METHODS FOR SELECTING WRAP ANGLE FOR INDUCING TAPE TENTING ABOVE TRANSDUCER
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- running a magnetic recording tape over a tape bearing surface of a module having at least one edge;
detecting signals from the tape at differing wrap angles for estimating a height of tenting of the tape above a transducer at each of the wrap angles; and
selecting a wrap angle to provide about a predefined height of tenting of the tape above the transducer whereby a resulting tent of the moving magnetic recording tape extends from the edge of the module closest thereto to a minima with a tent apex therebetween, wherein the minima is at a first point of closest approach of the moving magnetic recording tape to the tape bearing surface of the module nearest the tent apex.
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Abstract
A method according to one embodiment includes running a magnetic recording tape over a tape bearing surface of a module having at least one edge, detecting signals from the tape at differing wrap angles for estimating a height of tenting of the tape above a transducer at each of the wrap angles, and selecting a wrap angle to provide about a predefined height of tenting of the tape above the transducer. A resulting tent of the moving magnetic recording tape extends from the edge of the module closest thereto to a minima with a tent apex therebetween, where the minima is at a first point of closest approach of the moving magnetic recording tape to the tape bearing surface of the module nearest the tent apex.
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14 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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running a magnetic recording tape over a tape bearing surface of a module having at least one edge; detecting signals from the tape at differing wrap angles for estimating a height of tenting of the tape above a transducer at each of the wrap angles; and selecting a wrap angle to provide about a predefined height of tenting of the tape above the transducer whereby a resulting tent of the moving magnetic recording tape extends from the edge of the module closest thereto to a minima with a tent apex therebetween, wherein the minima is at a first point of closest approach of the moving magnetic recording tape to the tape bearing surface of the module nearest the tent apex. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for determining a wrap angle, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
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running, by the processor, a magnetic recording tape over a tape bearing surface of a module having at least one edge; detecting, by the processor, signals from the tape at differing wrap angles for estimating a height of tenting of the tape above a transducer at each of the wrap angles; and selecting, by the processor, a wrap angle to provide about a predefined height of tenting of the tape above the transducer whereby a resulting tent of the moving magnetic recording tape extends from the edge of the module closest thereto to a minima with a tent apex therebetween, wherein the minima is at a first point of closest approach of the moving magnetic recording tape to the tape bearing surface of the module nearest the tent apex. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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