Patent ID: 11885725
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A system for determining the level of treatment of a carbon fiber epoxy-based composite material surface, the system comprising:
a laser configured to remove an amount of material from a carbon fiber epoxy-based composite material surface;
at least one surface analyzer configured to perform at least one surface analysis comprising at least one of: gloss analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis, color analysis, contact angle analysis, surface resistivity analysis, optical interferometry analysis, and optically stimulated electron emission analysis;
a processor in communication with the surface analyzer;
a memory, said memory comprising a memory value corresponding to an laser-treated carbon fiber epoxy-based composite material surface treatment standard value, said memory configured to be accessed by the processor;
software in communication with the processor, said software configured to compare the laser-treated carbon fiber epoxy-based composite material surface treatment standard value to the signal corresponding to the at least one surface analysis of the carbon fiber epoxy-based composite material surface; and
wherein the system is configured to determine the level of treatment of the carbon-fiber epoxy-based composite material surface.