User's Guide

Functional Specifications
Quantum A-Series Tape Drives User’s Guide 37
Table 10 Non-Operating
Vibration Specifications
(Packaged)
Table 11 Operating Shock and
Vibration Specifications
Vibration (Packaged)
Type Random
Frequency Range Truck Profile* (0.5 Grms)
Air Profile* (1.0 Grms)
Application X,Y,Z axes (30 minutes, each profile and each
axis, for a total of 3 hours)
Type Sine, Sweep, and Dwell
Frequency Range 5 to 150 to 5 Hz; 0.5 octave/minute, 0.5 G
Application X,Y,Z axes; dwell at lowest resonant
frequency in axis for 30 minutes.
Additional 30 minutes for each additional
resonance; up to 4 resonances total.
* Air and truck profiles are specified in ASTM D4728, Standard Test
Method for Random Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers.
Shock
Pulse Shape ½ sine pulse
Peak Acceleration 10 G
Duration 10 ms
Application X,Y,Z axes, twice in each axis (once in each
direction)
Vibration
Type Sine Sweep
Frequency Range 5 to 500 to 5 Hz Upward and downward
sweep
Acceleration Level 0.25 G
0.010" DA
Between 22 and 500 Hz
Between 5 and 22 Hz
(crossover)