Surface Lubrication of Magnetic Tape

Tobin HG, Powell C. Surface Lubrication of Magnetic Tape. In: AES Convention 55. Audio Engineering Society; 1976.pp. 1189:1-10. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=2225

@inproceedings{Tobin1976_2225,
  author = {Tobin, Henry G. and Powell, Carl},
  title = {{Surface Lubrication of Magnetic Tape}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 55},
  pages = {1189:1-10},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=2225},
  year = {1976},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society}
}

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AB  - ITT Research Institute has developed a technique that greatly increases the operating life of the magnetic tape media as well as that of the head. This is accomplished by the application of a very thin coating of an inert lubricant to the surface of the media. Tests have been performed with a variety of commercially available tapes and various head materials. Greater than 5 million passes of 3M 900 on a loop tester were achieved with no apparent effect on the tape. Without lubrication, the same tests achieved only 30,000 passes. Head wear was decreased by as much as a factor of ten where lubricated tape was used. This paper describes the technique and gives typical test results obtained by IITRI and others.
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