Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Laser "route" Printed Circuit Boards

Hi All:
     Why would you need two machines.  Why not change tools from end mill to drill and do the drilling.
                                                       GOD'S BLESSINGS
                                                                 Bill

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:23:28 -0600, Jon Elson wrote

>  
>
> Danny Miller wrote:
> > The EDM also needs a guarantee of very good electrical contact on the
> > trace. I'm not sure how that'd be guaranteed as the traces are cut and
> > will become isolated.
> If you do it as a raster, then they never get isolated from the other
> side of the sheet.
> > Even if submerged in a conductive liquid, a
> > short, thin trace may not have good current capacity.
> >
> > I just don't see where this has any benefit that compares with milling.
> > The milling machine can route and drill on the same pass as it does with
> > a trace side.
> >
> Yup, it takes a separate machine to do the drilling. But, I gather the
> raster process is
> much faster, just a couple minutes for a small board, no matter how complex.
> But, the added complexity may be why it seems this process may have gone
> off the
> market.
>
> Jon
>
>

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