Abstract: A fixture for slider lapping includes a holding portion for holding the object with its surface to be lapped toward the lapping surface of the lapping device; a main body for mounting the lapping fixture to the lapping device; a plurality of load-applied portions which are arranged along said longitudinal direction and independent from said main body, said load-applied portions receiving a load which presses the surface to be lapped to the lapping surface tightly from at least the lapping device; a plurality of connection members connecting said holding portion and said main body along said longitudinal direction at intervals; and a plurality of wrist portions connecting said connection members and said holding portion; wherein at least one wrist portion is disposed between said adjacent connection members; at least one wrist portion is disposed at each outer side of the connection members which are located at both ends of the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A fixture for slider lapping includes a holding portion for holding the object with its surface to be lapped toward the lapping surface of the lapping device; a main body for mounting the lapping fixture to the lapping device; a plurality of load-applied portions which are arranged along said longitudinal direction and independent from said main body, said load-applied portions receiving a load which presses the surface to be lapped to the lapping surface tightly from at least the lapping device; a plurality of connection members connecting said holding portion and said main body along said longitudinal direction at intervals; and a plurality of wrist portions connecting said connection members and said holding portion; wherein at least one wrist portion is disposed between said adjacent connection members; at least one wrist portion is disposed at each outer side of the connection members which are located at both ends of the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The present invention relate to provide a lapping method and apparatus that increases the yield rate in the magnetic head slider manufacturing process, but does not make output and asymmetry characteristics worse. According to the invention, an apparatus for lapping thin film magnetic heads includes a jig block and a lapping plate. The jig block includes a first jig that holds a bar to be lapped, and second jig that holds a member for load sharing. The lapping plate is movable relative to the first jig and the second jig, and is contactable with the surface to be lapped of the bar held by the first jig and the member for load sharing held by the second jig for lapping.

Abstract: A flying head slider includes at least one head element, a first end surface, near which at least one head element is formed, a second end surface opposite to the first end surface, a bottom surface, and at least one chamfered section formed on at least one edge between at least one of the first and second end surfaces and the bottom surface.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a flying magnetic head slider includes a step of providing a substrate with a plurality of inductive write head elements formed thereon, each head element having a pair of magnetic poles facing to each other via a magnetic gap, and with a protection layer covering the plurality of inductive write head elements, a step of cutting the substrate to separate into a plurality of bar members, each of the bar members having aligned inductive write head elements, a step of processing the protection layer of each bar member so that a distance from an end edge of the pair of magnetic poles to an edge of a bottom surface of the bar member becomes in a range of 1 to 15 ?m, a step of lapping each bottom surface of the bar member, and cutting each bar member to separate into a plurality of individual magnetic head sliders.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for edge blending hard drive head sliders by oscillating abrasive lapping tape across the edges of multiple sliders simultaneously.

Abstract: A lapping method of a magnetic head slider provided with an element-forming surface, an ABS and an MR element formed on the element-forming surface, including a step of setting the magnetic head slider to be lapped on a lapping means, and a step of lapping by the lapping means the ABS of the magnetic head slider with while keeping an angle between the element-forming surface of the magnetic head slider and a lapping direction in a range greater than 0 degrees and equal to or less than 30 degrees.

Abstract: A slider is provided that can implement a magnetic head reducing damage to a magnetic recording medium. The slider includes a body having a surface facing the magnetic recording medium and including at least one rail. The rail has at least one end that is chamfered into a concave curved surface.

Abstract: A lapping method of a magnetic head slider provided with an element-forming surface, an ABS and an MR element formed on the element-forming surface, includes a step of setting the magnetic head slider to be lapped on a lapping means, and a step of lapping by the lapping means the ABS of the magnetic head slider with keeping an angle between the element-forming surface of the magnetic head slider and a lapping direction in a range larger than 0 degree and equal to or smaller than 30 degrees.

Abstract: A working method capable of implementing various types of devices such as a slider available with high reliability without causing malfunction or the like due to contamination during an actual use is provided by solving a problem of deterioration in profile precision and a problem of contamination resulting from roughness of a cut surface or chipping. A wire saw comprising a wire having a diameter greater than a width of a portion cut by a first cutting step, namely, a width of a cut groove is brought into contact with the cut groove of a bar. While the wire saw is slid in a longitudinal direction, the bar is sliced across the overall thickness of the bar along the thickness of the bar. Thus, while the bar is cut, a final cut surface formed by cutting is smoothed.