• DocumentCode
    2823765
  • Title

    Study on lifetime prediction method for piggyback PZT actuator

  • Author

    Nakamura, S. ; Naniwa, I. ; Sato, K. ; Yasuna, K. ; Saegusa, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Hitachi Ltd., Japan
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    6-8 Nov. 2000
  • Abstract
    The experimental lifetime predictive equation for a piggyback PZT actuator was obtained. It agrees with Arrhenius´ equation. The lifetime of our developed actuator was estimated longer than 5 years under heavy conditions. This lifetime prediction method is useful to design the piggyback PZT actuator for HDDs.
  • Keywords
    disc drives; hard discs; lead compounds; piezoelectric actuators; Arrhenius equation; PZT; PbZrO3TiO3; dual-stage servo system; hard disk drive; lifetime prediction; magnetic head positioning; piggyback PZT actuator; Actuators; Assembly; Equations; Fatigue; Hard disks; Life testing; Magnetic heads; Memory; Prediction methods; Servomechanisms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference, 2000. APMRC 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6254-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APMRC.2000.898932
  • Filename
    898932