Tribological investigations of tri-pad sliders

Author

Sharma, Vishal ; Talke, Frank E. ; Ng, Quock

Author_Institution

Center for Magnetic Recording Res., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

32

Issue

5

fYear

1996

fDate

9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3651

Lastpage

3653

Abstract

The contact behavior and frictional performance of tri-pad sliders on nitrogenated carbon overcoated disks is investigated using acoustic emission and frictional force measurements. Disks lubricated with AM2001 and a mixture of AM2001 and phosphazene were studied. The acoustic emission signal during ramp-up of the disk from start to operating speed is investigated, and the occurrence of a second AE peak during start-up is studied as a function of disk roughness and disk velocity. The frictional behavior of mixed lubricated disk and AM2001 lubricated disks is examined by means of contact start/stop tests

Keywords

acoustic emission testing; hard discs; lubrication; magnetic recording; mechanical testing; sliding friction; surface topography; AM2001 lubrication; AM2001 phosphazene mixture; Al₂O₃-TiC; C:N; acoustic emission signal; contact behavior; contact start/stop tests; disk roughness; disk velocity; frictional force measurements; frictional performance; mixed lubrication; nitrogenated carbon overcoated disks; phosphazene lubricant; ramp-up; stiction coefficient; tri-pad sliders; Acoustic emission; Carbon dioxide; Disk recording; Drives; Lubricants; Magnetic recording; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Testing; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.538717

Filename

538717