Coating ablating apparatus with coating removal detection
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B23K-026/02
B23K-026/03
출원번호
US-0177431
(2011-07-06)
등록번호
US-10112257
(2018-10-30)
발명자
/ 주소
Thomas, James W.
Noel, Ray
Wool, Mitchell R.
출원인 / 주소
General Lasertronics Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Haverstock & Owens LLP
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A laser-based coating removal apparatus to remove a coating from a surface without damaging the surface. The apparatus comprises a laser source to provide a laser light, a routing element coupled to the laser source and configured to direct the laser light onto a target region of the surface thereby
A laser-based coating removal apparatus to remove a coating from a surface without damaging the surface. The apparatus comprises a laser source to provide a laser light, a routing element coupled to the laser source and configured to direct the laser light onto a target region of the surface thereby removing the coating from the target region, and a detection element to detect the coating as the coating separates from the target region of the surface. The detection element is able to prevent the surface from being damaged by limiting or eliminating the laser light directed onto the target region after all the coating has been removed. The detection element is able to detect the separation of the coating from the target region by detecting incandescence, acoustic signature, motion, fluorescence and/or chemical properties produced by the separation of the coating from the surface.
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1. A laser-based coating removal apparatus to remove a coating from a surface, wherein the surface comprises the coating and a substrate, the laser-based coating apparatus comprising: a. a laser source to provide a laser light for removing the coating from a target region, wherein the laser source f
1. A laser-based coating removal apparatus to remove a coating from a surface, wherein the surface comprises the coating and a substrate, the laser-based coating apparatus comprising: a. a laser source to provide a laser light for removing the coating from a target region, wherein the laser source fires the laser light at a first rate to the target region and a second rate to the target region different from the first rate, wherein the first rate and the second rate are selected to remove the coating from the surface;b. a routing element coupled to the laser source and configured to direct the laser light onto the target region of the surface;c. a detection element that detects whether the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region of the surface by inputting a signal received from the surface in the target region, wherein the signal comprises data indicating one or more properties of the surface selected from a group consisting of incandescence, acoustic signature, motion and chemical properties; andd. a controller configured to adjust a current firing rate of the laser light based upon the signal received from the surface in the target region, and wherein the controller increases the current firing rate of the laser light from the first rate to the second rate at the target region when a current removal of the coating is detected at the target region, and wherein the target region is divided into a plurality of detection areas by the detection element and the current firing rate of the laser light is decreased to the first rate if the detection element fails to detect that the coating has separated from the substrate for a period of time and then the laser light is continuously fired as the firing rate is adjusted; wherein if the detection element detects that the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region for a period, the controller coupled to the detection element decreases an amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light from a non-zero preselected high value to a non-zero preselected low value; wherein the controller is able to adjust a length of the period based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region. 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the routing element receives the signal from the surface and transmits the signal to the detection element such that the detection element is able to detect if the coating has separated from the substrate. 3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein an amount of energy per second directed onto the surface by the laser light is adjusted from a first non-zero amount to a second non-zero amount different than the first non-zero amount based on whether the detection element detects that the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region. 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the controller is able to adjust a quantity of the non-zero preselected low value based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region. 5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein if the detection element detects the coating has not yet separated from the substrate in the target region for a duration while the amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light is equal to the non-zero preselected low value, the controller increases the amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light to the non-zero preselected high value. 6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the controller is able to adjust a quantity of the non-zero preselected high value to a different quantity based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region. 7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the one or more properties of the surface consist of a temperature of the surface in the target region. 8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the non-zero preselected high value is equal to a maximum amount of energy per second produced when the laser light has a maximum intensity and frequency and the non-zero preselected low value is equal to a minimum amount of energy per second produced when the laser light has a non-zero minimum intensity and frequency. 9. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the non-zero preselected high value and the non-zero preselected low value are proportional to each other such that if the non-zero preselected high value is adjusted, the non-zero preselected low value is adjusted in proportion to the non-zero preselected high value and if the non-zero preselected low value is adjusted, the non-zero preselected high value is adjusted in proportion to the non-zero preselected low value. 10. A laser-based coating removal system comprising: a. a surface having a coating and a substrate; andb. a laser-based removal apparatus comprising: i. a laser source to provide a laser light for removing the coating from a target region, wherein the laser source fires the laser light at a first rate to the target region and a second rate to the target region different from the first rate, wherein the first rate and the second rate are selected to remove the coating from the surface;ii. a routing element coupled to the laser source and configured to direct the laser light onto the target region of the surface;iii. a detection element that detects whether the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region of the surface by inputting a signal received from the surface in the target region, wherein the target region is divided into a plurality of detection areas by the detection element and a firing rate of the laser light is decreased to a preselected low value if the detection element fails to detect that the coating has separated from the substrate for a period of time, and wherein the signal comprises data indicating one or more properties of the surface selected from a group consisting of incandescence, acoustic signature, motion and chemical properties; andiv. a controller configured to adjust the firing rate of the laser light based upon the signal received from the surface in the target region, and wherein the controller increases the firing rate of the laser light from the first rate to the second rate at the target region when a current removal of the coating is detected at the target region and then the laser light is continuously fired as the firing rate is adjusted; wherein if the detection element detects that the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region for a period, the controller coupled to the detection element decreases an amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light from a non-zero preselected high value to a non-zero preselected low value; wherein the controller is able to adjust a length of the period based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region. 11. The system of claim 10 wherein the routing element receives the signal from the surface and transmits the signal to the detection element such that the detection element is able to detect if the coating has separated from the substrate. 12. The system of claim 10 wherein an amount of energy per second directed onto the surface by the laser light is adjusted from a first non-zero amount to a second non-zero amount different than the first non-zero amount based on whether the detection element detects that the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region. 13. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the controller is able to adjust a quantity of the non-zero preselected low value based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region. 14. The system of claim 13 wherein if the detection element detects the coating has not yet separated from the substrate in the target region for a duration while the amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light is equal to the non-zero preselected low value, the controller increases the amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light to the non-zero preselected high value. 15. The system of claim 14 wherein the controller is able to adjust a quantity of the non-zero preselected high value to a different quantity based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region. 16. The system of claim 15 wherein the one or more properties of the surface consist of a temperature of the surface in the target region. 17. The system of claim 16 wherein the non-zero preselected high value is equal to a maximum amount of energy per second produced when the laser light has a maximum intensity and frequency and the non-zero preselected low value is equal to a minimum amount of energy per second produced when the laser light has a non-zero minimum intensity and frequency. 18. The system of claim 16 wherein the non-zero preselected high value and the non-zero preselected low value are proportional to each other such that if the non-zero preselected high value is adjusted, the non-zero preselected low value is adjusted in proportion to the non-zero preselected high value and if the non-zero preselected low value is adjusted, the non-zero preselected high value is adjusted in proportion to the non-zero preselected low value. 19. A laser-based method of removing a coating from a surface, wherein the surface comprises the coating and a substrate, the method comprising: a. activating a laser source to provide a laser light for removing the coating from a target region, wherein the laser source fires the laser light at a first rate to the target region and a second rate to the target region different from the first rate, wherein the first rate and the second rate are selected to remove the coating from the surface;b. directing the laser light onto the target region of the surface with a routing element;c. detecting if the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region of the surface with a detection element by inputting a signal received from the surface in the target region, wherein the signal comprises data indicating one or more properties of the surface selected from a group consisting of incandescence, acoustic signature, motion and chemical properties; andd. adjusting a current firing rate of the laser light with a controller configured to adjust the current firing rate of the laser light based upon the signal received from the surface in the target region, and wherein the controller increases the current firing rate of the laser light from the first rate to the second rate at the target region when a current removal of the coating is detected at the target region, and wherein the target region is divided into a plurality of detection areas by the detection element and the current firing rate of the laser light is decreased to the first rate if the detection element fails to detect that the coating has separated from the substrate for a period of time and then the laser light is continuously fired as the firing rate is adjusted; wherein if the detection element detects that the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region for a period, the controller coupled to the detection element decreases an amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light from a non-zero preselected high value to a non-zero preselected low value; wherein the controller is able to adjust a length of the period based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region. 20. The method of claim 19 further comprising receiving a signal from the surface by the routing element and transmitting the signal with the routing element to the detection element such that the detection element is able to detect if the coating has separated from the substrate. 21. The method of claim 19 further comprising adjusting an amount of energy per second directed onto the surface by the laser light from a first non-zero amount to a second non-zero amount different than the first non-zero amount based on whether the detection element detects that the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region. 22. The method of claim 19 adjusting a quantity of the non-zero preselected low value based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region. 23. The method of claim 22 further comprising increasing the amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light to the non-zero preselected high value if the detection element detects the coating has not yet separated from the substrate in the target region for a duration while the amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light is equal to the non-zero preselected low value. 24. The method of claim 23 further comprising adjusting a quantity of a preselected high value to a different quantity based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region. 25. The method of claim 24 wherein the one or more properties of the surface in the target region consist of a temperature of the surface in the target region. 26. The method of claim 25 wherein the non-zero preselected high value is equal to a maximum amount of energy per second produced when the laser light has a maximum intensity and frequency and the non-zero preselected low value is equal to a minimum amount of energy per second produced when the laser light has a non-zero minimum intensity and frequency. 27. The method of claim 25 wherein the non-zero preselected high value and the non-zero preselected low value are proportional to each other such that if the non-zero preselected high value is adjusted, the non-zero preselected low value is adjusted in proportion to the non-zero preselected high value and if the non-zero preselected low value is adjusted, the non-zero preselected high value is adjusted in proportion to the non-zero preselected low value. 28. The method of claim 19 further comprising adjusting a size of the plurality of detection areas based on the one or more properties of the surface. 29. A laser-based coating removal apparatus to remove a coating from a surface, wherein the surface comprises the coating and a substrate, the apparatus comprising: a. a laser source to provide a laser light for removing the coating from a target region, wherein the laser source fires the laser light at a first rate to the target region and a second rate to the target region different from the first rate, wherein the first rate and the second rate are selected to remove the coating from the surface;b. a routing element coupled to the laser source and configured to direct the laser light onto the target region of the surface;c. a detection element that detects whether the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region of the surface by inputting a signal received from the surface in the target region, wherein the signal comprises data indicating one or more properties of the surface selected from a group consisting of incandescence, acoustic signature, motion and chemical properties; andd. a controller configured to adjust a current firing rate of the laser light based upon the signal received from the surface in the target region, and, wherein the target region is divided into a plurality of detection areas by the detection element and the firing rate of the laser light is decreased to the first rate if the detection element fails to detect that the coating has separated from the substrate for a period of time and then the laser light is continuously fired as the firing rate is adjusted; wherein if the detection element detects that the coating has separated from the substrate in the target region for a period, the controller coupled to the detection element decreases an amount of energy per second directed onto the target region by the laser light from a non-zero preselected high value to a non-zero preselected low value; wherein the controller is able to adjust a length of the period based on the one or more properties of the surface in the target region.
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