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Journal Article

New Wear-Resistant Permalloy Material for Magnetic Recording-Head Application

Authors: Bendson, Steven A.

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 24 · Issue 7 · pp. 562–567 · September 1976

Abstract

WEAR-RESISTANT HY MU 800/1, presently in pilot production by Carpenter Technology, contains small wear-resistant particles dispersed throughout. Saturation induction for this new material is only slightly diluted by the nonmagnetic particles. Although the low-frequency permeability of annealed ring samples of the wear-resistant material is much lower than for HY MU 80/1, when the materials are encapsulated, as in a magnetic head, the initial dc permeabilities are nearly the same: 4400 for the standard and 3900 for the wear-resistant material. Wear tests using magnetic tape are described: the new material wears away at about 10% of the rate of Carpenter HY MU 80. The new material has mechanical working properties essentially identical to the standard material. Head performance studies show that WEAR-RESISTANCE HA MU 800 can be used successfully in magnetic recording heads, particularly if the gap length is not extremely small.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
24
Issue
7
Pages
562–567
Publication date
September 6, 1976
Affiliation
Nortronics Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article