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66 -- HEAD/DISK TESTING SYSTEM -- (SPIN STAND) SOL 52RANR700013 POC Procurement Technicians, (303) 497-3221 or Fax (303) 497-3163 E-MAIL: NOAA; MASC Acquisition Management, Joyce.J.Mills@noaa.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to acquire a HEAD/DISK Testing System (Spin-Stand) through the issuance of a request for proposals. This instrument shall be capable of testing and evaluation of magnetic recording media and the associated recording heads. This consists of a electromechanical device to rotate the disk and position the head appropriately and software which controls the electromechanical device and performs industry standard analysis routines on the data obtained. The electromechanical device shall have repeatability of recording head positioning relative to the disk to within 0.025 micrometers of a previously written track. It shall have variable head skew angle which can be adjusted while remaining on track. It shall have interchangeable head and disk fixturing and programmable disk speeds of 200 RPM to 10,000 RPM. It shall have an integrated spectrum analyzer, an integrated digital oscilloscope and preamplifiers for current commercial and research head configurations. The software is critical and shall provide head and head stack certification, media certification, PRML channel support, error analysis, and pulse shape analysis. The software shall allow programming with a graphical interface all control parameters of the electromechanical device. The instrument shall be widely accepted by the magnetic recording industry as evidenced by positive recommendations and appearance of data in refereed publications. All interested parties please respond by 03/10/97. (0023)

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