# Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast), Division [2B227]: Vacuum or other controlled atmosphere metallurgical melting and casting furnaces and related equipment as follows:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

a..Arc remelt furnaces, arc melt furnaces and arc melt and casting furnaces having both of the following characteristics:
1..Consumable electrode capacities between 1 000 cm3 and 20 000 cm3; and
2..Capable of operating with melting temperatures above 1 973 K (1 700°C);
b..Electron beam melting furnaces, plasma atomization furnaces and plasma melting furnaces, having both of the following characteristics:
1..A power of 50 kW or greater; and
2..Capable of operating with melting temperatures above 1 473 K (1 200°C);
c..Computer control and monitoring systems specially configured for any of the furnaces specified in 2B227.a. or 2B227.b.;
d..Plasma torches specially designed for furnaces specified in 2B227.b. having both of the following characteristics:
1..Operating at a power greater than 50 kW; and
2..Capable of operating above 1 473 K (1 200°C);
e..Electron beam guns specially designed for the furnaces specified in 2B227.b. operating at a power greater than 50 kW.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/428/annex/I/division/4/division/2/division/2B227 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-428/annex-I/division-4/division-2/division-2B227
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