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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Upali Bandara, Stuttgart, DE;
Holger Hinkel, Boblingen, DE;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360137 ; 360 75 ; 360106 ;
Abstract
The frictional coefficient and triboelectric current that exist between the magnetic-head carrying slider and the surface of a magnetic disk when both are in sliding contact are reduced by an appropriate pre-conditioning. The pre-conditioning comprises running the head-disk assembly for at least several minutes at a low velocity of, e.g. 200 to 400 rpm, in a dry gas atmosphere. By this pre-conditioning the lifetime of lubricated head-disk assemblies is increased.