SBB machine and method for HGA mass production
AssigneeSAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
InventorPing Shang
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Abstract
This invention relates to an SBB machine and method used in a magnetic head assembly process of HGA production for hard disk drives. The SBB comprises a laser head with a focus system, a monitor with a camera positioning system and a flex cable sheet station with a conveyer system. The laser head can be controlled from the monitor to move vertically and horizontally by the camera positioning system, and the conveyer belt of the transport system can be controlled to move step by step.
Claims6
An SBB machine comprises a laser head with a focus system, a monitor with a camera positioning system and a flex cable sheet station with a conveyer system. The laser head can be controlled from the monitor to move vertically and horizontally by the camera positioning system, and the conveyer belt of the transport system can be controlled to move step by step.
A SBB bonding method for an HGA by means of an SBB machine according to any one of the preceding claims comprises steps:
- a) making a flex cable trace pattern onto a flex cable sheet (42) by etching or the like;
- b) mounting sliders (24) onto the flex cable sheet (42) by epoxy, with precise alignment to trace pads one by one,
- c) connecting a slider's pad to the corresponding pads of the flex cable trace by SBB or the like;
- d) cutting the flex cable (26) provided with the sliders (24) from the flex cable sheet (42);
- e) mounting the flex cable (26) provided with the sliders (24) onto a suspension (21) by epoxy or the like, and finishing an HGA (81).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.