Appendix A Specifications
Shock and Vibration
54 LTO Ultrium 8-Slot Autoloader User’s Guide
Vibration
Specifications
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The following table displays the vibration specifications for the
autoloader during operation, non-operation, storage, and transportation.
The operating specifications indicate the amount of vibration the
autoloader can withstand while the enclosed tape drive is reading and
writing data.
Operating
(1)
Storage
(2)
or
Non-operating
(3)
Transportation
(2)
3 g for 5 msec
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45 g at 152 in/sec
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ISTA Procedure 2A
(1)
The autoloader is unpacked and is picking and placing cartridges from the
cartridge slots and tape drive.
(2)
The autoloader has not been unpacked.
(3)
The autoloader has been unpacked, but no power has been applied.
(4)
A minimum of 20 shock pulses were applied to the bottom/top axis. The
shock pulses were half-sine waves and were applied at a rate not
exceeding one shock per second.
(5)
A minimum of three 45 g shock pulses were applied to each of the
autoloader's six sides.
Random vibration
(1)
applied during operation
1 Hz PSD = 0.0000040 g2/Hz
5 Hz PSD = 0.0000270 g2/Hz
10-150 Hz PSD = 0.0004048 g2/Hz
200-400 Hz PSD = 0.0001079 g2/Hz
Random vibration
(2)
applied during non-operation
(3)
and
storage
(4)
1 Hz PSD = 0.0003 g2/Hz
3 Hz PSD = 0.00055 g2/Hz
12-100 Hz PSD = 0.01 g2/Hz
400 Hz PSD = 0.000003 g2/Hz