1B001

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";

‘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;

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;

Equipment specially designed or modified for the "production" of "fibrous or filamentary materials" specified by 1C010, as follows:

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

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

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

Equipment for converting aluminium containing precursor fibres into alumina fibres by heat treatment;

Equipment specially designed or modified for the production of prepregs by the "hot melt method";

Non-destructive inspection equipment specially designed for "composite" materials, as follows:

X-ray tomography systems for three dimensional defect inspection;

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;

‘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.