Characterization of NRRO in a HDD spindle system due to ball bearing excitation

Author

Jang, G.H. ; Kim, D.K. ; Han, J.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Precision Mech. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

2001

fDate

3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

815

Lastpage

819

Abstract

This research characterizes the source of NRRO by analyzing NRRO of the outer-race rotating spindle and the inner-race rotating spindle, respectively. It also characterizes the transmission of NRRO from the ball bearing to the disk by investigating NRRO and the frequency response function before and after mounting the disks on the spindle, respectively. Finally, it investigates the effect of the visco-elastic damping material to reduce NRRO by inserting it in the transmission path of NRRO. This research shows that visco-elastic damping material reduces NRRO by damping out ball bearing excitation, and it improves the frequency response function in the frequency region where the loss factor of the damping material is effective

Keywords

damping; disc drives; frequency response; hard discs; machine bearings; viscoelasticity; ball bearing excitation; frequency response function; hard disk drive; inner-race rotating spindle; loss factor; nonrepeatable runout; outer-race rotating spindle; viscoelastic damping material; Ball bearings; Damping; Frequency response; Inspection; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic heads; Magnetic levitation; Mechanical engineering; Rotors; Shafts;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.917622

Filename

917622