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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1996
Michael Barenboim, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Peter Michael Baumgart, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter P Chrusch, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Benjamin Karni, San Jose, CA (US);
Pieter J Kerstens, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Hong S Seing, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Andrew Ching Tam, Saratoga, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A disk texturing tool is used, for example, to provide textured spots in an annular portion of both sides of a hardfile disk. Disks are moved into and out of the texturing process in cassettes, through two disk-handling stations. Control of the tool is achieved using a right-side disk handling and processing controller, a right-side cassette handling controller, a left-side disk handling and processing controller, and a left side cassette handling controller. The two disk handling and processing controllers share hardware resources performing the texturing process.