Clean technology lasers offer superior industrial corrosion removal in myriad applications, helps solve some of industry’s most costly corrosion problems Industries have been fighting a war against corrosion in metal infrastructure, equipment, and products at great expense for generations. “The global cost of corrosion is estimated to be U.S.$2.5 trillion, which is equivalent to 3.4% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (2013), according to an AMPP IMPACT study to examine the current role of corrosion management in industry and government and to establish best practices. Given the massive industrial outlay, proactively controlling corrosion is imperative and can have an equally impressive ROI. “By using available corrosion control practices, it is estimated that savings of between 15 and 35% of the cost of corrosion could be realized, i.e., between U.S.$375 and $875 billion annually on a global basis…The fact that corrosion control provides a cost benefit is a lesson learned over and over again by industry, often too late and following catastrophic events,” continues the AMPP IMPACT study. However, traditional methods of removing corrosion can be messy, laborious, time consuming, and can even pose serious health hazards. Today, one of the easiest to use and most effective alternatives in the war against corrosion is the increasingly important category of industrial-grade, clean technology lasers.
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