Burnishing head with fly height control spacer
US6296552A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/89
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A burnishing head configured to provide extremely close control of the burnishing height, to minimize stiction between the burnishing head and a disc being burnished, and to optimize the tribological relationship between the burnishing head and a disc being burnished. The burnishing head includes one or more spacer pads, associated with selected ones of the burnishing pads on the burnishing head, which remain in contact with the surface of a disc being burnished. The height from the contact surface of the spacer pad to the contact surface of the burnishing pad determines the effective burnishing height. The burnishing head also includes moats, or recessed areas, surrounding the burnishing pads to minimize the stiction caused by generation of a liquid meniscus between the disc and contacting elements of the burnishing head, and which act as collection points for particulates generated by the burnishing process. The spacer pads preferably include microtextured contact surfaces to minimize stiction and wear and further include a diamond-like carbon coating to further improve wear characteristics.
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