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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Bryan J. Scheele, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Neal T. Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
John L. Schumann, Litchfield, MN (US);
Trent A. Johnson, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Daniel W. Scheele, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Cameron T. Hempel, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Scott J. Cray, Winsted, MN (US);
Kenneth L. Bolster, Dassel, MN (US);
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods and a related systems and tools for dispensing an adhesive piece having damping qualities onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension. The adhesive piece can be commercially available layered strip sold as an adhesive layer having a first and a second liner adhered to each side. An exemplary method can cut an adhesive piece, separate the adhesive piece from a secondary liner, adhere the adhesive piece onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension, separate a primary liner from the adhesive piece, and dispose of the primary liner using a conventional gantry system. The method can be performed using a two-step operation of the gantry system.