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“LASER STRIP: A PORTABLE HAND-HELD LASER STRIPPING DEVICE FOR
REDUCING VOC, TOXIC, AND PARTICULATE EMISSIONS”,” Institute for
Research and Technical Assistance (IRTA), Grant #ICAT 6-10. 

A portable laser-based technique for stripping paints and
contaminants from surfaces of various kinds of metals,
composites, and concretes has been developed.  The objective of
the project was to demonstrate the feasibility of the laser-based
paint stripping technique as a viable alternative to conventional
techniques such as methylene chloride and abrasive blasting.  The
laser offers a number of advantages over conventional stripping
methods.  It has lower energy requirements, it is easy to use, it
minimizes air emissions of VOCs, toxics and particulate matter
and it generates a much lower volume of waste.

This project was supported in part by funding from ARB's
Innovative Clean Air Technologies Program.

The full report has been posted on our website at 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/apr/past/icat06-10.pdf 

Additional information about the Board’s Innovative Clean Air
Technologies Program can be found at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/icat/icat.htm.

If you have problems accessing the report or the web pages,
please contact Heather Choi at hchoi@arb.ca.gov or 916-322-3893.


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