Abstract:
A device for reducing the contamination of a disc being coated during an ion beam deposition process. The ion beam deposition process is performed in a chamber having an upper portion and a lower portion with the disc being disposed in the lower portion of the chamber. An ion source is introduced into the lower chamber for generating an ion beam for depositing ions on the disc. In the upper portion of the chamber is a pump for creating negative pressure in the chamber. A portion of the ion beam contacts the pump forming contaminants on the pump which cause the contamination of the disc. A baffle assembly is disposed in the chamber between the pump and the ion source. Said baffle assembly includes a baffle that reduces the portion of the ion beam contacting said pump thereby reducing the forming of contaminants on the pump. The baffle assembly also includes a baffle cap disposed above the disc so that when the contaminants dislodge from the pump, the baffle cap prevents the contaminants from contaminating said disc.
Abstract:
Aspects include recording media with enhanced areal density through reduction of head media spacing, head keeper spacing, or head to soft underlayer spacing. Such aspects comprise replacing currently non-magnetic components of devices, such as interlayers and overcoats with components and compositions comprising magnetic materials. Other aspects relate to magnetic seed layers deposited within a recording medium. Preferably, these aspects, embodied as methods, systems and/or components thereof reduce effective magnetic spacing without sacrificing physical spacing.
Abstract:
A composition comprising a mixture of a low profile lubricant and a compound comprising one or more cyclophosphazene rings. The low profile lubricant comprises a perfluoropolyether backbone, at least one functional group on each end of the backbone and at least one functional group located in a region of the backbone between the ends. Also a device comprising a magnetic disk and the composition on the magnetic disk.
Abstract:
Processing equipment for manufacturing magnetic recording medium comprising a chamber, a micro-dispensing valve that can open for a minimum time of less than a few microseconds and can dispense a liquid in an amount of a micro-liter or less each time that the micro-dispensing valve is opened, wherein the liquid comprising a lubricant and a solvent different from the lubricant is dispensed through the micro-dispensing valve.
Abstract:
The embodiments of the invention relate to a lubrication system and a lubrication method, wherein the system contains pre-lubrication chamber for pre-treating a surface of a magnetic recording medium prior to deposition of a lubricant and a deposition chamber having an inlet for deposition of the lubricant on the surface of the magnetic recording medium in the deposition chamber, wherein the lubrication system is a stand alone lubrication system that is seperate from a magnetic layer deposition system for depositing a magnetic layer of the magnetic recording medium.
Abstract:
A system and method for improving the durability and reliability of recording media used in hard drives is disclosed. A protective overcoat made by depositing a diamond like carbon (DLC) layer over a magnetic layer and then depleting the DLC protective layer of hydrogen before it is coated with a Perfluoropolyethers (PFPE) using an in-situ vapor lubrication technique.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium with low bonded lubricant at the landing zone, where the head takes off and lands, for better wear resistance, and with high bonded lubricant at the data zone to protect the data from corrosion, and a method of making the same are disclosed.
Abstract:
A compound comprising a backbone with a perfluoropolyether chain. The compound also has one or more cyclophosphazene rings attached to or incorporated into the backbone. The compound further includes at least two functional groups attached to the backbone, attached to the one or more cyclophosphazene rings, or a combination thereof.
Abstract:
A method, in one embodiment, can include pumping a gas into a reservoir that includes a lubricant. In addition, the method can include changing the gas into a supercritical fluid that extracts lubricant molecules from the lubricant resulting in a mixture of the supercritical fluid and the lubricant molecules. Furthermore, the method can include utilizing the mixture to deposit a lubricant molecule onto a magnetic media.