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Efficient Laser Paint Removal And Residue Disposal System
- Agency
- ARMYDepartment of the Army
- Institution
- Tetra Corp.
- Amount listed
- $799,302
- Period
- April 28, 1992 to April 28, 1994
Abstract
one of the significant issues in the refurbishement and maintenance of army bridges and dams is the removal handling and disposal of lead-based paint. numerous environemntal and safety restrictions exist that hamper and influence the paint removal systems. for refurbishement it is important that the techniques for removing the paint do not adversely affect the substrates in which they are applied and also are able to successfully remove coatings from substrates with unusual surface contours such as mounting bolts or joints. particularly in the case of lead-based paint it is important that the residue not enter into the atmosphere or contaiminte the workers removing the coating. tetra has applied tetra's small repetitive laser (srl) technology to the army's problem of removing paint from bridges and dams. tetra has developed a conceptual design of this new approach for removing and capturing the paint residue. the objective of the phase i program was to determine the practical feasibility of the paint removal concept develop a conceptual design of teh laser paint removal system (lprs) and provide an estimate of the cost of the system. the phase i effort demonstrated the practical feasibility of the concept and laid the foundation for development of the system in phase ii. the phase ii objective of the lprs program is to complete development of the lprs technology which started in phase i to design and fabricate a lprs and to demonstrate the paint removal performance at a bridge or dam site chose by the army. Pulsed Laser Paint Removal Toxic Material Removal
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