Patent ID: 8495812
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a magnetic head slider, including a multi-layer forming step for forming a magnetic head section in a multi-layered manner, the magnetic head section including a read element and/or a write element and a magnetic shield for magnetically shielding the read element and/or the write element, the magnetic head slider being manufactured by being cut off from a multi-layered body having the magnetic head section, the method comprising: after the multi-layer forming step, a shield end removing step for removing end portions in a width direction of the magnetic shield located on a flying surface side of the magnetic head slider, and following the multi-layer forming step, a bar block cut-off step for cutting off a bar block having a plurality of magnetic head sliders from the multi-layered body; a slider cutting step for cutting the bar block into respective magnetic head sliders, wherein the shield end removing step is performed after the bar block cut-off step; and before or after the slider cutting step, an ABS forming step for forming an air bearing surface in a predetermined shape on the flying surface of the magnetic head slider, wherein the shield end removing step is performed as a part of the ABS forming step, and wherein the shield end removing step includes: wherein the shield end removing step includes: