Abstract
To reduce the risk of head crash when a slider contacts a smooth disk during flying height adjustment, a novel tapping method for reducing the friction and lowering the risk of head crash was developed. An active-head slider was designed and fabricated to demonstrate the usefulness of the tapping approach. It is also found that micro-vibration is significantly effective in avoiding a high friction force and protecting a head from the crash due to head-disk contact during the flying height adjustment.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 871-877 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Tribology |
Volume | 127 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Oct 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films