Laser Photonics Corporation highlights a key application for its CleanTech laser systems. Soot is usually cleaned using chemicals, pressure washing, or sandblasting, all of which create a disposal challenge due to the consumables required. Certain abrasive cleaning methods, like sandblasting, can even damage the surface of the structure are cleaning. With laser cleaning, can vaporize the layer of soot rapidly, leaving the underlying brick or concrete undamaged and intact.

Due to laser cleaning being a non-contact cleaning method, other materials can also be treated with great success.