STORAGE MEDIUM VACUUM SPUTTER TOOL ADJUSTABLE IDLER

A coating apparatus for magnetic data storage disks is operable to transport a disk in a disk holding fixture from a first coating area to a second coating area via roller wheels along a first path. A wheel located along the first path between the first coating area and the second coating area withi...

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Hauptverfasser: Tanaka Samuel L, Tong ChunWai Joseph, Greenberg Thomas L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A coating apparatus for magnetic data storage disks is operable to transport a disk in a disk holding fixture from a first coating area to a second coating area via roller wheels along a first path. A wheel located along the first path between the first coating area and the second coating area within a sealed enclosure is adjusted such that deflection of the disk holding fixture when traversing the disk transport wheel is reduced, such as by adjusting a leadscrew coupled to the disk holding fixture and a frame of the disk coating apparatus. Adjustment is made with the disk coating apparatus sealed and under vacuum, as the position of the disk transport wheel being adjusted may be different under vacuum than under atmospheric pressure. Adjustment is verified by processing a test disk and measuring forces applied to the test disk during transport through the disk coating apparatus.