Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for adjusting static attitude of a thin film magnetic head attached to a flexure of a head arm assembly. The apparatus has an adjusting unit for bending the flexure, a laser emitter unit for irradiating a laser beam to a bent area of the flexure a measuring unit for measuring a static attitude angle of the thin film magnetic head, and a computer system including a CPU and a memory unit in which adjustment conditions corresponding to static attitude angles of the thin film magnetic head are previously ranked and memorized. The CPU is configured to retrieve from the memory unit a particular adjustment condition corresponding to a measured angle supplied from the measuring unit and supply the retrieved adjustment condition to the adjusting unit, enabling the adjusting unit to bend the flexure based on the retrieved adjustment condition supplied from the computer system.

Abstract: Provided is a method for adjusting static attitude of a thin film magnetic head attached to a flexure of a head arm assembly. The method includes: previously ranking and memorizing adjustment conditions corresponding to static attitude angles of the thin film magnetic head; measuring a static attitude angle of the thin film magnetic head; bending the flexure for static attitude adjustment based on a particular adjustment condition corresponding to a measured angle; and irradiating a laser beam to a bent area of the flexure.