METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF A DISK DRIVE DURING MANUFACTURE

摘要

In one aspect, apparatus (1) for controlling the temperature of a disk drive (20) during manufacture of the disk drive (20) has a cell (2) having a mounting arrangement to which a disk drive (20) can be mounted and having walls defining a volume (4) in which the disk drive (20) is received when mounted to the mounting arrangement during manufacture of the disk drive (20). At least one wall (8, 9) of the cell (2) adjacent said volume (4) is heat conductive and is arranged such that a disk drive (20) when received in the volume (4) does not touch said at least one wall (8, 9). An air-agitating device (15) agitates air between the at least one wall (8, 9) and a disk drive (20) when received in the volume (4) to encourage heat transfer between said at least one wall (8, 9) and a disk drive (20) when inserted into the volume (4). The air-agitating device (15) is mounted so as to be vibrationally isolated from a said disk drive (20) when mounted in the cell (2).