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To: Stitch who wrote (2541)2/24/1998 3:46:00 PM
From: Mark Oliver  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 9256
 
<With Thin Film Inductive heads, you are correct, that for a read/write functional test, they had to wait until the slider was assembled into a full HGA before it could be mounted on a spin stand and passed over a reference surface (media with known magnetic characteristics) for a read/write function to test it. >

So, the issue of wasted suspensions is decreasing with MR heads. Therefore, it would seem that demand for Hutchinson would fall, assuming these suspensions were trashed when TFI heads failed. Then you look at falling platter count and it would seem that the whole MR transition is going to be difficult for suspension makers. Does this make sense?

Regards,

Mark



To: Stitch who wrote (2541)2/24/1998 4:38:00 PM
From: T Bowl  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9256
 
Stitch -

Can you give us a very basic idea of what typical scrap rates are?

Assuming we eliminate the scrap TFI susps by static testing of the sliders, what are we talking 0.1%, 1%, 15%, 50%??

todd


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