Imation Black Watch and Royal Guard 3480 Tape Cartridges is designed to help 3480, 3490E, Timberline 9480 and 9490 and 3480-/3590E-compatible tape drives meet your high-performance data center requirements. For accurate and reliable tape processing, backup and archiving of your data, choose Imation cartridges! Imation Black Watch 3480 cartridges are designed to help 3480 tape drives meet your high-performance data center requirements. For accurate and reliable tape backup and archiving of your data, choose Imation cartridges.
| General Specification: | |
| Product Name | 3480 Cartridge |
| Substrate | PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) |
| Thickness | Backcoated Substrate 0.92 mils nominal (23.4 microns) Magnetic coating 0.14 mils nominal (3.6 microns) Nonmagnetic backcoating 0.04 mils nominal (1.0 microns) Total 1.10 mils nominal (28 microns) Nonbackcoated Substrate 0.92 mils nominal (23.4 microns) Total 1.10 mils nominal (28 microns) |
| Durability | Long Length 2,000+ read-forward passes Short Length 120,000+ read-forward passes |
| Magnetic Characteristics | Intrinsic Coercivity (Hc) 520 Oersteds (39.8 kA/m) ±30 Oe using VSM with time constant of 0.3 seconds. Broad Band 30 dB minimum Signal-To-Noise (average signal power to average integrated broad band [floor] noise power). |
| Environmental Parameters: | |
| Operating Conditions | 15°C to 32°C,20% RH to 80% RH; 26°C wet bulb maximum |
| Storage Conditions of recorded tape (4 weeks maximum) | 4°C to 32°C,5% RH to 80% RH; 27°C wet bulb maximum |
| Transportation Conditions of Unrecorded Tape (10 days maximum) | -23°C to 49°C,5% RH to 80% RH; 27°C wet bulb maximum with no condensation |
| Transportation Conditions of Recorded Tape (10 days maximum) | 4°C to 38°C,5% RH to 80% RH; 26°C wet bulb maximum with no condensation |
