Patent ID: 7800014
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: B08B,B23K

Abstract:
1. A laser-based coating removal system to remove a coating from a surface, the system comprising: a. a laser source to provide a laser pulse; b. scanning optics to direct the laser pulse along a laser path to a first position on the surface, whereby the laser pulse impinges the first position on the surface thereby ablating a portion of the coating from the first position; c. one or more light illuminators to provide a light illumination along a light illumination path to the first position on the surface, wherein the light illumination path includes at least a portion of the scanning optics; and d. one or more photosensitive detectors to receive light reflected from the surface as a result of the light illumination impinging the first position on the surface and to measure the reflected light, wherein each photosensitive detector receives the reflected light directly from the surface.