High power laser tunneling mining and construction equipment and methods of use

There are provided high power laser and laser mechanical earth removing equipment, and operations using laser cutting tools having stand off distances. These equipment provide high power laser beams, greater than 1 kW to cut and volumetrically remove targeted materials and to remove laser affected m...

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Hauptverfasser:	Faircloth, Brian O, Volkmar, John F, Kolachalam, Shararth K, Grubb, Daryl L, Land, Mark S, Norton, Ryan J, De Witt, Ronald A, Zediker, Mark S
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, ORTHE LIKE CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS GALLERIES LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS MACHINE TOOLS MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MINING MINING OR QUARRYING OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS PERFORMING OPERATIONS SHAFTS SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING TRANSPORTING TUNNELS WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Zusammenfassung:	There are provided high power laser and laser mechanical earth removing equipment, and operations using laser cutting tools having stand off distances. These equipment provide high power laser beams, greater than 1 kW to cut and volumetrically remove targeted materials and to remove laser affected material with gravity assistance, mechanical cutters, fluid jets, scrapers and wheels. There is also provided a method of using this equipment in mining, road resurfacing and other earth removing or working activities.