Title :
Study on soft-particle intrusion in a head/disk interface of load/unload drives
Author :
Xu, Junguo ; Tokisue, Hiromitsu ; Kawakubo, Youichi
Author_Institution :
Mech. Eng. Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Soft-particle intrusion tests were carried out on load/unload drives. These tests show that to prevent particles intruding into a head/disk interface (HDI) the HDI must be designed with a minimum step height of the slider leading edge. Adhesion of particles to slider rail surface results in slider-disk contact. Even a light intrusion of particles into the leading edge step leads to a decrease both in flying height and the pitch of the slider
Keywords :
adhesion; magnetic disc storage; magnetic heads; surface contamination; adhesion; flying height; head-disk interface; load/unload drive; pitch; slider leading edge; soft particle intrusion; step height; Acoustic testing; Adhesives; Atomic force microscopy; Cascading style sheets; Drives; Hard disks; Magnetic heads; Optical microscopy; Rails; Surface contamination;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
