Industrial laser use in Navy depots
Abstract
The applications of industrial lasers used at the U.S. Navy depots are reviewed. Consideration is given to a method of aircraft laser depainting using vehicles with a laser vision system to determine the composition of the target area and the use of a 1.5 kW Nd:YAG laser for spot welding engine heat shields. For repairing jet engine combustion chambers, a 5-W argon ion laser beam provides light by fiber optics for a three-dimensional vision system and a 1.5 kW CO2 laser cutter is used to remove damaged parts. The development of a three-dimensional weld seam tracking system and the Naval Sea Systems Command to plot ship layouts using class I IR photodiode lasers is examined. Also, the use of IR high pulse rate photodiode laser and camera measuring system for measuring and shaping propellers is discussed.
- Publication:
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Lasers 1988; Proceedings of the International Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989lase.conf..736A
- Keywords:
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- Aircraft Maintenance;
- Laser Cutting;
- Laser Welding;
- Ship Terminals;
- Military Technology;
- Navy;
- Robotics;
- Weapon Systems;
- Lasers and Masers