Is there a way to get a business grant or loan for equipment?

2018-04-12T09:01:59-04:00

I want to start cleaning things without the use of chemicals. So I was wanting to get into laser cleaning that will clean most hard surfaces without contamination of the environment. It's also low water usage that only uses the resources to make the elements for the equipment. This will help generate a stream of income for the non-profit organization I started. I was quoted with $150k to start off with, so if anyone knows of how to get this done more cost effectively, please let me know.

Response by COL John McClellan made Apr 12 at 2018 9:26 AM

2018-04-12T09:26:27-04:00

Good for you!! A year or two ago I would have said go to the websites for Dept. of Energy, or EPA, and look for grants that might be available... but I suspect anything like that may be gone now!

Response by Lt Col Charlie Brown made Apr 12 at 2018 10:11 AM

2018-04-12T10:11:35-04:00

Check out https://nerdwallet.com/blog/small-business/small-business-grants

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Apr 12 at 2018 10:52 AM

2018-04-12T10:52:37-04:00

https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/ovbd

I'd certainly call their staff to ask...I hadmt heard of that method before, I'm not terribly surprisedz, hough info find it novel, certainly....

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Apr 12 at 2018 10:55 AM

2018-04-12T10:55:16-04:00

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=HnPPWrzrHerS0gKFqZL4Ag&q=laser+cleaning+of+jard+surfacrs&oq=laser+cleaning+of+jard+surfacrs&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.3..30i10.3379.11802..12437...0....185.1904.30j1..........1..mobile-gws-wiz-hp.....1..0j41j0i131j0i22i30j33i22i29i30j33i160j33i21.VP2WQNQesGQ%3D

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Apr 12 at 2018 10:57 AM

2018-04-12T10:57:03-04:00

https://arxiv.org/find/all/1/all:+AND+laser+cleaning/0/1/0/all/0/1

And these....

arXiv.org Search

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Apr 12 at 2018 10:58 AM

2018-04-12T10:58:57-04:00

https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01675

This looked quite good....

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Apr 12 at 2018 11:02 AM

2018-04-12T11:02:04-04:00

I'm just curious...what specific hard surfaces are involved...I saw numerous references...industrial surface? Artifacts? Elaborate ifmyou can, I'd be most eager to hear more...are you engineering yourself? Have you gone for relevant training? I'm genuinely interested, if you could elaborate, as I'd said....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Apr 12 at 2018 11:02 AM

2018-04-12T11:02:25-04:00

http://www.ieee.org

Look up their laser society....

IEEE - The world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Apr 12 at 2018 11:03 AM

2018-04-12T11:03:12-04:00

http://www.spie.org

And this group is also germane, there's also a Lasters institute of America, I'd seen, look that up also, OK?

www.spie.org

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Apr 12 at 2018 11:04 AM

2018-04-12T11:04:44-04:00

I'm gonna give this some thought...you got !y !mental gears revolving...how much laser theory have you done at all? Electro-optics? I'd be most eager to know more of your background, and how you learmedmofmot, and got interested, you kmpw?