Head suspension lift cam adjustment
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJames William Berberich, Neal Bertram Schirle
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for adjusting the height of a set of load/unload lift cams with respect to the axial height of an associated stack of disks. The method steps comprise supporting load/unload lift cams with an adjustment tool, measuring the relative height of the load/unload lift cams with respect to the stack of disks in the axial direction with a non-contact transducer, and fixing the load/unload lift cams at a registered height with respect to the stack of disks.
Claims10
A method for adjusting the height of a set of load/unload lift cams with respect to the axial height of an associated stack of disks, comprising the steps of:
- adjustably supporting and positioning said load/unload lift cams with an adjustment tool;
- non-contact measuring the relative height of said supported load/unload lift cams with respect to said stack of disks in the axial direction of said stack of disks;
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- fixing said load/unload lift cams at a registered height with respect to said stack of disks measured in said non-contact measuring step and positioned in said adjustably supporting step.
A method for adjusting the height of each set of stacked sets of load/unload lift cams with respect to the axial height of an associated stack of disks, comprising the steps of:
- adjustably supporting and positioning one of said sets of load/unload lift cams with an adjustment tool;
- non-contact measuring the relative height of said one of said sets of supported load/unload lift cams with respect to said stack of disks in the axial direction of said stack of disks;
- fixing said one of said sets of load/unload lift cams at a separate registered height with respect to said stack of disks measured in said non-contact measuring step and positioned in said adjustably supporting step;
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- repeating said steps for another of said stacked sets of load/unload lift cams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.