Patent ID: 7005604

Claim:
A method of machining objects using laser beams, the method applicable to a system for boring or structuring multilayer printed circuit boards and/or electronic components, the system having at least two slow-working laser machining machines and at least one rapid-working laser machining machine, the method comprising the steps of: machining a first number of objects using a first slow-working laser machining machine, machining a second number of objects using a second slow-working laser machining machine, and machining a further number of objects with a rapid-working laser machining machine, the further number being larger than the first and second numbers, whereby operating sequences of the laser machining machines are coordinated such that: after machining with the first or second slow-working laser machining machine, the first and second number of objects are supplied in an alternating manner to the rapid-working laser machining machine for further machining, or the further number of objects are divided into at least a first and a second subsets after machining, using the rapid-working laser machining machine, whereby the first subset is supplied to the first slow-working laser machining machine and the second subset is supplied to the second slow-working laser machining machine for further machining.