Former components were connected to PCBs through holes, drilled in the PCB. Manually drilling many holes were a time-wasting and exacting task. PCB material glass-fiber is also
hard on the drill itself. The component
requires different size hole and
often very tinny, usually from 0,6 to 1.3 mm. And therefore drills are rather expensive. And easy to break by hand
drilling.Holes for vias is also required.
drills