Tape guide with wear resistant coating
The present invention relates generally to tape drives and, more particularly, to flanged tape guides having a wear resistant coating. A tape guide in which the corner geometry between the flanges and the hub prevents the tape from abruptly bumping the flange and in which the corner is coated with a...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The present invention relates generally to tape drives and, more particularly, to flanged tape guides having a wear resistant coating.
A tape guide in which the corner geometry between the flanges and the hub prevents the tape from abruptly bumping the flange and in which the corner is coated with a very hard wear resistant material such as titanium aluminum nitride, tungsten carbide, silicon nitride, chromium nitride or diamond like carbon. |
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