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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sham S. Nayar, Savage, MN (US);
John G. Gerogeorge, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Rick G. Goodrich, Roseville, MN (US);
Ronald D. Fowler, Yukon, OK (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/902 ;
Abstract
A disc slip tester for testing disc slip. The tester including a load actuator and load sensor for supplying and measuring test loads. A processor is coupled to the load sensor and is programmed to determine disc slip. Disc slip data is outputted for quality control and performance analysis. A method for analyzing disc slip including supplying a load to a disc in a disc stack and incrementally measuring load and disc displacement and plotting the relationship between load and displacement during test operations.