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That is a rather misleading headline. A better one might be: "US arms export regulations force CNC manufacturers to implement anti-relocation lockout mechanism
by venus 13y ago
That is a rather misleading headline. A better one might be:
"US arms export regulations force CNC manufacturers to implement anti-relocation lockout mechanisms"
Of course it's not just the manufacturers being dicks; they implement that or they can't import to the USA.
- jey 13y agoReally? I thought the vendors just can't sell to Iran, not that they have to build in lockouts that enforce compliance by their customers.
- venus 13y agoAccording to the thread the story is taken from, the machines are now under the purview of ITAR: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/dmg-mori-gildemeister-maho-cnc/mori-ellison-gyroscope-unlocking-273841/ http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/dmg-mori-gildemeister-m...
- karthikb 13y agoManufacturers of ITAR controlled devices typically have to enforce compliance by their customers. If there's a method to enforce compliance and it isn't present, the manufacturer can be held responsible for the export. Some things (such as mirrors for lasers) can't really be enforced while others (large machines, aircraft) can be.
- vacri 13y agoIran is in another corner of the installed workroom?
- nraynaud 13y agoWith the irony being that the only ever country to use nuclear weapons is enforcing something on the only ever country to receive those weapons, in the name of nuclear weapon control.