Patent ID: 7210221

Claim:
A system comprising: a head gimbal assembly assembling apparatus, comprising: stacking means for stacking a base plate, a load beam, and a flexure to form a three-layered stacked series with at least a bottom layer being a base plate series, the base plate series comprising base plates formed in a series manner; first transfer means for transferring the three-layered stacked series intermittently in a state in which the base plate, the load beam, and the flexure mutually maintain predetermined positional relationships; stacking-and-joining means for stacking and joining at least predetermined portions of the load beam to the base plate, and the flexure to the load beam to make a suspension section, thereby forming a suspension series while the three-layered stacked series transferred by the first transfer means is in a state of rest; second transfer means for functioning on at least the base plate series of the suspension series to transfer the suspension series, in synchronization with the first transfer means; slider attaching means for attaching a slider to the flexure of the suspension series that is at rest in a predetermined position after having been transferred by the second transfer means to form a head gimbal assembly, thereby forming an HG assembly series; third transfer means for functioning on at least the base plate series of the HG assembly series to transfer the HG assembly series, in synchronization with the first transfer means; and load-bending means for bending a hinge portion formed in the head gimbal assembly of the HG assembly series by a predetermined angle while the HG assembly series is at rest in a predetermined position after having been transferred by the third transfer means; and a transfer system for transferring a series of members, the series of members having a band portion including conveying holes formed at a predetermined pitch in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of the members to be transferred, the members disposed via connecting portions integrally formed at edges of one side of the band portion at a predetermined series pitch, the transfer system comprising: conveying pins for repeating a cyclic motion of being inserted into the conveying holes at an insertion position in a conveying direction, conveying the series of the members from the insertion position to a release position separated by the series pitch in the conveying direction, separating from the conveying holes, and then returning to the insertion position; and suppression pins to be inserted into the conveying holes, for positioning the series of the members in synchronization with separation of the conveying pins from the conveying holes.