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Femtosecond laser cleaning for aerospace manufacturing and remanufacturing

  • Niroj Maharjan
  • , Wei Zhou*
  • , Yu Zhou
  • , Yingchun Guan
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Microsecond and nanosecond lasers have been studied in the past for laser cleaning applications, but femtosecond laser is rarely used for cleaning due to the greater possibility of ablation from the extremely high peak power (in gigawatt range) of ultrashort pulses. This paper reports the investigation into the feasibility of using femtosecond laser as a tool for surface cleaning of aerospace components. Surface contaminants, oxides and surface coatings were shown to be removed effectively and damage to the substrate was avoided by using a defocused laser beam and careful control of laser fluence.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-4
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509062904
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Nov 2017
Event2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2017 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 31 Jul 20174 Aug 2017

Publication series

Name2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2017
Volume2017-January

Conference

Conference2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2017
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period31/07/174/08/17

Keywords

  • Ablation
  • Aerospace manufacturing
  • Femtosecond laser
  • Laser surface cleaning
  • Remanufacturing

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