Process | Process Parameters | Comments | |
NRC/ Atmospheric Plasma | Plasma pen speed | 10 in/sec | Constant parameters |
Plasma pen height | 0.25 in | Pen to surface distance, constant parameter | |
Passes per stripe | 1 | Number of times the plasma pen passes over the same stripe in one direction, constant parameter | |
Stripes per swath | 15 | Number of stripes in one section of set parameters, constant parameter | |
Distance between stripes | 0.05 in | Constant parameters | |
Starch-Acrylic Media (Type VII eStrip GPX 20/50) | Plasma pen movement direction | Parallel to cracks | |
Nozzle pressure | 1 bar | For each stripped region | |
2 bar | |||
2.5 bar | |||
Nozzle to surface distance | 15 cm ± 3 cm | Constant parameters | |
Nozzle to surface angle | 45˚ ± 10˚ | ||
Media flow rate | 2.5 kg/min - 3.0 kg/min | ||
Blast direction | Perpendicular to cracks | ||
NRC / Chemical Stripping | Solvent | EFS-2500 | Panel sections were rinsed and scraped using soft tools following 24 hours of exposure to EFS-2500 |
Duration | 24 hours |
|