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Method and arrangement for reducing wear in a magnetic storage means

US5050015A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Joachim Hack · Ludwigshafen, DE
Werner Grau · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE
Werner Sickmueller · Sandhausen, DE
Heinrich Mannsperger · Dossenheim, DE
Helmut Jakusch · Bischofswerda, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 1989
Grant date	Sep 17, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B33/14
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and an arrangement for reducing wear in magnetic storage means having magnetic disks, in particular having flexible media, become effective when predetermined maximum waiting times of the heads on the same track or the same tracks have elapsed. The heads HD are moved away from the waiting tracks in accordance with the predetermined control scheme, may be moved in waiting areas of the magnetic surface, and are moved back to the waiting position.

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