Patent ID: 6507992
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling a disc drive from a plurality of components comprising a disc pack, an E-block, a magnet, and a basedeck, wherein the disc pack comprises a disc journaled about a disc drive motor, the method comprising steps of:(a) placing the disc pack in a merge slide assembly; (b) shuttling the merge slide assembly to move the disc pack to a shuttled position; (c) placing the E-block in an E-block nest assembly loading the opposing read/write heads on each disc of the disc pack; (d) placing the magnet in a magnet load assembly; (e) spreading the E-block to provide clearance between adjacent read/write heads thereof; (f) shuttling the merge slide assembly to move the disc pack to the merged position to dispose each disc of the disc pack between opposing read/write heads of the E-block; (g) disengaging the E-block to release the read/write heads; (h) shuttling the magnet load assembly to merge to the merged position the magnet and the E-Block; (i)transporting the disc pack, E-block and magnet together to the basedeck; (j) fastening the disc pack, E-block and magnet together to the basedeck.