• DocumentCode
    1489814
  • Title

    Theoretical analysis of a ball bearing used in HDD spindle motors for reduction of NRRO

  • Author

    Noguchi, S. ; Tanaka, K. ; Ono, K.

  • Author_Institution
    NSK Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    845
  • Lastpage
    850
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we theoretically analyzed the NRRO of the ball bearing caused by form errors of the inner and outer raceways and balls. The results are summarized as follows: (1) as for geometrical errors of the inner and outer raceways, it is possible to reduce the NRRO to less than 1 nm by choosing either 12 or 18 balls, even if the inner and outer raceways have harmonic undulation of less than the eleventh order; (2) the effect of the differences in ball diameter and ball form error on the NRRO monotonously decreases as the number of balls increases
  • Keywords
    disc drives; hard discs; harmonics; machine bearings; small electric machines; HDD spindle motors; HDDs; NRRO; ball bearing; ball diameter; ball form error; form errors; geometrical errors; harmonic undulation; raceways; Analytical models; Ball bearings; Costs; Disk recording; Equations; Hard disks; Instruments; Machining; Magnetic heads; Tracking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.753796
  • Filename
    753796