Patent ID: 8245749

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a head-gimbal assembly that includes a head-slider bonded to a suspension, said apparatus comprising: a heater configured to heat said suspension of a superposed element from a side of said suspension opposite to a side of said suspension in contact with a photo-thermosetting adhesive, said heater comprising a blower having a nozzle shape and configured to blow heated gas in a gas-stream onto said superposed element, said superposed element being formed by placing said head-slider and said suspension in a superposed manner, with said photo-thermosetting adhesive being applied between said head-slider and said suspension; an irradiation unit for irradiating said photo-thermosetting adhesive with light at least partly in a time period during which said suspension is heated by said heater; and a wall portion disposed to lie downstream of said superposed element along said gas-stream of said gas, said wall portion configured to deflect said gas-stream of said gas back towards said superposed element onto a head-slider side of said superposed element.