PCB drilling question

Jun 01, 2005 2 Replies

In commercial CNC setups, is the drill motor powered during the entire drilling operation (except tool changes) or is it cycled on/off at each hole location?



It runs all the time.

Regards,

Boris Mohar

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I heard from some PCB manufacturer that a tool change (stopping drill, changing tool, spinning up again) takes about as long as drilling 100 holes. This answered my question about extra cost for tool changes ;-)

robert

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