Rk05 Annual Procedure

Summary

This document outlines the annual maintenance, cleaning, and inspection procedures for RKO5 disk drives to ensure they remain within operational specifications.

Key aspects of the document include:

• Purpose: To clean and verify the proper alignment and operational integrity of RKO5 disk drives and their power supplies.
• Safety and Precautions: Emphasizes the need for caution when working with sensitive backplane pins, powerful servo motors, and the high vulnerability of the disk cartridges to contamination (dust, fingerprints, etc.), which can lead to data loss or hardware damage.
• Prerequisites: Specifies the tools required (oscilloscope, multimeter, cleaning kits, etc.) and notes that the procedure requires one person and approximately three hours per drive.
• Procedures: Detailed steps are provided for cleaning the drive, inspecting the drive belt, checking spindle wobble, and testing the linear positioner bearings. It also includes specific instructions for working in conjunction with the RKO5 Quarterly Procedure (CMP-63591-016).
• Quality Assurance: Requires the completion of a "CALL-UP" sheet and documentation of any repairs or abnormal findings in a Work Report.