Patent ID: 11919052
Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of cleaning a surface area of one or more panels for nutplates installation, comprising:
disposing an automated laser system about a predrilled hole of the one or more panels, wherein the automated laser system is configured to remove:
a coating on the one or more panels with a laser; and
a coating on the predrilled hole on the one or more panels with the laser;

determining a center of the predrilled hole by pre-programmed locations for each of the one or more panels from an external controller;
measuring an offset in the X & Y axes of an actual center of the predrilled hole in relation to the center determined by the pre-programmed information;
when the measured offset in the X & Y axes of the actual center of the predrilled hole in relation to the center determined by the pre-programmed instructions is outside of an allowable tolerance, adjusting the automated laser system so that the automated laser system is within the allowable tolerance; and
actuating the automated laser system to produce a laser to remove a portion of a coating disposed around the predrilled hole on the one or more panels.