Newly Designed Slider-Based Micro-Actuator for Magnetic Disk Drive

A novel slider-based micro-actuator for magnetic disk drive was designed and fabricated to improve the magnetic head positioning accuracy. The micro-actuator consists of a head slider, an actuator base, flexible hinge elements, and a pair of unimorph actuators which has piezo-electric transducers an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yusuke NOJIMA, Shinji KOGANEZAWA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2011-04-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jamdsm/5/1/5_1_45/_pdf/-char/en