Flange guide for improved tape winding

This invention relates generally to the winding of tape and more particularly to a method and apparatus for using a winding flange guide for improved tape winding. A winding flange guide () is utilized to provide a better quality wind of a strand media. The guide () has a first flange () and a secon...

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Hauptverfasser: Plourde, Douglas R, Yoo, Helen J, Qualls, William R
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This invention relates generally to the winding of tape and more particularly to a method and apparatus for using a winding flange guide for improved tape winding. A winding flange guide () is utilized to provide a better quality wind of a strand media. The guide () has a first flange () and a second flange () which constrain the movement of the outer wraps of the tape pancake formed by the tape media. The winding flange guide () is utilized in a servo writer (), tape cartridge () and tape drive ().