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Division [9B] Test, Inspection and Production EquipmentF1

United Kingdom

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9B includes test, inspection and production equipment applicable to aero, aero-derivative, industrial or marine gas turbine engines.

  1. [9B001]Manufacturing equipment, tooling or fixtures, as follows:
  2. [9B002]On-line (real time) control systems, instrumentation (including sensors) or automated data acquisition and processing equipment, having all of the following:
  3. [9B003]Equipment specially designed for the "production" or test of gas turbine engine brush seals designed to operate at tip speeds exceeding 335 m/s and temperatures in excess of 773 K (500 °C), and specially designed components or accessories therefor.
  4. [9B004]Tools, dies or fixtures, for the solid-state joining of "superalloy", titanium or intermetallic aerofoil -to-disk combinations described in 9E003.a.3. or 9E003.a.6. for gas turbine engines.
  5. [9B005]On-line (real time) control systems, instrumentation (including sensors) or automated data acquisition and processing equipment, specially designed for use with any of the following:
  6. [9B006]Acoustic vibration test equipment capable of producing sound pressure levels of 160 dB or more (referenced to 20 μPa) with a rated output of 4 kW or more at a test cell temperature exceeding 1 273 K (1 000 °C), and specially designed quartz heaters therefor.
  7. [9B007]Equipment specially designed for inspecting the integrity of rocket motors and using Non-Destructive Test (NDT) techniques other than planar x-ray or basic physical or chemical analysis.
  8. [9B008]Direct measurement wall skin friction transducers specially designed to operate at a test flow total (stagnation) temperature exceeding 833 K (560 °C).
  9. [9B009]Tooling specially designed for producing gas turbine engine powder metallurgy rotor components having all of the following:
  10. [9B010]Equipment specially designed for the “production” of items specified in 9A012.
  11. [9B105]‘Aerodynamic test facilities’ for speeds of Mach 0,9 or more, usable for ‘missiles’ and their subsystems.
  12. [9B106]Environmental chambers and anechoic chambers, as follows:
  13. [9B107]‘Aerothermodynamic test facilities’, usable for ‘missiles’, ‘missile’ rocket propulsion systems, and reentry vehicles and equipment specified in 9A116, having any of the following characteristics:
  14. [9B115]Specially designed "production equipment" for the systems, sub-systems and components specified in 9A005 to 9A009, 9A011, 9A101, 9A102, 9A105 to 9A109, 9A111, 9A116 to 9A120.
  15. [9B116]Specially designed "production facilities" for the space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, or systems, sub-systems, and components specified in 9A005 to 9A009, 9A011, 9A101, 9A102, 9A104 to 9A109, 9A111, 9A116 to 9A120 or ‘missiles’.
  16. [9B117]Test benches or test stands for solid or liquid propellant rockets or rocket motors, having either of the following characteristics:

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1749 of 7 October 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items.

F2

Annex 1 Section 9B Note inserted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 17(3)(a)