The industry leading Laser Photonics Corporation believes that the next generation of its CleanTech family of laser cleaning products, the Class IV CleanTech Handheld units, could play an important role in reducing the backlog at the U.S. Navy’s and large shipyards. It cites a GAO report that found that 75% of the Navy’s carrier and submarine fleets are not repaired on time, equating to a loss of 15 ships each year due to maintenance delays.
Laser Photonics argues that deploying solutions that improve the capabilities of existing personnel are more feasible, long-term solutions than a hiring surge. It says that, when implemented at scale, CleanTech Handheld systems quickly pay for themselves via cost reduction and throughput gains and that incorporating them into standard maintenance protocols would lend the DoD an opportunity to take its war on rust from damage control towards an endgame solution. The CleanTech Handheld system has many applications in a single solution equally suitable for bulk coatings removal and more precise surface preparation.
Laser Photonics Corporation, based in Orlando, Florida, is the leading industrial company in high-tech laser systems for laser cleaning and other materials processing applications. Our systems are currently and historically used by manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, industrial, maritime, and medical industries around the world.
For more information, visit www.laserphotonics.com