Non-Contact Surface Profilometer for Tribology Research

该奖项资助了一个非接触式轮廓仪，用于正在进行的 氧化物表面固体润滑膜的磨损性能研究 用于磁性信息存储的涂层磁盘。 这些润滑剂 电影防止头部"崩溃"和随之而来的信息丢失， 启动或断电。 由于在这期间无法补充， 硬盘的使用寿命对它们的磨损行为至关重要 磁盘的性能;由于它们非常薄， 容易变形的磨损行为是最容易研究使用 高分辨率、非接触式光学轮廓仪，如 在此资助下，

The award funds a non-contacting profilometer to be used in on-going research on the wear behavior of solid lubricant films on oxide coated disks used for magnetic information storage. These lubricant films prevent head "crashes" and consequent information loss during start-up or power loss. Since they cannot be replenished during the life of the hard disk their wear behavior is critical to the over-all performance of the disk; and since they are extremely thin and easily deformed their wear behavior is most readily studied using a high-resolution, non-contacting optical profilometer such as the instrument funded under this grant.