1B201 Category 1B

Filament winding machines (other than those controlled by ECCN 1B001 or 1B101) and related equipment, as described in this ECCN (see List of Items Controlled).

Category 1: Special Materials and Related Equipment, Chemicals, “Microorganisms,” and “Toxins”

Reasons for control

NP: Nuclear nonproliferation
AT: Anti-terrorism

Country chart

Control	Column
AT applies to entire entry	AT 1
NP applies to entire entry	NP 1

List-based license exceptions

Exception	As stated in the entry
GBS	N/A
LVS	N/A

Items

Items: a. Filament winding machines having all of the following characteristics:
a.1. Having motions for positioning, wrapping, and winding fibers coordinated and programmed in two or more axes;
a.2. “Specially Designed” to fabricate composite structures or laminates from “fibrous or filamentary materials”; and
a.3. Capable of winding cylindrical tubes with an internal diameter between 75 mm and 650 mm and lengths of 300 mm or greater;
b. Coordinating and programming controls for filament winding machines controlled by 1B201.a;
c. Precision mandrels for filament winding machines controlled by 1B201.a.

Related controls

See ECCN 1D201 for software for items controlled by this entry and see ECCNs 1E001 (“development” and “production”) and 1E201 (“use”) for technology for items controlled by this entry. Also see ECCN 1E203 for technology for the “development” of software controlled by ECCN 1D201.

Source: eCFR, version 2026-08-01, retrieved 2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.