Drilling of printed circuit boards: Factors limiting the use of smaller drill sizes

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-45

  Hinds, B K ^a   Treanor, M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Chip load; Drilling; End load; Glass content; Printed circuit board; Torque; Wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042431133     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405001517423     Document Type: Article

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