Cryogenic-assisted adhesive removal tool
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDenise Alexandra Blohowiak, Kay Youngdahl Blohowiak, Kenneth Allen Kruger
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for removing adhesive features. One embodiment is a method for operating a cryogenic-assisted adhesive a removal tool. The method includes dispensing a cryogenic fluid onto an adhesive feature disposed at a surface of a structure, cooling the adhesive feature to cause a physical change making the adhesive feature brittle, and operating the cryogenic-assisted adhesive removal tool to cleave the adhesive feature from the surface while the adhesive feature is physically changed.
Claims20
A method for operating a cryogenic-assisted adhesive removal tool, the method comprising:
- dispensing a cryogenic fluid onto an adhesive feature disposed at a surface of a structure;
- cooling the adhesive feature to cause a physical change making the adhesive feature brittle;
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- operating the cryogenic-assisted adhesive removal tool to cleave the adhesive feature from the surface while the adhesive feature is physically changed, wherein dispensing the cryogenic fluid and operating the cryogenic-assisted adhesive removal tool to cleave the adhesive feature are performed via a same tip of the cryogenic-assisted adhesive removal tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.