Method for lubed tape burnish for producing thin lube media
AssigneeHGST Netherlands B.V.
InventorsXing-Cai Guo, Thomas E. Karis, Bruno Marchon
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Abstract
A method of processing media comprises bonding a high molecular weight first lubricant to media; loading and rotating the media in a burnishing device; applying a tape to the rotating media while applying a second lubricant to the tape, such that at least some of the second lubricant is transferred from the tape to the media; and evaporating substantially all of the second lubricant from the polished media within 24 hours. The second lubricant may comprise a low molecular weight, non-functional, free lubricant that does not bond with the media.
Claims20
A method of processing media, comprising:
- bonding a first lubricant to media;
- loading and rotating the media in a burnishing device;
- applying a tape to the rotating media while applying a second lubricant to the tape, such that at least some of the second lubricant is transferred from the tape to the media;
- evaporating substantially all of the second lubricant from the polished media within 24 hours.
A method of burnishing media, comprising:
- bonding a first lubricant to media;
- loading and rotating the media in a burnishing device;
- applying a tape to and burnishing the rotating media while applying a second lubricant to the tape, such that at least some of the second lubricant is transferred from the tape to the media but does not bond with the media;
- removing the polished media from the burnishing device and evaporating substantially all of the second lubricant from the polished media at ambient conditions within 24 hours.
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