They drill the board, run it through an electrode-less process that leaves a VERY THIN layer of copper in the hole. Then they electroplate the entire board with thicker copper which builds up a thicker layer of copper.
This way ALL holes are plated through. If you need holes which ARE NOT plated through they have to take the finished boards and re-drill the holes. It is always better to accept holes as plated through is you can. Bob Kondner -----Original Message----- From: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Albertson Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 1:35 PM To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [kicad-users] mounting holes --- Pedro Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Be careful with metallization, there are pcb providers that will > metallize the hole. So it can be avoided? I thought that because of the process all holes got plated. I admit I don't know how they plate the holes. How do they plate the hole? Chris Albertson Home: 310-376-1029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 310-336-5189 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel Yahoo! Groups Links
