Abstract: A simulation method in which grooves are virtually distributed on the slider air bearing instead of on the grooved medium surface has been developed and used to investigate the performance of ...

Abstract: We have formed a micro-texture on a pico-slider’s air-bearing surface to reduce the vibration when the slider comes into contact with the disk. The contact between slider and disk was controlled ...

Abstract: Perturbation and modal-analysis methods were employed to systematically study a damped slider’s dynamic characteristics, including an air-bearing slider’s stiffness, damping coefficient, frequency ...

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 ...