Patent ID: 7304751

Claim:
A method for automatically measuring characteristics of a hard disk drive carriage arm comprising: providing a datum for a carriage arm to a computing device; utilizing a first measuring device to automatically perform at least three measurements on a first side of the carriage arm; providing said at least three measurements from said first measuring device to said computing device; utilizing said at least three measurements of said first side of said carriage arm in conjunction with said datum provided to said computing device to generate a first plane representing said first side of said carriage arm; utilizing a second measuring device, independent of said first measuring device, to automatically perform at least three measurements on a second side of the carriage arm; providing said at least three measurements from said second measuring device to said computing device; and utilizing said at least three measurements of said second side of said carriage arm in conjunction with said datum provided to said computing device to generate a second plane representing said second side of said carriage arm.