d. Equipment specially designed or adapted for the production of reinforcement fibres, as follows:

2. Equipment for the chemical vapour deposition of elements or compounds, on heated filamentary substrates, to manufacture silicon carbide fibres;

3. Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide);

c. Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving machines or interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, specially designed or modified for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres, for “composite” structures; Technical Note: For the purposes of 1B001.c., the technique of interlacing includes knitting.

1. Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon, pitch or polycarbosilane) into carbon fibres or silicon carbide fibres, including special equipment to strain the fibre during heating;

a. Filament winding machines, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres are coordinated and programmed in three or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of “composite” structures or laminates, from “fibrous or filamentary materials”;

4. Equipment for converting aluminium containing precursor fibres into alumina fibres by heat treatment; e. Equipment for producing prepregs specified in 1C010.e. by the hot melt method; f. Non-destructive inspection equipment specially designed for “composite” materials, as follows: 1. X-ray tomography systems for three dimensional defect inspection; 2. Numerically controlled ultrasonic testing machines of which the motions for positioning transmitters or receivers are simultaneously coordinated and programmed in four or more axes to follow the three dimensional contours of the component under inspection; g. ‘Tow-placement machines’, of which the motions for positioning and laying tows are coordinated and programmed in two or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of “composite” airframe or ‘missile’ structures. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1B001.g., ‘tow-placement machines’ have the ability to place one or more ‘filament bands’ having widths less than or equal to 25 mm, and to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the placement process. Technical Note: 1. For the purpose of 1B001, ‘primary servo positioning’ axes control, under computer program direction, the position of the end effector (i.e., head) in space relative to the work piece at the correct orientation and direction to achieve the desired process. 2. For the purposes of 1B001., a ‘filament band’ is a single continuous width of fully or partially resin-impregnated tape, tow or fibre.

Radiographic detection equipment such as X-ray converters, and storage phosphor image plates (except X-ray equipment specially designed for medical use)

b. ‘Tape-laying machines’, of which the motions for positioning and laying tape are coordinated and programmed in five or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of “composite” airframe or ‘missile’ structures; Note: In 1B001.b., ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1B001.b., ‘tape-laying machines’ have the ability to lay one or more ‘filament bands’ limited to widths greater than 25 mm and less than or equal to 305 mm, and to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the laying process.

Filament winding machines and related equipment: Filament winding machines or fibre/tow-placement machines, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres can be coordinated and programmed in two or more axes and which are designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from fibrous or filamentary materials, coordinating and programming controls and precision mandrels for such equipment

Equipment for the ‘production’ or inspection of ‘composite’ structures Specially designed components and accessories to include: (a) Filament winding machines, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres are coordinated and programmed in three or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of ‘composite’ structures or laminates, from ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’. (b) ‘Tape-laying machines’, of which the motions for positioning and laying tape are coordinated and programmed in five or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of ‘composite’ airframe or missile structures. (c) Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving machines or interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, specially designed or modified for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres for ‘composite’ structures. (d) Equipment specially designed or adapted for the ‘production’ of reinforcement fibres, as follows: 1. Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon, pitch or polycarbosilane) into carbon fibres or silicon carbide fibres, including special equipment to strain the fibre during heating; 2. Equipment for the chemical vapor deposition of elements or compounds, on heated filamentary substrates, to manufacture silicon carbide fibres; 3. Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide); 4. Equipment for converting aluminium containing precursor fibres into alumina fibres by heat treatment; 5. Equipment for producing prepregs specified in VII.A1.003, paragraph ‘d’, under ‘Materials’, by the hot melt method; 6. Non-destructive inspection equipment specially designed for ‘composite’ materials, as follows: a. X-ray tomography systems for three dimensional defect inspection; b. Numerically controlled ultrasonic testing machines of which the motions for positioning transmitters or receivers are simultaneously coordinated and programmed in four or more axes to follow the three dimensional contours of the component under inspection. Notes: 1. For the purposes of this ‘tape-laying machines’ have the ability to lay one or more ‘filament bands’ limited to widths greater than 25 mm and less than or equal to 305 mm, and to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the laying process. 2. The technique of interlacing includes knitting.

Radiographic detection equipment such as X-ray converters, and storage phosphor image plates (except X-ray equipment specially designed for medical use)

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