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An automatic single-spindle printed circuit board (PCB) drilling machine is described. It is controlled by a computer using only information obtained by looking at the PCB with a television camera. The computer moves the board and drills all the holes it sees in the copper cladding.
Mechanical and electronic problems presented by this device are discussed. They are typical of problems encountered in other similar visually controlled machines.
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Paterson, D., Turner-Smith, A.R., Halé, J.A.G., Saraga, P. (1976). A Television-Controlled Printed Circuit Board Drilling Machine. In: Koenigsberger, F., Tobias, S.A. (eds) Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81544-9_21
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