium bifluoride (1333-83-1) Sodium cyanide (143-33-9) Triethanolamine (102-71-6) Phosphorus pentasulphide (1314-80-3) Di-isopropylamine (108-18-9) Diethylaminoethanol (100-37-8) Sodium sulphide (1313-82-2) Sulphur monochloride (10025-67-9) Sulphur dichloride (10545-99-0) Triethanolamine hydrochloride (637-39-8) N,N-Diisopropyl-(Beta)-aminoethyl chloride hydrochloride (4261-68-1). |
| 1C351 | Human pathogens, zoonoses and “toxins”: Viruses, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures, as follows: Chikungunya virus Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever virus Dengue fever virus Eastern equine encephalitis virus Ebola virus Hantaan virus Junin virus Lassa fever virus Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus Machupo virus Marburg virus Monkey pox virus Rift Valley fever virus Tick-borne encephalitis virus (Russian Spring-Summer encephalitis virus) Variola virus Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus Western equine encephalitis virus White pox Yellow fever virus Japanese encephalitis virus Rickettsiae, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures, as follows: Coxiella burnetii Rickettsia quintana Rickettsia prowasecki Rickettsia rickettsii Bacteria, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures, as follows: Bacillus anthracis Brucella abortus Brucella melitensis Brucella suis Chlamydia psittaci Clostridium botulinum Francisella tularensis Pseudomonas mallei Pseudomonas pseudomallei Salmonella typhi Shigella dysenteriae Vibrio cholerae Yersinia pestis “Toxins”, as follows: Botulinum toxins Clostridium perfringens toxins Conotoxin Ricin Saxitoxin Shiga toxin Staphylococcus aureus toxins Tetrodotoxin Verotoxin Microcystin (Cyanginosin). |
| 1C352 | Animal pathogens, as follows: Viruses, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures, as follows: African swine fever virus; Avian influenza virus, which are: Uncharacterised; or Defined in EC Directive 92/40/EC (O.J. L.16 23.1.92 p.19) as having high pathogenicity, as follows: Type A viruses with an IVPI (intravenous pathogenicity index) in 6 week old chickens of greater than 1.2; or Type A viruses H5 or H7 subtype for which nucletide sequencing has demonstrated multiple basic amino acids at the cleavage site of haemagglutinin; Bluetongue virus; Foot and mouth disease virus; Goat pox virus; Porcine herpes virus (Aujeszky’s disease); Swine fever virus (Hog cholera virus); Lyssa virus; Newcastle disease virus; Peste des petits ruminants virus; Porcine enterovirus type 9; Rinderpest virus; Sheep pox virus; Teschen disease virus; Vesicular stomatitis virus; Mycoplasma mycoides, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such. |
| 1C353 | Genetically-modified “microorganisms”, as follows: Genetically modified “microorganisms” or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity and are derived from organisms specified in 1C351.a. to c. or 1C352 or 1C354; Genetically modified “microorganisms” or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences coding for any of the “toxins” specified in 1C351.d. |
| 1C354 | Plant pathogens, as follows: Bacteria, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of “isolated live cultures” or as material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures, as follows: Xanthomonas albilineans; Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri including strains referred to as Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri types A,B,C,D,E or otherwise classified as Xanthomonas citri, Xanthomonas campestris pv. aurantifolia or Xanthomonas campestris pv. citrumelo; Fungi, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of “isolated live cultures” or as material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures, as follows: Colletotrichum coffeanum var. virulans; Cochliobolus miyabeanus (Helminthosporium oryzae); Microcyclus ulei (syn. Dothidella ulei); Puccinia graminis (syn. Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici); Puccinia striiformis (syn. Puccinia glumarum); Magnaporthe grisea (Pyricularia grisea/Pyricularia oryzae). |
| 1D | Software |
| 1D001 | “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods specified in 1B001 to 1B003. |
| 1D002 | “Software” for the “development” of organic “matrix”, metal “matrix” or carbon “matrix” laminates or “composites”. |
| 1D101 | “Software” specially designed for the “use” of goods specified in 1B101. |
| 1D103 | “Software” specially designed for analysis of reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures. |
| 1D201 | “Software” specially designed for the “use” of goods specified in 1B201. |
| 1E | Technology |
| 1E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment or materials specified in 1A001.b., 1A001.c., 1A002, 1A003, 1B or 1C. |
| 1E002 | Other “technology”: “Technology” for the “development” or “production” of polybenzothiazoles or polybenzoxazoles; “Technology” for the “development” or “production” of fluoroelastomer compounds containing at least one vinylether monomer; “Technology” for the design or “production” of the following base materials or non-“composite” ceramic materials: Base materials having all of the following characteristics: Any of the following compositions: Single or complex oxides of zirconium and complex oxides of silicon or aluminium; Single nitrides of boron (cubic crystalline forms); Single or complex carbides of silicon or boron; or Single or complex nitrides of silicon; Total metallic impurities, excluding intentional additions, of less than: 1,000 ppm for single oxides or carbides; or 5,000 ppm for complex compounds or single nitrides; and Average particle size equal to or less than 5 micrometre and no more than 10% of the particles larger than 10 micrometre; or NOTE: For zirconia, these limits are 1 micrometre and 5 micrometre respectively. Platelets with a length to thickness ratio exceeding 5; Whiskers with a length to diameter ratio exceeding 10 for diameters less than 2 micrometre; and Continuous or chopped fibres less than 10 micrometre in diameter; Non-“composite” ceramic materials (except abrasives) composed of the materials described in 1E002.c.1.; “Technology” for the “production” of aromatic polyamide fibres; “Technology” for the installation, maintenance or repair of materials specified in 1C001; “Technology” for the repair of “composite” structures, laminates or materials specified in 1A002, 1C007.c. or d. NOTE: 1E002.f. does not control “technology” for the repair of “civil aircraft” structures using carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” and epoxy resins, contained in manufacturers' manuals. |
| 1E101 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of goods specified in 1A102, 1B001, 1B101, 1B115, 1B116, 1C001, 1C101, 1C107, 1C115 to 1C117, 1D101 or 1D103. |
| 1E102 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of “software” specified in 1D001, 1D101 or 1D103. |
| 1E103 | “Technology” for the regulation of temperature, pressure or atmosphere in autoclaves or hydroclaves, when used for the production of composites or partially processed composites. |
| 1E104 | “Technology” relating to the production of pyrolitically derived materials formed on a mould, mandrel or other substrate from precursor gases which decompose in the 1,573K (1,300°C) to 3,173 K (2,900°C) temperature range at pressures of 130 Pa to 20kPa. NOTE: This item includes “technology” for the composition of precursor gases, flow-rates and process control schedules and parameters. |
| 1E201 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of goods specified in 1A002, 1A202, 1A225 to 1A227, 1B201, 1B225 to 1B231, 1C002.a.2.c or d, 1C010.b, 1C202, 1C210, 1C216, 1C225 to 1C239 or 1D201. |
| 1E202 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of goods specified in 1A202 or 1A225 to 1A227. |
| 1E203 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of “software” specified in 1D201. |
| CATEGORY 2—MATERIALS PROCESSING | CATEGORY 2—MATERIALS PROCESSING |
| 2A | Equipment, Assemblies and Components |
| Technical Notes to 2A001 to 2A006: DN is the product of the bearing bore diameter in mm and the bearing rotational velocity in rpm. Operating temperatures include those temperatures obtained when a gas turbine engine has stopped after operation. | |
| 2A001 | Ball bearings or solid roller bearings (except tapered roller bearings) having tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with Annular Bearing Engineers Committee (ABEC) 7, ABEC 7P, ABEC 7T or ISO Standard Class 4 or better (or equivalents), and having any of the following characteristics: Rings, balls or rollers made from monel or beryllium; Manufactured for use at operating temperatures above 573 K (300°C) either by using special materials or by special heat treatment; or With lubricating elements or component modifications that, according to the manufacturer’s specifications, are specially designed to enable the bearings to operate at speeds exceeding 2.3 million DN. |
| 2A002 | Other ball bearings or solid roller bearings (except tapered roller bearings) having tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with Annular Bearing Engineers Committee (ABEC) 9, ABEC 9P or ISO Standard Class 2 or better (or equivalents). |
| 2A003 | Solid tapered roller bearings, having tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) / Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association (AFBMA) Class 00 (inch) or Class A (metric) or better (or equivalents) and having either of the following characteristics: With lubricating elements or component modifications that, according to the manufacturer’s specifications, are specially designed to enable the bearings to operate at speeds exceeding 2.3 million DN; or Manufactured for use at operating temperatures below 219 K (−54°C) or above 423 K (150°C). |
| 2A004 | Gas-lubricated foil bearings manufactured for use at operating temperatures of 561 K (288°C) or higher and with a unit load capacity exceeding 1 MPa. |
| 2A005 | Active magnetic bearing systems. |
| 2A006 | Fabric-lined self-aligning or fabric-lined journal sliding bearings manufactured for use at operating temperatures below 219 K (−54°C) or above 423 K (150°C). |
| 2A225 | Crucibles made of materials resistant to liquid actinide metals, as follows: Crucibles with a volume of between 150 ml and 8 litres and made of or coated with any of the following materials having a purity of 98% or greater: Calcium fluoride (CaF₂); Calcium zirconate (metazirconate) (Ca₂ZrO₃); Cerium sulphide (Ce₂S₃); Erbium oxide (erbia) (Er₂O₃); Hafnium oxide (hafnia) (HfO₂); Magnesium oxide (MgO); Nitrided niobium-titanium-tungsten alloy (approximately 50% Nb, 30%Ti, 20%W); Yttrium oxide (yttria) (Y₂O₃); or Zirconium oxide (zirconia) (ZrO₂); Crucibles with a volume of between 50 ml and 2 litres and made of or lined with tantalum, having a purity of 99.9% or greater; Crucibles with a volume of between 50 ml and 2 litres and made of or lined with tantalum (having a purity of 98% or greater) coated with tantalum carbide, nitride or boride (or any combination of these). |
| 2A226 | Valves 5 mm or greater in diameter, with a bellows seal, wholly made of or lined with aluminum, aluminum alloy, nickel or alloy containing 60% or more nickel, either manually or automatically operated. |
| 2B | Test, Inspection and Production Equipment |
| NOTE: 2B001 to 2B009 do not control measuring interferometer systems, without closed or open loop feedback, containing a “laser” to measure slide movement errors of machine-tools, dimensional inspection machines or similar equipment. | |
| 2B001 | “Numerical control” units, “motion control boards” specially designed for “numerical control” applications on machine tools, machine tools, and specially designed components therefor, as follows: Technical Notes: Secondary parallel contouring axes, e.g., the w-axis on horizontal boring mills or a secondary rotary axis the centre line of which is parallel to the primary rotary axis, are not counted in the total number of contouring axes. N.B.: Rotary axes need not rotate over 360°. A rotary axis can be driven by a linear device, e.g., a screw or a rack-and-pinion. Axis nomenclature shall be in accordance with International Standard ISO 841, ‘Numerical Control Machines—Axis and Motion Nomenclature’. “Numerical control” units for machine tools, as follows, and specially designed components therefor: NOTE: 2B001.a. does not control “numerical control” units: Modified for and incorporated in machines not specified in this item; or Specially designed for machines not specified in this item. Having more than four interpolating axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”; Having two, three or four interpolating axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control” and: Capable of “real time processing” of data to modify, during the machining operation, tool path, feed rate and spindle data by either: Automatic calculation and modification of part programme data for machining in two or more axes by means of measuring cycles and access to source data; or “Adaptive control” with more than one physical variable measured and processing by means of a computing model (strategy) to change one or more machining instructions to optimize the process; Capable of receiving directly (on-line) and processing computer aided design (CAD) data for internal preparation of machine instructions; or Capable, without modification, according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, of accepting additional boards which would permit an increase above the control levels specified in 2B001, in the number of interpolating axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”, even if they do not contain these additional boards; “Motion control boards” specially designed for machine tools and having any of the following characteristics: Interpolation in more than four axes; Capable of “real time processing” as described in 2B001.a.2.a.; or Capable of receiving and processing CAD data as described in 2B001.a.2.b.; Machine tools, as follows, for removing or cutting metals, ceramics or composites, which, according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with electronic devices for simultaneous “contouring control” in two or more axes: Machine tools for turning, grinding, milling or any combination thereof which: Have two or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”; and Have any of the following characteristics: Two or more contouring rotary axes; Technical Note: The c axis on jig grinders used to maintain grinding wheels normal to the work surface is not considered a contouring rotary axis. One or more contouring “tilting spindles”; NOTE: 2B001.c.1.b.2. applies to machine tools for grinding or milling only. “Camming” (axial displacement) in one revolution of the spindle less (better) than 0.0006 mm total indicator reading (TIR); NOTE: 2B001.c.1.b.3. applies to machine tools for turning only. “Run out” (out-of-true running) in one revolution of the spindle less (better) than 0.0006 mm TIR; The positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are less (better) than: 0.001° on any rotary axis; or 0.004 mm along any linear axis (overall positioning) for grinding machines; 0.006 mm along any linear axis (overall positioning) for turning or milling machines; or NOTE: 2B001.c.1.b.5. does not control milling or turning machine tools with a positioning accuracy along one axis, with all compensations available, equal to or more (worse) than 0.005 mm. Technical Note: The positioning accuracy of “numerically controlled” machine tools is to be determined and presented in accordance with ISO/DIS 230/2, paragraph 2.13, in conjunction with the requirements below: Test conditions (paragraph 3): For 12 hours before and during measurements, the machine tool and accuracy measuring equipment will be kept at the same ambient temperature. During the premeasurement time the slides of the machine will be continuously cycled in the same manner that the accuracy measurements will be taken; The machine shall be equipped with any mechanical, electronic, or software compensation to be exported with the machine; Accuracy of measuring equipment for the measurements shall be at least four times more accurate than the expected machine tool accuracy; Power supply for slide drives shall be as follows: Line voltage variation shall not exceed ±10% of nominal rated voltage; Frequency variation shall not exceed ±2Hz of normal frequency; Lineouts or interrupted service are not permitted; Test programme (paragraph 4): Feed rate (velocity of slides) during measurement shall be the rapid traverse rate; N.B.: In the case of machine tools which generate optical quality surfaces, the feed rate shall be equal to or less than 50 mm per minute. Measurements shall be made in an incremental manner from one limit of the axis travel to the other without returning to the starting position for each move to the target position; Axes not being measured shall be retained at mid travel during test of an axis; Presentation of test results (paragraph 2): The results of the measurements must include: positioning accuracy (A); and The mean reversal error (B). A positioning accuracy less (better) than 0.007 mm; and A slide motion from rest for all slides within 20% of a motion command input for inputs of less than 0.5 micrometre. Technical Note: Minimum increment of motion test (slide motion from rest): The test is conducted only if the machine tool is equipped with a control unit the minimum increment of which is less (better) than 0.5 micrometre. Prepare the machine for testing in accordance with ISO 230/2 paragraphs 3.1, 3.2, 3.3. Conduct the test on each axis (slide) of the machine tool as follows: Move the axis over at least 50% of the maximum travel in plus and minus directions twice at maximum feed rate, rapid traverse rate or jog control; Wait at least 10 seconds; With manual data input, input the minimum programmable increment of the control unit; Measure the axis movement; Clear the control unit with the servo null, reset or whatever clears any signal (voltage) in the servo loop; Repeat steps b. to e. five times, twice in the same direction of the axis travel and three times in the opposite direction of travel for a total of six test points; If the axis movement is between 80% and 120% of the minimum programmable input for four of the six test points, the machine is controlled. For rotary axes, the measurement is taken 200 mm from the centre of rotation. Notes: 2B001.c.1. does not control cylindrical external, internal and external-internal grinding machines having all of the following characteristics: Not centreless (shoe-type) grinding machines; Limited to cylindrical grinding; A maximum workpiece capacity of 150 mm outside diameter or length; Only two axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”; and No contouring c axis. 2B001.c.1. does not control machines designed specifically as jig grinders having both of the following characteristics: Axes limited to x, y, c and a, where the c axis is used to maintain the grinding wheel normal to the work surface and the a axis is configured to grind barrel cams; and A spindle “run out” not less (not better) than 0.0006 mm. 2B001.c.1. does not control tool or cutter grinding machines having all of the following characteristics: Shipped as a complete system with “software” specially designed for the production of tools or cutters; No more than two rotary axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”; “Run out” (out-of-true running) in one revolution of the spindle not less (not better) than 0.0006 mm TIR; and The positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are not less (not better) than: 0.004 mm along any linear axis for overall positioning; or 0.001° on any rotary axis. Electrical discharge machines (EDM) of the wire feed type which have five or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”; Electrical discharge machines (EDM) of the non-wire type which have two or more rotary axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”; Machine tools for removing metals, ceramics or composites: By means of: Water or other liquid jets, including those employing abrasive additives; Electron beam; or “Laser” beam; and Having two or more rotary axes which: Can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”; and Have a positioning accuracy of less (better) than 0.003°. Technical Note: Machines capable of being simultaneously coordinated for contouring control in two or more rotary axes or one or more “tilting spindles”, are specified in this item regardless of the number of simultaneously coordinated contouring axes that can be controlled by the “numerical control” units attached to the machine. |
| 2B002 | Non-“numerically controlled” machine tools for generating optical quality surfaces, as follows: Turning machines using a single point cutting tool and having all of the following characteristics: Slide positioning accuracy less (better) than 0.0005 mm per 300 mm of travel; Bidirectional slide positioning repeatability less (better) than 0.00025 mm per 300 mm of travel; Spindle “run out” and “camming” less (better) than 0.0004 mm TIR; Angular deviation of the slide movement (yaw, pitch and roll) less (better) than 2 seconds of arc, TIR, over full travel; and Slide perpendicularity less (better) than 0.001 mm per 300 mm of travel; Technical Note: The bidirectional slide positioning repeatability (R) of an axis is the maximum value of the repeatability of positioning at any position along or around the axis determined using the procedure and under the conditions specified in part 2.11 of ISO 230/2: 1988. Fly cutting machines having both of the following characteristics: Spindle “run out” and “camming” less (better) than 0.0004 mm TIR; and Angular deviation of slide movement (yaw, pitch and roll) less (better) than 2 seconds of arc, TIR, over full travel. |
| 2B003 | “Numerically controlled” or manual machine tools specially designed for cutting, finishing, grinding or honing either of the following classes of bevel or parallel axis hardened (Rc=40 or more) gears, and specially designed components, controls and accessories therefor: Hardened bevel gears finished to a quality of better than American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) 13 (equivalent to ISO 1328 class 4); or Hardened spur, helical and double-helical gears with a pitch diameter exceeding 1,250 mm and a face width of 15% of pitch diameter or larger finished to a quality of AGMA 14 or better (equivalent to ISO 1328 class 3). |
| 2B004 | Hot “isostatic presses”, as follows, and specially designed dies, moulds, components, accessories and controls therefor: N.B.: SEE ALSO 2B104 and 2B204. Having a controlled thermal environment within the closed cavity and possessing a chamber cavity with an inside diameter of 406 mm or more; and Having: A maximum working pressure exceeding 207 MPa; A controlled thermal environment exceeding 1,773 K (1,500°C); or A facility for hydrocarbon impregnation and removal of resultant gaseous degradation products; Technical Note: The inside chamber dimension is that of the chamber in which both the working temperature and the working pressure are achieved and does not include fixtures. That dimension will be the smaller of either the inside diameter of the pressure chamber or the inside diameter of the insulated furnace chamber, depending on which of the two chambers is located inside the other. |
| 2B005 | Equipment specially designed for the deposition, processing and in-process control of inorganic overlays, coatings and surface modifications, as follows, for non-electronic substrates, by processes shown in the Table and associated Notes following 2E003.d., and specially designed automated handling, positioning, manipulation and control components therefor: “Stored programme controlled” chemical vapour deposition (CVD) production equipment with both of the following: Process modified for one of the following: Pulsating CVD; Controlled nucleation thermal decomposition (CNTD); or Plasma enhanced or plasma assisted CVD; and Either of the following: Incorporating high vacuum (equal to or less than 0.01 Pa) rotating seals; or Incorporating in situ coating thickness control; “Stored programme controlled” ion implantation production equipment having beam currents of 5 mA or more; “Stored programme controlled” electron beam physical vapour deposition (EB-PVD) production equipment incorporating: Power systems rated for over 80 kW; A liquid pool level “laser” control system which regulates precisely the ingots feed rate; and A computer controlled rate monitor operating on the principle of photo-luminescence of the ionised atoms in the evaporant stream to control the deposition rate of a coating containing two or more elements; “Stored programme controlled” plasma spraying production equipment having either of the following characteristics: Operating at reduced pressure controlled atmosphere (equal to or less than 10 kPa measured above and within 300 mm of the gun nozzle exit) in a vacuum chamber capable of evacuation down to 0.01 Pa prior to the spraying process; or Incorporating in situ coating thickness control; “Stored programme controlled” sputter deposition production equipment capable of current densities of 0.1 mA/mm² or higher at a deposition rate of 15 micrometre/hr or more; “Stored programme controlled” cathodic arc deposition production equipment incorporating a grid of electromagnets for steering control of the arc spot on the cathode; “Stored programme controlled” ion plating production equipment allowing for the in situ measurement of either: Coating thickness on the substrate and rate control; or Optical characteristics; NOTE: 2B005.g. does not control standard ion plating coating equipment for cutting or machining tools. |
| 2B006 | Dimensional inspection or measuring systems or equipment, as follows: Computer controlled, “numerically controlled” or “stored programme controlled” dimensional inspection machines, having both of the following characteristics: Two or more axes; and A one dimensional length “measurement uncertainty” equal to or less (better) than (1.25 + L/1,000) micrometre tested with a probe with an “accuracy” of less (better) than 0.2 micrometre (L is the measured length in mm); Linear and angular displacement measuring instruments, as follows: Linear measuring instruments having any of the following characteristics: Non-contact type measuring systems with a “resolution” equal to or less (better) than 0.2 micrometre within a measuring range up to 0.2 mm; Linear voltage differential transformer systems with both of the following characteristics: “Linearity” equal to or less (better) than 0.1% within a measuring range up to 5 mm; and Drift equal to or less (better) than 0.1% per day at a standard ambient test room temperature ±1 K; or Measuring systems having both of the following characteristics: Containing a “laser”; and Maintaining, for at least 12 hours, over a temperature range of ±1 K around a standard temperature and at a standard pressure: A “resolution” over their full scale of 0.1 micrometre or less (better); and A “measurement uncertainty” equal to or less (better) than (0.2 + L/2,000) micrometre (L is the measured length in mm); Angular measuring instruments having an “angular position deviation” equal to or less (better) than 0.00025°; NOTE: 2B006.b.2 does not control optical instruments, such as autocollimators, using collimated light to detect angular displacement of a mirror. Systems for simultaneous linear-angular inspection of hemishells, having both of the following characteristics: “Measurement uncertainty” along any linear axis equal to or less (better) than 3.5 micrometre per 5 mm; and “Angular position deviation” equal to or less (better) than 0.02°; Equipment for measuring surface irregularities, by measuring optical scatter as a function of angle, with a sensitivity of 0.5 nm or less (better); Technical Notes: The probe used in determining the “measurement uncertainty” of a dimensional inspection system shall be as described in VDI/VDE 2617 Parts 2, 3 and 4. All measurement values in 2B006 represent permissible positive and negative deviations from the target value, i.e., not total band. NOTES: Machine tools which can be used as measuring machines are controlled if they meet or exceed the criteria specified for the machine tool function or the measuring machine function. A machine described in 2B006 is controlled if it exceeds the control threshold anywhere within its operating range. |
| 2B007 | “Robots”, as follows, and specially designed controllers and “end-effectors” therefor: N.B.: SEE ALSO 2B207. Capable in real time of full three-dimensional image processing or full three-dimensional scene analysis to generate or modify “programmes” or to generate or modify numerical programme data; NOTE: The scene analysis limitation does not include approximation of the third dimension by viewing at a given angle, or limited grey scale interpretation for the perception of depth or texture for the approved tasks (2½D). Specially designed to comply with national safety standards applicable to explosive munitions environments; or Specially designed or rated as radiation-hardened beyond that necessary to withstand normal industrial (i.e., non-nuclear industry) ionizing radiation. |
| 2B008 | Assemblies, units or inserts specially designed for machine tools, or for equipment specified in 2B006 or 2B007, as follows: Spindle assemblies, consisting of spindles and bearings as a minimal assembly, with radial (“run out”) or axial (“camming”) axis motion in one revolution of the spindle less (better) than 0.0006 mm TIR; Linear position feedback units (e.g., inductive type devices, graduated scales, infrared systems or “laser” systems) having an overall “accuracy” less (better) than (800 + (600 × L × 10−sup3;)) nm (L equals the effective length in mm); Rotary position feedback units, e.g., inductive type devices, graduated scales, infrared systems or “laser” systems, having an “accuracy” less (better) than 0.00025°; Slide way assemblies consisting of a minimal assembly of ways, bed and slide having all of the following characteristics: A yaw, pitch or roll of less (better) than 2 seconds of arc TIR (reference: ISO/DIS 230/1) over full travel; A horizontal straightness of less (better) than 2 micrometre per 300 mm length; and A vertical straightness of less (better) than 2 micrometre per 300 mm length; Single point diamond cutting tool inserts, having all of the following characteristics: Flawless and chip-free cutting edge when magnified 400 times in any direction; Cutting radius from 0.1 to 5 mm inclusive; and Cutting radius out-of-roundness less (better) than 0.002 mm TIR. |
| 2B009 | Specially designed printed circuit boards with mounted components and “software” therefor, or “compound rotary tables” or “tilting spindles”, capable of upgrading, according to the manufacturer’s specifications, “numerical control” units, machine tools or feed-back devices to or above the levels specified in 2B001 to 2B008. |
| 2B104 | Equipment and process controls designed or modified for densification and pyrolysis of structural composite rocket nozzles and reentry vehicle nose tips. NOTE: The only “isostatic presses” and furnaces specified in this item are as follows: “Isostatic presses”, other than those specified in 2B004, having all the following characteristics: Maximum working pressure of 69 MPa or greater; Designed to achieve and maintain a controlled thermal environment of 873 K (600°C) or greater; and Possessing a chamber cavity with an inside diameter of 254 mm or greater; CVD Furnaces designed or modified for the densification of carbon-carbon composites. |
| 2B115 | Flow-forming machines, and specially designed components therefor,which: N.B.: SEE ALSO ENTRY 2B215. According to the manufacturer’s technical specification, can be equipped with “numerical control” units or a computer control, even when not equipped with such units; and With more than two axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”. Technical Note: Machines combining the function of spin-forming and flow-forming are for the purpose of this item regarded as flow-forming machines. 2B115 does not control machines that are not usable in the production of propulsion components and equipment (e.g. motor cases) for systems specified in 9A007.a.1. |
| 2B116 | Vibration test equipment and components therefor, as follows: Vibration test systems employing feedback or closed loop techniques and incorporating a digital controller, capable of vibrating a system at 10 g RMS or more over the entire range 20 Hz to 2000 Hz and imparting forces of 50kN (11,250 lbs), measured bare table, or greater; Digital controllers, combined with specially designed vibration test software, with a real-time bandwidth greater than 5 kHz designed for use with vibration test systems in (a) above; Vibration thrusters (shaker units),with or without associated amplifiers, capable of imparting a force of 50kN (11,250 lbs), measured ‘bare table’, or greater and usable in vibration test systems in (a.) above; Test piece support structures and electronic units designed to combine multiple shaker units in a system capable of providing an effective combined force of 50kN, measured bare table, or greater, and usable in vibration systems in (a) above. In 2B116, “bare table” means a flat table, or surface, with no fixture or fittings. |
| 2B204 | “Isostatic presses”, other than those in 2B004 or 2B104, capable of achieving a maximum working pressure of 69 MPa or greater and having a chamber cavity with an inside diameter in excess of 152 mm and specially designed dies, moulds and controls therefor. |
| 2B207 | “Robots” and “end-effectors”, other than those specified in 2B007,specially designed to comply with national safety standards applicable to handling high explosives (for example, meeting electrical code ratings for high explosives) and specially designed controllers therefor. |
| 2B215 | Spin-forming and flow-forming machines, other than those specified in 2B115, and precision rotor-forming mandrels designed to form cylindrical rotors of inside diameter between 75 mm and 400 mm therefor, which: According to the manufacturer’s technical specification, can be equipped with “numerical control” units or a computer control; and With two or more axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”. Technical Note: The only spin-forming machines controlled by this item are those combining the function of spin-forming and flow-forming. |
| 2B225 | Remote manipulators that provide mechanical translation of human operator actions by electrical, hydraulic or mechanical means to an operating arm and terminal fixture that can be used to provide remote actions in radiochemical separation operations and “hot cells”, as follows: Having a capability of penetrating 0.6 m or more of cell wall; or Having a capability to bridge over the top of a cell wall with a thickness of 0.6 m or more. |
| 2B226 | Vacuum or controlled environment (inert gas) induction furnaces capable of operating above 1,123 K (850°C) and having induction coils 600 mm or less in diameter and specially designed power supplies therefor with an output rating of 5 kW or more. N.B.: SEE ALSO 3B. NOTE: This entry does not control furnaces designed for the processing of semiconductor wafers. |
| 2B227 | Vacuum and controlled atmosphere metallurgical melting and casting furnaces as follows; and specially configured computer control and monitoring systems therefor: Arc remelt and casting furnaces with consumable electrode capacities between 1,000 cm³ and 20,000 cm³, capable of operating with melting temperatures above 1,973 K (1,700°C); Electron beam melting and plasma atomization and melting furnaces, with a power of 50 kW or greater, capable of operating with melting temperatures above 1,473 K (1,200°C). |
| 2B228 | Rotor fabrication and assembly equipment and bellows-forming mandrels and dies, as follows: Rotor assembly equipment for assembly of gas centrifuge rotor tube sections, baffles and end caps, including associated precision mandrels, clamps and shrink fit machines. Rotor straightening equipment for alignment of gas centrifuge rotor tube sections to a common axis. Technical Note: Normally such equipment will consist of precision measuring probes linked to a computer that subsequently controls the action of, for example, pneumatic rams used for aligning the rotor tube sections. Bellows-forming mandrels and dies for producing single-convolution bellows (bellows made of high-strength aluminium alloys, maraging steel or high strength filamentary materials). The bellows have all of the following dimensions: 75 mm to 400 mm inside diameter; 12.7 mm or more in length; and Single convolution depth more than 2 mm. |
| 2B229 | Centrifugal multiplane balancing machines, fixed or portable, horizontal or vertical, as follows: Centrifugal balancing machines designed for balancing flexible rotors having a length of 600 mm or more and having all of the following characteristics: A swing or journal diameter of 75 mm or more; Mass capability of from 0.9 to 23 kg ; and Capable of balancing speed of revolution more than 5,000 rpm; Centrifugal balancing machines designed for balancing hollow cylindrical rotor components and having all of the following characteristics: A journal diameter of 75 mm or more; Mass capability of from 0.9 to 23 kg; Capable of balancing to a residual imbalance of 0.01 kg mm/kg per plane or better; and Belt drive type. |
| 2B230 | Instruments capable of measuring pressures up to 13 kPa to an accuracy of better than 1% (full-scale), with corrosion-resistant pressure-sensing elements constructed of nickel, nickel alloys, phosphor bronze, stainless steel, aluminium or aluminium alloys. |
| 2B231 | Vacuum pumps with an input throat size of 380 mm or greater with a pumping speed of 15,000 litres/s or greater and capable of producing an ultimate vacuum better than 13 mPa. Technical Note: The ultimate vacuum is determined at the input of the pump with the input of the pump blocked off. |
| 2B232 | Multistage light gas gun or other high-velocity gun systems (coil, electromagnetic, electrothermal or other advanced systems) capable of accelerating projectiles to 2 km/s or greater. |
| 2B350 | Chemical manufacturing facilities and equipment, as follows: Reaction vessels or reactors, with or without agitators, with total internal (geometric) volume greater than 0.1 m³ (100 litres) and less than 20 m³ (20,000 litres), where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed or contained are made from any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; Fluoropolymers; Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining); Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; Tantalum or tantalum alloys; Titanium or titanium alloys; or Zirconium or zirconium alloys; Agitators for use in reaction vessels or reactors where all surfaces of the agitator that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed or contained are made from any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; Fluoropolymers; Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining); Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; Tantalum or tantalum alloys; Titanium or titanium alloys; or Zirconium or zirconium alloys; Storage tanks, containers or receivers with a total internal (geometric) volume greater than 0.1 m³ (100 litres) where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed or contained are made from any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; Fluoropolymers; Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining); Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; Tantalum or tantalum alloys; Titanium or titanium alloys; or Zirconium or zirconium alloys; Heat exchangers or condensers with a heat transfer surface area of less than 20 m², where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; Fluoropolymers; Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining); Graphite; Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; Tantalum or tantalum alloys; Titanium or titanium alloys; or Zirconium or zirconium alloys; Distillation or absorption columns of internal diameter greater than 0.1 m, where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; Fluoropolymers; Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining); Graphite; Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; Tantalum or tantalum alloys; Titanium or titanium alloys; or Zirconium or zirconium alloys; Remotely operated filling equipment in which all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; or Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; Multiple seal valves incorporating a leak detection port, bellows-seal valves, non-return (check) valves or diaphragm valves, in which all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed or contained are made from any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; Fluoropolymers; Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining); Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; Tantalum or tantalum alloys; Titanium or titanium alloys; or Zirconium or zirconium alloys; Multi-walled piping incorporating a leak detection port, in which all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed or contained are made from any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; Fluoropolymers; Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining); Graphite; Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; Tantalum or tantalum alloys; Titanium or titanium alloys; or Zirconium or zirconium alloys; Multiple-seal, canned drive, magnetic drive, bellows or diaphragm pumps, with manufacturer’s specified maximum flow-rate greater than 0.6 m³/hour, or vacuum pumps with manufacturer’s specified maximum flow-rate greater than 5 m³/hour (under standard temperature (273 K (0°C)) and pressure (101.3kPa) conditions), in which all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; Ceramics; Ferrosilicon; Fluoropolymers; Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining); Graphite; Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; Tantalum or tantalum alloys; Titanium or titanium alloys; or Zirconium or zirconium alloys; Incinerators designed to destroy chemicals specified in entry 1C350, having specially designed waste supply systems, special handling facilities and an average combustion chamber temperature greater than 1,273 K (1,000°C), in which all surfaces in the waste supply system that come into direct contact with the waste products are made from or lined with any of the following materials: Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; Ceramics;or Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight. |
| 2B351 | Toxic gas monitoring systems, as follows; and dedicated detectors therefor: Designed for continuous operation and usable for the detection of chemical warfare agents, chemicals specified in 1C350 or organic compounds containing phosphorus, sulphur, fluorine or chlorine, at concentrations of less than 0.3 mg/m³; or Designed for the detection of cholinesterase-inhibiting activity. |
| 2B352 | Biological equipment, as follows; Complete biological containment facilities at P3, P4 containment level; Technical Note: P3 or P4 (BL3, BL4, L3, L4) containment levels are as specified in the WHO Laboratory Biosafety manual (Geneva, 1983). Fermenters, capable of operation without the propagation of aerosols, having all the following characteristics: Capacity of 300 litres or more; Double or multiple sealing joints within the steam containment area; and Capable of in-situ sterilisation in a closed state; Technical Note: Fermenters include bioreactors, chemostats and continuous-flow systems. Centrifugal separators, capable of continuous separation without the propagation of aerosols, having all the following characteristics: Flow rate exceeding 100 litres per hour; Components of polished stainless steel or titanium; Double or multiple sealing joints within the steam containment area; and Capable of in-situ steam sterilisation in a closed state; Technical Note: Centrifugal separators include decanters. Cross-flow filtration equipment, designed for continuous separation without the propagation of aerosols, having both of the following characteristics: Equal to or greater than 5 square metres; and Capable of in-situ sterilization; Steam sterilisable freeze drying equipment with a condenser capacity exceeding 50 kg of ice in 24 hours and less than 1,000 kg of ice in 24 hours; Equipment that incorporates or is contained in P3 or P4 containment housing, as follows: Independently ventilated protective full or half suits; Biological safety cabinets or isolators, which allow manual operations to be performed within, whilst providing an environment equivalent to Class III biological protection; Note: In this entry, isolators include flexible isolators, dry boxes, anaerobic chambers and glove boxes. Chambers designed for aerosol challenge testing with pathogenic “microorganisms” or “toxins” and having a capacity of 1m³ or greater. |
| 2C | Materials |
| None | |
| 2D | Software |
| 2D001 | “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment specified in 2A001 to 2A007 or 2B001 to 2B009. |
| 2D002 | Specific “software”, as follows: “Software” to provide “adaptive control” and having both of the following characteristics: For “flexible manufacturing units” (FMUs) which consist at least of equipment described in b.1. and b.2. of the definition of “flexible manufacturing unit”; and Capable of generating or modifying, in “real time processing”, “programmes” or data by using the signals obtained simultaneously by means of at least two detection techniques, such as: Machine vision (optical ranging); Infrared imaging; Acoustical imaging (acoustical ranging); Tactile measurement; Inertial positioning; Force measurement; Torque measurement; NOTE: 2D002.a. does not control “software” which only provides rescheduling of functionally identical equipment within “flexible manufacturing units” using pre-stored part programmes and a pre-stored strategy for the distribution of the part programmes. “Software” for electronic devices other than those described in 2B001.a. or b., which provides the “numerical control” capability of the equipment specified in 2B001. |
| 2D101 | “Software” specially designed for the “use” of equipment specified in 2B104, 2B115 or 2B116. N.B.: SEE ALSO 9D004. |
| 2D201 | “Software” specially designed for the “use” of equipment specified in 2B204, 2B207, 2B215, 2B227 or 2B229. |
| 2E | Technology |
| 2E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment or “software” specified in 2A, 2B or 2D. |
| 2E002 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment specified in 2A or 2B. |
| 2E003 | Other “technology”, as follows: “Technology”: For the “development” of interactive graphics as an integrated part in “numerical control” units for preparation or modification of part programmes; For the “development” of generators of machine tool instructions (e.g., part programmes) from design data residing inside “numerical control” units; For the “development” of integration “software” for incorporation of expert systems for advanced decision support of shop floor operations into “numerical control” units; “Technology” for metal-working manufacturing processes, as follows: “Technology” for the design of tools, dies or fixtures specially designed for the following processes: “Superplastic forming”; “Diffusion bonding”; “Direct-acting hydraulic pressing”; Technical data consisting of process methods or parameters as listed below used to control: “Superplastic forming” of aluminium alloys, titanium alloys or “superalloys”: Surface preparation; Strain rate; Temperature; Pressure; “Diffusion bonding” of “superalloys” or titanium alloys: Surface preparation; Temperature; Pressure; “Direct-acting hydraulic pressing” of aluminium alloys or titanium alloys: Pressure; Cycle time; “Hot isostatic densification” of titanium alloys, aluminium alloys or “superalloys”: Temperature; Pressure; Cycle time; “Technology” for the “development” or “production” of hydraulic stretch-forming machines and dies therefor, for the manufacture of airframe structures; “Technology” for: The application of inorganic overlay coatings or inorganic surface modification coatings, specified in column 3 of the following Table; To non-electronic substrates, specified in column 2 of the following Table; By processes specified in column 1 of the following Table and defined in the Technical Note; |
| (* The numbers in parenthesis refer to the Notes following this Table.) | (* The numbers in parenthesis refer to the Notes following this Table.) |
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