Patent ID: 6848167

Claim:
A method for separating a head gimbal assembly from a bonding jig, the head gimbal assembly having a bending portion that has elasticity and is bent at a predetermined angle under an unloaded condition, a suspension portion for suspending a slider and an alignment hole for aligning the head gimbal assembly with the bonding jig, which are disposed on one side of the bending portion, and an opening for attachment disposed on the other side of the bending portion, and the method being used to separate the head gimbal assembly from the bonding jig after the slider is bonded to the suspension portion of the head gimbal assembly with the bonding jig, comprising the steps of: holding the slider on a slider mounting portion of the bonding jig; inserting an alignment pin into the alignment hole and inserting a movable pin into the opening, the alignment pin having a shape of being relatively movable in a predetermined direction through a predetermined width in a state of being inserted in the alignment hole and standing on the bonding jig, and the movable pin being set on the bonding jig; moving the movable pin in a direction of being separated from the alignment pin to position a portion of the suspension portion at which the slider is to be bonded in a state in which the bend of the bending portion is stretched, and pressing and fixing the head gimbal assembly on the bonding jig with a clamper to keep the stretched state; and releasing the head gimbal assembly from the fixed state having been established by the clamper in a state in which the movable pin is movable in a direction of coming close to the alignment pin after executing a bonding step and releasing the slider from the held state.