Does FR4 Board Crack During Machining?
Making cuts in FR4 board can cause it to crack, but it shouldn't if the right tools and materials are used. If the material still has cracks after being processed the right way, it's probably not good. FR4 composite materials that are made of woven fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin should not break when normal milling, routing, and drilling is done on them. But if the tools aren't used right or the process of making the product isn't done right, edge chipping, delamination, and cracking can happen. Before you try to machine things like electrical insulation, PCB substrates, and industrial materials, you should know what goes wrong and how to fix it.