Title :
Machine Vision Assistance for Flex Cable-Actuator Comb Manufacturing in Hard Disk Drives
Author :
Chang, J.Y. ; Shen, J.Y.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Adv. Technol., Massey Univ., Auckland
Abstract :
The work presented in this paper suggests an automated manufacturing method for assembling of flexible printed circuit cable assembly onto actuator comb-like structure in high capacity hard disk drives. Apart from traditional alignment methods, robotic vision guided method and assembling system are developed and discussed in this paper. Its capabilities of reaching micro-scale position and alignment accuracy are demonstrated in modern disk drive manufacturing lines along with proven significant lower drive-to-drive flex cable dynamic performance variation.
Keywords :
actuators; disc drives; hard discs; robot vision; robotic assembly; alignment accuracy; automated manufacturing; drive-to-drive flex cable dynamic performance variation; flex cable-actuator comb manufacturing; flexible printed circuit cable assembly; hard disk drives; machine vision assistance; microscale position; robotic vision; Actuators; Flexible manufacturing systems; Flexible printed circuits; Hard disks; Machine vision; Manufacturing automation; Pulp manufacturing; Robot vision systems; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 2008. M2VIP 2008. 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Auckland
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3779-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-473-13532-4
DOI :
10.1109/MMVIP.2008.4749532
