The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1991

ML1

Small arms and machine guns, the following: and specially designed components therefor–

• (a) Rifles, carbines, revolvers, pistols, machine pistols and machine guns

• (b) Smooth-bore weapons specially designed for military use

• (c) Weapons using caseless ammunition

except–

air weapons (other than those declared by the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969(4) to be specially dangerous).

PL5018

Smooth-bore weapons other than those specially designed for military use

except–

air weapons (other than those declared by the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons' Rules 1969 to be specially dangerous).

PL5003

Mountings for machine guns

ML2

Large calibre armament or weapons and projectors the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, tank destroyers, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, recoilless rifles

• (b) Military smoke, gas and pyrotechnic projectors or generators

ML3

Ammunition, including projectiles, and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor, for the equipment mentioned in entries ML1, ML2 and ML26

PL5021

Ammunition, including projectiles, and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor, for the equipment specified in entry PL5018

ML4

Bombs, torpedoes, rockets and missiles, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Bombs, torpedoes, grenades (including smoke grenades), smoke canisters, rockets, mines, missiles, depth charges, fire bombs, incendiary bombs and military demolition charges, devices and kits, pyrotechnic flare signals for military use, cartridges and simulators

• (b) Apparatus and devices specially designed for the handling, control, activation, powering with one time operational output, launching, laying, sweeping, discharging, detonation or detection of items specified in head (a)

• (c) Military fuel thickeners, including compounds (eg octal) or mixtures of such compounds (eg napalm) specifically formulated for the purpose of producing materials which, when added to petroleum products, provide gel-type incendiary material for use in bombs, projectiles, flamethrowers or other implements of war

PL5019

Radomes specially designed to withstand a combined thermal shock greater than 41.8 kJ/m accompanied by a peak overpressure of greater than 49 kPa

PL5005

Apparatus and devices specially designed for the refuelling or disruption of items specified in head (a) of entry ML4 in this Group and specially designed components therefor

PL5006

Apparatus and devices specially designed for dealing with improvised explosive devices or with other explosive devices not specified in head (a) of entry ML4, and specially designed ODMA software therefor

In this entry “improvised explosive devices” means devices placed or fabricated in an improvised manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic or incendiary chemicals, designed to destroy, disfigure or harass. They may incorporate military stores, but are normally devised from non-military components.

PL5026

Quartz crystals and assemblies thereof in worked, semi-finished, or mounted form, specially designed for equipment specified in entry ML4 in this Group, which have any of the following characteristics–

• (a) Radiation hardened

• (b) An operating temperature range wider than 120° C

• (c) Rated to have an acceleration sensitivity of less than 1×10 ⁻⁹: of the operating frequency per g (where g=9.81 metres/sec²) over a vibration test frequency range from 10 Hz to 2 KHz sinewave and with a maximum level of acceleration not exceeding 20 g

PL5024

Electrical pulsers capable of precisely timed, multiple initiations of explosives, controlled to ten microseconds or less, capable of delivering an output current greater than 100 amperes into a load of less than 40 ohms, and specially designed components and equipment therefor

ML5

Fire control systems and sub-systems, specially designed for military use, the following: and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Fire control, gun laying, night sighting, missile tracking and guidance equipment and target surveillance equipment

• (b) Range, position and height finders, spotting instruments, detection, recognition or identification equipment and sensor integration equipment

• (c) Electronic, electro-optic, gyroscopic, acoustic and optical aiming or sighting devices

• (d) Bomb sights, bombing computers, gun sights and periscopes

ML6

Vehicles specially designed or modified for military use, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Tanks and self-propelled guns

• (b) Military type armed or armoured vehicles, and vehicles fitted with mounting for arms

• (c) Armoured railway trains

• (d) Military half-tracks

• (e) Military type recovery vehicles

• (f) Gun-carriers and tractors specially designed for towing artillery

• (g) Trailers specially designed to carry ammunition

• (h) Amphibious and deep water fording military vehicles

• (i) Military mobile repair shops specially designed to service military equipment

• (j) All other military vehicles specially designed or modified for military use, including tank transporters, tracked amphibious cargo carriers, high speed tractors and heavy artillery transporters

• (k) Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially constructed to be bullet proof or to run when deflated

• (l) Engines for the propulsion of the vehicles specified in heads (a) to (j), and specially designed components therefor

• (m) Tyre inflation pressure control systems, operated from inside a moving vehicle, specially designed or modified for military use

• (n) Large deflection suspensions specially designed or modified for military use

In this entry “specially modified for military use” means a structural, electrical or mechanical modification which entails replacing a component with at least one specially designed military component, or adding at least one such component.

ML7

Toxicological agents and tear gas and related equipment, components, materials and technology the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Biological agents, chemical agents and radioactive materials adapted for use in war to produce casualties in humans or animals, or to damage crops

• (aa) Tear gases and riot control agents, the following–

• (1) Bromobenzyl cyanide (CR)

• (2) oChlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS)

• (3) Phenylacyl chloride (w-Chloroacetophenone) (CN)

• (b) Equipment specially designed and intended for the dissemination of the materials specified in head (a)

• (c) Equipment specially designed and intended for defence against the materials specified in head (a) and for their detection and identification

• (d) Components specially designed for the items specified in head (b) or (c)C

• (e) Biopolymers specially designed or processed for detection and identification of chemical warfare (CW) agents specified in head (a) and the cultures of specific cells used to produce them

• (f) Biocatalysts for decontamination and degradation of CW agents, and biological systems therefor, the following–

• (1) biocatalysts, specially designed for decontamination and degradation of CW agents described in head (a) resulting from directed laboratory selection or genetic manipulation of biological systems;

• (2) biological systems, the following: expression vectors, viruses or cultures of cells containing the genetic information specific to the production of biocatalysts specified in subhead (f)(1)

• (g) Technology, the following–

• (1) technology for the development, production or use of toxicological agents, related equipment or components, agents, or materials specified in heads (a) to (d), or of tear gas

• (2) technology for the development, production or use of biopolymers, and cultures of specific cells to produce them, specified in head (e) D

• (3) technology exclusively for the incorporation of biocatalysts specified in subhead (f)(1) into military carrier substances or military material

• (h) Noxious chemicals, the following–

• (1) Bromobenzyl cyanide

• (2) oChlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (oChlorobenzalmalononitrile)

• (3) monoChloromethyl chlorformate

• (4) 2-Chlorotriethylamine

• (5) Dibenzoxazepine

• (6) Dibromodimethyl ether

• (7) Dichloromodimethyl ether

• (8) 2:2'-Dichlorotriethylamine

• (9) Diphenylaminechloroarsine

• (10) Diphenylchloroarsine

• (11) Diphenylcyanoarsine

• (12) Ethyl NN-dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate

• (13) Ethyldibromoarsine

• (14) Ethyldichloroarsine

• (15) Lewisite (chlorovinyldichloroarsine and dichlorodivinylchloroarsine)

• (16) Methyldichloroarsine

• (17) Mustard gas (dichlorodiethyl sulphide)

• (18) Phenylcarbylamine chloride (phenylaminocarbonyl chloride)

• (19) Phenylacyl chloride (w-Chloroacetophenone)

• (20) Phenyldibromoarsine

• (21) Phenyldichloroarsine

• (22) Pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate

• (23) isoPropyl methylphosphonofluoridate

• (24) 2:2':2" Trichlorotriethylamine

In this entry–

“anti-idiotypic antibodies” means antibodies which bind to the specific antigen binding sites of other antibodies;

“biocatalysts” means enzymes and other biological compounds which bind to and accelerate the degradation of CW agents;

“biopolymers” means the following biological macromolecules:

• (1) enzymes;

• (2) antibodies, monoclonal, polyclonal or anti-idiotypic;

• (3) specially designed or specially processed receptors;

“enzymes” means biocatalysts for specific chemical or biochemical reactions;

“expression vectors” means carriers (eg plasmid or virus) which are used to introduce genetic material into host cells;

“monoclonal antibodies” means proteins which bind to one antigenic site and are produced by a single clone of cells;

“polyclonal antibodies” means a mixture of proteins which bind to the specific antigen and are produced by more than one clone of cells;

“receptors” means biological macromolecular structure capable of binding ligands, the binding of which affects physiological functions;

“riot control agents” means substances which produce temporary, irritating or disabling physical effects which disappear within minutes of removal from exposure.

“tear gases” means gases which produce temporary, irritating or disabling physical effects which disappear within minutes of removal from exposure;

Explosives and propellants, and related substances and software, the following–

• (a) Explosives as defined in section 3 of the Explosives Act 1875(5) except those specially designed for toys, novelty goods and display fireworks

• (b) Military propellants and fuels not elsewhere specified in this Schedule

• (c) Military pyrotechnics

• (d) Additives, precursors, stabilisers and specially designed software, for any of the materials specified in heads (a) to (c) above (inclusive) A

ML9

Vessels (including ships) of war and special naval equipment, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Combatant vessels or vessels (surface or underwater) specially designed or modified for offensive or defensive action, whether or not converted to non-military use and regardless of current state of repair or operating condition

• (b) Engines, the following–

• (1) diesel engines specially designed for submarines with both of the following characteristics

• (A) a power output of 1.12 MW (1,500 hp) or more;

• (B) a rotary speed of 700 rev/min or more;

• (2) electric motors, specially designed for submarines, having all of the following characteristics

• (A) a power output of more than 0.75 MW (1,000 hp);

• (B) quick reversing;

• (C) liquid cooled;

• (D) totally enclosed;

• (3) non-magnetic diesel engines specially designed for military purposes with a power output of 37.3 kW (50 hp) or more

• (c) Underwater detection devices specially designed for military purposes and controls thereof

• (d) Submarine and torpedo nets

• (e) Compasses and equipment therefor and ship’s course indicators, specially designed for submarines

• (f) Hull penetrators and connectors specially designed for military purposes that enable interaction with equipment external to a vessel

• (g) Silent bearings specially designed for military purposes and equipment containing those bearings

ML10

Aircraft and helicopters, unmanned airborne vehicles, aero-engines and aircraft or helicopter equipment, associated equipment and components, specially designed for military purposes, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Combat aircraft and helicopters and other aircraft and helicopters specially designed for military purposes, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training and logistic support and all aircraft and helicopters having special structural features such as multiple hatches, special doors, ramps and reinforced floors, for transporting and airdropping troops, military equipment and supplies, and specially designed components therefor

• (b) Aero-engines specially designed or adapted for use with aircraft and helicopters specified in head (a) of this entry, and specially designed components therefor

• (c) Unmanned airborne vehicles, including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs), and autonomous, programmable vehicles specially designed or modified for military purposes, and their launchers, ground support and associated equipment for command and control

• (d) Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the aircraft and helicopters and the aero-engines specified in head (a) or (b) of this entry, and specially designed components therefor

• (e) Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for aircraft and helicopters specified in head (a) of this entry, or for aero-engines specified in head (b) of this entry

• (f) Pressurised breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in aircraft and helicopters, anti-g suits, military crash helmets and protective masks, liquid oxygen converters used for aircraft, helicopters and missiles, catapults and cartridge actuated devices utilised in emergency escape of personnel from aircraft and helicopters

• (cont.) (g) Parachutes used for combat personnel, cargo dropping and aircraft deceleration, the following–

• (1) parachutes for–

• (a) pin point dropping of rangers

• (b) dropping of paratroopers

• (2) cargo parachutes

• (3) paragliders (drag parachutes, drogue parachutes for stabilisation and attitude control of dropping bodies, e.g., recovery capsules, ejection seats, bombs)

• (4) drogue parachutes for use with ejection seat systems for deployment and inflation sequence regulation of emergency parachutes

• (5) recovery parachutes for guided missiles, drones and space vehicles

• (6) approach parachutes and landing deceleration parachutes

• (7) other military parachutes

• (h) Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads; equipment specially designed or modified for military purposes for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment

ML11

Electronic equipment specially designed for military use and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor

ML12

Photographic and electro-optical imaging equipment, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed software therefor–

• (a) Air reconnaissance cameras and associated equipment designed for military purposes

• (b) Other cameras and electro-optical imaging devices, including infrared and imaging radar sensors, whether recording or transmitting via data link, designed for military including reconnaissance purposes

• (c) Specialised equipment for the cameras and electro-optical imaging devices specified in head (b) above designed to make the recorded or transmitted information militarily useful

• (d) Film processing and printing machines designed for military purposes

ML13

Special armoured equipment, the following:

• (a) Armoured plate

• (b) Combinations and constructions of metallic and non-metallic materials specially designed to provide ballistic protection for military systems

• (c) Military helmets

• (d) Body armour, bullet-proof or bullet-resistant clothing, flack suits and specially designed components therefor

PL5014

Specially designed components for the equipment specified in entry ML13 head (a), (b) or (c), in this Group

ML14

Specialised equipment for military training or for simulating military scenarios, and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor

ML15

Military infrared, thermal imaging and image intensifier equipment, and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor

ML16

Forgings, castings and semi-finished products specially designed for products specified in entry ML1, ML2, ML3, ML4, ML6 or ML10 above

PL5020

Forgings, castings and semi-finished products specially designed for products specified in entry PL5003, PL5005, PL5006 or PL5018 above

ML17

Miscellaneous equipment and materials, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor:

• (a) Self-contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus, the following–

• (1) closed and semi-closed circuit (rebreathing) apparatus

• (2) specially designed components for use in the conversion of open-circuit apparatus to military use

• (3) articles designed exclusively for military use with self-contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus

• (b) Firearms silencers (mufflers)

• (c) Power-controlled searchlights and control units therefor, designed for military use

• (d) Construction equipment built to military specifications, specially designed for airborne transport

• (e) External fittings, coatings and treatments for the suppression of acoustic, radar, infrared and other emissions, specially designed for military use

• (f) Field engineer equipment specially designed for use in a combat zone

PL5002

Telescopic sights for firearms

ML18

Equipment and technology for the production of items specified in this Group, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Specially designed or modified production equipment for the production of products specified in this Group and specially designed components therefor

• (b) Specially designed environmental test facilities, and specially designed equipment therefor, for the certification, qualification, or testing of products specified in this Group

• (c) Production technology, even if the equipment with which such technology is to be used is not specified in this Group

• (d) Technology specific to the design of, the assembly of components into, and the operation, maintenance and repair of, complete production installations even if the components themselves are not specified in this Group

In this entry “production” means design, examination, manufacture, testing and checking.

PL5017

Equipment and technology for the development of the goods specified in this Group and specially designed ODMA software therefor

ML20

Cryogenic and superconductive equipment, the following: and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Equipment specially designed or configured to be installed in a vehicle for military ground, marine, airborne or space applications and capable of operating while in motion and of producing or maintaining temperatures below 103 K (−170°C)

• (b) Superconductive electrical equipment (rotating machinery and transformers) designed for operation at temperatures below 103 K (−170°C), and which are specially designed or configured to be installed in a vehicle for military ground, marine, airborne or space applications and capable of operating while in motion

except direct-current hybrid homopolar generators that have single-pole normal metal armatures which rotate in a magnetic field produced by superconducting windings, provided those windings are the only superconducting component in the generator.

ML22

Electrically triggered shutters of the photochromic or electro-optical type having a shutter speed of less than 100 microseconds, and specially designed ODMA software therefor; except shutters specially designed for high-speed cameras

ML23

Directed energy weapons (DEW) systems, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Laser systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target

• (b) Particle beam systems capable of destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target

• (c) High power radio-frequency (RF) systems capable of destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target

• (d) Specially designed components for systems specified in head (a), (b) or (c) above, including

• (1) prime power generation, energy storage, switching, power conditioning and fuel-handling equipment

• (2) target acquisition and tracking sub-systems

• (3) sub-systems capable of assessing target damage, destruction or mission-abort

• (4) beam-handling, propagation and pointing equipment

• (5) equipment with rapid beam slew capability for rapid multiple target operations

• (6) adaptive optics

• (7) current injectors for negative hydrogen ion beams which provide average injection currents over 50 mA with beam brightness (defined as current divided by the the product of orthogonal transverse, normalised root mean square emittances) greater than 40 A/(cm² mrad²) at kinetic energies of moren than 20 keV

• (8) specially designed components for the equipment specified in sub-heads (1) to (7) above

• (e) Equipment specially designed for the detection and identification of, and defence against, systems specified in head (a), (b) or (c) above, and specially designed ODMA software therefor

• (f) Physical test models and related documentation for the systems, equipment and components specified in heads (a) to (e) above

ML24

Software not elsewhere specified, the following–

• (a) Software specially designed for:

• (1) modelling, simulation or evaluation of military weapon systems

• (2) development, monitoring, maintenance or up-dating of software embedded in military weapon systems

• (3) modelling or simulating military operation scenarios, not specified in entry ML14 in this group

• (4) Command, Communications, Control and Intelligence (C₃I) applications

• (b) Software for determining the effects of conventional, nuclear, chemical or biological warfare weapons

ML26

Kinetic energy weapon systems and associated equipment, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA softwaretherefor–

• (a) Kinetic energy weapons systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target

• (b) Specially designed test and evaluation facilities and test models, including diagnostic instrumentation and targets, for dynamic testing of kinetic energy projectiles and systems

• (c) Specially designed subsystems for systems specified in head (a) or (b) above, including the following

• (1) launch-propulsion-subsystems capable of accelerating masses larger than 0.1 g to velocities in excess of 1.6 km/s, in single or rapid fire modes;

• (2) prime power generation, energy storage, thermal management, conditioning, switching and fuel-handling equipment;

• (3) target acquisition, tracking, fire control and damage assessment subsystems;

• (4) homing seeker, guidance and divert propulsion (lateral acceleration) subsystems for projectiles.

PL5001

Security and para-military police equipment, the following–

• (a) Acoustic devices represented by the manufacturers or suppliers thereof as suitable for riot control purposes, and specialised components therefor

• (b) Anti-riot shields and components therefor

• (c) Leg-irons, shackles (excluding handcuffs) and gangchains, specially designed for restraining human beings

• (d) Portable anti-riot devices for administering an electric shock or an incapacitating substance, and specialised components therefor

• (e) Water cannon and components therefor

• (f) Riot control vehicles which have been specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders

A1

Special and other fissile materials

except–

• (1) when contained in a sensing component or instrument, up to three effective grammes;

• (2) when contained in heart pacemakers.

In this entry–

“special fissile materials” means plutonium-239, uranium-233, uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233, and any material containing the foregoing;

“uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233” means uranium containing the isotopes 235 or 233, or both, in an amount such that the abundance ratio of the sum of these isotopes to the isotope 238 is more than the ratio of the isotope 235 to the isotope 238 occurring in nature (isotopic ratio 0.72 per cent);

“other fissile materials” means previously separated americium-242m, curium-245 and -247, californium-249 and -251, neptunium-237, isotopes of plutonium other than -239 and any material containing the foregoing;

• “effective gramme” of special or other fissile material means

• (a) for plutonium isotopes and uranium-233, the isotope weight in grammes;

• (b) for uranium enriched 1 per cent or greater in the isotope U-235, the element weight in grammes multiplied by the square of its enrichment expressed as a decimal weight fraction;

• (c) for uranium enriched below 1 per cent in the isotope U-235, the element weight in grammes multiplied by 0.0001;

• (d) for americium-242m, curium-245 and -247, californium-249 and -251 and neptunium-237, the isotope weight in grammes multiplied by 10;

“previously separated” means the application of any process intended to increase the concentration of the controlled isotope.

A2

Natural and depleted uranium, in any form, or incorporated in any substance in which the concentration of uranium exceeds 0.05%, by weight

In this entry–

“natural uranium” means uranium containing the mixtures of isotopes occurring in nature.

“depleted uranium” means uranium depleted in the isotope 235 below that occurring in nature.

PL6001

Source material, the following–

Thorium, in any form, or incorporated in any substance in which the concentration of thorium exceeds 0.05%

except alloys containing less than 5% thorium.

A3

Deuterium, heavy water, deuterated paraffins, and simple or complex lithium deuterides, and mixtures and solutions containing deuterium, in which the isotopic ratio of deuterium to hydrogen exceeds 1:5,000

PL6012

Compounds of deuterium

A4

Zirconium metal, alloys containing more than 50% zirconium by weight, compounds in which the ratio of hafnium content to zirconium content is less than one part to five hundred parts by weight, and goods composed wholly of any such metal, alloy or compound

except–

Zirconium in the form of foil or strip having a thickness not exceeding 0.01 mm.

A5

Nickel powder and porous nickel metal, the following–

• (a) Powder with a nickel content of 99% or more and a mean particle size of less than 100 micrometres, whether compacted or not

• (b) Porous nickel metal material produced from materials specified in head (a) above except single porous nickel metal sheets not exceeding 930 cm² intended for use in batteries for civil applications

PL6011

Graphite, nuclear-grade, having a purity level of less than 5 parts per million boron equivalent and with a density greater than 1.5 gcm³

A7

Lithium, the following–

• (a) Lithium metal, and hydrides and alloys containing lithium enriched in the lithium-6 isotope to a concentration higher than 7.5% on an atom percentage basis

• (b) Any other materials containing lithium enriched in the 6 isotope (including compounds, mixtures and concentrates)

except–

lithium enriched in the 6 isotope incorporated in thermoluminescent dosimeters.

A8

Hafnium, the following–

Hafnium metal, and alloys and compounds of hafnium containing more than 60% hafnium by weight, in crude, fabricated or semi-fabricated form

A9

Beryllium, the following–

• (a) Beryllium and alloys containing more than 50 per cent of beryllium, in crude or semi-fabricated forms

• (b) Beryllium compounds

• (c) Manufactures of any of the foregoing except metal windows for medicalX-ray machines and oxide shapes in fabricated or semi-fabricated forms specially designed for electronic component parts or as substrates for electronic circuits

PL6002

Fluorine

PL6003

Chlorine trifluoride

A12

Tritium, and compounds and mixtures containing tritium in which the ratio of tritium to hydrogen by atoms exceeds 1 part in 1,000, and products containing one or more of the foregoing

except

• (i) labelled compounds not exceeding 100 curies activity (in this exception “labelled compounds” means compounds in which one of the atoms is a different isotope from that found normally);

• (ii) tritium contained in luminous paint, self-luminous products, gas and aerosol detectors, electron tubes, lighting or static elimination devices, ion generating tubes, detector cells of gas chromatography devices, and calibration standards;

• (iii) compounds and mixtures of tritium, where the separation of the consitutents cannot result in the evolution of an isotopic mixture of hydrogen in which the ratio of tritium to hydrogen by atoms exceeds 1 part in 1,000.

A14

Specially designed or prepared materials for the separation of isotopes of natural uranium, depleted uranium and special and other fissile materials, including specially designed chemical exchange resins

Note 1: see entries A1 and A2 in this Group for the special and other fissile materials to which this entry refers.

Note 2: for isotopic separation plants, see the entry in Group 2B relating thereto.

A15

Wet proofed platinised catalysts specially designed or prepared for promoting hydrogen isotope exchange between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from heavy water or for heavy water production

PL6005

Calcium containing less than 100 parts per million by weight of impurities other than magnesium and less than 10 parts per million by weight of boron

PL6006

Alloys containing a higher percentage of magnesium than of any other element and 10% or more of lithium

PL6014

UF₆-resistant fully fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers specially prepared for the manufacture of gaseous diffusion barriers, having a purity of 99.9 per cent or more, a particle size less than 10 microns and a high degree of particle size uniformity

B1

Plant for the separation of isotopes of natural and depleted uranium, and other fissile materials, and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, the following–

• (a) Plant specially designed for separating isotopes of natural and depleted uranium, and other fissile materials, the following–

• (1) Gaseous diffusion separation plant

• (2) Gas centrifuge separation plant

• (3) Aerodynamic separation plant

• (4) Chemical exchange separation plant

• (5) Ion-exchange separation plant

• (6) Atomic vapour laser isotopic separation plant

• (7) Molecular laser isotopic separation plant

• (8) Plasma separation plant

• (9) Electromagnetic separation plant

• (b) Equipment and components, the following: specially designed or prepared for–

• (1) Gaseous diffusion separation process–

• (A) Valves wholly made of or lined with aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60% or more nickel, 40 mm or more in diameter, with bellows seals

• (B) Blowers and compressors (turbo, centrifugal and axial flow types) wholly made of or lined with aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60% or more nickel and having a capacity of 1,000 litres per minute or more, including compressor seals

• (C) Gaseous diffusion barriers made of porous metallic, polymer or ceramic materials resistant to corrosion by UF₆ with a pore size under 100 nm, a thickness of 5 mm or less, and, for tubular forms, a diameter of 25 mm or less

• (D) Gaseous diffuser housings

• (E) Heat exchangers made of aluminium, copper, nickel or alloys containing more than 60% 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 (0.1 millibar) per hour under a pressure differential of 100 kPa (1 bar)

• (2) Gas centrifuge separation process–

• (A) Gas centrifuges

• (B) Complete rotor assemblies

• (C) 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–

• (a) Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2.05 GN/m² or more

• (b) Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MN/m² or more

or

• (c) Fibrous and filamentary materials with a specific modulus of more than 3.18 × 10⁶ m and a specific tensile strength greater than 76.2 × 10³ m

• (D) Magnetic suspension bearings consisting of an annular magnet suspended within a housing containing a damping medium, and having the magnet coupling with a pole piece or second magnet fitted to the top cap of the rotor

• (E) Specially prepared bearings comprising a pivot-cup assembly mounted on a damper

• (F) 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 any of the following high strength-to-density ratio materials–

• (a) Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2.05 GN/m² or more

• (b) Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MN/m² or more

or

• (c) Fibrous and filamentary materials with a specific modulus of more than 3.18 × 10⁶ m and a specific tensile strength greater than 76.2 × 10³ m

• (G) Baffles of between 75 mm and 400 mm diameter for mounting inside a rotor tube, made from any of the following high strength-to-density ratio materials–

• (a) Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2.05 GN/m² or more

• (b) Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MN/m² or more

• (c) Fibrous and filamentary materials with a specific modulus of more than 3.18 × 10⁶ m and a specific tensile strength greater than 76.2 × 10³ m

• (H) 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–

• (a) Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2.05 GN/m² or more

• (b) Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MN/m² or more

or

• (c) Fibrous and filamentary materials with a specific modulus of more than 3.18 × 10⁶ and a specific tensile strength greater than 76.2 × 10³ m

• (I) Molecular pumps comprised of cylinders having internally machined or extruded helical grooves and internally machined bores

• (J) 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

• (K) Frequency changers specially designed or prepared to supply motor stators for gas centrifuge enrichment, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed components therefor–

• (a) Multiphase output of 600 to 2,000 Hz;

• (b) Frequency control better than 0.1%;

• (c) Harmonic distortion of less than 2%; and

• (d) An efficiency greater than 80%;

• (3) Aerodynamic separation process–

• (A) 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

• (B) Tangential inlet flow-driven cylindrical or conical tubes, specially designed for uranium isotope separation

• (C) UF⁶-hydrogen helium compressors wholly made of or lined with aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60% or more nickel, including compressor seals

• (D) Aerodynamic separation element housing, designed to contain vortex tubes or separation nozzles

• (E) Heat exchangers made of aluminium, copper, nickel, or alloys containing more than 60% nickel, or combinations of these metals as clad tubes, designed to operate at pressures of 600 kPa (6 bar) or less

• (4) Chemical exchange separation process–

• (A) Fast-exchange liquid-liquid centrifugal contactors or fast exchange liquid-liquid pulse columns made of fluorocarbon lined materials

• (B) Electrochemical reduction cells designed to reduce uranium from one valence state to another

• (5) Ion-exchange separation process– Fast reacting ion-exchange resins, pellicular and reticulated resins in which the active chemical exchange groups are limited to a coating on the surface of an inert particle or fibre

• (6) Atomic vapour laser isotopic separation process–

• (A) 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

• (B) Trough shaped crucible and cooling equipment for molten uranium

• (C) Product and tails collector systems made of or lined with materials resistant to the heat and corrosion of uranium vapour

• (D) Lasers and components designed for atomic vapour laser isotopic separation, the following–

• (a) Lasers to pump dye lasers–

• (1) Copper vapour lasers of 40 W or more

• (2) Argon ion lasers of more than 40 W

• (3) ND:YAG lasers that can be frequency doubled and thereby have an average power of more than 40 W

• (b) Other lasers and accessories–

• (1) Tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators

• except–

• single mode oscillators, with an average power of more than 30W, a repetition rate of more than 1 kHz and a wavelength between 500 nm and 700 nm.

• (2) Modulators for controlling and modifying dye laser bandwidth

• (3) Tunable pulsed single mode dye oscillators capable of an average power of more than 1W, and having a repetition rate of more than 1 KHz, a pulse width less than 100 ns, a wavelength between 500 nm and 700 nm and frequency modulation for bandwidth expansion

• (7) Molecular laser isotopic separation process–

• (A) Para-hydrogen Raman shifters designed to operate at 16 micrometres output wavelength and at a repetition rate of more than 250 Hz

• (B) Supersonic expansion nozzles designed for UF⁶ carrier gas

• (C) Uranium fluoride (UF⁵ ) product filter collectors

• (D) Equipment for fluorinating UF⁵ to UF⁶

• (E) UF⁶ carrier gas compressors wholly made of or lined with aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60% or more nickel, including compressor seals

• (F) Lasers designed for molecular laser isotopic separation, the following–

• (a) Alexandrite lasers with a bandwidth of 0.005 nm (3.0 GHz) or less, a repetition rate of more than 125 Hz, and an average power of more than 30W

• (b) Pulsed carbon dioxide lasers with a repetition rate of more than 250 Hz, an average power of more than 1.2 kW and a pulse length less than 200 ns

• (c) Pulsed excimer lasers (XeF, XeC1, KrF) with a repetition rate of more than 250 Hz and an average power of more than 250W

• (8) Plasma separation process–

• (A) Product and tails collectors made of or lined with materials resistant to the heat and corrosion of uranium vapour

• (B) Radio frequency ion excitation coils for frequencies of more than 100 kHz and capable of handling more than 40 kW power

• (C) Microwave power sources and superconductive electromagnets designed for use in the plasma separation process, the following–

• (a) Microwave power sources of more than 30 GHz and greater than 50 kW for ion production

• (b) Solenoidal superconductive electromagnets of more than 30 cm inner diameter, with a magnetic field of more than 2 T and uniform to better than 1% over the central 80% of the inner volume

• (9) Taking on-line samples of feed, product or tails from UF⁶ gas streams–

UF⁶ mass spectrometers/ion sources having all of the following characteristics

• (A) Unit resolution for mass of more than 320 amu;

• (B) Ion sources constructed of or lined with nichrome or monel, or nickel plated;

• (C) Electron bombardment ionization sources; and

• (D) Collector systems suitable for isotopic analysis.

PL6013

• (turbo, centrifugal and axial flow types) wholly made of or lined with nickel alloy, phosphor bronze, stainless steel, aluminium or aluminium alloy, corrosion resistant to uranium hexafluoride (UF₆) or hydrogen fluoride (HF) and having a capacity of 1,000 litres per minute or greater, including compressor seals

B2

Specially designed or prepared equipment and components, for plant for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel elements, the following–

• (a) Fuel element chopping or shredding machines, ie remotely operated equipment to cut, chop, shred or shear irradiated nuclear reactor fuel assemblies, bundles or rods

• (b) Dissolvers (ie criticality safe 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

• (c) 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 or other fissile materials

• (d) Process control instrumentation specially designed or prepared for monitoring or controlling the reprocessing of irradiated source or special or other fissile materials

In this entry “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.

Note 1: See also entry PL6016 in this Group.

Note 2: For process control equipment for Lithium, see entry PL6010 in this Group.

PL6016

Specially designed or prepared equipment and components, for plant for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel elements, the following–

• (a) Holding or storage vessels resistant to the corrosive effects of nitric acid

• (b) Systems for the conversion of plutonium nitrate to plutonium oxide

• (c) Systems for the production of plutonium metal

In this entry “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.

B3

Nuclear reactors, ie 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, the following–

• (a) Pressure vessels and metal vessels as complete units or as 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

• (b) Fuel element handling equipment, including reactor fuel charging and discharging machines

• (c) Control rods specially designed or prepared for the control of the reaction rate in a nuclear reactor, the neutron absorbing part and the support or suspension structures therefor, and control rod guide tubes

• (d) 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

• (e) 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 50 bars (atmospheres)

• (f) Coolant pumps specially designed or prepared for circulating the primary coolant of nuclear reactors

• (g) Internals specially designed or prepared for the operation of a nuclear reactor, including but not limited to core support structures, thermal shields, baffles, core grid plates and diffuser plates

• (h) Heat exchangers

In this entry a “nuclear reactor” means the items within or attached directly to the reactor vessel, the equipment which controls the level of power in the core, and the components which normally contain, come into direct contact with or control the primary coolant of the reactor core.

B4

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 (1) normally comes into direct contact with or directly processes or controls the production flow of nuclear materials, (2) seals the nuclear material within the cladding, (3) checks the integrity of the cladding or the seal, or (4) checks the finish treatment of the solid fuel.

B5

Plant for the production of heavy water, deuterium or deuterium compounds, and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, the following–

• (a) Plant for the production of heavy water, deuterium or deuterium compounds, the following–

• (1) Hydrogen sulphide-water exchange plant

• (2) Ammonia-hydrogen exchange plant

• (3) Hydrogen distillation plant

• (b) Equipment and components, the following: designed for–

• (1) Hydrogen sulphide-water exchange process–

• (A) Tray exchange towers

• (B) Hydrogen sulphide gas compressors

• (2) Ammonia-hydrogen exchange process–

• (A) High-pressure ammonia-hydrogen exchange towers

• (B) High-efficiency stage contactors

• (C) Submersible stage recirculation pumps

• (D) Ammonia crackers designed for pressures of more than 3 MPa (30 bar)

• (3) Hydrogen distillation process–

• (A) Hydrogen cryogenic distillation towers and cold boxes designed for operation below 35 K

• (B) Turboexpanders or turboexpander-compressor sets designed for operation below 35 K

• (4) Heavy water concentration process to reactor grade level (99.75% deuterium oxide)–

• (A) Water distillation towers containing specially designed packings

• (B) Ammonia distillation towers containing specially designed packings

• (C) Catalytic burners for conversion of fully enriched deuterium to heavy water

• (D) Infrared absorption analysers capable of on-line hydrogen-deuterium ratio analysis where deuterium concentrations are equal to or more than 90%

B6

Plant for the production of uranium hexafluoride (UF⁶ ) and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, the following–

• (a) Plant for the production of UF⁶

• (b) Equipment and components specially designed or prepared for UF⁶ production, the following–

• (1) Fluorination and hydrofluorination screw and fluid bed reactors and flame towers

• (2) Distillation equipment for the purification of UF⁶

PL6015

Equipment for the handling or processing of UF⁶ , and specially designed components therefor made from or lined with UF⁶ resistant materials, the following–

• (a) Feed autoclaves for passing UF⁶ to gaseous diffusion or centrifuge cascades

• (b) Desublimers or cold traps used to remove UF⁶ from gaseous diffusion or centrifuge cascade

• (c) Product and tails stations for trapping and transferring UF⁶ into containers

• (d) Liquefaction stations where UF⁶ gas is compressed and cooled to form liquid UF⁶

• (e) Piping systems and header systems for handling UF⁶ within gaseous diffusion or centrifuge cascades

• (f) Vacuum manifolds, vacuum headers and vacuum pumps having a suction capacity of 5 m³/minute or more

C1

Neutron generator systems, including tubes, designed for operation without an external vacuum system and utilizing electrostatic acceleration to induce a tritium-deuterium nuclear reaction

C2

Power generating or propulsion equipment specially designed or adapted for use with military, space, marine or mobile nuclear reactors

C3

Electrolytic cells for the production of fluorine with a production capacity greater than 250 g of fluorine per hour

C4

Equipment specially designed or prepared for the separation of isotopes of lithium, the following–

• (a) Packed liquid-liquid exchange columns specially designed for lithium amalgams

• (b) Amalgam pumps

• (c) Amalgam electrolysis cells

• (d) Evaporators for concentrated lithium hydroxide solution

C5

Equipment specially designed for the production or recovery of tritium

C6

Frequency changers (converters or inverters) specially designed or prepared to supply motor stators for gas centrifuge enrichment, having all the following characteristics, and specially designed components therefor

• (a) A multi-phase electrical output of between 600 to 2,000 Hz;

• (b) Frequency control better than 0.1%;

• (c) Harmonic distortion of less than 2%;

• (d) An efficiency greater than 80%.

PL6007

Equipment specially designed for the manufacture or assembly of gas centrifuges capable of the enrichment or separation of isotopes, and specially designed parts, components and equipment therefor (For gas centrifuge plant, see entry B1, plant for separation of isotopes, in this Group.)

PL6008

Mass spectrometers and mass spectrometer sources designed for measuring the isotopic composition of uranium hexafluoride (UF⁶ ) gas, uranium and uranyl compounds

PL6009

Pressure gauges capable of measuring pressures to 100 Torr (13332.2 N/m² ) or less having sensing elements of nickel, nickel alloy, phosphor bronze, stainless steel, aluminium or aluminium alloy, corrosion resistant to uranium hexafluoride (UF⁶ ) or hydrogen fluoride (HF); and such sensing elements

PL6010

Process control equipment or instrumentation specially designed or prepared for monitoring or controlling the reprocessing of irradiated lithium

IL1001

Technology for metal-working manufacturing processes and specially designed software, the following–

• (a) Technology for the design of tools, dies and fixtures specially designed for any of the following processes–

• (1) hot die forging

• (2) superplastic forming

• (3) diffusion bonding

• (4) direct-acting hydraulic pressing

• (b) Technology consisting of the parameters listed below in connection with the process referred to in the relevant sub-head–

• (1) hot die forging–

• (i) temperature

• (ii) strain rate

• (2) superplastic forming of aluminium alloys, titanium alloys and superalloys–

• (i) surface preparation

• (ii) strain rate

• (iii) temperature

• (iv) pressure

• (3) diffusion bonding of superalloys and titanium alloys–

• (i) surface preparation

• (ii) temperature

• (iii) pressure

• (4) direct-acting hydraulic pressing of aluminium alloys, and titanium alloys–

• (i) pressure

• (ii) cycle time

• (5) hot isostatic densification of titanium alloys, aluminium alloys and superalloys–

• (i) temperature

• (ii) pressure

• (iii) cycle time

In this entry–

• (a) “hot die forging” means a deformation process where die temperatures are at the same nominal temperature as the workpiece and exceed 850 K (577°C);

• (b) “superplastic forming” means a deformation process using heat for metals that are normally characterised by low values of elongation (less than 20%) at the breaking point as determined at room temperature by conventional tensile strength-testing, in order to achieve elongations during processing which are at least 2 times those values;

• (c) “diffusion bonding” means a solid-state molecular joining of at least two separate metals into a single piece with a joint strength equivalent to that of the weakest material;

• (d) “direct-acting hydraulic pressing” means a deformation process which uses a fluid-filled flexible bladder in direct contact with the workpiece;

• (e) “hot isostatic densification” means a process of pressurizing a casting at temperatures exceeding 375 K (102°C) in a closed cavity through various media (gas, liquid, solid particles, etc) to create equal force in all directions to reduce or eliminate internal voids in the casting;

PL7031

Production equipment for inert gas and vacuum atomising processes, specially designed components therefor and related technology, the following–

• (a) Production equipment designed or modified for inert gas and vacuum atomising processes to achieve sphericity and uniform size of particles in metal powders, whatever the type of metal and whether or not the powder is specified in this Schedule, and specially designed components therefor

• (b) Technology for inert gas and vacuum atomising processes to achieve sphericity and uniform size of particles in metal powders, whatever the type of metal and whether or not the powder is specified in this Schedule

PL7027

Flow forming machines and machines combining the functions of spin forming and flow forming, having both the following characteristics: and specially designed components and specially designed software therefor

• (a) specially designed or adapted for use with numerical or computer controls;

• (b) having more than two axes which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control.

IL1080

Specially designed equipment, tooling and fixtures and technology for the manufacture or measuring of gas turbine blades or vanes, the following: and specially designed components and accessories therefor and specially designed ODMA software for the equipment, components and accessories–

• (1) Specially designed equipment, tooling, fixtures, components and accessories, the following–

• (a) Blade or vane aerofoil or root automatic measuring equipment

• (b) Precision vacuum investment casting equipment, including core-making equipment

• (c) Small-hole drilling equipment for producing holes having depth more than four times their diameter and less than 0.76 mm (0.03 inch) in diameter

• (d) Directional solidification casting equipment and directional recrystallization equipment

• (e) Segmented cast blade or vane bonding equipment

• (f) Integral blade-and-disc casting equipment

• (g) Blade or vane coating equipment, except furnaces, molten-metal baths and ion-plating baths

• (h) Ceramic blade or vane moulding and finishing machines

• (i) Moulds, cores and tooling for the manufacture and finishing of–

• (1) cast hollow turbine blades or vanes

• (2) turbine blades or vanes produced by powder compaction

• (j) Composite metal turbine blade or vane moulding and finishing machines

• (k) Inertial blade or vane welding machines

• (l) Machinery and equipment for the manufacture of blades or vanes in the compressor section of aircraft or aircraft-derived gas turbine engines where the technology is the same as for the manufacture of blades or vanes in the turbine section

• (2) Technology (except installation, operation and maintenance technology) for use of the following equipment

• (a) Blade or vane belt grinding machines

• (b) Blade or vane edge radiusing machines

• (c) Blade or vane aerofoil milling or grinding machines

• (d) Blade or vane blank performing machines

• (e) Blade or vane rolling machines

• (f) Blade or vane aerofoil shaping machines except metal removing types

• (g) Blade or vane root grinding machines

• (h) Blade or vane aerofoil scribing equipment

• (i) Machinery and equipment for the manufacture of blades or vanes in the compressor section of aircraft or aircraft-derived gas turbine engines where the technology is the same as for the manufacture of blades or vanes in the turbine section

In this entry–

• “manufacture” or

• “making” includes refurbishing.

IL1081

Specially designed or modified equipment, tools, dies, moulds and fixtures for the manufacture or inspection of aircraft, airframe structures or aircraft fasteners, the following: and specially designed components and accessories therefor and specially designed ODMA software for the equipment, components and accessories–

• (a) Equipment, tools, dies, moulds or fixtures for:

• (1) hydraulic stretch forming–

• (i) whose machine motions or forces are digitally controlled or controlled by electrical analogue devices

or

• (ii) which are capable of thermal-conditioning the workpiece

• (2) the milling of aircraft skins or spars, except those which do not present an improvement on machinery in production ten years preceding the year of export

• (b) Tools, dies, moulds or fixtures for–

• (1) diffusion bonding

• (2) superplastic forming

• (3) hot die forging

• (4) direct-acting hydraulic pressing of aluminium alloys and titanium alloys

• (5) the manufacture, inspection, inserting or securing of specially designed high-strength aircraft fasteners

The definitions in entry IL1001 of the processes and control of the metal working manufacturing technologies mentioned above, apply also for the purposes of this entry.

IL1086

Specially designed or modified equipment, tools, dies, moulds, fixtures and gauges for the manufacture or inspection of aircraft and aircraft-derived gas turbine engines, the following: and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software for the equipment, components and accessories–

• (a) Equipment, tools, dies, moulds, fixtures and gauges–

• (1) for automated production inspection

• (2) for automated welding

• (b) Tools, dies, fixtures and gauges–

• (1) for solid-state joining by inertial welding or thermal bonding

• (2) for manufacture and inspection of high-performance gas turbine bearings

• (3) for rolling specially configured rings such as nacelle rings

• (4) for forming and finishing turbine discs

• (c) Compressor or turbine disc broaching machines

This head includes only broaching machines specially designed for the manufacture of aircraft or aircraft-derived gas turbine engines and not general purpose broaching machines specially adapted for that purpose.

IL1088

Gear making or finishing machinery, the following–

• (a) Bevel gear making machinery, the following–

• (1) gear grinding machinery (non-generating type)

• (2) other machinery capable of the production of bevel gears of module finer than 0.5 mm (diametrical pitch finer than 48) and meeting a quality standard better than DIN 58405 Class 6

• (b) Machinery capable of producing gears in excess of AGMA quality level 13 or equivalent

For the purposes of this entry DIN 3963 Class 4 shall be considered equivalent to AGMA quality level 13.

IL1091

Numerical control units, numerically controlled machine tools, components, specially designed parts and sub-assemblies, software and technology, the following–

• (a) Numerical control units for machine tools, having any of the following characteristics, and specially designed ODMA software and specially designed components therefor–

• (1) more than three interpolating axes can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control

W

• (2) two or three interpolating axes can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control and

• (A) the smallest programmable increment, namely the input resolution, for any linear axis is less than 0.001 mm

W

• NOTE: In case of units with only two linear axes one of them may have a smallest programmable increment of less than 0.001 mm but not less than 0.0005 mm.

• (B) interpolation of third order or higher is possible (e.g. spline or involute interpolation) W

• (C) word size of more than 32 bit (excluding parity bits) W

• (D) capable of real-time processing of data to modify, during the machining operation, tool path, feed rate and spindle data by either–

• (a) 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

W

• or

• (b) 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

W

• (E) capable of receiving directly (on-line) and processing computer aided design (CAD) data for internal preparation of machine instructions

W

except–

numerical control units which are either:

• (a) modified for and incorporated in machines not specified in this Schedule; or

• (b) specially designed for machines not specified in this Schedule;

• (b) Machine tools, for removing, cutting or spark eroding metals, ceramics or composites, the following–

• (1) machine tools for turning which have all the following characteristics

W

• (A) according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with numerical control units specified in head (a) above, even when not equipped with such units at delivery;

• (B) have two or more axes which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control;

• (C) have any of the following–

• (a) two or more contouring rotary axes;

• (b) run out (out-of-true running) less (better) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR);

• (c) camming (axial displacement) less (better) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR); or

• (d) the positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are better than–

• (1) overall positioning along any linear axis of–

• (A) 0.006 mm for a total length of axis travel L equal to or shorter than 500 mm; or

• (B) (0.006 + 0.001 × (L−500)/500) mm if L is longer than 500 mm and shorter than 5,500 mm; or

• (C) 0.016 mm if L is equal to or longer than 5,500 mm; or

• (2) of any rotary axis, 0.001°;

• (2) machine tools for milling which have all the following characteristics

W

• (A) according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with numerical control units specified in head (a) above, even when not equipped with such units at delivery;

• (B) have two or more axes which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control;

• (C) have any of the following–

• (a) two or more contouring rotary axes;

• (b) one or more contouring tilting spindles;

• (c) run out (out-of-true running) less (better) than 2 × D × 10⁻⁵ mm total indicator reading (TIR) where D equals the diameter of the spindle in mm;

• (d) the positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are better than–

• (1) overall positioning along any linear axis of–

• (e) a motor power of any spindle of more than 75 kW;

• (3) machine tools for grinding which have all the following characteristics

W

• (A) according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with numerical control units specified in head (a) above, even when not equipped with such units at delivery;

• (B) have two or more axes which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control;

• (C) have any of the following–

• (a) two or more contouring rotary axes;

• (b) one or more contouring tilting spindles;

• (c) run out (out-of-true running) less (better) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR); or

• (d) the positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are better than–

• (1) overall positioning along any linear axis of–

• (2) of any rotary axis, 0.001°;

• except–

• tool or cutter grinding machines having all the following characteristics–

• (a) no more than four axes can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control;

• (b) no more than two rotary axes can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control;

• (c) run out (out-of-true running) more (worse) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR);

• (d) the positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are not better than:

• (1) overall positioning along any linear axis of 0.004 mm; or

• (e) a maximum slide travel along any axis of less than 200 mm;

• (4) electrical discharge machines (EDM) of the wire feed type which have five or more contouring axes and which can be equipped with one of the following–

• (A) numerical control units specified in head (a) above even when not equipped with such units at delivery

W

• (B) electronic controllers specified in head (b) in entry IL1391 inGroup 3D

W

• (5) electrical discharge machines (EDM) of the non-wire type which have two or more contouring rotary axes and which can be equipped with one of the following–

• (A) numerical control units specified in head (a) above even when not equipped with such units at delivery

W

• (B) electronic controllers specified in head (b) in entry IL1391 inGroup 3D

W

• (6) machine tools for removing metals ceramics or composites, having all the following characteristics

W

• (A) acting by means of–

• (a) water or other liquid jets, whether or not employing abrasive additives;

• (b) electron beam; or

• (c) laser beam; and

• (B) according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with numerical control units specified in head (a) above, even when they are not equipped with such units at delivery; and

• (C) having two or more rotary axes which–

• (a) can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control; and

• (b) have a positioning accuracy of better than 0.01°;

• (c) Technology for–

• (1) the development of numerical control units for machine tools specified in head (a) above

D,I,L,Y

• (2) the production of numerical control units which have either of the following characteristics:

• (A) specified in head (a) above

D,I,L,Y

• (B) containing a microprocessor with both of the following

D,I,L,Y

• (a) a word length of 32 bit; and

• (b) a bus architecture of 32 bit;

• (3) the development of numerically controlled machine tools for removing, cutting or spark eroding metals, ceramics or composites specified inhead (b) above

D,I,L,Y

• (4) the production of numerically controlled machine tools which have either of the following characteristics–

• (A) specified in head (b) above

D,I,L,Y

• (B) a positioning accuracy along any linear axis of better than 0.02 mm

D,I,L,Y

• (5) the development of components specified in head (d) or (e) below

D,I,L,Y

• (6) the production of components or sub-assemblies, which have either of the following characteristics–

• (A) specified in head (d) or sub-head (e)(2) below

D,I,L,Y

• (B) not specified in sub-head (d)(2) or (d)(3) below

D,I,L,Y

• (7) the development of interactive graphics as an integrated part in numerical control units for preparation or modification of part programmes

D,I,L,Y

• (8) the development of generators of machine tool instructions (eg part programmes) from design data residing inside numerical control units

D,I,L,Y

• (9) the incorporation of expert systems for advanced decision support of shop floor operations

D,I,L,Y

• (10) the development of flexible manufacturing units used with the software specified in sub-head (b)(5)(E) in entry IL1566 in Group 3G

D,I,L,Y

• (d) Components and specially designed parts for machine tools specified inhead (b) above, the following–

• (1) spindle assemblies, consisting of spindles and bearings as a minimal assembly, with run-out (out-of-true running) less than–

• (A) 0.0008mm total indicator reading (TIR) for machine tools for turning or grinding

W

• (B) 2 × D × 10⁻⁵ mm total indicator reading (TIR), where D equals the diameter of the spindle in mm, for machine tools for milling

W

• (2) linear position feedback units (eg inductive type devices, graduated scales, laser or infrared systems) having, with compensation, an overall accuracy better than ± (0.0015 + L × 10−6)mm, where L equals the effective length in mm of the linear measurement

W

• (3) rotary position feedback units (eg inductive type devices, graduated scales, laser or infrared systems) having, with compensation, an accuracy better than ± 0.00025°

W

• (4) slide way assemblies consisting of a minimal assembly of ways, bed and slide with all of the following characteristics

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• (A) a yaw, pitch or roll of less than 2 seconds of arc, total indicator reading (TIR);

• (B) a horizontal straightness of less than 0.004mm; and

• (C) a vertical straightness of less than 0.004mm;

• (5) ball screws, having all of the following characteristics

W

• (A) a sum of tolerance of mean travel deviation (e) and half the travel variation (Vu) less than (0.0025 + 5 × 10 −6 × L)mm, where L is the useful travel in mm of the ball screw;

• (B) a tolerance of travel variation (V300) within 300mm travel of the ball screw less than 0.004mm; and

• (C) a run-out (out-of-true running) of the journal diameter related to the screw shaft outer diameter less than 0.005mm total indicator reading (TIR), at an axial distance of 3 or more times the screw shaft outer diameter from the end of the journal;

• (6) single point diamond cutting tool inserts having all of the following characteristics

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• (A) a flawless and chip-free cutting edge when magnified 400 times in any direction;

• (B) a cutting radius out-of-roundness less than 0.002mm total indicator reading (TIR); and

• (C) a cutting radius between 0.1 and 5.0mm;

• (7) linear induction motors used as drives for slides having all the following characteristics

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• (A) a stroke longer than 200mm for linear slides;

• (B) a nominal force rating above 45 N; and

• (C) a minimal controlled incremental movement less than 0.001mm for linear motion;

• (e) Specially designed components or sub-assemblies, 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 head (a) or (b), or in sub-head (d)(2) or (d)(3) above, the following–

• (1) printed circuit boards with mounted components and softwaretherefor

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• (2) compound rotary tables

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In this entry–

• “accuracy”, usually measured in terms of inaccuracy, means the maximum deviation, positive or negative, of an indicated value from an accepted standard or true value;

“adaptive control” means a control system that adjusts the response from conditions detected during the operation;

• (cont.)

• “camming” (axial displacement) means axial displacement in one revolution of the main spindle measured in a plane perpendicular to the spindle faceplate, at a point next to the circumference of the spindle faceplate;

“compound rotary table” means a table allowing the workpiece to rotate and tilt about two non-parallel axes, which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control;

“contouring control” means two or more numerically controlled motions operating in accordance with instructions that specify the next required position and the required feed rates to that position. These feed rates are varied in relation to each other so that a desired contour is generated;

“numerical control” means the automatic control of a process performed by a device that makes use of numeric data usually introduced as the operation is in progress;

• “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:

• (a) test conditions:–

• (1) for 12 hours before and during measurements, the machine tools 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;

• (2) the machine shall be equipped with any mechanical, electronic, or software compensation to be exported with the machine;

• (3) accuracy of measuring equipment for the measurements shall be at least 4 times more accurate than the expected machine tool accuracy;

• (4) power supply for slide drives shall be the following:–

• (A) line voltage variation shall not be greater than ± 10 per cent of nominal rated voltage;

• (B) frequency variation shall not be greater than ± 2 Hz of normal frequency;

• (C) lineouts or interrupted service are not permitted.

• (b) test programme:–

• (1) feed rate (velocity of slides) during measurement shall be the rapid traverse rate; NOTE: In case of machine tools which generate optical quality surfaces, the feed rate shall be equal to or less than 50mm per minute;

• (2) 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;

• (3) axes not being measured shall be retained at mid travel during test of an axis.

• (c) presentation of test results:–

the results of the measurements must include:–

• (1) position accuracy (A); and

• (2) the mean reversal error (B);

• “run out” (out-of-true running) means radial displacement in one revolution of the main spindle measured in a plane perpendicular to the spindle axis at a point on the external or internal revolving surface to be tested;

“tilting spindle” means a tool holding spindle which alters, during the machining process, the angular position of its centre line with respect to any other axis.

• “machine tools for removing, cutting or spark eroding metal, ceramics or composites” are the following:

• (a) machine tools for turning, including–

• (1) horizontal turning machines;

• (2) vertical turning machines;

• (3) turning centres, with or without milling or grinding options;

• (4) machines for generating optical quality surfaces;

• (b) machine tools for milling, including–

• (1) boring machines;

• (2) boring-milling machines;

• (3) milling machines;

• (4) machining centres, with or without turning or grinding options;

• (5) machine tools for routing;

• (c) machine tools for grinding, with or without milling or turning options, including–

• (1) jig grinding machines;

• (2) contour grinding machines;

• (3) tool and cutter grinding machines;

• (d) machine tools using electric discharge for machining;

• (e) other machines tools, as follows:

• (1) water and other liquid jet machines;

• (2) electron beam cutting machines; or

• (3) ser cutting machines.

Any term used in this entry shall bear the meaning it has in entry IL1565 and entry IL1566 in Group 3G.

PL7005

Machines, internal grinding, (except hand-held drills) of the kind incorporating, or specially designed for the utilisation of, grinding heads designed or rated for operation at speeds in excess of 120,000 revolutions per minute

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IL1099

Dimensional inspection systems or devices, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Manual dimensional inspection machines with two or more axes, and having a measurement uncertainty equal to or less (better) than (0.25 + L/1000) micrometre in any axis (L is measured length in mm)

except optical comparators.

• (b) Computer controlled or numerically controlled dimensional inspection machines having both of the following characteristics

• (1) two or more axes;

• (2) a one dimensional (1D) length measurement uncertainty equal to or less (better) than (1.5 + L/1000) micrometre tested with a probe of an accuracy of less (better) than 0.2 micrometre (L is measured length in mm);

• (c) Linear angular displacement measuring devices, the following–

• (1) linear measuring instruments having any of the following characteristics–

• (A) non-contact type measuring systems with a resolution equal to or less than 0.2micrometre within a measuring range up to 0.2mm

• (B) linear voltage differential transformer systems having both of the following characteristics

• (a) linearity equal to or less (better) than 0.1% within a measuring range up to and including 5mm; and

• (b) drift equal to or less (better) than 0.1% per day at a standard ambient test room temperature ± 1K; or

• (C) measuring systems having both the following characteristics

• (a) contain a laser;

• (b) maintain for at least 12 hours, over a temperature range of ± 1K around a standard temperature and at a standard pressure–

• (1) a resolution over their full scale of ± 0.1micrometre or better; and

• (2) a measurement uncertainty equal to or less (better) than (0.2 + L/2000) micrometre (L is measured length in mm);

• (2) angular measuring instruments having an angular position deviation equal to or less (better) than 0.00025°

except–

optical instruments, such as autocollimators, using collimated light to detect angular displacement of a mirror;

• (d) Systems for simultaneous linear-angular inspection of hemishells, having both of the following characteristics

• (1) measurement uncertainty along any linear axis equal to or less (better) than 3.5micrometre per 5mm;

• (2) angular position deviation equal to or less (better) than 0.02°

• NOTE:

• Specially designed ODMA software for the systems described in this head includes software for simultaneous measurement of wall thickness and contour.

In this entry–

“angular position deviation” means the maximum difference between angular position and the actual, very accurately measured angular position, after the workpiece mount of the table has been turned out of its initial position;

• “linearity” (usually measures in terms of non-linearity) means the maximum deviation of the actual characteristic (average of upscale and downscale readings), positive or negative, from a straight line so positioned as to equalise and minimise the maximum deviations;

“measurement uncertainty” means the characteristic parameter which specifies in what range about the output value the correct value of the measurable variable lies with a confidence level of 95%. It includes the uncorrected systematic deviations, the uncorrected backlash and the random deviations;

“resolution” means the least increment of a measuring device; on digital instruments, the least significant bit.

IL1131

Pumps (except vacuum pumps) designed to move molten metals by electro-magnetic forces

PL7029

Equipment for the production and handling of goods specified in PL7028, specially designed components therefor and related technology, the following:

• (a) Equipment, excluding mixers, for the production, handling and acceptance testing of goods specified in PL7028, and specially designed components therefor

• (b) Technology for the production of goods specified in PL7028

PL7030

Mixers designed for propellants specified in PL5009 or PL7028, having all the following characteristics: and specially designed components therefor

• (a) with provision for mixing under vacuum in the range zero to 13.326 kPa with temperature control capability of the mixing chamber;

• (b) having either of the following characteristics;

• (i) having explosion proof electric or hydraulic motor;

• (ii) having an emergency system to open the system to atmosphere in the case of fire in the mixing chamber; and

• (c) being either of the following types:

• (i) batch mixers having a total volumetric capacity of 110 litres or more, or

• (ii) continuous mixers.

IL1205

Electro-chemical, semiconductor and radioactive devices for the direct conversion of chemical, solar or nuclear energy to electrical energy, the following–

• (a) Electro-chemical devices, the following: and specially designed components therefor–

• (1) fuel cells operating at temperatures of 523 K (250°C) or less, including regenerative cells, ie cells for generating electric power, to which all the consumable components are supplied from outside the cell

• Note: the temperature of 523 K or less refers to the fuel cell and not to the fuel conditioning equipment, which may be either an ancillary or an integral part of the fuel cell battery and which may operate at over 523 K.

• (2) primary cells (non-rechargeable) and batteries, having any of the following characteristics–

• (i) reserve (water, electrolyte or thermally activated) batteries possessing a means of activation and having a rated unactivated storage life of three years or more at an ambient temperature of297 K (24°C)

• (ii) utilizing lithium or calcium (including alloys in which lithium or calcium are constituents) as electrodes and having an energy density at a discharge current equal to C/24 hours (C being the nominal capacity at 297 K (24°C) in ampere-hours) of more than 300 watt-hours per kilogramme at 297 K (24°C) and more than 100 watt-hours per kilogramme at 244 K (−29°)

• Note: Energy density is obtained by multiplying the average power in watts (average voltage in volts times average current in amperes) by the duration of the discharge in hours to 80% of the open-circuit voltage and dividing by the total mass of the cell (or battery) in kilogrammes;

• (iii) using an air electrode together with either lithium or aluminium counter-electrodes and having a power output of 5 kilowatts or more or an energy output of 5 kilowatt-hours or more

• (3) secondary (rechargeable) cells and batteries having either of the following characteristics after more than 20 charge/discharge cycles at a discharge current equal to C/5 hours (C being the nominal capacity in ampere-hours)–

• (i) utilizing nickel and hydrogen as the active constituents and having an energy density of 55 watt hours per kilogramme or more at 297 K (24°C)

• (ii) utilizing lithium or sodium as electrodes or reactants and having an energy density of 55 watt-hours per kilogramme or more at the rated operating temperature

• Note: Energy density is obtained by multiplying the average power in watts (average voltage in volts times average current in amperes) by the duration of the discharge in hours to 75% of the open-circuit voltage and divided by the total mass of the cell (or battery) in kilogrammes;

• (4) molten salt electrolyte cells and batteries which normally operate at temperatures of 773 K (500°C) or below

• (b) Photo-voltaic cells, the following: and specially designed components therefor–

• (1) cells with a power output of 140 W or more per sq m under 1 kW per sq m tungsten 2,800 K (2,527°C) illumination

• (2) all gallium arsenide photo-voltaic cells including those having a power output of less than 40 W per sq m measured using the technique in sub-head (1) to this head

• (3) cells with a power output of 4.5 kW or more per sq m under 100 kW per sq m silicon carbide at 1,750 K(1,477°C) illumination

• (4) electromagnetic cells (including laser) and ionized particle radiation resistant cells

• (c) Power sources based on radio-active materials systems other than nuclear reactors

except–

• (i) those having an output power of less than 0.5 W and a total weight (force) of more than 890 N (90.7 kg);

• (ii) those specially designed and developed for medical use within the human body.

There are excluded from this entry cells and power source devices, the following: and specially designed components therefor–

• (a) fuel cells specified in sub-head (a)(1) above, provided they are not space qualified, with a maximum output power more than 10 kilowatts and which use gaseous pure hydrogen and oxygen/air reactants, alkaline electrolyte and a catalyst supported by carbon either pressed on a metal mesh electrode or attached to a conducting porous plastic;

• (b) lithium primary (non-rechargeable) cells or batteries specified in sub-head (a)(2)(ii) which:

• (1) are specially designed for consumer applications; or

• (2) are specially designed for civil applications and have a nominal capacity less than or equal to 35 ampere-hours and discharge current of less than C/10 hours (C as defined for the purpose of sub-head (a)(2)(ii)).

• (c) lithium secondary (rechargeable) cells and batteries specified in sub-head (a)(3)(ii) above which:

• (1) are specially designed for consumer applications;

• (2) have a nominal capacity less than or equal to 0.5 ampere-hour and an energy density of less than 40 watt-hours per kilogramme at 273 K (0°C) and a discharge current of less than C/10 hours (C as defined for the purpose of sub-head (a)(3));

• (d) sodium secondary (rechargeable) cells and batteries specified in sub-head (a)(3)(ii) above which are specially designed for consumer or civil industrial applications and which are not space qualified.

In this entry “space qualified” refers to products which are stated by the manufacturer as designed and tested to meet the special electrical, mechanical or environmental requirements for use in rockets, satellites or high-altitude flight systems operating at altitudes of 100 km or more.

IL1310

Systems and components specially designed for producing metal alloys, metal alloy powder or alloyed materials specified in entry IL1610 in Group 3H

PL7019

Vacuum or controlled environment (inert gas) induction furnaces having either uncooled or gas cooled induction coils 300 mm or less in diameter and capable of operating above 850°C

L,I,S,Y

IL1312

Isostatic presses, the following: and specially designed dies, moulds, components, accessories and controls and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Those having a controlled thermal environment within the closed cavity and possessing an inside chamber dimension of 127 mm or more

• (b) Those having any of the following characteristics:

• (1) Maximum working pressure exceeding 207 MPa

• (2) A maximum inside chamber dimension exceeding 406 mm, when the controlled thermal environment which can be achieved and maintained exceeds 1,773 K (1,500°C)

or

• (3) Having a facility for hydrocarbon impregnation and removal of resultant gaseous degradation products

In this entry “isostatic presses” are equipment capable of pressurising a closed cavity through various media (gas, liquid, solid particles, etc) to create equal pressure in all directions within the cavity upon a workpiece or material.

The “inside chamber dimension” is the internal dimension of the chamber in which both the working temperature and the working pressure are achieved and does not include fixtures. That dimension is the smaller of either the inside diameter of the pressure chamber or the inside diameter of the insulated furnace chamber.

PL7032

Isostatic presses having all of the following characteristics: and specially designed dies, moulds, components, accessories, controls and software therefor

• (a) a maximum working pressure of 69 MPa or greater;

• (b) designed to achieve and maintain a controlled thermal environment of 873K (600°C) or greater; and

• (c) possessing an inside chamber dimension of 254 mm or greater.

In this entry “isostatic presses” are equipment capable of pressurising a closed cavity through various media (gas, liquid, solid particles, etc) to create equal pressure in all directions within the cavity upon a workpiece or material.

The “inside chamber dimension” is the internal dimension 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.

IL1353

Manufacturing and testing equipment for optical fibre, optical cable and other cables, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Equipment specially designed to manufacture cable specified in head (a) or (d) of entry IL1526 in Group 3F

• (b) Equipment specially designed to manufacture optical fibre specified in entry IL1526 in Group 3F

• (c) Equipment specially designed to manufacture optical fibre preforms specified in entry IL1767 in Group 3I

• (d) Optical fibre and optical fibre preform characterisation equipment using semiconductor lasers for the testing of optical fibres or optical fibre preforms at operating wavelengths exceeding 1,000 nm

IL1355

Equipment for the manufacture or testing of electronic components and materials, the following: and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Equipment specially designed for the manufacture or testing of electron tubes or optical elements specified in entry IL1555, IL1556 or IL1558 in Group 3F, and specially designed components therefor

• (b) Equipment which is specially designed for the manufacture or testing of semiconductor devices, integrated circuits and assemblies, systems which incorporate or have the characteristics of such equipment and equipment which is used or capable of being modified for use in the manufacture or testing of imaging devices, electro-optical devices and acoustic wave devices (except quartz furnace tubes, furnace liners, paddles, boats other than specially designed caged boats, bubblers, cassettes and crucibles specially designed for the equipment specified in this head), the following–

• (1) Equipment for the processing of materials for the manufacture of electronic components and materials, the following–

• (a) Equipment for producing polycrystalline silicon specified in head (f) to entry IL1757 of Group 3I

• (b) Equipment specially designed for purifying or processing III/V and II/VI semiconductor materials specified in entry IL1757 of Group 3I, except crystal pullers

• (c) Crystal pullers and furnaces, the following–

• (1) Annealing or recrystallising equipment other than constant temperature furnaces employing high rates of energy transfer capable of processing wafers at a rate exceeding 5,000 mm² /min

• (2) Stored programme controlled crystal pullers having any of the following characteristics–

• (A) Rechargeable without replacing the crucible container

• (B) Capable of operation at pressures above 250 kPa

or

• (C) Capable of pulling crystals of a diameter exceeding 100 mm diffusion and oxidation furnaces.

except–

• (d) Stored programme controlled equipment for epitaxial growth having any of the following characteristics–

• (1) Capable of producing a layer thickness uniformity across the wafer of equal to or better than ±3.5%

• (2) Rotation of individual wafers during processing

or

• (3) Metallo-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) reactors

• (e) Molecular beam epitaxial growth equipment

• (f) Magnetically enhanced sputtering equipment with specially designed integral load locks capable of transferring wafers in an isolated vacuum environment

• (g) Equipment specially designed for ion implantation, ion-enhanced or photo-enhanced diffusion, having any of the following characteristics–

• (1) Patterning capability

• (2) Accelerating voltage for more than 200 keV

or

• (3) Capable of high energy oxygen implant into a heated substrate

• (h) Stored programme controlled equipment for the selective removal (etching) by means of anisotropic dry methods (eg plasma), the following–

• (1) Batch types having either of the following characteristics–

• (A) End-point detection, other than optical emission spectroscopy types

or

• (B) Reactor operational (etching) pressure of 26.66 Pa or less

• (2) Single wafer types having any of the following characteristics–

• (A) End-point detection, other than optical emission spectroscopy types

• (B) Reactor operational (etching) pressure of 26.66 Pa or less

• or

• (C) Cassette-to-cassette and load locks wafer handling

• (i) Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) equipment, eg plasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD) or photo-enhanced CVD, for semiconductor device manufacturing, having either of the following capabilities, for deposition of oxides, nitrides, metals or polysilicon–

• (1) Chemical vapour deposition equipment operating below 105 Pa

• or

• (2) PECVD equipment operating either below 60 Pa or having automatic cassette-to-cassette and load lock wafer handling

• except–

• low pressure chemical vapour deposition (LPCVD) systems or reactive sputtering equipment.

• (j) Electron beam systems specially designed or modified for mask making or semiconductor device processing, having any of the following characteristics–

• (1) Electrostatic beam deflection

• (2) Shaped, non-Gaussian beam profile

• (3) Digital-to-analogue conversion rate exceeding 3 MHz

• (4) Digital-to-analogue conversion accuracy exceeding 12 bit

• or

• (5) Target-to-beam position feedback control precision of 1 micrometre or finer

• except–

• electron beam deposition systems or general purpose scanning electron microscopes.

• (k) Surface finishing equipment for the processing of semiconductor wafers, the following–

• (1) Specially designed equipment for backside processing of wafers thinner than 100 micrometre and the subsequent separation thereof

• (2) Specially designed equipment for achieving a surface roughness of the active surface of a processed wafer with a two-sigma value of 2 micrometre or less, total indicator reading (TIR)

except–

single-side lapping and polishing equipment for wafer surface finishing.

• (l) Interconnection equipment which is specially designed to permit the integration of any equipment specified in this entry into a complete system, and common single or multiple vacuum chambers

• (m) Stored programme controlled equipment using lasers for the repair or trimming of monolithic integrated circuits, when such equipment has either of the following characteristics–

• (1) A positioning accuracy less than ±1 micrometre

• or

• (2) A spot size (kerf width) less than 3 micrometre

• (2) Masks, mask substrates, mask-making equipment and image transfer equipment for the manufacture of electronic devices or components, the following–

• (a) Finished masks and reticles, and designs therefor

except–

• (1) Finished masks or reticles, for the production of integrated circuits not specified in Part II of this Schedule;

• (2) Masks or reticles, having both of the following characteristics–

• (A) Their design is based on geometries of 2.5 micrometre or more; and

• (B) The design does not include special features to alter the intended use by means of production equipment or software.

• (b) Mask substrates, the following–

• (1) Hard surface (eg chromium, silicon, molybdenum) coated substrates (eg glass, quartz, sapphire) for the preparation of masks having dimensions exceeding 125 mm × 125 mm;

• (2) Substrates specially designed for X-ray masks

• (c) Equipment specially designed for computer aided design (CAD) of semiconductor devices or integrated circuits

except–

general purpose computers which are not specially designed for computer aided design of semiconductor devices or integrated circuits.

• (d) Equipment for mask or reticle fabrication, the following–

• (1) Photo-optical step and repeat cameras capable of producing arrays larger than 100 mm × 100 mm, or capable of producing a single exposure larger than 6 mm × 6 mm in the image (ie focal) plane, or capable of producing line widths of less than 2.5 micrometre in the photoresist on the substrate

• (2) Mask or reticle fabrication equipment using ion or laser beam lithography capable of producing line widths of less than 2.5 micrometre

• (3) Equipment for altering masks or reticles or adding pellicles to remove defects

• except–

• (i) mask fabrication equipment using photo-optical methods, which was commercially available before 1st January 1980:

• (ii) mask fabrication equipment using photo-optical methods, which has a performance level no better than equipment referred to in exception (i) above.

• (e) Stored programme controlled equipment for the inspection of masks, reticles or pellicles with both of the following characteristics

• (1) A resolution of 250 nanometre or finer; and

• (2) A precision of 750 nanometre or finer over a distance in one or two co-ordinates of 63.5 mm or more.

• except–

• general purpose scanning electron microscopes except when specially designed and instrumented for automatic pattern inspection.

• (f) Align and expose equipment for wafer production using photo-optical methods, including both projection image transfer equipment and step and repeat equipment, capable of performing any of the following functions–

• (1) Production of a pattern size of less than 2.5 micrometre

• (2) Alignment with a precision finer than ± 250 nanometre(3 sigma)

• (3) Machine-to-machine overlay no better than ± 300 nanometre

• except–

• photo-optical contact and proximity mask align and expose equipment and contact image transfer equipment.

• (g) Electron beam, ion beam or X-ray equipment for projection image transfer capable of producing patterns less than 2.5 micrometre

• (h) Equipment using lasers for direct write on wafers capable of producing patterns less than 2.5 micrometre

• (3) Stored programme controlled inspection equipment using optical image acquisition techniques for pattern comparison for the automatic detection of defects, errors or contaminants of 600 nanometre or less in or on processed wafers or substrates

except–

• (i) equipment for printed circuit boards or chips;

• (ii) general purpose scanning electron microscopes, other than those specially designed and instrumented for automatic pattern inspection.

• (4) Specially designed stored programme controlled measuring and analysis equipment, the following–

• (a) Equipment for the measurement of oxygen or carbon content in semiconductor materials

• (b) Equipment for line width measurement with a resolution of 1 micrometre or finer

• (c) Flatness measurement instruments capable of measuring deviations from flatness of 10 micrometre or less with a resolution of 1 micrometre or finer

• (5) Equipment for the assembly of integrated circuits, the following–

• (a) Stored programme controlled die bonders having all of the following characteristics–

• (1) Specially designed for hybrid integrated circuits;

• (2) X-Y stage positioning travel exceeding 37.5 × 37.5 mm;

• (3) Placement accuracy in the X-Y plane of finer than ±10 micrometre.

• (b) Stored programme controlled equipment for producing multiple bonds in a single operation (eg beam lead bonders, chip carrier bonders, tape bonders)

• (c) Semi-automatic or automatic hot cap sealers, in which the cap is heated locally to a higher temperature than the body of the package, specially designed for ceramic microcircuit packages specified in head (b) to entry IL1564 in Group 3F and which have a throughput equal to or more than one package per minute

• except–

• general purpose resistance type spot welders.

• (6) Stored programme controlled wafer probing equipment having any of the following characteristics–

• (A) Positioning accuracy finer than 2.5 micrometre

• (B) Capable of testing devices having more than 68 terminals

• or

• (C) Capable of testing at a frequency exceeding 1 GHz

• (7) Test equipment, the following–

• (A) Stored programme controlled equipment specially designed for testing discrete semiconductor devices (including photocells and solar cells) and unencapsulated dice, capable of testing at frequencies over 18 GHz

• (B) Stored programme controlled equipment specially designed for testing integrated circuits and assemblies thereof, capable of functional testing–

• (a) At a pattern rate exceeding 20 MHz

• or

• (b) At a pattern rate exceeding 10 MHz but not exceeding 20 MHz and capable of testing packages of more than 68 terminals

• except the following–

• 1. equipment specially designed for testing integrated circuits not specified in entry IL1564 in Group 3F;

• 2. test equipment specially designed for testing assemblies or a class of assemblies for home and commercial entertainment applications;

• 3. test equipment specially designed for testing electronic components, assemblies and integrated circuits not specified in entry IL1564 in Group 3F provided such test equipment does not incorporate computing facilities with user accessible programmability.

• (C) Equipment specially designed for determining the performance of focal-plane arrays at wavelengths of more than 1,200 nm, using stored programme controlled measurements or computer aided evaluation and having any of the following characteristics–

• (a) Using scanning light spot diameters under 120 nanometre

• (b) Designed for measuring photosensitive performance parameters and for evaluating frequency response, modulation transfer function, uniformity of responsivity or noise

• or

• (c) Designed for evaluating arrays capable of creating images with more than 32 × 32 line elements

• (8) Filters for clean rooms, capable of providing an air environment of 10 or less particles of 300 nanometre or smaller per 28.32 litres, and filter materials therefor

• (9) Electron beam test systems, capable of operating at or below 3 keV, for non-contactive probing of powered-up semiconductor devices having any of the following characteristics–

• (A) Stroboscopic capability with either beam blanking or detector strobing

• (B) An electron spectrometer for voltage measurements with a resolution of less than 500 mV

• or

• (C) Electrical tests fixtures for performance analysis of integrated circuits

• except–

• scanning electron microscopes, other than when specially designed and instrumented for non-contactive probing of a powered-up semiconductor device.

• (10) Stored programme controlled multifunctional focussed ion beam systems specially designed for manufacturing, repairing, physical layout analysis and testing of masks or semiconductor devices and having either of the following characteristics–

• (A) Target-to-beam position feedback control precision of 1micrometre or finer

• or

• (B) Digital-to-analogue conversion accuracy exceeding 12 bit

• (11) Particle measuring systems employing lasers designed for measuring particle size and concentration in air, having both of the following characteristics–

• (A) Capable of measuring particle sizes of 200nanometre or less at a flow rate of 28.32litres/min or more

• and

• (B) Capable of characterising Class 10 clean air or better

In this entry, references to–

• “masks” are to masks used in ultraviolet photo-lithography, visible light photo-lithography, electron beam lithography, X-ray lithography, and ultraviolet lithography;

• “batch types” of equipment are to those types which are not specially designed for production processing of single wafers. Such machines can process two or more wafers simultaneously with common process parameters, e.g.RF power, temperature, etch gas species or flow rates;

• “single wafer types” of machine are to machines which are specially designed for the production processing of single wafers and include–

• (i) machines which use automatic wafer handling to load single wafers; and

• (ii) machines which can load and process several wafers for simultaneous processing but in which the etching parameters can be determined separately for each wafer;

• “stored program controlled equipment” are to equipment controlled by using instructions stored in electronic storage which a processor can execute in order to direct the performance of predetermined functions;

• “magnetically enhanced sputtering equipment” are to equipment incorporating a cathode assembly having an integral magnetic structure for enhancing the plasma intensity.

IL1357

Equipment for the production of fibres specified in entry IL1763 in Group 3I or their composites, the following: and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Filament winding machines of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres are co-ordinated and programmed in three or more axes, specially designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from fibrous and filamentary materials; and co-ordinating and programming controlstherefor

• (b) Tape-laying machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape and sheets are co-ordinated and programmed in two or more axes, specially designed for the manufacture of composite airframes and missile structures

• (c) Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving machines and interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres to manufacture composite structures, except textile machinery which has not been modified for the above end-uses

• (d) Specially designed or adapted equipment for the production of fibrous and filamentary materials specified in head (a) or (b) in entry IL1763 in Group 3I, the following–

• (1) equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon, or polycarbosilane) including special provision to strain the fibre during heating

• (2) equipment for the vapour deposition of elements or compounds on heated filamentary substrates

• (3) equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide) A

• (e) Specially designed or adapted equipment for special fibre surface treatment or for producing prepregs and preforms specified in head (c) in entry IL1763 in Group 3I

NOTE

Specially designed or adapted components and accessories for the machines specified in this entry include, but are not limited to, moulds, mandrels, dies, fixtures and tooling for pressing, curing, carbonising, graphitising, casting, sintering or bonding of preforms, composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof specified in head (d) to entry IL1763 in Group 3I.

PL7045

Technology for the regulation of temperature, pressure or atmosphere in autoclaves or hydroclaves, being equipment specified in entry IL1357 head (e), for the production of composites or partially processed composites

IL1358

Equipment specially designed for the manufacture or testing of magnetic recording media specified in entry IL1572 in Group 3G, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Equipment which incorporates specially designed modifications for the application of magnetic coating to flexible disk recording media with a packing density exceeding 2,460 bit per cm

• (b) Equipment specially designed for the application of magnetic coating to non-flexible (rigid) disk type recording media not excepted in paragraph (vi) of head (d) of entry IL1572 in Group 3G

• (c) Stored programme controlled equipment for monitoring, grading, exercising or testing recording media, other than tape, specified in head (d) of entry IL1572 in Group 3G

except–

diskette unit test equipment.

IL1361

Test facilities and equipment for the design or development of aircraft orgas turbine aero-engines, the following: and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Wind tunnels for speeds of Mach0.9 or greater

• (b) Devices for simulating flow-environments of Mach5 and above, regardlessof the actual Mach number at which the devices operate, including hot shot tunnels, plasma arc tunnels, shock tubes, shock tunnels, gas tunnels and light gas guns

• (c) Wind tunnels and devices, other than two dimensional (2-D) sections that have unique capabilities for simulating Reynolds number flow in excessof 25 × 10⁶ , at transonic velocities

• (d) Automated control systems, instrumentation (including sensors) and automated data-acquisition equipment, specially designed for use with wind tunnels and devices specified in head (a), (b) or (c) above

• (e) Models, specially designed for use with wind tunnels or with the devices specified in head (b) or (c) above, of aircraft, helicopters, airfoils, spacecraft, space-launch vehicles, rockets or surface-effect vehicles specified in the entries in Groups 1 and 3E relating thereto or of surface-effect vehicles specified in head (b) of entry IL1416 relating to vessels

• (f) Specially designed electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic pulse (EMI/EMP) simulators

• (g) Specially designed test facilities and equipment for the development of gas turbine aero-engines and components, the following–

• (1) special test facilities capable of applying dynamic flight loads, measuring performance or simulating the design operating environments for rotating assemblies or aero-engines

• (2) test facilities, test rigs and simulators for measuring combustion system and hot gas flow path performance, heat transfer and durability for static assemblies and aero-engine components

• (3) specially designed test rigs, equipment or modified gas turbine engines which are utilized for development of gas turbine aero-engine internal flow systems (gas path seals, air-oil seals and disc cavity flow fields)

PL7040

Test benches and test stands for solid or liquid propellant rockets or rocket motors, the following: and specially designed software therefor–

• (a) those capable of more than 90kN (20,000lbs) of thrust

• (b) those capable of simultaneously measuring the three axial thrust components

PL7041

Environmental chambers and anechoic chambers, having both the following characteristics: and specially designed software therefor

• (a) capable of simulating either:

• (i) altitudes of 15,000 metres or greater; or

• (ii) temperatures in the range from minus 50°C or below to plus 125°C or higher; and

• (b)

• (i) in the case of environmental chambers, providing vibration environments of 10g RMS or greater between 20Hz and 2,000Hz and imparting forces of 6kN or greater; or

• (ii) in the case of anechoic chambers, providing acoustic environments having either of the following characteristics:

• (1) an overall sound pressure level of 140dB or greater (referencedto 2 × 10⁻⁵ (N/m² ); or

• (2) a rated power output of 4kW or greater.

IL1362

Vibration test equipment and components and software therefor, the following–

• (a) Vibration test equipment using digital control techniques, with a thrust of 50kN (11,250lbs) or more, and specially designed components and specially designed software therefor

• (b) High intensity acoustic test equipment capable of producing an overall sound pressure level of 140dB or greater (referenced to 2 × 10⁻⁵ N/m² ) or with a rated output of 4kW or greater and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor

except–

analogue equipment.

• (c) Ground vibration (including modal survey) test equipment that uses digital control techniques, and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor

IL1363

Specially designed water tunnel equipment, components, accessories and databases for the design and development of vessels, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Automated control systems, instrumentation (including sensors) and data acquisition equipment specially designed for water tunnels

• (b) Automated equipment to control air pressure acting on the surface of the water in the test section during the operation of the water tunnel

• (c) Components and accessories for water tunnels, the following–

• (1) balance and support systems

• (2) automated flow or noise measuring devices

• (3) models of hydrofoil vessels, surface-effect vehicles, SWATH vessels and specially designed equipment and components specified in heads (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g) and (h) in entry IL1416 in Group 3E for use in water tunnels

• (d) Databases generated by use of equipment specified in this entry

In this entry “database” shall have the same meaning as in entry IL1566 inGroup 3G.

IL1370

Machine tools for generating optical quality surfaces, specially designed components and accessories therefor, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Turning machines using a single point cutting tool and having all of the following characteristics

• (1) slide positioning accuracy less (better) than 0.0005mm per 300mm of travel total indicator reading (TIR);

• (2) slide positioning repeatability less (better) than 0.00025mm per 300mm of travel total indicator reading (TIR);

• (3) spindle runout (radial and axial) less than 0.0004mm total indicator reading (TIR);

• (4) angular deviation of the slide movement (yaw, pitch and roll) less (better) than 2 seconds of arc total indicator reading (TIR) over full travel;

• (5) slide perpendicularity less than 0.001 mm per 300 mm of travel total indicator reading (TIR);

• (b) Fly cutting machines having both of the following characteristics

• (1) spindle run-out (radial and axial) less than 0.0004 mm total indicator reading (TIR);

• (2) angular deviation of slide movement (yaw, pitch and roll) less (better) than 2 seconds of arc total indicator reading (TIR) over full travel;

• (c) Specially designed components, the following–

• (1) spindle assemblies, consisting of spindles and bearings as a minimal assembly

except–

those assemblies with axial and radial axis motion measured along the spindle axis in one revolution of the spindle equal to or greater (worse) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR);

• (2) linear induction motors used as drives for slides, having all the following characteristics

• (A) stroke longer than 200 mm;

• (B) nominal force rating greater than 45 N;

• (C) minimum controlled incremental movement less than 0.001 mm;

• (d) Specially designed accessories, namely single point diamond cutting tool inserts having all the following characteristics

• (1) flawless and chip-free cutting edge when magnified 400 times in any direction;

• (2) cutting radius between 0.1 and 5 mm;

• (3) cutting radius out-of-roundness less than 0.002 mm total indicator reading (TIR).

IL1371

Anti-friction bearings, the following–

• (a) Ball and roller bearings having an inner bore diameter of 10 mm or less and tolerances of ABEC 5, RBEC 5 or better and either of the following characteristics–

• (1) made of special materials, that is to say, with rings, balls or rollers made from any steel alloy or other material (including but not limited to high-speed tool steels, Monel metal, beryllium, metalloids, ceramics and sintered metal composites), except the following; low-carbon steel, SAE–52100 high carbon chromium steel, SAE–4615 nickel molybdenum steel, AISI–440C (SAE–51440C) stainless steel (or national equivalents)

or

• (2) manufactured for use at normal operating temperatures over 150°C either by use of special materials or by special heat treatment

• (b) Ball and roller bearings (exclusive of separable ball bearings and thrust ball bearings) having an inner bore diameter exceeding 10 mm and having tolerances of ABEC 7, RBEC 7 or better and either of the following characteristics–

• (1) made of special materials, that is to say with rings, balls or rollers made from any steel alloy or other material (including but not limited to high-speed tool steels, Monel metal, beryllium, metalloids, ceramics and sintered metal composites), except the following: low-carbon steel, SAE–52100 high carbon chromium steel, SAE–4615 nickel molybdenum steel, AISI–440C (SAE–51440C) stainless steel (or national equivalents)

or

• (2) manufactured for use at normal operating temperatures over150°C either by use of special materials or by special heat treatment

• (c) Ball and roller bearings having tolerances better than ABEC 7

• (d) Gas-lubricated foil bearings

• (e) Bearing parts usable only for bearings specified in this entry, the following: outer rings, inner rings, retainers, balls, rollers and sub-assemblies

There shall be excluded from this entry hollow bearings.

IL1385

Specially designed production equipment for compasses, gyroscopes (gyros), accelerometers and inertial equipment, specified in entry IL1485 in Group 3E

PL7044

Equipment and facilities specially designed for the production of the following goods:

• (a) goods specified in the following entries, heads or sub-heads in this Schedule:

• (i) IL1465

• (ii) IL1746, sub-head (k)(1) A

• (iii) PL7017

• (iv) PL7018

• (v) PL7026

• (b) gas turbine aero engines certified or uncertified with 8.89 kN (2000 lbs) thrust or less (uninstalled) and with a thrust specific fuel consumption for maximum power at sea level static, standard atmosphere, equal to or less than 0.046 kg/N/hr (0.45 lb/lbf/hr) A

IL1388

Specially designed equipment for the deposition, processing and in-process control of inorganic overlays, coatings and surface modifications, for non-electric substrates by processes specified in entry IL1389 in this Group, the following: and specially designed automated handling, positioning, manipulation and control components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Stored programme controlled chemical vapour deposition (CVD) production equipment with both of the following characteristics–

• (1) process modified for one of the following–

• (a) pulsating CVD;

• (b) controlled nucleation thermal decomposition (CNTD); or

• (c) plasma enhanced or plasma assisted CVD; and

• (2) having any of the following characteristics–

• (a) incorporating high vacuum (less than or equal to 10⁻⁷ atm) rotating seals;

• (b) operating at reduced pressure (less than 1 atm); or

• (c) incorporating in situ coating thickness control;

• (b) Stored programme controlled ion implantation production equipment having beam currents of 5 mA or higher

• (c) Stored programme controlled electron beam physical vapour deposition (EB–PVD) production equipment with either of the following characteristics

• (i) incorporating power systems greater than 80 kW; or

• (ii)

  • (1) incorporating power systems greater than 50 kW;

  • and

  • (2) having both of the following characteristics:

• (a) incorporating a liquid pool level laser control system which regulates precisely the ingots feed rate; and

• (b) incorporating a computer controlled rate monitor operating on the principle of photo-luminescence of the ionised atoms in the vaporant stream to control the deposition rate of a coating containing two or more elements.

• (d) Stored programme controlled plasma spraying production equipment having any of the following characteristics–

• (1) operating at atmospheric pressure discharging molten or partially molten material particles into air or inert gas (shrouded torch) at nozzle exit gas velocities greater than 750 m/sec calculated at 293 K at1 atmosphere

• (2) operating at reduced measure controlled atmosphere (less than or equal to 100 millibar (0.1 atm) measured above and within 30 cm of the gun nozzle exit) in a vacuum chamber capable of evacuation down to10⁻⁴ millibar prior to the spraying process at reduced measure controlled atmosphere (less than or equal to 100 millibar (0.1 atm) measured above and within 30 cm of the gun nozzle exit) in a vacuum chamber capable of evacuation down to10⁻⁴ millibar prior to the spraying process

• (3) incorporating in situ coating thickness control

• (e) Stored programme controlled sputter deposition production equipment capable of current densities of 5mA/cm² or higher at a deposition rate of10 micrometres/hr or higher

• (f) Stored programme controlled cathodic arc deposition production equipment with either of the following characteristics–

• (1) incorporating target areas larger than 45.6 cm²

• or

• (2) incorporating a magnetic field steering control of the arc spot on the cathode

• (g) Deposition process or surface modification equipment for stored programme controlled production processing which enables the combining of any individual deposition processes specified in heads (a) to (f) above (inclusive) so as to enhance the capability of such individual processes

For the purpose of this entry “stored programme controlled” means controlled by using instructions stored in an electronic storage which a processor can execute in order to direct the performance of predetermined functions.

IL1389

Technology and specially designed ODMA software therefor, the following–

• (a) Technology for application to non-electronic devices designed to achieve, by any process specified in column 1 of the Table below on any substrate specified in that part of column 2 of the Table which relates to that process, any inorganic overlay coating or inorganic surface modification coating specified in that part of column 3 of the Table which relates to that substrate

except that this head does not include technology for single stage pack cementation of solid airfoils.

• (b) Specially designed ODMA software for the technology included in head (a) D

Note: The processes included in column 1 are defined in Notes A(a)–(i) below. Other terms used in the Table are defined in Notes B(1)–(8) below.

PL7033

CVD Furnaces designed or modified for the densification of carbon-carbon composites, and specially designed components and specially designed software therefor

IL1391

Robots, robot controllers and robot end-effectors, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–

• (a) Robots having any of the following characteristics–

• (1) capable of employing feedback information in real-time processing from vision systems to generate or modify programmes or to generate or modify numerical programme data

except–

• (A) those capable of processing no more than 100,000 pixels using an industrial television camera, or no more than 65,536 pixels using a solid-state camera;

• (B) those using a single-scene analysis processor having neither a word size of more than 32 bit (excluding parity bits) nor parallel processing for the same task;

• (C) those having software not capable of full three-dimensional mathematical modelling or full three-dimensional scene analysis; NOTE: The above exception includes approximation of the third dimension by viewing at a given angle, and limited grey scale interpretation for the perception of depth or texture for the approved tasks (21/2D);

• (D) those having no user-accessible programmability other than by input reference images through the system’s camera; or

• (E) those capable of no more than one scene analysis every 0.1 second;

The exceptions in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) above do not apply to technological documents the information in which includes information relating to goods excluded by paragraphs (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E) other than that necessary for the operation, repair or maintenance of the robot.

• (2) specially designed to comply with national safety standards applicable to explosive munitions environments

• (3) incorporating means of protecting hydraulic lines against externally induced punctures caused by ballistic fragments (eg, incorporating self-sealing lines) and designed to use hydraulic fluids with flash points higher than 839K (566°C)

• (4) specially designed for underwater use (namely incorporating special techniques or components for sealing, pressure compensation or corrosion resistance)

• (5) operable at altitudes exceeding 30,000 m

• (6) specially designed for outdoor applications and meeting military specifications therefor

• (7) specially designed or rated for operating in an electro-magnetical pulse (EMP) environment

• (8) specially designed or rated as radiation-hardened beyond that necessary to withstand normal industrial (namely non-nuclear industry) ionising radiation

• (9) equipped with precision measuring devices specified in entry IL1099 in Group 3A

• (10) specially designed to move autonomously its entire structure through three-dimensional space in a simultaneously co-ordinated manner

except–

• (A) systems in which the robot moves along a fixed path;

• (B) robots specially designed for household use or those modified from household robots for educational purposes (pre-university), if not specified elsewhere in this entry;

• (b) Electronic controllers or end-effectors specially designed for robots specified in head (a) above

IL1401

Reciprocating diesel engine development and production technologies, including specially designed software, the following–

• (a) Development and production technology, including specially designed software, for reciprocating diesel engine ground vehicle propulsion systems having all of the following characteristics–

• (1) a box volume of 1.2m³ or less;

• (2) an overall power output of more than 750 kW based on 80/1269/EEC, ISO 2534 or national equivalents;

• (3) a power density of more than 700 kW/m³ of box volume.

• (b) Development and production technology for solid or dry film cylinder wall lubrication permitting operation at temperatures in excess of 723 K (450°C) measured on the cylinder wall at the top limit of travel of the top ring of the piston

• (c) Production technology for specially designed components for high output diesel engines, the following:

• (1) Production technology for any specially designed components when used in low heat rejection engines and employing ceramic material specified in entry IL1733

• (2) Production technology for turbocharger systems with single-stage compressors and having all of the following characteristics

• (A) operating at pressure ratios of 4:1 or higher;

• (B) A mass flow in the range from 30 to 130 kg per minute; and

• (C) Variable flow area capability within the compressor or turbine sections;

• (3) Production technology for diesel fuel injection systems having all of the following characteristics

• (A) Maximum fuel injection pressure of 1 × 10⁸ pascal (1,000 bar) or more;

• (B) Injection amount in excess of 230 mm³ injection per cylinder;

• (C) Injection nozzle hole of 0.254 mm or less;

• (D) Capability to complete fuel injection in 30 crank angle degrees or less;

• (E) Electronic features for control of the fuel injection quantity, timing and duration throughout the engine speed and load range, through the use of appropriate sensors; and

• (F) Designed for engines of more than eight cylinders.

In this entry–

“box volume” means the product of three dimensions at right angles to each other measured in the following way–

• Length: the length of the crankshaft from front flange to flywheel face;

• Width: the greatest of the following:

  • (a) the outside dimension from valve cover to valve cover;

  • (b) the dimension of the outside edges of the cylinder heads; or

  • (c) the diameter of the flywheel housing;

• Height: the greater of the following:

  • (a) the dimension of the crankshaft centreline to the top plane of the valve cover (or cylinder head) plus 2 times the stroke; or

  • (b) the diameter of the flywheel housing;

“high output diesel engines” means diesel engines with a specified brake mean effective pressure of 180 kPa or more at a speed of 2,300 rpm, provided the rated speed is 2,300 rpm or more.

IL1416

Vessels (including ships and surface-effect vehicles), water-screw propellers and hub assemblies, water-screw propeller systems, moisture and particulate separator systems and specially designed components, the following–

• (a) Hydrofoil vessels with automatically controlled foil systems which are capable of speeds of above 40 knots in rough water (Sea State Five)

S,I(b) Surface-effect vehicles

except hovercraft having all the following characteristics:

• (1) designed to carry fewer than 5 passengers including the driver;

• (2) dry mass less than 500 kg;