Head-disc merge station for a disc drive

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1998-04-30

2000-04-18

Bryant, David P.

Metal working

Means to assemble or disassemble

Means to assemble electrical device

292815, 2940701, 29430, 29709, 29783, 29791, 2960303, B23P 1904

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060499699

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for merging the disc pack, E-block and magnet of a disc drive, the disc pack conveyed to a first selected position in a merge assembly station and moved to a merge slide assembly where calibration measurements of disc pack height and squareness are made at a reference position. The merge slide assembly moves the disc pack from the reference position to a shuttled position, the E-block is moved to an E-block nest assembly where the load arms of the E-block are spread in response to the calibration measurements, and the discs of the disc pack are interweaved between opposing read/write heads of the E-block. A magnet slide assembly positions the magnet to straddle the E-block. The disc pack, E-block and magnet are moved together, maintaining the merged interrelationship, to the basedeck and fastened to the basedeck.

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