BULK FEEDING STORAGE DEVICES TO STORAGE DEVICE TESTING SYSTEMS

摘要

A METHOD OF SUPPLYING DISK DRIVES (500) TO A DISK DRIVE TESTING SYSTEM (100) INCLUDES PLACING A DISK DRIVE TOTE (600), CARRYING MULTIPLE DISK DRIVES, IN A PRESENTATION POSITION ACCESSIBLE TO AN AUTOMATED TRANSPORTER (200) OF THE DISK DRIVE TESTING SYSTEM (100). THE METHOD INCLUDES ACTUATING THE AUTOMATED TRANSPORTER (200) TO RETRIEVE ONE OF THE DISK DRIVES (500) FROM THE DISK DRIVE TOTE (600), AND ACTUATING THE AUTOMATED TRANSPORTER (200) TO DELIVER THE RETRIEVED DISK DRIVE (500) TO A TEST SLOT (310) OF THE DISK DRIVE TESTING SYSTEM (100) AND INSERT THE DISK DRIVE IN THE TEST SLOT.