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US 10,854,240 B1Granted
Method of cleaning magnetic head sliders
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsBinh Dinh Tran, Phillip Andrew Grothe
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Abstract
A method for cleaning magnetic sliders. One embodiment of the method includes dislodging particulate debris from a surface of a magnetic slider by contacting the surface of the slider with an oscillating brush, enveloping the dislodged particulate debris in a foam, and removing the enveloped particulate debris by removing the foam from the magnetic slider.
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A method of cleaning magnetic sliders, comprising:
- providing a carrier with a plurality of recessses arranged as a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows;
- providing a plurality of magnetic sliders in the recesses of the carrier with no more than one slider in a recess;
- applying an aqueous solution comprising a surfactant on the plurality of magnetic sliders on the carrier;
- oscillating a brush in contact with the sliders on the carrier to create foam from the aqueous solution and the oscillating brush;
- and
- removing the foam from the magnetic sliders.
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A method of cleaning magnetic sliders, comprising:
- providing a carrier with a plurality of recessses arranged as a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows;
- providing a plurality of magnetic sliders in the recesses of the carrier with no more than one slider in a recess;
- oscillating a brush in a first direction across and in contact with the plurality of sliders on the carrier in the presence of an aqueous solution comprising a surfactant, the oscillating brush together with the aqueous solution creating a foam on the sliders on the carrier;
- and
- moving at least one of the carrier and the brush in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.