Abstract: A row bar for forming sliders has a row of slider forming portions, each slider forming portion having a slider to be cut from the row bar and a medial region adjacent the slider, each medial region having a first guide pad disposed thereon; wherein each slider has: a slider body; a magnetic writer and a magnetic reader disposed on the slider body; a second guide pad disposed on the slider body; two electrical lapping guides disposed on the slider body and electrically connecting to the first guide pad and the second guide pad respectively; a row of bonding pads formed on the slider body and electrically connecting to the magnetic reader and the magnetic writer; and a grounding pad disposed on the slider body and electrically connecting to the first guide pad and the second guide pad. The invention also discloses a method of manufacturing the slider.

Abstract: A lapping monitor element that is juxtaposed with a magnetic transducer element having a magnetoresistance effect film to determine the lapping position upon lapping the element height of the magnetic transducer element to a predetermined dimension. The lapping monitor element includes a resistance film to be resistance measured. The resistance film is a metal film of nonmagnetic transition metal or of alloy composed mainly of nonmagnetic transition metal, or a multilayered film where two or more such metal films are laid one upon another. The lapping monitor makes it possible to extremely stabilize the ELG sensor resistance measured values upon lapping as well as to provide a high accuracy MR height control.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lapping monitor element that is juxtaposed with a magnetic transducer element having a magnetoresistance effect film to determine the lapping position upon lapping the element height of the magnetic transducer element to a predetermined dimension, the lapping monitor element comprising a resistance film to be resistance measured, the resistance film being a metal film of nonmagnetic transition metal or of alloy composed mainly of nonmagnetic transition metal, or a multilayered film where two or more such metal films are laid one upon another, thereby making it possible to extremely stabilize the ELG sensor resistance measured values upon lapping as well as to provide a high accuracy MR height control.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lapping oil composition which is advantageously used in finish-grinding of a material to provide a high-quality grinding surface, without selective grinding, which is generally caused during lapping and polishing processes of the composite material. The lapping oil composition contains at least one acetylene glycol compound and preferably further contains at least one at least one phosphoric ester compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of polishing a magnetic head slider whereby a by-processed step can be easily reduced. An air bearing surface of the magnetic head slider is polished with setting a bar that includes the magnetic head slider where a thin film magnetic head element is formed to reciprocate in a radius direction of a polishing plate, as well as rotating the polishing plate having a polishing surface. Polishing steps include a first polishing step of performing a height polish while rotating the polishing plate at a first velocity, and a second polishing step of performing a finishing polish while rotating the polishing plate at a second velocity sufficiently lower than the first velocity. The second velocity at the second polishing step is set so that an average linear velocity in the direction of the rotation of the polishing plate is equal to or lower than 0.032 m/s (preferably equal to or lower than 0.008 m/s).

Abstract: This invention relates to free abrasive slurries suited for use in polishing workpieces composed of materials varying in hardness, uniformly without selective polishing or working without difference in the amounts of polishing for different materials. The subject matter of this invention is a free abrasive slurry composition for polishing workpieces in which at least one soft material with a Vickers hardness in the range of 26 to 360 and at least one hard material with a Vickers hardness in the range of 700 to 4000 are mixedly present, comprising a polyol with a molecular weight ranging from 300 to 20000, a polishing powder, a dispersion medium, and optionally a surfactant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a free abrasive slurry composition which is advantageously used in uniform grinding of a composite material composed of a plurality of materials each having different hardness, without causing selective grinding. The free abrasive slurry composition contains abrasive particles, an anti-abrasion agent as an anti-selective grinding agent and a dispersion medium and the anti-abrasive agent is a compound containing one or both of sulfur and phosphorus or hydroxyl group(s) in the molecular chain.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of polishing a magnetic head slider whereby a by-processed step can be easily reduced. An air bearing surface of the magnetic head slider is polished with setting a bar that includes the magnetic head slider where a thin film magnetic head element is formed to reciprocate in a radius direction of a polishing plate, as well as rotating the polishing plate having a polishing surface. Polishing steps include a first polishing step of performing a height polish while rotating the polishing plate at a first velocity, and a second polishing step of performing a finishing polish while rotating the polishing plate at a second velocity sufficiently lower than the first velocity. The second velocity at the second polishing step is set so that an average linear velocity in the direction of the rotation of the polishing plate is equal to or lower than 0.032 m/s (preferably equal to or lower than 0.008 m/s).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lapping oil composition which is advantageously used in finish-grinding of a material to provide a high-quality grinding surface, without selective grinding, which is generally caused during lapping and polishing processes of the composite material. The lapping oil composition contains at least one acetylene glycol compound and preferably further contains at least one at least one phosphoric ester compound.

Abstract: A processing jig comprises a main body including a material retainer for retaining a magnetic head material at the lower end thereof. The main body has a hole for fixing in its longitudinal mid-section and in a position above the middle along the vertical direction. A bolt is inserted into the hole for fixing the main body to a jig fixing plate of the processing apparatus. The jig is fixed to the processing apparatus with the bolt inserted into the hole only at the one point in the longitudinal mid-section.