Patent ID: 7891079
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: B21D,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A manufacturing apparatus configured to manufacture a head gimbal assembly that includes a head configured to record information in and to reproduce the information from a recording medium, a suspension configured to support the head, and a suspension substrate fixed onto the suspension and connected electrically to the head at one end, the suspension substrate having a terminal part at another end, said manufacturing apparatus comprising: a work table used to bend the terminal part of the suspension substrate; a suction unit configured to attract the head gimbal assembly; a movement unit configured to move a long tail connected to the terminal part of the suspension substrate; a stopper against which the long tail that has been moved by the movement unit is butted; a transmission type optical sensor configured to detect that the long tail is positioned relative to the stopper by determining whether light that passes a groove provided in the work table is shielded by the long tail; a tail holder configured to hold a part of the long tail on the work table; a roller configured to compress the terminal part against the tail holder and to bend the terminal part relative to the long tail at a right angle; and a controller configured to control, based on a detection result of the transmission type optical sensor, a movement of the tail holder to the work table and a movement of the roller to the tail holder.