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Subject: Re: Yag laser?

From: "yildirimalper" <yildirimalper@...>
Date: 2003-06-14

Hi
It says 30,000 holes/minute in the Hitachi web site.
Is it really possible.
I can not even imagine. That is 500 holes/second

Best regards,
Alper

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "anode505" <anode505@y...>
wrote:
>
>
> Has anyone thought of a Yag laser for PCBs?
> I see people are actually 'milling' the unwanted copper off the
> boards.
>
>
> Yags are great for copper (On CO2 lasers, copper is a BIG no-no)
and
> the beam can be delivered via fiber optics with a Yag. Plus you
> cna 'drill' the holes without a tool change. Get fancy and you
can
> adjust to focus for bigger/smaller kerfs (though not recomemned)
>
> Nice chemical free way of doing it (at least chem free before PTHs)