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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2002.1001039
