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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Allan Ferry, Windsor, CT (US);
Ronald Konopacki, Suffield, CT (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/023 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/36 (2014.01); F28G 13/00 (2006.01); F28G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/023 (2013.01); B08B 7/0042 (2013.01); B23K 26/36 (2013.01); F28G 13/00 (2013.01); F28G 15/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for cleaning a tube is provided. The system includes an enclosure, a laser, and an actuator. The enclosure receives the tube. The laser is disposed within the enclosure and operative to ablate a substance disposed on a surface of the tube. The actuator is operative to move the tube relative to the laser.