Annealing process for electroless coated disks for high temperature applications

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8668953
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12979623

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A method of manufacturing a disk for a magnetic storage device is provided. The method comprises electroless plating a coating layer over a substrate to produce the disk, the coating layer forming an exterior surface of coating over the substrate, and annealing the coating layer using a heating source, wherein heat radiating from the heating source is directionally focused onto the exterior surface before the exterior surface is polished.

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WD MEDIA INC1710 AUTOMATION PARKWAY SAN JOSE CA 95131

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Buechel-Rimmel, Dorothea San Jose, US 7 154

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