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ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION LINES SITED ABOVE GROUND REQUIREA CLEARED RIGHT OF WAY.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 350
Amount: $20,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1983
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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P.o. Box 9315
Berkeley, CA 94709
United States
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Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 MICHAEL J. MALACHOWSKI PH
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Abstract

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION LINES SITED ABOVE GROUND REQUIREA CLEARED RIGHT OF WAY. WHEN THE RIGHT OF WAY TRANSITS WOODED AREAS SAFE OPERATION REQUIRES THE REMOVAL OF FOLIAGE INTRUDING INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY SPACE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONSTRUCT A LASER, PHOTON BEAM, TRIMMER FOR CUTTING THROUGH VEGETATIVE MATTER. THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LASER CAPABLE OF PENETRATING LIGNOCELLULOSICS EXISTS. OUR PROPOSED TASK IS TO DESIGN A COST-EFFECTIVE MACHINE CAPABLE OF RELIABLE OPERATION AT WILDERNESS SITES, I.E., IN THE FIELD. WE ENVISION A SELF-CONTAINED TRIMMER USING A HIGH POWER CARBON DIOXIDE LASER TO CUT OUT AND TRIM AND A LOW POWER HELIUM NEON LASER FOR RANGING AND AS A SAFETY INTERLOCK SYSTEM PREVENTING OPERATION OF THE LASER WHEN NO TARGET IS PRESENT.THE PURPOSE OF PHASE I IS TO DETERMINE THE COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY OF THE NECESSARY SUBSYSTEMS, THE FEASIBILITY OF PACKAGING THESE INTO A PORTABLE UNIT, AND TO SPECIFY COMPONENTS FOR THE PHASE II PROTOTYPE.

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