Products - SLAM
- AKI has recently developed the SLAM probe for head stack angle and z-ht measurements.
- It is the first autocollimator to take direct angle and height measurements from air bearing surfaces in a head stack.
- A vision camera is included to measure other parameters, such as slider alignment and to simplify setup.
- The SLAM probe dedicates a laser source and set of optics for up facing and down facing heads.
- Optically, this probe is an extension of the AKI SAZ probes, which dramatically improves HGA to stack correlation.
- The SLAM probe is an order of magnitude better than competing products for speed and gage capability.
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Features |
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Performance Specifications |
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PSA |
RSA |
Z Height |
| Measurement Range |
±7.0° |
±2.0° |
±0.5mm |
| Resolution |
<0.0020° |
<0.0005° |
<0.10µm |
| RMS Repeatability |
<0.0040° |
<0.0010° |
<0.25µm |
| Full Range RMS Accuracy |
<0.0300° |
<0.0080° |
<4.00µm1 |
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| Measurement Speed (PRSA or Z): |
<70 msec |
| Thermal Stability: |
<0.0015%F.S./°C |
| Laser (Wavelength, Class, Power, QTY): |
635 nm, llla, 4.2mW, 2 |
| Laser Approach Angle: |
15° |
| Minimum Femto Slider Spacing2: |
0.15mm |
| Sensor Technology: |
1/3" CCD (x5) |
| Spot Size: |
<50µm |
| Physical Dimensions (H x W x D): |
180 x 160 x 80mm |
| Weight: |
8.5 Kg |
| Power Requirements: |
5VDC, 400mA max. |
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1 Over 80% of full range.
2 Certain slider and suspension geometries may increase the minimum spacing. |
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Software |
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Setup Program
Each probe comes with a simple yet powerful sample program which is very useful for setup, troubleshooting, testing and learning.
Custom Program
AKI can also provide a custom program tailored to the customer’s exact needs. This can include interfacing with other hardware and/or motion control.
Integration into your own program.
Developers can choose to write their own program using the AKI Software Libraries. You may choose from either an ActiveX COM object or a .NET dll in order to communicate with the AKI Probe. Integration is extremely simple and source code examples are supplied for any development language. |
Compatible Development Environments;
- Visual C++ 6.0 MFC
- Visual Basic 6.0
- C#.NET VS 2003/2005
- VB.NET VS 2003/2005
- C++.NET VS 2003/2005
- Labview 7.1/8.0
*Software is based on Cognex Vision Pro Libraries
Compatible Operating Systems
- Win2000
- WinNT4 SP6
- WinXP (SP1, SP2)
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SLAM Mounting Diagram |
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Documents |
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