EMPAK Produces Cleaner Shipping Cassettes For Hard Disk Drive as Result of Low Chloride System Testing.CHANHASSEN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 1997--EMPAK, a provider of memory disk process and shipping products, is now producing ultraclean shipping cassettes and covers made from Low Chloride System(TM) (LCS LCS - Language for Communicating Systems (TM)) resins to meet the needs of the hard disk drive industry. EMPAK's Memory Products Group worked closely with StorMedia Corp., makers of substrates and finished media products, in developing a solution to the disk drive industry's growing concerns about chloride and outgassing Outgassing (sometimes called "Offgassing," particularly when in reference to indoor air quality) is the slow release of a gas that was trapped, frozen, absorbed or adsorbed in some material. on disk surfaces. The new LCS(TM) system recently completed beta site An organization or group that is beta testing hardware and/or software. See beta test. testing. EMPAK designed materials and processes while StorMedia rigorously tested and monitored the resulting reduction in chloride and outgassing on disk surfaces. The positive results of this carefully controlled testing have indicated that additional washing steps, prior to loading EMPAK shippers, can be eliminated. The hard disk drive industry continues to move toward magnetoresistive See magnetoresistance. technology. This technology requires the "fly height" to be greatly reduced, increasing the need for the cleanest possible media. "Our focus on polymers and processes allowed us to develop a product with inherently low outgassing and ionics," said Garry Anderson, EMPAK product manager. "LCS(TM) polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. is an evolution, but LCS(TM) polypropylene polypropylene (pŏl'ēprō`pəlēn), plastic noted for its light weight, being less dense than water; it is a polymer of propylene. It resists moisture, oils, and solvents. is a revolution. Our products are cleaner because of the polymers and processing we are using. Our Clean-As-Molded(TM) (CAM(TM)) program, together with LCS(TM) provide solutions to the changes taking place in this industry." -0- Note to Editors: EMPAK Memory Products Group is a provider of disk process and shipping products and is located at 1501 Park Road, Chanhassen, MN 55317. StorMedia Corporation is a substrate and finished media company located at 390 Reed Street, Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , CA 95050. CONTACT: EMPAK Memory Products Group Garry Anderson, 612/975-2000 (Director, New Prod. Dev.) or StorMedia Corporation Chis Brisko, 408/327-8152 (Manager, Materials Analysis) or Mathews & Clark Communications Tim Alban, 512/345-0600 |
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