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What is the tool drill life when drilling the RO4000 materials?

April 26, 2017drill Drilling life Materials Tool

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What is the tool drill life when drilling the RO4000 materials?

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This depends on many things. A thicker RO4000 printed circuit boards will have less tool life since there is more material abrading the drill tool. Also if other materials are used with the RO4000 materials, sometimes there will be smear issues at the interface of these other materials and the RO4000 materials which impact drill life. In general, if it is a simple, moderate thickness, pure RO4000 PCB, one thousand hits is a typical drill life.