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Partially solid polyester lubricant coats hard drives.(POLYMERS/CERAMICS)

Advanced Materials & Processes, November, 2004

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An inexpensive polyester lubricant that is said to act like a solid when cast as a very thin film onto computer hard drives is under development a the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Called SHP, for sterically hindered polyester, it acts like a solid when cast as a very thin film, and has very good adhesion properties.

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A lubricant coating shields the hard drive disk from damage during contact with the head, which can fly back and forth across the disk dozens of times per second. As a magnetic recording device, the head itself relies on a magnetic field rather than ...

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Manufacturing Industry

Partially solid polyester lubricant coats hard drives.(POLYMERS/CERAMICS)

Advanced Materials & Processes, November, 2004

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