The Effect of Pivot Bearing Assembly Process on Natural Frequency of Actuator Arm

摘要

This paper presents the study of vibration in each element of hard disk drive, especially the resonance of the actuator arm. The resonance occurs in hard disk drive is considered as one of the quality controlled parameter. The main purpose of the research is to investigate the relationship between the pivot bearing assembly process and the natural frequency of the actuator arm. The experiment is designed using the information from the hard disk drive manufacturer. The selected pivot bearing assembly process parameters have been controlled. The modal analysis of the assembled actuator arms has been done. The experiment results show the relationship of the specific process parameters and some of the actuator arm's modal frequency. The results also show that the affected vibration mode is the torsion mode only.