TP # 10

FECO: TP # 10
MODIFICATION NO: N/A
PRODUCT: TRAVAN TAPE UNITS
SUB-ASSEMBLY: N/A
ESTIMATED MAN HOURS: N/A
CLASS OF CHANGE: INFORMATIONAL

REASON FOR CHANGE:

APPROVED CLEANING KITS FOR TRAVAN TAPE UNITS

RELATED FECO/AB

TP # 9

TRAVAN TAPE UNIT CLEANING KITS

  1. INTRODUCTION
    Customer problems have been reported which can be attributed to the Travan Tape Unit being incorrectly cleaned.

    The approved cleaning method is to use the DRY CLEAN cartridge that is recommended by the Travan Tape Unit manufacturers.

    The reason a dry clean cartridge must be used is because wet clean cartridges will smear the surface of the Travan head assembly thus decreasing the drives performance.

    Just think of our head assembly as a window or pane of glass. If you get a wet soapy cloth and smear it across the window / pane of glass it becomes difficult to see through the window due to the smear. This is also true for the Travan tape drive, a smear caused by a wet clean cartridge will make it harder for the drive to read and write to media, thus increasing retries and effecting the drives performance.

    This may eventually lead to failure or at least increase the possibility of failure in the drive.


  2. TAPE CLEANING CARTRIDGES
    The following are the manufacturers recommended cleaning kits for Travan Tape Units.
    1. TECMAR
      For Tape unit NCR 3-TRAVAN (8GB)(SCSI)(F) Tecmar (Wangtek) TS420C
      Cleaning Kit EDP SUPPLIES number 320510.
      GENEVA 100 8GB TRAVAN TAPE
      30 CLEANS PER CLEANING UNIT
      The cleaning cartridge is made by a company called CIRTAPE (based in Minneapolis, USA).
      The name of the cartridge is Geneva 100.
      The Tecmar part number is QTT400C-005
    2. SEAGATE
      For Tape unit NCR 3-TRAVAN (4GB)(IDE) Seagate CTT8000-1A CTT8000R-A
      Or Tape unit NCR 3-TRAVAN (4GB)(SCSI) Seagate CT8000RS CTT8000R-S

      Cleaning Kit EDP SUPPLIES number TBA
      Seagate CKDC2000 Travan / DC2000 / Irwin Cleaning Kit

    4. USAGE
      Only the manufacturers recommended Travan tape cleaning unit should be used on that manufacturers Travan tape unit.

On NO account should wet swabs be used to clean the Travan Tape Heads.

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