2B008 Category 2B

'Compound rotary tables' and “tilting spindles”, “specially designed” for machine tools, as follows (see List of Items Controlled).

Category 2: Materials Processing

Reasons for control

• NS: National security
• AT: Anti-terrorism

Country chart

List-based license exceptions

Items

1. Related Definition: N/A
2. a. [Reserved]
3. b. [Reserved]
4. c. 'Compound rotary tables' having all of the following:
5. c.1. Designed for machine tools for turning, milling or grinding; and
6. c.2. Two rotary axes designed to be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”.
7. d. “Tilting spindles” having all of the following:
8. d.1. Designed for machine tools for turning, milling or grinding; and
9. d.2. Designed to be coordinated simultaneously for “contouring control”.

Related controls

See also 2B998.

Notes

Technical Note: For the purposes of 2B008.c, a 'compound rotary table' is a table allowing the workpiece to rotate and tilt about two non-parallel axes.

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