Patent ID: 6889418

Claim:
A method of processing a magnetic head comprising the steps of: providing adhesive wax on a surface of a supporting jig to define a waxed surface thereon; heating a work piece and mounting said heated work piece on said waxed surface without pressing; cooling said adhesive wax and pressing said work piece onto said waxed surface so as to adhere said work piece thereon with said adhesive wax; wherein said work piece is a raw bar, said raw bar having been formed into a bar shape by cutting a wafer, and having a plurality of magnetic head elements linearly arranged in said raw bar; reheating said raw bar work piece until said wax is melted to relieve stress in said work piece; recooling said adhesive wax without pressing the work piece into said waxed surface; and processing said work piece, wherein the arrangement of the magnetic head elements is considered when said raw bar is processed, wherein said plurality of magnetic head elements are linearly arranged in said work piece in the longitudinal direction thereof, a center part of said linear arrangement is located nearer to the surface of said supporting jig than outer parts of said linear arrangement when said work piece supported by said supporting jig is reheated.