Investigation of disk damage caused during load/unload using a surface reflectance analyzer

Tribology International

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Yonemura, Shinji ^a   Weissner, Stefan ^b   Zhou, Lin ^b   Talke, Frank E ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air bearing design; Carbon wear; Head speed; Index; Load unload

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PRESS LOAD CONTROL; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIR BEARING DESIGN; CARBON WEAR; HEAD SPEED; INDEX; LOAD/UNLOAD;

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

EID: 9644289779     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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