New passive balancing algorithm for high-density hard disk drives

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-410

  Hredzak, B ^a   Guo, G ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Balancing; Hard disk drives; Passive balancing; Reduction in vibrations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; ROTATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BALANCING RINGS; HARD DISK DRIVES (HDD);

HARD DISK STORAGE;

ALGORITHM; DISK DRIVE; VIBRATION;

EID: 2542480016     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095440620421800405     Document Type: Article

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