Fabrication of a tape head with a monobloc closure

A method of fabrication of a tape head with a closure, the method comprising:

• providing:
• a body with a tape-bearing surface configured to contact a magnetic tape, the body comprising at least one transducer that is a read element or a write element, configured so as for the tape head to read from or write to the tape, in operation;
• and
• a monobloc closure, having a structured cross-sectional profile, so as to exhibit:
• a contact part, having a first top surface;
• a breakable part, having a second top surface;
• and
• a connecting part connecting the breakable part to the contact part, wherein the connecting part:
• has a third top surface recessed from said first top surface, perpendicularly to a contact plane defined by said tape-bearing surface, so as to not to contact the tape, in operation;
• and
• comprises a line of mechanical weakness extending across said third top surface;
• arranging the body and the closure on a reference surface, so as for each of the tape-bearing surface, the first top surface and the second top surface to contact the reference surface;
• fixing the contact part on a side of the body, which side adjoins the tape-bearing surface at an edge thereof;
• and
• removing the breakable part by breaking along the line of mechanical weakness, to obtain a tape head wherein said first surface is level with the tape-bearing surface.