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Uniform And Smooth Surface Of Imation LTO-4 Tape

Tera Angstrom technique is used in those Imation LTO tapes that offer 400GB or more recording capacities. Tera Angstrom enhances the recording ability to terabytes. If DVD movies continuously run for 16 days, then it will be equivalent to one terabyte. 1000 GB is equal to 1 TB. The driving force behind the development of the tape cartridges with capacity of terabytes is the increasing demand of the users for store-intensive applications like data archiving, data miming and data backup. This ranges from financial and geo-physics to government and broadcast. Order Imation LTO tapes at cheapest prices with lifetime warranty at Tape4backup dot com.

Tera Angstrom Technology offers numerous advantages in the Imation LTO 4 and LTO 3 tape format. It increases track and bit density to enhance the recording ability and performance. Consistent strength of signals and higher SNR in Imation LTO-4 (part number 26592 and 26596) tape accelerates data processing and enhances reliability. The uniformity and smooth surface of Imation LTO-4 tape media improves the track and bit density that ensures grater capacities. Smoothness of tape surface is achieved at Angstrom level by utilizing the coating and formulation process by Imation. Uniformity of tape surface in Imation LTO 4 format is ensured by the Tera-Angstrom technology which as a result produces higher SNR. Both these features help in data reading accuracy.

Imation makes sure that high quality standard is maintained throughout the manufacturing processes of Imation LTO ultrium backup tapes. Three techniques are combined in the Tera-Angstrom mechanism developed by Imation. These three processes are used during the manufacturing of Imation ultrium to produce high quality, durable and robust LTO tape media products. Uniform magnetic layer is created in the Impingement process. During this technique, the particles are separated using impingement jets into nanometer sized magnetic particles. These small sized particles are uniformly distributed to create smooth tape surface. Second phase of Tera-Angstrom is “quick drying” process. Magnetic coils and low air velocity are used in this process that result in ultra precise orientation of magnetic particles. The magnetic particles are oriented precisely and the coating disturbances are eliminated in the Imation LTO-4 tape format. Therefore, the storage capacity and bit-density are heightened in the Imation LTO 4 tape 26596.

The final process of Tera-Angstrom is the In-line calendering. During this process, the tape surface is compressed by a series of rollers to make ultra smooth surface. Angstrom units are used to measure the smoothness of tape surface. One Angstrom is equivalent to 1/10th of a nano-meter. Thickness of a single paper sheet is approx. 1 million Angstrom. The uniformity and smooth surface of Imation LTO-4 tape media improves the track and bit density that ensures grater capacities. Smoothness of tape surface is achieved at Angstrom level by utilizing the coating and formulation process by Imation. Through this technology, needle shaped uniform particles having size of nanometer are produced. Imation LTO 4 tape technology delivers outstanding results and superior performance that help in increasing the efficiency of the organizations.

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Jessica McIntosh (Marketing Manager)
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Email: jessica@tape4backup.com




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