• DocumentCode
    1568185
  • Title

    Tribology of textured sliders in near contact situations

  • Author

    Zhou, Liang ; Beck, M. ; Gatzen, H.H. ; Kato, Kazuhiko ; Vurens, G. ; Talke, Frank E.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Magnetic Recording Res., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. To reduce the flying height of the head/disk interface and improve the tribological performance of sliders, a number of researchers have suggested using textured sliders with very smooth disk surfaces. In a previous study, textured sliders were fabricated by ion beam etching and it was found that friction during constant speed drag testing was reduced as a consequence of the texture.
  • Keywords
    disc drives; drag; hard discs; magnetic heads; mechanical testing; sputter etching; constant speed drag testing; flying height; head/disk interface; ion beam etching; near contact situations; smooth disk surfaces; textured sliders; tribological performance; Etching; Friction; Ion beams; Lubricants; Optical recording; Surface texture; Testing; Tribology; Velocity measurement; Vibrations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Magnetics Conference, 2002. INTERMAG Europe 2002. Digest of Technical Papers. 2002 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7365-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTMAG.2002.1001039
  • Filename
    1001039