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AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsChaiya Thongrattana, Ruksakul Boonpuang, Wirat Khamon, Jetsada Nontree, Piya Maneechote, Chaiyan Khwanma
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A de-swage machine for removal of a head of a head stack assembly including a tooling unit configured to receive a head stack assembly comprising a plurality of heads and an indicia, a blade module configured to remove a head from the head stack assembly, an indicia reader configured to read the indicia, and a controller. The controller is configured to select and remove a head from the head stack assembly by at least reading the indicia using the indicia reader, transmitting the indicia to a database, receiving head stack assembly information corresponding to the indicia from the database, selecting the head for removal based on the head stack assembly information, and removing the selected head using the blade module. The blade module can also include a force sensor, and the de-swage machine can also include an imaging unit.
A de-swage machine for removal of a head of a head stack assembly comprising:
A method for performing auto gage verification of a de-swage machine and removing a selected head of a head stack assembly using the de-swage machine, the de-swage machine comprising a tooling unit comprising a first actuator motor and configured to receive a head stack assembly comprising a selected head for removal, a blade module comprising a blade and a second actuator motor, an imaging unit configured to generate position information of the blade and position information of the selected head, and a controller, the method comprising:
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