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Bulk feeding disk drives to disk drive testing systems

  • US 8,041,449 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2008
  • Issued: 10/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • performing one or more of first operations or second operations;

    wherein the first operations comprise;

    loading, by a first disk drive tote, multiple disk drives into a disk drive testing system;

    actuating an automated transporter to retrieve a first disk drive from the multiple disk drives in the first disk drive tote;

    actuating the automated transporter to deliver the first disk drive to a first test slot of the disk drive testing system;

    inserting the first disk drive in the first test slot; and

    unloading the first disk drive tote from the disk drive testing system; and

    wherein the second operations comprise;

    loading a second disk drive tote into the disk drive testing system;

    actuating the automated transporter to retrieve a second disk drive from a second test slot of the disk drive testing system;

    actuating the automated transporter to deliver the second disk drive to the second disk drive tote; and

    unloading, by the second disk drive tote, the second disk drive from the disk drive testing system.

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