Abstract:
A process for fabricating a magnetic data storage medium includes formation of a controlled texture, either over an annular transducing head contact area or the entire surface of a substrate. The texture layer is formed by vacuum deposition of a texturing material onto a smooth surface of a non-magnetic substrate. The texturing material has a surface energy greater than that of the substrate, and the texturing material and substrate material have different linear coefficients of thermal expansion. Just before deposition of the texture layer, the substrate is heated to a temperature of 200 - 600 DEG C, then allowed to cool during texture layer deposition. The substrate and texture layer contract at different rates as they cool, inducing mechanical stresses within the texture layer sufficient to plastically deform the texture layer, creating multiple dome-like bumps. Subsequent thin film layers, including an underlayer, a magnetic recording layer and a protective cover layer, have uniform thicknesses and tend to replicate the texture layer topography. The resulting medium performs well under CSS testing at flying heights of less than 1.0 microinch, and exhibits excellent corrosive resistance when the substrate is formed of glass, glass ceramic or quartz. The process can be performed on all conventional types of substrates, including aluminum nickel-phosphorous substrates.
Abstract:
A protective overcoat in a magnetic recording medium is described, where the overcoat extends between an inner-diameter landing zone and an outer-diameter data zone and has a thickness in the landing zone of at least 135 ANGSTROM and a thickness in the data zone of less than 90 ANGSTROM . Also described is a target assembly for use in forming the protective overcoat. The assembly includes a centrally positioned target with inner and outer magnetic means adjacent the target and a sputtering shield positioned between the target and the medium to control the amount and angle of material deposition on the medium.
Abstract:
A method for selectively choosing the magnetic properties of a sputter deposited recording layer of a magnetic recording medium comprises sputtering a target (43) of metal underlayer material onto a substrate (10) to deposit an underlayer film (14) and selectively collimating the sputtered underlayer particles to vary the arrival energy and angular distribution of the sputter particles striking the substrate to selectively establish the orientation of the crystals making up the underlayer film. A magnetic metal film (16) is then sputter deposited upon the underlayer film to form a magnetic recording layer, having a crystal texture and recording properties affected by the orientation of the crystals in the underlayer film. The magnetic properties of the magnetic recording layer are chosen by selectively collimating while sputter depositing the underlayer material. The magnetic metal recording film may be selectively collimated instead of or in addition to the underlayer film.
Abstract:
The first object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium which has fewer dropouts immediately after production, prevents dropouts from increasing with time, prevents the deterioration in electro-magnetic conversion properties, and has high-durability coating such as a magnetic layer. The second object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium which has high-durability back-coat layer and has high charge prevention effect by the back-coat layer in addition to the features of the first object. The third object of the present invention is to improve productivity and to reduce the cost of production when such a magnetic recording medium is produced. In a production method including a step of kneading a solid content and a binder solution, a step of suspending solid material in the kneaded product, and a step of adding a viscosity adjustment solution to the dispersion to obtain a coating material, wherein materials (binder solution, kneaded material, dispersion, viscosity adjustment agent, coating material) are filtered after each process step described above, and filtration means capable of removing 95 % of a predetermined range is used at each filtration step.
Abstract:
A magnetic data card comprises a data region bearing a magnetic recording material whose thickness along the axis varies in accordance with a predetermined pattern which provides a magnetic watermark underlying the recorded data, which can be used to verify the authenticity of the card. The variable thickness is achieved by printing a first layer (3) of magnetic recording material directly onto a substrate (1), a second layer (4) in a discontinuous pattern onto the first layer (3) and a third layer (6) in a different discontinuous pattern onto the second layer (4).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for treating the surface of a substrate of an aluminium-magnesium alloy to obtain the planest possible surface; to this end it is proposed that the substrate be first subjected to a lapping process followed by turning; the lapping process is preferably performed in two stages in which the substrates are lapped under light pressure in the first and heavier pressure in the second (main) lapping stage.
Abstract:
Procede de fabrication d'un support d'enregistrement magnetique comprenant les etapes consistant a former une bande magnetique (2) en recouvrant un support non magnetique d'un liant et d'une peinture magnetique se composant principalement d'une poudre magnetique aciculaire, en appliquant un champ magnetique a courant continu a la bande magnetique dans une direction predeterminee au moyen d'un aimant a solenoide supraconducteur (1) pourvu d'une fente (3) au travers du centre, au travers de laquelle passe la bande magnetique de maniere que la poudre magnetique peut se deplacer pour etre orientee dans une direction predeterminee, ainsi qu'une etape de sechage. La bande magnetique ainsi fabriquee possede une densite de flux residuel amelioree d'environ 10 a 20% par rapport aux bandes conventionnelles et presente une sensibilite et un signal de sortie nettement meilleurs. Etant donne qu'un courant permanent s'ecoule au travers d'un supraconducteur possedant une resistance electrique sensiblement egale a 0, aucune perte de puissance a cause de l'echauffement ne se verifie, ce qui permet de reduire considerablement les frais de production entraines par un refroidisseur ou analogue.
Abstract:
A metallic, thin film, magnetic recording medium is disclosed wherein the surface of the metallic thin film is modified such as to promote improved adhesion with protective lubricant. A process is disclosed wherein, for example, controlled oxidation of a metallic, thin film magnetic recording medium yields a homogeneous distribution of bonding sites and wherein application of a protective lubricant (e.g., perfluoropolyether compositions) provides a recording medium exhibiting superior wear and abrasion resistance.
Abstract:
A composite substrate plate for a magnetic or optical disk, comprising a metal plate, an undercoat resin layer formed on one side or both sides of said metal plate, and a surface resin layer having a mirrorlike surface formed on said undercoat resin layer. Such a composite substrate plate is obtained by placing a liquid resin for forming the surface resin layer on the undercoat resin layer formed on one side or both sides of said metal plate or, alternatively, on one or two mirror-finished surfaces of molding plates for imparting a mirrorlike surface to said surface resin layer, then assembling the metal plate and the one or two molding plates so that one side or both sides of said metal plate carrying the undercoat resin layer and the liquid resin may be brought into contact with the one or two clean mirrorlike surfaces of molding plates or, alternatively, one side or both sides of said metal plate carrying the undercoat resin layer and no liquid resin may be brought into contact with the one or two liquid resin-bearing surfaces of molding plates, subsequently allowing the liquid resin to cure, and removing the one or two mirror-finished molding plates.