Our work
Subsurface Corrosion Detection
Our Approach
This product started life as a Navy Phase 2.5 SBIR project (N68335-07-0283) to develop a handheld optical sensor for early detection of corrosion underneath paint specifically for the P-3 Orion and P-8 Poseidon airframe platforms, though excellent results have been obtained on a wide variety of military and commercial platforms and coatings.
Applications
LPT has begun an Air Force SBIR Phase II project to produce a prototype fiber-coupled corrosion control system, which provides corrosion detection, paint removal, corrosion cleaning, corrosion repair, and process monitoring in difficult to access areas without damaging the underlying substrate or adjacent features. This system was conceptually designed and experimentally demonstrated in Air Force SBIR Phase I project FA8117-14-C-0010.