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US 2018/0330749 A1Published application
Method of restoring suspension of hard disk drive
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorAkio MASHIMA
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Abstract
A method of restoring a suspension of a hard disk drive includes detaching a slider, which is mounted on a tongue portion of the suspension via an adhesive, from the suspension, measuring a thickness of the adhesive in a cleaning area of the tongue portion, specifying a first residual area in which the thickness of the adhesive exceeds a threshold value, irradiating a first irradiation area including the first residual area locally with a first laser beam, and irradiating the cleaning area entirely with a second laser beam.
Claims6
A method of restoring a suspension comprising:
- detaching a slider, which is mounted on a tongue portion of the suspension of a hard disk drive via an adhesive, from the suspension;
- measuring a thickness of the adhesive in a cleaning area of the tongue portion;
- specifying a first residual area in which the thickness of the adhesive exceeds a threshold value;
- irradiating a first irradiation area including the first residual area locally with a first laser beam;
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- irradiating the cleaning area entirely with a second laser beam.
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