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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Erik Rueger, Ockenheim, DE;
Stefan Wiedemann, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Markus Schäfer, Heiligenmoschel, DE;
Robert Beiderbeck, Wassenberg, DE;
Ole Asmussen, Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a tape drive, and to a method and a computer program product for operating a tape drive. The tape drive may include a transport mechanism which may include a tape head. The tape drive may be adapted to receive a magnetic tape with the transport mechanism, and to transport the magnetic tape by the transport mechanism. The tape head may be adapted to perform read-write operations on an oxide side of the magnetic tape. The tape drive may include a burnishing unit, which may include a burnishing roller and a burnish controller having an abrasive shell. The burnishing roller may be installed in the tape drive upstream of the tape head such that the abrasive shell supports the received magnetic tape on the oxide side. The burnish controller may be adapted to control the movement of the burnishing roller.