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Coatings and methods for particle reduction

A coating and substrate technology, applied in the field of high-purity equipment, can solve the problems of medium and read/write head damage, difficult to uniform coating, difficult particle shedding, etc., to improve cleaning resistance, handling and wear resistance. , the effect of low surface energy

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-12-11
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
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The electroplating process requires the use of potentially hazardous materials and it is very difficult for the particles to come off these coated parts, i.e. nickel particles that can easily wreak havoc on media and read / write heads
[0007] E-coats or electrophoretic deposition coatings are also used as particle suppression coatings, but can be difficult to obtain a uniform coating (requires some post-coating processing)

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Embodiment 1

[0087] Into a flask equipped with a stirrer was added 25 g HFPOMA, 10 g BA (from Aldrich Chemical Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin), 10 g A174 (from United Chemical Technologies of Bristol, New Jersey), 5 g MPTS (from United Chemical Technologies, Inc.) and 250g of 3M NOVEC7200 engineering fluid (methoxy-perfluorobutane (C 4 f 9 OC 2 h 5 ) from 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota) to prepare copolymers. ) The solution was purged with nitrogen for 5 minutes. Then, 1 g of LUPEROX 26M50 initiator (tert-butyl peroxy(2-ethylhexanoate), 50% solids, available from Arkema, Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was added to the flask. The solution was stirred under nitrogen and heated to 65°C for 18 hours. The solution was diluted to 10% polymer with 3M NOVEC 7200 Engineering Fluid. The polymer solution was catalyzed by the addition of KRYTOX 157FSL (polyperfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic acid, available from E.I. du Pont De Nemours Company of Deepwater, New Jersey) at 2% of the polymer, i...

Embodiment 2

[0090]Copolymers were prepared by adding 30 g HFPOMA, 5 g BA, 10 g A174, 5 g MPTS and 250 g 3M NOVEC 7200 Engineering Fluid to a flask equipped with a stirrer. The solution was purged with nitrogen for 5 minutes. Then, 1 g of LUPEROX 26M50 initiator was added to the flask. The solution was stirred under nitrogen and heated to 65°C for 18 hours. The solution was diluted to 10% polymer with 3M NOVEC 7200 Engineering Fluid. The polymer solution was catalyzed by the addition of KRYTOX 157FSL at 2% of the polymer, ie about 0.2% of the overall solution.

[0091] Clean the Al5052H32 test piece with Cleaning Method 1. These coupons were then coated with the polymer solution using the method described above at a pull rate of 2.54 mm / sec (6 in / min). A two-step cure was employed, with the first step curing at 85°C for 1 hour and the second step curing at 150°C for 1 hour. Solvent extraction testing showed the coating to be 86% cured. Table 1 shows the LPC extraction results for the...

Embodiment 3

[0102] Add 15g FBSEA, 26g BA, 4.5g A174, 1.5g MPTS, 3.0g CN973J75 (from Sartomer Company, Inc. of Exton, Pennsylvania) to a flask equipped with a stirrer, 100g 3M TM Copolymers were prepared with NOVEC 7200 engineering fluid and 100 g of ethyl acetate (product number EX0241 from EMD Chemicals, Inc. of Gibbstown, New Jersey). The solution was purged with nitrogen for 5 minutes. Then, 0.5 g of VAZO67 (from DuPont) was added to the flask. The solution was stirred under nitrogen and heated to 65°C for 16 hours. use 3M TM A 50 / 50 mass blend of NOVEC 7200 Engineering Fluid and ethyl acetate diluted the solution to 10% polymer. The polymer solution was catalyzed by the addition of KRYTOX 157FSL at 3% polymer, ie about 0.3% of the overall solution.

[0103] Clean Al5052H32 and SS304 test coupons with Cleaning Method 2. These coupons were then coated with the polymer solution using the method described above at a pull rate of 2.54 mm / sec (6 in / min). A two-step cure was employed, ...

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to high purity apparati, e.g., magnetic hard disk drives, and more specifically, to coatings for particle reduction of surfaces of such apparati. The provided coatings include thin polymer coatings with reactive pendant groups having crosslinking functionality and ability to anchor to substrate surfaces to suppress particle shedding from substrate surfaces. Provided is a substrate that includes a coating on at least a portion of the substrate that comprises a fluorinated acrylate random copolymer. Methods of reducing particulate contamination are also provided.

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[0001] Cross references to related patent applications [0002] This patent application claims priority to US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 016,050, filed December 21, 2007. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to high purity devices, such as magnetic hard disk drives, and more particularly, to coatings for particle reduction in these devices. Background technique [0004] In disk drives and other high-purity applications, particulate contamination can cause a number of failure mechanisms. In these applications, it is highly desirable to reduce the presence of particles during manufacture and coating. Disk drives typically contain multiple precisely sized operating components such as spacers, hard drive clamps, e-sliders, covers, base plates, actuators, voice coils, voice coil plates, and more. All of these components could be potential sources of particles. During drive operation, the head typically moves at approximately gaps across the medi...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): C09D133/16G11B5/62
CPCC09D133/16G11B5/82Y10T428/2891Y10T428/28Y10T428/11Y10T428/2852Y10T428/1164Y10T428/3154C09D5/00G11B5/62
Inventor 贾森·M·克伦帕特里西亚·M·萨武
Owner 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO