Method for controlling laser power in a texturing process

    公开(公告)号:SG53024A1

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-28

    申请号:SG1997002725

    申请日:1997-07-31

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A disk texturing tool is used, for example, to provide textured spots in an annular portion of both sides of a disk for a hard disk drive. Disks are moved into and out of the texturing process in cassettes, through two disk-handling stations. An optical system includes a laser directed at a beamsplitter to split the laser beam into two beams having approximately power, which are directed along parallel paths through a power control optics block to expose simultaneously opposite sides of a disk to be textured. The power level of each of these two beams is controlled by a program which operates in a teach mode to develop a look up table describing laser beam power as a function of a signal driving an attenuator, in a set point mode setting this drive signal to provide a certain laser beam power, in a run mode controlling this power through a feedback loop, and in a display mode showing laser beam power as a function of time.

    Apparatus for laser texturing disks

    公开(公告)号:SG46768A1

    公开(公告)日:1998-02-20

    申请号:SG1997000255

    申请日:1997-02-05

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A disk texturing tool is used, for example, to provide textured spots in an annular portion of both sides of a hardfile disk. Disks are moved into and out of the texturing process in cassettes, through two disk-handling stations. In each disk-handling station, a lifter raises each individual disk from the cassette. The individual disk is then transferred to a pick-and-place mechanism, which moves it to a spindle. The spindle spins and translates the disk, so that both sides of the disk are exposed to beams derived from a pulsed laser. The pick-and-place mechanism then returns the disk to the lifter, which lowers it into the cassette pocket from which it was taken. The pick-and-place mechanism simultaneously moves one disk from the lifter to the spindle and another from the spindle to the lifter. While disks are moved by the pick-and-place mechanism of one disk-handling station, a disk in the spindle of the other disk-handling station is exposed to the laser beams.

    METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LASER POWER IN A TEXTURING PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:MY116946A

    公开(公告)日:2004-04-30

    申请号:MYPI9703518

    申请日:1997-08-01

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A DISK TEXTURING TOOL (37) IS USED, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PROVIDE TEXTURED SPOTS IN AN ANNULAR PORTION OF BOTH SIDES OF A DISK (49, 182) FOR A HARD DISK DRIVE. DISKS ARE MOVED INTO AND OUT OF THE TEXTURING PROCESS IN CASSETTES (48,56,58, 166), THROUGH TWO DISK-HANDLING STATIONS (38, 39). AN OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDES A LASER (108) DIRECTED AT A BEAMSPLITTER (132) TO SPLIT THE LASER BEAM INTO TWO BEAMS HAVING APPROXIMATELY POWER, WHICH ARE DIRECTED ALONG PARALLEL PATHS THROUGH A POWER CONTROL OPTICS BLOCK (136) TO EXPOSE SIMULTANEOUSLY OPPOSITE SIDES OF A DISK TO BE TEXTURED. THE POWER LEVEL OF EACH OF THESE TWO BEAMS IS CONTROLLED BY A PROGRAM WHICH OPERATES IN A TEACH MODE TO DEVELOP A LOOK UP TABLE DESCRIBING LASER BEAM POWER AS A FUNCTION OF A SIGNAL DRIVING AN ATTENUATOR, IN A SET POINT MODE SETTING THIS DRIVE SIGNAL TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN LASER BEAM POWER, IN A RUN MODE CONTROLLING THIS POWER THROUGH A FEEDBACK LOOP, AND IN A DISPLAY MODE SHOWING LASER BEAM POWER AS A FUNCTION OF TIME.

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