Method of a making magnetic recording medium
US4847109A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/85
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of and an apparatus for making a magnetic recording tape, which is free from wrinkles formed thereon, by the use of a vapor deposition technique. A length of tape reeled on a supply reel is taken up by a take-up reel after having passed through a deposition station where it is movably turned around a cylindrical drum. In one aspect, the difference in tension between two different portions of the tape moving between the drum and the take-up reel and on respective sides of a tensioning roll forming a part of at least one tension control mechanism is adjusted to a value not greater than 10N/mm.sup.2. In another aspect, a charge eraser is employed and installed in the vicinity of the drum for removing an electrostatic charge built up in the tape being moved from the drum onto the take-up reel. In a further aspect, the cylindrical drum is used having its outer peripheral surface roughened to a ten-point average surface roughness of not smaller than 0.1 .mu.m.
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