Automated Structural Laser Cleaning System

A method of cleaning a surface area of one or more panels for nutplates installation, comprising:

• disposing an automated laser system about one of a plurality of predrilled holes of the one or more panels;
• determining a center of the one of the plurality of predrilled holes by pre-programmed instructions from an external controller;
• measuring an offset in the X & Y axes of an actual center in relation to the center determined by the pre-programmed instructions;
• and
• actuating the automated laser system to produce a laser to remove a portion of a coating disposed on the one or more panels.

A method of cleaning a surface area of one or more panels, the method comprising:

• determining, by an automated laser system from pre-programmed instructions, a center of one of a plurality of holes of the one or more panels;
• measuring, by the automated laser system, an offset in the X & Y axes of an actual center in relation to the center determined from the pre-programmed instructions;
• and
• by the automated laser system, producing a laser to remove a portion of a coating disposed on the one or more panels.