System, method, and apparatus for in-situ acoustic emission monitoring of burnish heads in production during magnetic media cleaning or burnish process

An in-situ technique for the acoustic emission monitoring of burnish heads while they are cleaning or burnishing magnetic media is described. The burnishing process is monitored and controlled to identify interaction or contact between the head and media due to, for example, burnish head damage, sub...

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Hauptverfasser:	LEE CHARLES, MELLO TONY, ROBINSON BOB CLYDE, RAMM CHRISTOPHER, AGRAWAL PARUL, BAUMGARTNER BRADLEY FREDERICK, CHU NORMAN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS GRINDING INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS POLISHING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An in-situ technique for the acoustic emission monitoring of burnish heads while they are cleaning or burnishing magnetic media is described. The burnishing process is monitored and controlled to identify interaction or contact between the head and media due to, for example, burnish head damage, substrate curvature problems, and lube pick-up problems. A piezoelectric sensor is mounted on the burnish arm that holds the burnish heads. When head-disk interaction occurs, stress waves travel through the head to the sensor and an amplified signal is gathered in a tester database as an acoustic emission. Abnormal conditions will trigger an unusual emission that is detected to trigger an alert.