Characteristics of wear and contamination of video heads in consumer VCRs

Author

Kim, Sookyung ; Han, Yong-Hee ; Son, Heuigi ; Kim, Young-Gil ; Lee, Youn-Sig ; Prabhakaran, Vijay ; Talke, Frank E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Mech. & Eng. Sci., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

360

Lastpage

365

Abstract

Head wear and head contamination of video heads is investigated in order to improve the reliability of the head/tape interface. The location of deposits and the shape of the wear scar are studied. The wear rate along the head surface is determined using the so-called “micro-indentation technique”. The contact pressure is estimated using the measured area of the wear scar and an average measured contact force. AES spectra from contaminated regions of the head gap are obtained to characterize the head deposits

Keywords

abrasion; atomic emission spectroscopy; consumer electronics; magnetic heads; magnetic tapes; video tape recorders; AES spectra; average measured contact force; consumer VCR; contact pressure; contaminated regions; head contamination; head deposits; head gap; head surface; head wear; head/tape interface; measured area; micro-indentation technique; reliability; shape; video heads; wear rate; wear scar; Artificial intelligence; Chromium; Fingerprint recognition; Iron; Magnetic heads; Magnetic materials; Manufacturing; Surface contamination; Video recording; Zinc;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.628639

Filename

628639