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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Graham Collins, Louvigne-du-Desert, FR;
Michael Alan Miles, Rowlands Castle, GB;
Graham Collins, Louvigne-du-Desert, FR;
Michael Alan Miles, Rowlands Castle, GB;
Xyratex Technology Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valle, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for loading a read/write head to a spinstand has a load area for receiving at least one head to be tested. The apparatus further has a first station having a coarse precisor arranged to provide a coarse positioning of the head. A first automation device is arranged to pick a head from the load area and to deliver it to the coarse precisor. The apparatus has a deck having a test station at which a head can be tested. The deck has a fine precisor arranged to provide a second, fine positioning of the head. A second automation device is arranged to pick a head from the first station and deliver it to the fine precisor where the head can be subjected to a second, fine precising and to pick a head from the fine precisor and to deliver it to the test station.