Objective Problem occurring for critical material removal, e.g. asbestos, with mechanical cutting methods have not been sufficiently solved in all European countries. When cutting asbestos or decontaminated materials with conventional techniques fibbers or other hazardous components are produced and the removed material must be specially treated and disposed. Furthermore, the surroundings have to be contaminated using safety measures and much technical equipment. As the dimensions of these fibbers and their diameter to length ratio cause a high physical risk, the fibbers must be contained, if possible. The problems described above can be avoided by a new removal processing system. In order to achieve the highest flexibility, a hand-guided laser which guarantees a clean and environment-friendly low-emission removal of asbestos will be developed further. Due to the thermal character of laser cutting processes, all emission particles have spherical morphologies, if the process is well adjusted. If no fibbers are generated the cutting process is clean. Programming or teaching is not necessary as for conventional CNC machines or robots and there is the advantage of high mobility of the system. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-1. - Key Action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisation Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme EAW - Exploratory awards Coordinator LASER PRODUKT GESELLSCHAFT FUER ANGEWANDTE LASERTECHNIK MBH EU contribution No data Address 8,Bunker Stieg 8 31053 Alfeld Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all QUANTA SYSTEM SRL Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Venezia Giulia 18 20157 MILANO See on map Total cost No data
