Method of encapsulating hard disc drive and other electrical components
View Patent ↗A method for injection molding a layer of phase change material around a surface of a plurality of identical motor components or hard disc drive components which includes providing a plurality of motor components or hard disc drive components; placing a motor component or hard disc drive component in a mold cavity of an injection molding machine having a controllable fill rate and a controllable injection pressure; closing said mold cavity; injecting a molten phase change material into said mold cavity at a fill rate and injection pressure; monitoring pressure in the mold cavity; controlling the fill rate of molten phase change material to obtain said motor component or hard disc drive component with the phase change material thereon, having a reproducible resonance spectrum; and repeating the above steps to produce a plurality of motor components or hard disc drive components each having a substantially uniform resonance spectrum.
1. A method of reducing sympathetic resonances of a component in a hard disc drive comprising:
a) providing a hard disc drive component;
b) determining a desired resonance spectrum of frequencies to avoid for said hard disc drive component;
c) placing said hard disc drive component in a mold cavity of an injection molding machine having a controllable fill rate and a controllable injection pressure;
d) closing said mold cavity;
e) injecting a molten phase change material into said mold cavity;
f) monitoring and controlling the pressure in the mold cavity; and
g) monitoring and controlling one or more of the fill rate of said molten phase change material and injection pressure to obtain said hard disc drive component with the phase change material thereon, having said desired resonance spectrum.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said desired resonance spectrum is achieved by tuning the fill rate and pressure to a predetermined set-point fill rate and a predetermined set-point pressure.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of controlling the pressure in the mold cavity is accomplished by opening and closing one or more valve gates associated with said cavity.
4. A method of producing a motor component with a desired resonance spectrum comprising:
a) providing a motor component;
b) determining a desired resonance spectrum;
c) placing said motor component in a mold cavity;
d) closing said mold cavity;
e) injecting a molten phase change material into said mold cavity;
f) monitoring and controlling the pressure in the mold cavity; and
g) monitoring and controlling one or more of a fill rate and an injection pressure of said molten phase change material to obtain said motor component with the phase change material thereon, having said desired resonance spectrum.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the step of controlling the pressure in the mold cavity is accomplished by opening and closing one or more valve gates associated with said cavity.
6. A method of producing an electrical device with a subcomponent having a desired resonance spectrum comprising:
a) providing a subcomponent of said electrical device;
b) determining a desired resonance spectrum of that subcomponent;
c) placing said subcomponent in a mold cavity;
d) closing said mold cavity;
e) injecting a molten phase change material into said mold cavity;
f) monitoring and controlling the pressure in the mold cavity;
g) monitoring and controlling one or more of a fill rate and an injection pressure of said molten phase change material to obtain said subcomponent with the phase change material thereon, having said desired resonance spectrum; and
h) assembling said electrical device using said subcomponent.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of controlling the pressure in the mold cavity is accomplished by opening and closing one or more valve gates associated with said cavity.