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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard Charles Barclay, Ladson, SC (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A laser ablation system comprises a laser, a scanning head, a laser-positioning apparatus, and a controller. The laser is configured to emit a laser beam. The scanning head is configured to deliver the laser beam onto a surface. The laser-positioning apparatus is configured to adjust relative positions of the surface and the scanning head. The controller is programmed to determine operation parameters such as a traverse scan speed, a laser-beam average power, a laser pulse repetition rate, a laser pulse width, and a laser-beam spot area for each one of scan regions of an area of the surface. The scan regions are arranged so that all of the area of the surface is scannable with the laser beam. The scan width of at least one of the scan regions is different from the scan width of another one of the scan regions.