Air Force Research Laboratory Materials Integrity engineers recently played a key role in enabling the safer and more efficient removal of paint from F-16 aircraft through the newly adopted Robotic ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Most of the Air Force’s F-16 fleet is painted a shade of grey. In ...

Everyone who has something painted must usually have the paint removed from that item at some time during its life cycle. The following article covers one of the newest innovations devised for ...

The Air Force spent seven years developing a new way to remove paint from metallic and carbon-fiber aircraft surfaces, the newly-adopted Robotic Laser Coating Removal System. Paint removal is a common ...

Sailors from the deck department of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln mask and paint the ships's hull below the waterline. (DVIDS) Who among the Navy’s best and brightest hasn’t at some point ...

German maintenance provider Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is developing a laser-based paint stripping system for application on the latest composite aerostructures. While paint layers on metallic surfaces ...

FOBA introduces a marking system specifically designed for demanding Day-Night-Applications FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving presents a new generation of laser markers which meet the latest challenging ...

At Port San Antonio, a 7-story-tall, laser-wielding robot is ready to blast coats of paint from aircraft and other big pieces of machinery. A collaboration between Southwest Research Institute and ...

PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) and Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) of Johnstown, Pa., are working with the Air Force Research Laboratory ...