Laser ablation for the environmentally beneficial removal of surface coatings
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B23K-026/362
B23K-026/402
B23K-026/36
B23K-026/00
B23K-101/34
출원번호
US-0781107
(2013-02-28)
등록번호
US-9895771
(2018-02-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Thomas, James W.
Wool, Mitchell R.
Cargill, Robert L.
출원인 / 주소
General Lasertronics Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Haverstock & Owens LLP
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140
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A laser-based method of removing a coating from a surface comprises directing a laser pulse to a first position on the surface, removing the coating from the first position by rapidly elevating a surface temperature of the first position using the laser pulse and thereby disassociating the coating f
A laser-based method of removing a coating from a surface comprises directing a laser pulse to a first position on the surface, removing the coating from the first position by rapidly elevating a surface temperature of the first position using the laser pulse and thereby disassociating the coating from the surface and collecting the disassociated coating. In some embodiments, the coating comprises an environmentally harmful substance such as Hexavalent Chromium. In some embodiments, the coating comprises Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC), Vitrified Contaminant Material (CMAS). The disassociated coating is collected by a waste collector.
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1. A laser-based method of separately removing one of a plurality of different coatings from a surface comprising: a. directing a laser pulse comprising a delivered power of 350 W, a fluence of 5 J/cm2 and an irradiance of 35 MW/cm2 to a first position for removing the coating on the surface;b. remo
1. A laser-based method of separately removing one of a plurality of different coatings from a surface comprising: a. directing a laser pulse comprising a delivered power of 350 W, a fluence of 5 J/cm2 and an irradiance of 35 MW/cm2 to a first position for removing the coating on the surface;b. removing the coating from the first position by using the laser pulse to rapidly elevate a surface temperature of the first position to the critical temperature as determined by the coating, wherein at the critical temperature the coating separates and is removed from the surface; andc. collecting the coating that has been separated and removed. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the coating comprises an environmentally harmful substance. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the surface temperature of the first position is elevated to a temperature at which hexavalent chromium is separated from the surface and reduced to a particulate form of trivalent chromium. 4. The method of claim 2 wherein the coating comprises hexavalent chromium. 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the surface temperature of the first position is elevated to a temperature at which at least a portion of the hexavalent chromium is separated from the surface and reduced to a particulate form of trivalent chromium. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the coating comprises diamond-like carbon or vitrified contaminant material comprising a mixture of calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, and silicon oxide. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the surface temperature of the first position is elevated to an oxidation temperature of the diamond-like carbon and the diamond like carbon is converted to vapor-phase carbon dioxide before it is collected. 8. The method of claim 6 wherein the surface temperature of the first position is elevated so that the calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, and silicon oxide are separated from the surface by disrupting one or more chemical bonds. 9. The method of claim 1 wherein coating that has been separated and removed is collected by a waste collector. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein heat conduction into the surface from the laser pulse is limited to prevent damage to the surface. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein separation of the coating occurs at a wavelength of the laser pulse with a low transmissivity with respect to the coating. 12. The method of claim 1 further comprising moving the laser pulse to a second position in order to remove a coating from the second position. 13. A laser-based coating removal system for separately removing one of a plurality of different coatings from a surface, the system comprising: a. a surface comprising one of the plurality of coatings; andb. a laser based removal apparatus comprising i. a laser source to provide a laser pulse comprising a delivered power of 350 W, a fluence of 5 J/cm2 and an irradiance of 35 MW/cm2 to a first position of the coating on the surface, wherein the laser source removes the coating from the surface by using the laser pulse to rapidly elevate a surface temperature of the first position to the critical temperature determined by the coating, wherein at the critical temperature the coating separates and is removed from the surface. 14. The system of claim 13 wherein the coating comprises an environmentally harmful substance. 15. The system of claim 14 wherein the surface temperature of the first position is elevated to a temperature at which the hexavalent chromium is separated from the surface and reduced to a particulate form of trivalent chromium. 16. The system of claim 14 wherein the coating comprises hexavalent chromium. 17. The system of claim 13 wherein the coating comprises diamond-like carbon or vitrified contaminant material comprising a mixture of calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, and silicon oxide. 18. The system of claim 17 wherein the surface temperature of the first position is elevated to an oxidation temperature of the diamond like carbon and the diamond like carbon and it is converted to vapor-phase carbon dioxide before it is collected. 19. The system of claim 17 wherein the surface temperature of the first position is elevated so that the calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, and silicon oxide are separated from the surface by disrupting one or more chemical bonds. 20. The system of claim 13 wherein coating that has been separated and removed is collected by a waste collector. 21. The system of claim 13 wherein heat conduction into the surface from the laser pulse is limited to prevent damage to the surface. 22. The system of claim 13 wherein separation of the coating occurs at a wavelength of the laser pulse with a low transmissivity with respect to the coating. 23. A method for removing diamond-like carbon coating from a surface comprising: a. directing a laser pulse comprising a delivered power of 350 W, a fluence of 5 J/cm2 and an irradiance of 35 MW/cm2 to a first position on the surface;b. elevating a surface temperature of the first position using the laser pulse to an oxidation temperature of the diamond-like carbon thereby converting the diamond-like carbon to vapor-phase carbon dioxide;c. collecting separated diamond-like carbon from the surface; andd. using feedback control to immediately suppress the laser pulse when the diamond-like carbon coating is removed. 24. A method of removing vitrified contaminant material comprising a mixture of calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, and silicon oxide from a surface comprising: a. directing a laser pulse comprising a delivered power of 350 W, a fluence of 5 J/cm2 and an irradiance of 35 MW/cm2 to a first position of the coating on the surface;b. elevating a surface temperature of the first position to a critical temperature using the laser pulse at which point the calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, and silicon oxide are separated and removed from the surface; andc. collecting the separated calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, and silicon oxide from the surface. 25. A method for removing hexavalent chromium from a surface comprising: a. directing a laser pulse comprising a delivered power of 350 W, a fluence of 5 J/cm2 and an irradiance of 35 MW/cm2 to a first position of the coating on the surface;b. elevating a surface temperature of the first position using the laser pulse to a critical temperature at which the hexavalent chromium is separated and removed from the surface and reduced to a particulate form of trivalent chromium and particulate effluent; andc. collecting the trivalent chromium and particulate effluent from the surface. 26. The method of claim 25, wherein separated hexavalent chromium, trivalent chromium, and particulate effluent is collected from the surface.
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