Re: clipping through-hole leads

Walter Harley wrote:
In commercial through-hole PCB manufacturing (I know, this is like asking about commercial horse-and-buggy manufacturing...), how are the component leads clipped off after insertion and/or soldering?

Is there some sort of spinning-saw-blade arrangement, or a dozen underpaid workers with wirecutters, or ... ? 

Yes, each of the above, depending upon where the board is fab'd.

Glenn
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