Tdk Corporation

Sadayuki Shoudai

Tsutomu Kikuchi

A method for manufacturing a magnetic tape includes the steps of feeding a broad magnetic tape including a broad support formed with a magnetic recording layer on one side thereof and a back coat layer on the other surface thereof to a portion between a disk-like upper blade and a disk-like lower blade overlapping each other and rotating in opposite directions and cutting the broad magnetic tape into magnetic tapes each having a predetermined width, which method for manufacturing a magnetic tape further includes a step of setting a cutting start angle between the disk-like upper blade and the disk-like lower blade overlapping each other and rotating in opposite directions at the time that cutting of the broad magnetic tape fed to a portion between the upper blade and the lower blade by the upper blade and the lower blade is started so that a lower blade side cut surface of the magnetic tape to be formed by cutting the broad magnetic tape includes 40% to 65% of a region formed by cutting the magnetic tape by a breaking force, thereby cutting the broad magnetic tape. According to the above method, it is possible to manufacture a magnetic tape which can minimize an irregular raised and depressed pattern of a cut surface of a magnetic tape.

Magnetic tape and method for manufacturing the same

A method for manufacturing a magnetic tape includes a step of setting a cutting start angle between the disk-like upper blade and the disk-like lower blade overlapping each other and rotating in opposite directions at the time that cutting of the broad magnetic tape fed to a portion between the upper blade and the lower blade by the upper blade and the lower blade is started so that a position where an irregular raised and depressed pattern of a cut surface of the support on the side of the upper blade to be formed becomes locally maximal or a position where an irregular raised and depressed pattern of a cut surface of the support on the side of the lower blade becomes locally maximal satisfies 40&#x2266;100BU/T&#x2266;70 or 40&#x2266;100BL/T&#x2266;70, where BU is the distance from the surface of the back coat layer to the position where the irregular raised and depressed pattern of the cut surface of the support on the side of the upper blade becomes locally maximal, BL is the distance from the surface of the back coat layer to the position where the irregular raised and depressed pattern of the cut surface of the support on the side of the lower blade becomes locally maximal and T is the total thickness of the broad magnetic tape, and cutting the broad magnetic tape, thereby manufacturing the magnetic tape.

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Tokyo, Japan

Sadayuki Shoudai