JP2006236561A - Glass substrate for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium and the magnetic recording medium with high reliability in mounting free from errors and crashes of a magnetic head in recording and reproducing. <P>SOLUTION: A curved surface with a radius from 0.003 mm or more to less than 0.2 mm is made to interpose at least at one of gaps between sides 1a, 1a' and chamfers 1b, 1b' of the glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium, and between a main surface and the chamfers of the glass substrate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium used as a recording medium of information equipment such as a computer, a glass substrate used as a substrate for the magnetic recording medium, and the like.

Aluminum substrates have been widely used as substrates for magnetic recording media such as magnetic disks. However, as magnetic disks become smaller and thinner and with higher recording density, they have higher strength, flatness and smoothness than aluminum substrates. It is gradually being replaced by an excellent glass substrate.
In addition, the magnetic head is also changing from a thin film head to a magnetoresistive head (MR head) and a giant magnetoresistive head (GMR head) as the recording density increases. Therefore, it is expected that reproducing a magnetic recording medium using a glass substrate with a magnetoresistive head will be a major trend in the future.

When reproducing magnetic recording media using a glass substrate with a magnetoresistive head, if the flying height of the head is lowered in order to improve the recording density, the malfunction of reproduction or reproduction becomes impossible due to thermal asperity. As a solution to this problem, a technique described in JP-A-10-154321 has been proposed.
In this technology, the cause of thermal asperity is particles generated from the end surface of the glass substrate, and in order to suppress the generation of the particles, between the side surface of the glass substrate and the chamfered portion and the main part of the glass substrate. A curved surface having a radius of 0.2 to 10 mm is interposed between at least one of the surface and the chamfered portion.
JP-A-10-154321

On the other hand, various attempts have been made to achieve high density recording.
One of them is a low flying height of the magnetic head with respect to the magnetic recording medium. In order to lower the flying height of the magnetic head, the magnetic head is placed on a magnetic recording medium that has been stopped so far, and the magnetic recording medium is rotated at a high speed so that the magnetic head is spaced apart from the medium at a certain interval. From the contact start / stop (CSS) recording / reproducing system in which the magnetic recording medium device is stopped, the magnetic head is moved to a ramp called a ramp outside the magnetic recording medium. The load / unload method (ramp load method), in which the magnetic head starts to slide out of the ramp when the device starts up, and the magnetic head is lifted with a certain distance from the medium by the arm and data is recorded and reproduced in this state. ) Is gradually being replaced. In the magnetic recording medium used for such a load / unload method, it is not necessary to provide a texture for preventing the magnetic head from being attracted, so that a highly smooth substrate can be used. Low levitation can be realized.
Further, in the magnetic recording medium, the linear recording density and the track recording density are improving year by year. As the linear recording density and track recording density improve, the magnetic head positioning accuracy during recording and reproduction is an important factor, and the substrate shape accuracy (particularly the dimensional accuracy of the inner diameter, roundness, etc.) becomes more severe. ing. This is because the track width is narrowed and the positioning accuracy of the head by the servo signal is severe. In general, the magnetic recording medium in the magnetic recording medium device is fixed by a fixing clamp with the center hole of the magnetic recording medium mounted on a rotation spindle, but the glass substrate obtained in the above-mentioned JP-A-10-154321 is used. In the case of a magnetic recording medium, the radius of the curved surface formed between the side surface and the chamfered portion or between the main surface and the chamfered portion at the inner peripheral end surface portion of the glass substrate is large. Problems such as recording media being mounted at an angle, magnetic recording media not being properly fixed to the spindle for rotation (with specified accuracy), errors during recording / reproduction, and magnetic head crashing during recording / reproduction was there.

  The present invention has been made under the background described above, and provides a glass substrate and a magnetic recording medium for a magnetic recording medium with high mounting reliability that do not cause an error during recording / reproduction and the magnetic head does not crash during recording / reproduction. The purpose is to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration.

(Configuration 1) A glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium provided with a chamfered portion by chamfering between a main surface of a glass substrate forming a thin film including a magnetic layer and a side surface of the glass substrate,
A curved surface having a radius of 0.003 mm or more and less than 0.2 mm is interposed between at least one of the side surface of the glass substrate and the chamfered portion and between the main surface of the glass substrate and the chamfered portion. A glass substrate for magnetic recording media.

(Configuration 2) The curved surface is interposed between at least one of the side surface and the chamfered portion of the glass substrate and the main surface and the chamfered portion of the glass substrate on the inner peripheral end surface of the glass substrate. The glass substrate for magnetic recording media according to Configuration 1, wherein the glass substrate is used.

(Configuration 3) The glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to Configuration 1 or 2, wherein the curved surface is a curved surface interposed between a side surface and a chamfered portion of the glass substrate.

(Configuration 4) The glass substrate is a disk-shaped glass substrate having a circular hole in the center, and the dimensional accuracy of the diameter of the circular hole is within ± 20 μm. The glass substrate for magnetic recording media in any one.

(Structure 5) The glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to any one of Structures 1 to 4, wherein the surface roughness of the side surface and the chamfered portion is 1 μm or less in Rmax.

(Structure 6) The glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to any one of Structures 1 to 5, wherein the surface roughness of the main surface of the substrate is 10 nm or less in Rmax.

(Configuration 7) A magnetic recording medium, wherein at least a magnetic layer is formed on the main surface of the glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to any one of Configurations 1 to 6.

(Configuration 8) The magnetic recording medium according to Configuration 7, wherein the magnetic recording medium is compatible with a load / unload method.

In addition, as shown in FIG.8 and FIG.9, the chamfering parts 1b and 1b 'and the side surfaces 1a and 1a' which chamfered are included in the inner peripheral end surface and outer peripheral end surface as used in this invention, respectively.
(Function)

  As in Configuration 1, a curved surface having a radius of 0.003 mm or more and less than 0.2 mm is provided between at least one of the side surface of the glass substrate and the chamfered portion and between the main surface of the glass substrate and the chamfered portion. By interposing, the magnetic recording medium is not mounted obliquely to the rotating spindle, and the magnetic recording medium is properly fixed (with a predetermined mounting angle accuracy) to the rotating spindle. There is no error or the magnetic head crashes during recording and playback. When the radius of the curved surface is less than 0.003 mm, it is not preferable because the end face is likely to be chipped when the rotating spindle is mounted. Further, when the radius of the curved surface is 0.2 mm or more, it is not preferable because the magnetic recording medium is easily mounted obliquely with respect to the rotating spindle. More preferably, the radius of these curved surfaces is 0.01 mm or more and 0.15 mm or less.

  Moreover, in order to ensure the effect of the said structure 1 as it exists in the structure 2, between the side surface and chamfering part of a glass substrate in the inner peripheral end surface of the said glass substrate, and the main surface of a glass substrate, It is necessary to interpose the curved surface between at least one of the chamfered portions. That is, the curved surface needs to include at least a surface formed on the inner peripheral end surface on which the magnetic recording medium is fixed by the rotating spindle. The outer peripheral end surface of the substrate may be a curved surface defined in the above configuration 1, or may be a curved surface of 0.2 mm or more and 10 mm or less in order to prevent thermal asperity.

  Further, as in Configuration 3, in order to ensure the mounting angle accuracy of the magnetic recording medium to the magnetic recording medium device, the curved surface is a curved surface interposed between the side surface of the glass substrate and the chamfered portion. It is necessary.

  Further, as in Configuration 4, the glass substrate is a disk-shaped glass substrate having a circular hole in the center, and the dimensional accuracy of the diameter of the circular hole is within ± 20 μm, whereby the magnetic recording medium device This is preferable because the accuracy of the mounting position of the magnetic recording medium on the head is further improved.

  Further, as in the configuration 5, by setting the surface roughness of the side surface and the chamfered portion of the glass substrate to Rmax of 1 μm or less, the mounting position accuracy of the magnetic recording medium to the magnetic recording medium device is further improved. This is because there is a possibility that the magnetic recording medium is mounted obliquely with respect to the rotating spindle by the projections constituting the surface roughness such as the side surfaces. Considering the manufacturing cost, it is preferable that Rmax is 0.01 to 1 μm.

  In addition, as described in Structure 6, the present invention is particularly useful when a glass substrate with a surface roughness Rmax of 10 nm or less that allows the magnetic head to travel at a low flying height is used. Preferably, a glass substrate with a surface roughness of Rmax of 5 nm or less, more preferably 3 nm or less of Rmax, capable of lower flying of the magnetic head is preferable.

  Further, as in Configuration 7, by forming at least the magnetic layer on the main surface of the glass substrate for magnetic recording media described in Configurations 1 to 6, an error during recording / reproduction, a magnetic head during recording / reproduction, An air recording medium with high mounting reliability that does not crash can be obtained. In particular, as described in Configuration 8, the present invention is useful for a load / unload type magnetic recording medium in which a magnetic head travels with low flying and high-density recording / reproduction is performed.

(Example)
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on examples.

First, the polishing apparatus used in the examples will be described.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing an example of a polishing apparatus used for inner peripheral end face polishing. In FIG. 1, 1 is a glass substrate for a magnetic disk (hereinafter referred to as MD substrate) to be polished, 2 is a substrate case for storing a large number of MD substrates 1 while being immersed in a polishing liquid, and 3 is a substrate case 2 fixedly held. A rotating holding base 4 is a polishing brush inserted into the central hole of the MD substrate 1 stacked in large numbers, 5 is a polishing liquid container for storing a polishing liquid, and 6 is a spacer for separating the MD substrates.

  The substrate case 2 has a friction coefficient between the main surfaces of the MD substrate 1 and the spacer 6 or a friction coefficient between the main surfaces of the MD substrates 1 by tightening the tightening cover 22 from the upper part in the axial direction via the collar 21. (When no spacer is provided), a mechanism for holding the MD substrate 1 without being affected by the rotation of the substrate case 2 or the polishing brush 4 is provided. The substrate case 2 is provided with a polishing liquid flow hole 23 at an appropriate position so that the polishing liquid inside and outside the case can flow.

  The rotation holding table 3 is coupled to a rotation shaft 32 of a rotation shaft portion 31 that is airtightly attached to the center portion of the bottom plate 51 of the polishing liquid storage portion 5 and rotationally drives the rotation shaft 32 in both forward and reverse directions. It can be rotated by a rotation drive device 34. In addition, this rotation drive device 34 can change the rotation speed, and can select now an appropriate rotation speed according to the grinding | polishing objective. In addition, by supplying air from an air supply port 35 provided in the rotary shaft cover 33 in the rotary shaft portion 31 through the air supply path 36, an air seal layer 37 is formed, and the polishing liquid flows into the rotary shaft 32. To prevent. The polishing liquid storage unit 5 is a member in which a cylindrical side wall 52 is airtightly attached to the outer periphery of a disk-shaped bottom plate 51 and stores the polishing liquid 50.

  The polishing brush 4 is connected to the rotation shaft 42 of the rotation drive device 41 and is configured to be rotatable in both forward and reverse directions. The polishing brush 4 is set so that the position of the rotation center of the polishing brush 4 coincides with the rotation center of the substrate case 2 in the initial state. Further, the rotating bra 4 is pressed against the inner peripheral end surface portion of the MD substrate 1 by a mechanism (not shown) using an air cylinder or the like in order to adjust the contact length of the brush bristles 43 to the MD substrate 1. That is, the amount of pressing in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis direction of the brush can be adjusted. The polishing brush 4 is configured to be able to swing by a cam mechanism (not shown) while reciprocating along the rotation axis direction of the brush simultaneously with being pressed against the inner peripheral end face. In addition, the direction of the brush tip can be changed by the swinging motion, and the surface state of the end face can be further improved.

  FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the main part of a polishing apparatus used for polishing the outer peripheral end face as viewed from the front, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main part.

  In these drawings, 1 is an MD substrate to be polished below, 200 is a holding means for holding a number of MD substrates 1 in an overlapping manner, 300 is a rotary holding table for holding the holding means 200, and 4 is a MD in which a number of sheets are stacked. A polishing brush in contact with the outer peripheral end surface portion of the substrate 1, 500 and 500 ′ are polishing liquid supply means for supplying a polishing liquid, and 600 is a polishing chamber. In FIG. 2, the spacers for separating the MD substrates are not shown.

  The substrate holding means 200 receives the MD substrate 1 inserted into the shaft 221 with the receiving member 222, and tightens the laminated MD substrate with the tightening jig 224 through the collar 223 from the upper part in the axial direction. The MD substrate 1 is held without being displaced by the rotation of the substrate holding means 200 or the rotation of the polishing brush 4 due to the friction coefficient between the main surfaces of each other or the friction coefficient between the main surfaces of the MD substrates 1 (when no spacer is provided). It has a mechanism to do.

  The rotation holding base 300 is coupled to a rotation shaft 331 and can be rotated in both forward and reverse directions by a rotation drive device (not shown) that rotationally drives the rotation shaft 331. The rotation drive device can change the rotation speed, and can select an appropriate rotation speed according to the purpose of polishing.

  The polishing brush 4 is connected to a rotation shaft 42 of a rotation drive device (not shown), and is configured to be rotatable in both forward and reverse directions. The polishing brush 4 is configured to be retractable in the direction A in the figure when setting the substrate. Further, the polishing brush 4 is configured to be able to adjust the amount of pressing against the outer peripheral end surface portion of the MD substrate 1 in order to increase or decrease the contact length of the bristles 43 to the MD substrate 1. The polishing brush 4 is configured to reciprocate along the rotation axis direction (B direction in the drawing) of the brush by a cam mechanism (not shown). At this time, the range of reciprocating motion of the polishing brush 4 is set such that the range from the lowermost part to the uppermost part of the set MD substrate 1 is within the flocking range of the bristle of the polishing brush 4.

  The polishing brush 4 does not have a rotation shaft on the opposite side (the lower side in the drawing) to the rotation shaft 42 on the rotation drive device side, but the rotation shaft and the rotation shaft are also fixed on the opposite side of the rotation shaft 42. By providing such a bearing, it is possible to polish without rotating the rotating shaft of the polishing brush 4 even at the time of polishing the outer peripheral end surface portion, and it is possible to perform highly accurate polishing with no variation in surface roughness and size. Therefore, it is preferable. As the bearing, a known bearing such as a bearing, a ball bearing, a roller bearing, or a sliding bearing can be used. The bearings can be provided at a plurality of locations on the rotating shaft of the polishing brush 4, and can also be provided on the rotating shaft 42 on the rotary drive device side.

  The polishing liquid supply means 500 includes a polishing liquid supply nozzle 551, a polishing liquid supply pipe 553, and the like, and supplies the polishing liquid 50 to the laminated glass substrate 10. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the polishing liquid supply unit 500 ′ supplies the polishing liquid 50 from the polishing liquid supply nozzle 551 ′ to the laminated glass substrate 10 ′.

As shown in FIG. 5, the polishing brush 4 used for polishing the inner and outer peripheral end faces described above is obtained by flocking brush hairs 43 in a cylindrical or columnar body 44 in a band shape and a spiral shape. As shown in FIG. 6, the inclination angle γ of the brush bristles 43 implanted in a spiral shape is 0 ° to 90 °, preferably 2 ° to 5 ° in the case of inner peripheral end face polishing, In the case of end face polishing, the angle is 2 ° to 80 °, preferably 45 ° to 70 °. This is because when the inner and outer peripheral end surfaces of the substrate are polished, if the inclination angle of the brush bristles is small, the polishing process cannot be performed efficiently. 5 and the like, both the chamfered portion 1b and the side surface 1a on the inner peripheral end surface of the MD substrate shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 and both the chamfered portion 1b ′ and the side surface 1a ′ on the outer peripheral end surface are provided. Can be polished well at the same time. Examples of other modes of the polishing brush 4 include a mode of partial flocking in which brush hairs are planted in a cylindrical body portion.
Moreover, as the bristle 43, the nylon fiber curled into the meandering shape shown in FIG. 7 (diameter 0.05-0.3mm, length 1-20mm (in the case of inner peripheral end surface grinding | polishing)), length 10-30mm ( In the case of outer peripheral end surface polishing))) is used, but instead of nylon fiber, vinyl chloride fiber, pig hair, piano wire, stainless steel fiber or the like may be used. If fibers having low hardness or fibers having high flexibility are used, it is possible to prevent excessive rubbing force due to elastic deformation of the brush hairs, and it is possible to better prevent the occurrence of scratches such as scratches. Further, the curled fiber has good contact with the depression or the like. For example, the chamfered portion 1b on the inner peripheral end surface and the chamfered portion 1b ′ on the outer peripheral end surface of the MD substrate shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 are polished more efficiently. However, if the polishing efficiency of the chamfered portions 1b and 1b ′ is not considered so much, straight fibers without curling may be used. In addition, if the abrasive | polishing agent is mixed in resin, this is shape | molded and the brush hair 43 contains the abrasive | polishing agent is used as the bristle 43, a grinding | polishing rate can be raised further.

The spacer 6 used for the inner and outer peripheral end surface polishing described above is to reliably prevent the polishing residue of the chamfered portions of the inner peripheral end surface and the outer peripheral end surface of the MD substrate from being polished by the polishing brush, and to damage the glass substrate or the like during polishing. It is provided for sure prevention, and its shape is a disk shape having a circular hole in the center as in the MD substrate. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the end portions (side surfaces) 6a and 6a ′ of the spacers are about 0 to 2 mm inside from the terminal ends 1c and 1c ′ of the chamfered portions 1b and 1b ′ of the MD substrate, as shown in FIG. It is adjusted according to the size of the MD substrate so as to be (preferably about 0.5 to 2 mm inside). FIG. 10 partially shows only a half on one side from the circular hole at the center of the MD substrate. When the end portions 6a and 6a ′ of the spacer are located on the inner side from the end points 1c and 1c ′ of the chamfered portion of the MD substrate, the brush bristles of the main surface of the MD substrate depend on the thickness of the spacer and the wire diameter of the brush bristles. By entering into the region, the ridge line portion between the main surface and the chamfered portion tends to be rounded. Further, when the end portions 6a and 6a ′ of the spacer are made to coincide with the terminal ends 1c and 1c ′ of the chamfered portion of the MD substrate, the brush hair does not enter the region of the main surface of the MD substrate, and the main surface and the chamfered portion. Although the ridge line part between the parts is not rounded, it is difficult to mount the spacer because the end parts must be matched. Even if the end portion of the spacer is inside from the end of the chamfered portion of the MD substrate, the main surface is removed by the polishing process, so the above-described roundness is not a problem.
Further, the thickness of the spacer is appropriately adjusted depending on the wire diameter of the bristle used. The thickness is preferably about 0.1 to 0.3 mm.
The spacer is preferably made of a material softer than the MD substrate, such as polyurethane, acrylic, plastic, and the same material as the polishing pad used in the polishing process. Specifically, it is desirable to be made of a material that is soft enough to prevent destruction of the MD substrate caused by pressure from the polishing brush or polishing pad.

As the polishing agent that is the main component of the polishing liquid used for the inner and outer peripheral end face polishing described above, cerium oxide is used, but iron oxide, aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, zirconium oxide, manganese oxide, colloidal silica are also used. Abrasives such as these can also be used. Preferably, a material having a hardness close to that of the material to be polished (MD substrate) is desirable, and in the case of a glass substrate, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, and colloidal silica are desirable. If the abrasive is too hard, it is not preferable because it scratches the inner and outer peripheral end surfaces of the glass substrate. Further, if the abrasive is too soft, the inner and outer peripheral end face portions of the glass substrate cannot be made into a mirror surface, which is not preferable.
As an average particle diameter of an abrasive | polishing agent, 1-5 micrometers is preferable. If it is less than 1 μm, the polishing agent has a weak force to grind the glass substrate and is often polished with the tip of the polishing brush in direct contact with the inner and outer peripheral end surfaces of the glass substrate. It is difficult to control, and the location between the side surface 1a and the chamfered portion 1b in the inner peripheral end surface portion and the location between the side surface 1a 'and the chamfered portion 1b' in the outer peripheral end surface portion shown in FIGS. It is not preferable because it will drool. On the other hand, when the thickness exceeds 5 μm, the particle size of the abrasive is large, so that the surface roughness becomes large, which is not preferable.

  In the inner and outer peripheral end face polishing described above, a polishing pad can be used instead of the polishing brush 4. Examples of the polishing pad include a soft polisher made of suede and velor, and a hard polisher such as hard velor, urethane foam, and pitch-impregnated suede. For example, the polishing pad is preferably one in which a polishing pad is wound around the entire circumference of a cylindrical body.

  The inner peripheral end surface polishing apparatus described above can employ a system that sprays a polishing liquid onto a glass substrate. Moreover, the thing of the system which immerses a glass substrate in polishing liquid can be employ | adopted for the outer periphery end surface grinding | polishing apparatus mentioned above.

Example 1
The glass substrate for magnetic recording media and the magnetic recording medium were manufactured through the following steps.

(1) Coarse lapping process First, the molten glass is directly pressed using an upper mold, a lower mold, and a body mold to obtain a diameter of 66 mmφ, a thickness of 1.2 mm (2.5 inches), a diameter of 85 mmφ, and a thickness of 1 A disk-shaped glass body having a diameter of 0.5 mm (3.0 inches), a diameter of 96 mmφ, and a thickness of 1.5 mm (3.5 inches) was formed.
In this case, instead of the direct press method, a disk-shaped glass body may be obtained by cutting out from a sheet glass formed by a downdraw method or a float method with a grinding wheel.
As the aluminosilicate _glass, SiO 2: _58~75 wt%, Al ₂ O _3: 5~23 wt%, Li ₂ O: 3 to 10 wt%, Na ₂ O: 4 to 13 principal component weight% The glass for chemical strengthening contained as was used.

Next, the glass substrate was lapped. This lapping process aims to improve dimensional accuracy and shape accuracy. The lapping process was performed using a lapping apparatus, and the grain size of the abrasive grains was # 400.
Specifically, by using alumina abrasive grains having a particle size of # 400, the load L is set to about 100 kg, and the inner rotation gear and the outer rotation gear are rotated, so that both surfaces of the glass substrate housed in the carrier have surface accuracy of 0 to 0. Wrapping to about 1 μm and surface roughness (Rmax) (measured by JISB0601) of about 6 μm.

(2) Shape processing step Next, a circular hole (diameter: 19 mmφ (2.5 inches), 24 mmφ (3.0 inches, 3.5 inches)) is opened in the center of the glass substrate using a cylindrical grindstone. The inner periphery is ground to a diameter of 20 mmφ (2.5 inches) and 25 mmφ (3.0 inches, 3.5 inches), and the outer periphery is also ground to a diameter of 65 mmφ (2.5 inches) and 84 mmφ. (3.0 inches) and 95 mmφ (3.5 inches), and then a predetermined chamfering process was performed on the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion. The surface roughness of the inner and outer peripheral end faces of the glass substrate at this time was about 4 μm in Rmax.

(3) End face polishing process The inner peripheral end face of the glass substrate was polished using the polishing apparatus shown in FIG.
First, an appropriate amount of the polishing brush 4 is retreated from the top of the substrate case 2, and a number of MD substrates 1 and spacers 6 (material: polyurethane, thickness: 0.1 mm) are alternately arranged on the substrate case 2; The collar 21 is clamped by placing it vertically and tightening the fastening cover 22. At this time, the misalignment of the inner peripheral hole portion of the MD substrate 1 is determined by the clearance due to the dimensional difference between the inner peripheral portion of the substrate case 2 and the outer peripheral portion of the MD substrate 1. This clearance needs to be adjusted depending on workability and the roundness of the inner periphery of the substrate case. However, the range from the clearance fit to the intermediate fit in JIS B 0401 (1986) is appropriate. The misalignment of the inner peripheral hole portion of the spacer 6 is determined by the working method at the time of mounting.
Next, the substrate case 2 on which a large number of the MD substrates 1 are set is set on the rotation holding table 3.
Next, the polishing brush 4 that is on the same line as the rotation center of the substrate case 2 is inserted into the inner peripheral portion of the MD substrate 1 as shown in FIG. The stopping position of the polishing brush 4 is a position where the range from the lowermost part 1 ′ to the uppermost part 1 ″ of the set MD substrate 1 falls within the flocking range of the brush bristles 43 of the polishing brush 4.
Subsequently, the polishing liquid container 5 is filled with an appropriate amount of the polishing liquid 50. Here, the appropriate amount is an amount such that the upper end surface of the tightening cover 22 of the MD substrate 1 is positioned slightly below the liquid level. This amount is appropriately determined according to the purpose of polishing. The time when the polishing liquid is filled may be before the polishing brush 4 is inserted into the inner peripheral hole of the MD substrate 1 or at the same time as the insertion.
Next, the polishing brush 4 (the diameter of the brush hair 43 including the hair bristles 43 is 5 to 25 mmφ, the hair bristles 43 are 1 to 20 mm in diameter, the brush hair 43 has a wire diameter of 0.05 to 0.3 mmφ, and the brush hairs are spirally planted. The pressing amount of the polishing brush 4 is adjusted so that the brush bristles 43 having an inclination angle γ = 3 ° of 43 come into contact with the inner peripheral end surface of the MD substrate 1. In the case where the brush hairs 43 are curled nylon fibers, this adjustment is performed so that the tip position of the brush hairs 43 is pressed against the surface to be polished of the MD substrate 1 by about 1 to 2 mm.
Next, polishing is performed in a state where the rotation holding table 3 and the polishing brush 4 are rotated in opposite directions. In this case, the preferable rotation speed of the polishing brush is 1000 to 20000 rpm when idling. In this example, the rotation number of the rotation holding table 3 was 60 rpm, the rotation number of the polishing brush 4 in the polishing liquid was 6000 rpm (10000 rpm when idling), and the polishing time was about 10 minutes.

After polishing the inner peripheral end face, the outer peripheral end face of the glass substrate was polished using the polishing apparatus shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG.
First, the MD substrate 1 that has been chamfered on the inner and outer periphery is set on the substrate holding means 200 shown in FIG. 2 via a spacer. Specifically, since there are two substrate holding means in the present embodiment, 500 sheets for one substrate holding means, a total of 1000 MD substrates were set.
Next, the polishing brush 4 shown in FIG. 5 (diameter 200 to 500 mmφ including brush bristles 43, bristles 43 1 to 30 mm, brush bristles 43 wire diameter 0.05 to 0.3 mmφ, and flocking spirally The inclination angle γ = 65 ° of the brush bristles 43 is pressed against the outer peripheral end face portion of the MD substrate 1 as shown in FIG. At this time, the pressing amount of the bristles 43 of the polishing brush 4 to the outer peripheral end surface portion of the MD substrate 1 is adjusted. In the case of the nylon fiber in which the brush bristles 43 are curled, this adjustment is performed at a position where the tip position of the brush bristles 43 is pressed to the polished surface of the MD substrate 1 by about 1 to 5 mm.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the polishing liquid supply means 500, 500 ′ have a polishing liquid supply nozzle 551, 551 ′ from the polishing liquid supply port 52 toward the outer peripheral end surface portion of the MD substrate 1. Polishing liquids with a flow rate of 5000 ml / min per 100 inch substrates, 6500 ml / min per 100 3.0 inch substrates, and 6500 ml / min per 100 3.5 inch substrates (polishing agent: cerium oxide, viscosity of polishing liquid: 2 cps) 50. The flow rate of the polishing liquid per unit number (100 sheets) was calculated from the total amount of polishing liquid supplied to the polishing apparatus with respect to the total number of MD substrates.
Next, polishing is performed in a state where the stacked MD substrate 1 and the polishing brush 4 are rotated in opposite directions. Specifically, the polishing brush 4 was rotated at 700 to 1000 rpm, the stacked MD substrate 1 was rotated at 60 rpm, and the polishing liquid was supplied to the outer peripheral end surface portion of the substrate to perform polishing for 15 minutes.
When polishing the inner and outer peripheral end faces, there was no damage to the MD substrate, and in particular, the thin MD substrate for 2.5 inches was not damaged.
In addition, in order to further prevent the main surface of the glass substrate from being scratched when the end surfaces are polished by overlapping the glass substrates, these end surface polishing steps have a grain size of abrasive grains used in the end surface polishing step. When it is smaller than the grain size of the abrasive grains used in the first polishing step or the second polishing step described later, it may be performed after the first polishing step or after the second polishing step. In addition, as it goes to the post-process, it becomes closer to the finished plate thickness, and surface scratches become a problem.
The glass substrate after the end face polishing was washed with water.

(4) Second lapping step Next, by changing the grain size of the abrasive grains to # 1000 and lapping the glass substrate surface, the flatness is 3 μm, the surface roughness of the main surface is about 2 μm in Rmax, and Ra is 0.2 μm. The degree. Rmax and Ra were measured with an AFM (atomic force microscope).
The thicknesses of the 2.5-inch MD substrate, 3.0-inch MD substrate, and 3.5-inch MD substrate obtained by the lapping process are 0.68 mm, 1.03 mm, or 1.29 mm, respectively. 0.03 mm.
The glass substrate after the lapping step was washed by sequentially immersing it in each washing tank of neutral detergent and water.

(6) First Polishing Step Next, a first polishing step was performed. This polishing process is intended to remove scratches and distortions remaining in the sanding process described above, and was performed using a polishing apparatus.
Allowably, a hard polisher (cerium pad MHC15: manufactured by Rodel Nitta Co., Ltd.) was used as the polisher (polishing pad), and the first polishing step was performed under the following polishing conditions.
Polishing fluid: Cerium oxide + water Load: 300 g / cm ² (L = 238 kg)
Polishing time: 15 minutes Removal amount: 30 μm
Lower platen rotation speed: 40rpm
Upper platen rotation speed: 35rpm
Inner gear speed: 14rpm
Outer gear rotation: 29rpm
The glass substrate after the first polishing step was sequentially immersed in cleaning baths of neutral detergent, pure water, pure water, IPA (isopropyl alcohol), and IPA (steam drying) and cleaned.

(7) Second Polishing Step Next, using the polishing apparatus used in the first polishing step, the polisher was changed from a hard polisher to a soft polisher (Polytex: manufactured by Speed Fam Co., Ltd.), and a second polishing step was performed. Polishing conditions were the same as those in the first polishing step except that the load was 100 g / cm ² , the polishing time was 5 minutes, and the removal amount was 5 μm.
The glass substrate after the second polishing step was sequentially immersed in cleaning tanks of silicic acid, neutral detergent, pure water, pure water, IPA (isopropyl alcohol), and IPA (steam drying) and washed. In addition, ultrasonic waves were applied to each cleaning tank.

(8) Chemical strengthening process Next, the glass substrate which finished the cleaning process was chemically strengthened. For chemical strengthening, a chemical strengthening solution prepared by mixing potassium nitrate (60%) and sodium nitrate (40%) in a chemical strengthening treatment tank is prepared, and this chemically strengthened solution is heated to 340 ° C. and preheated to 300 ° C. The glass substrate was immersed for 2 hours.
The glass substrate that had been subjected to the chemical strengthening was immersed in a 20 ° C. water bath for rapid cooling and maintained for about 10 minutes. Thereby, a defective product having micro cracks can be removed.
The glass substrate after the chemical strengthening step was washed by sequentially immersing it in each wash tank of sulfuric acid having a concentration of 10% by weight, neutral detergent, pure water, pure water, and IPA.

Evaluation Regarding the glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium obtained through the above steps, the radius (unit: mm) of the curved surface at each of the measurement sites 1, 2, 3, and 4 indicated by the circled numbers in FIG. (Measured by Mitutoyo Corporation). In FIG. 11, the curved surface portion is exaggerated and does not represent an actual curved surface state. Further, the portions 1 ', 2', 3 ', 4' indicated by the encircled numerals and 'in FIG. 11 indicate angular portions before end face polishing. The measurement results are shown in Tables 1 to 4.

  From Tables 1 to 4, the radius of the curved surface is 0.003 mm or more and less than 0.2 mm at the inner, outer diameters 1, 2, 3, and 4 parts, and 0.01 mm or more at the inner diameters 1, 2, 3, and 4 parts. It turns out that it is 0.15 mm or less. Further, it can be seen that the radius of the curved surface is the same or smaller in the parts 1 and 3 in the inner and outer peripheral end faces as compared with the parts 2 and 4.

Further, when the surface roughness of the inner and outer peripheral end faces was measured by Surf Test SV-600 (manufactured by Mitutoyo Corporation), the outer peripheral end faces had a surface roughness of Rmax: 0.51 μm, Ra: 0.08 μm, and the inner peripheral end face surface roughness. The thicknesses were Rmax: 0.69 μm and Ra: 0.08 μm.
Furthermore, the surface roughness Ra of the main surface 1d of the glass substrate was 0.3 to 0.7 nm (measured with an AFM (atomic force microscope)).

(8) Magnetic disk manufacturing process A NiAl seed layer, a CrMo underlayer, a CoCrPtTa magnetic layer, and a hydrogenated carbon protective layer are formed on both surfaces of the magnetic disk glass substrate obtained through the above-described processes using an in-line sputtering apparatus. Films were sequentially formed, and a perfluoropolyether liquid lubricating layer was formed by a dip method to obtain a magnetic disk for LUL (load / unload) system.
The magnetic disk (100 sheets) obtained by the above method was mounted on an LUL type HDD (hard disk drive), but there was no error during recording / reproduction or the magnetic head crashed during recording / reproduction.

Comparative Example In the above-described end surface polishing step, Example 1 etc. except that curved surfaces 2 and 4 having a radius of 0.2 to 10 mm were formed between the side surface 1a and the chamfered portion 1b on the inner peripheral end surface of the glass substrate. Similarly, a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic recording medium were obtained.
The magnetic disk (100 sheets) obtained by the above method was mounted on a LUL type HDD (hard disk drive), but 13 errors occurred during recording / reproduction and 3 magnetic heads crashed during recording / reproduction. there were.

Examples 2-3
A glass substrate for a magnetic disk in the same manner as in Example 1 except that soda lime glass (Example 2) and crystallized glass (Example 3) were used instead of the aluminosilicate glass, and the sizes and thicknesses shown in the table were used. And a magnetic disk was obtained.
The results of measuring the radius of the curved surface in the same manner as in Example 1 are shown in Tables 5-6.

From Table 5, the radius of the curved surface is 0.01 mm or more and 0.15 mm or less at the 1, 2, 3, and 4 portions of the inner and outer diameters, and 0.015 mm or more and 0.1. It can be seen that it is 1 mm or less. Also, from Table 6, the radius of the curved surface is 0.02 mm or more and less than 0.2 mm at the inner and outer diameters of 1, 2, 3, and 4 and 0.06 mm or more at the inner diameter of 1, 2, 3, and 4 parts. It turns out that it is less than 0.2 mm.
The magnetic disks (100 sheets) obtained in Examples 2 to 3 were mounted on an LUL type HDD (Hard Disk Drive), but there was no error during recording / reproduction and the magnetic head did not crash during recording / reproduction.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above embodiments.

  For example, the type of glass substrate and the type of magnetic layer are not limited to those of the examples.

  Examples of the material of the glass substrate include glass ceramics such as aluminosilicate glass, soda lime glass, soda aluminosilicate glass, aluminoborosilicate glass, borosilicate glass, quartz glass, chain silicate glass, or crystallized glass, and ceramics. Is mentioned.

The aluminosilicate _glass, SiO 2: _62~75 wt%, Al ₂ O _3: 5~15 wt%, LiO _2: 4~10 wt%, Na ₂ O: 4~12 wt%, ZrO _2: 5. 5 to 15% by weight as a main component, the weight ratio of Na ₂ O / ZrO ₂ is 0.5 to 2.0, and the weight ratio of Al ₂ O ₃ / ZrO ₂ is 0.4 to 2.5. Some chemical strengthening glass is preferred.
Further, in order to eliminate protrusions on the surface of the glass substrate caused by the undissolved material of ZrO ₂ , SiO ₂ is 57 to 74%, ZrO ₂ is 0 to 2.8%, Al ₂ O _{3 in} terms of mol%. 3-15% of LiO ₂ 7 to 16% it is preferred to use chemical strengthening glass containing Na ₂ O 4~14%.
Aluminosilicate glass and the like having such a composition has an increased bending strength, a deep compressive stress layer, and an excellent Knoop hardness when chemically strengthened.

  Examples of the magnetic layer include magnetic thin films such as CoPt, CoCr, CoNi, CoNiCr, CoCrTa, CoPtCr, CoNiPt containing Co as a main component, CoNiCrPt, CoNiCrTa, CoCrTaPt, CoCrPtB, and CoCrPtSiO. The magnetic layer may be a multilayer structure (for example, CoPtCr / CrMo / CoPtCr, CoCrTaPt / CrMo / CoCrTaPt, etc.) in which the magnetic film is divided by a non-magnetic film (for example, Cr, CrMo, CrV) to reduce noise. Good.

  As a magnetic layer corresponding to a magnetoresistive head (MR head) or a giant magnetoresistive head (GMR head), a Co-based alloy, an impurity element selected from Y, Si, rare earth elements, Hf, Ge, Sn, and Zn Or those containing oxides of these impurity elements.

In addition to the above, the magnetic layer has a granular structure in which magnetic particles such as Fe, Co, FeCo, CoNiPt are dispersed in a non-magnetic film made of ferrite, iron-rare earth, SiO ₂ , BN, or the like. It may be. Further, the magnetic layer may be of an internal type or a vertical type.

(The invention's effect)
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic recording medium with high mounting reliability that do not cause an error during recording / reproduction and the magnetic head does not crash during recording / reproduction.
The glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium and the magnetic recording medium of the present invention are particularly useful for a load / unload type magnetic recording medium in which a magnetic head travels with low flying and high density recording / reproduction is performed.

It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the internal peripheral end surface grinding | polishing apparatus used in the Example. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the outer periphery end surface grinding | polishing apparatus used in the Example. It is a top view which shows the principal part of the outer periphery end surface grinding | polishing apparatus used in the Example. It is a side view which shows the principal part of the outer periphery end surface polishing apparatus used in the Example. It is a perspective view which shows the one aspect | mode of an abrasive brush. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG. It is an enlarged view showing one mode of brush hair. It is a perspective view when the glass substrate for magnetic disks is cut and seen. It is sectional drawing when the glass substrate for magnetic discs is cut | disconnected and seen. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the board | substrate laminated | stacked through the spacer. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the measurement site | part in an Example.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Substrate 1a, 1a 'Side surface 1b, 1b' Chamfer part 2 Substrate case 3 Rotation holding stand 4 Polishing brush 5 Polishing liquid accommodating part 6 Spacer 10 Laminated glass substrate 31 Rotating shaft part 43 Brush hair 50 Polishing liquid 200 Substrate holding means 300 Rotation holding table 500, 500 ′ Polishing liquid supply means 600 Polishing chamber 331 Rotating shaft 551 Polishing liquid supply nozzle

Claims (6)

A chamfered portion by chamfering is formed between the main surface and the side surface, and at least one radius between the main surface and the chamfered portion and between the side surface and the chamfered portion is 0. A method for producing a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium on which a curved surface of 003 mm or more and less than 0.2 mm is formed,
A shape processing step of forming a chamfered portion between the main surface and the side surface by chamfering between the main surface and the side surface of the glass substrate,
After the shape processing step, an end surface polishing step of polishing the side surface and the chamfered portion of the glass substrate with a brush,
A main surface polishing step for polishing the main surface of the glass substrate after the end face polishing step;
In the end surface polishing step, a curved surface having a radius of 0.003 mm or more and less than 0.2 mm is formed at least one of the main surface of the glass substrate and the chamfered portion and between the side surface and the chamfered portion. Thus, the method for producing a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium, wherein the side surface and the chamfered portion of the glass substrate are polished with a brush. The method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the side surface and the chamfered portion of the glass substrate are provided on an inner peripheral end surface of the glass substrate. In the end surface polishing step, the side surface and the chamfered portion of the glass substrate are polished in a state where a plurality of the glass substrates and spacers are alternately arranged, and the end portion of the spacer is the chamfered portion of the glass substrate. The method of manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the spacer is disposed so as to be inside the terminal of the magnetic recording medium. The method of manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 3, wherein the spacer has a thickness of 0.1 to 0.3 mm. 5. The method of manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 3, wherein the spacer is made of a softer material than the glass substrate. A method for producing a magnetic recording medium, comprising forming a magnetic layer on a main surface of a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium produced by the production method according to claim 1.

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