Cutting by a high power laser at a long distance without an assist gas for dismantling |
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Authors: | G Tahmouch P Meyrueis P Grandjean |
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Institution: | aGT and PM are at the Photonics Systems Laboratory, Louis Pasteur University, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400 Illkjrch-Graffenstaden, France. Fax: +33 3 88 65 51 60;bPG is with the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Marcoule, France |
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Abstract: | As the applications of laser processing progress, new fields of use are being investigated, including dismantling with power lasers. To fulfil our dismantling requirements we propose a new laser method that we have called the laser dismantling (LD) process. This cutting method uses a high-power laser at a long distance, without an assist gas, and with a focal length of the system of 1 m to 10 m. Precision and accuracy in the process are not the same as for laser cutting for production and assembly. The first application of the laser dismantling process, on which we demonstrate our method, is the dismantling of obsolete nuclear plants with remote controlled, or automatic, robots in irradiated environments. For our demonstrator, the beam from a Nd:YAG laser was focused by a multimode optical fibre. The objectives of this paper are: to discuss the criteria for determining the theoretical feasibility of LD; to discuss issues related to future industrial implementation by introducing the process's basic principles; and to compare LD with classical laser processing, which differs not only in the consideration of cutting quality and speed, but also in the cutting irregularities that could be accepted. |
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Keywords: | lasers (Nd:YAG) laser dismantling sheet steel optical fibres lasers cutting |
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