Coating processes – Direct application of electrical – magnetic – wave – or... – Pretreatment of substrate or post-treatment of coated substrate
Patent
1990-12-21
1993-12-07
Pianalto, Bernard
Coating processes
Direct application of electrical, magnetic, wave, or...
Pretreatment of substrate or post-treatment of coated substrate
427129, 427130, 427132, 427322, 427327, 427328, 427444, 427600, B05D 312, B05D 512
Patent
active
052682072
ABSTRACT:
In a process for manufacturing a rigid magnetic recording disk, the disk's rigid substrate member is subjected to a force that produces plastic deformation in a manner so as not to remove material therefrom. In this way, the disk is provided with a surface topography that contains a controlled texture, for example in the area of the disk's start/stop track. In an embodiment of the invention, an ultrasonic probe and a disk shaped substrate member are placed in close proximity within a container that holds a fluid abrasive slurry, i.e. a suspension of hard particles in a liquid. Operation of the ultrasonic probe, as the substrate member rotates, causes the slurry to texture an adjacent portion of the substrate member by means of plastic deformation and in the absence of material removal from the substrate member. Operation of the probe thus provides texturing of the disk at an inner diameter track area thereof, for example in the disk's start/stop area. Since no material is removed from the substrate member, a step is not produced between the disk's start/stop area and the disk's outer data area. Alternate means for agitating the slurry, such as a hollow tip ultrasonic probe, a jet of slurry, and a jet of another fluid, such as an inert gas, are described.
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Kruger Bruce P.
Petersen Thomas S.
Starcke Steven F.
Billion Richard E.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Knearl Homer L.
Pianalto Bernard
Sirr Francis A.
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