{"id":25139,"date":"2020-07-10T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lasers-could-replace-sailors-in-peeling-old-paint-off-ships\/"},"modified":"2020-07-10T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:38:00","slug":"lasers-could-replace-sailors-in-peeling-old-paint-off-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lasers-could-replace-sailors-in-peeling-old-paint-off-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lasers could replace sailors in peeling old paint off ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Lasers could replace sailors in peeling old paint off ships<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"author-byline\">\n                By Sarah Sicard, Navy Times<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        July 10, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 4:38pm         <\/p>\n<p>                <span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2T_wlXJTkd8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" title=\"Video\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n                        Who among the Navy\u2019s best and brightest hasn\u2019t at some point earlier in their enlisted career been forced to scrape rusting, dilapidated paint from the various corners of the service\u2019s ageing fleet of vessels? Hardly anyone, perhaps, until now.<\/p>\n<p>The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, in partnership with industry, has discovered that laser ablation may be the key to removing hazardous paint and other coatings from ships\u2019 surfaces in a cheaper, faster way than conventional methods, more commonly known as sailor scut work.<\/p>\n<p>Chipping paint has, in essence, served as a torturous form of labor since the Navy made the switch from wood to metal ships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average ship requires enough chipping and painting annually to keep 16 sailors busy full time,\u201d reported the LA Times.<\/p>\n<p>Sailors from the deck department of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln mask and paint the ships\u2019s hull below the waterline. (DVIDS)<\/p>\n<p>Who among the Navy\u2019s best and brightest hasn\u2019t at some point earlier in their enlisted career been forced to scrape rusting, dilapidated paint from the various corners of the service\u2019s ageing fleet of vessels? Hardly anyone, perhaps, until now.<\/p>\n<p>The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, in partnership with industry, has discovered that laser ablation may be the key to removing hazardous paint and other coatings from ships\u2019 surfaces in a cheaper, faster way than conventional methods, more commonly known as sailor scut work.<\/p>\n<p>Chipping paint has, in essence, served as a torturous form of labor since the Navy made the switch from wood to metal ships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average ship requires enough chipping and painting annually to keep 16 sailors busy full time,\u201d reported the LA Times.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, an experiment aboard the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson that used laser ablation from Adapt Lasers, proved successful in cutting time and cost from paint removal activities. The company\u2019s process had previously been used to s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> away paint and coatings from Air Force aircraft parts, however, this is the first time that the Navy has considered laser ablation on its ships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResults from these experiments showed laser paint removal to be safer for the workers and faster than traditional methods used for many years,\u201d Timothy Niemeier, vice president of Adapt Laser, said in a statement. \u201cIt reduces solvent or chemical exposure hazards while eliminating time consuming preparation and clean-up steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benefits of laser ablation reportedly include \u201cless operational downtime for military personnel [and] no additional need to use solvents or chemicals to remove any oils, grease or other surface contaminants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on excellent test results, our laser coating removal equipment is Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved for shipboard use,\u201d Niemeier said. \u201cThe Navy has a new solution, to save time, reduce hazards and better maintain the most advanced ships in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, it seems sailors will finally be able to shift their focus away from chipping paint and onto more important tasks like planning steel beach picnics or figuring out what to do with all those aquaflage cammies now that the service has retired them.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Living <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/10\/lasers-could-replace-sailors-in-peeling-old-paint-off-ships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Lasers could replace sailors in peeling old paint off ships&#8221; By Sarah Sicard, Navy Times July 10, 2020 | 4:38pm Who among the Navy\u2019s best and brightest hasn\u2019t at some point earlier in their enlisted career been forced to scrape rusting, dilapidated paint from the various corners of the service\u2019s ageing fleet of vessels? 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