Imation Dry Head Cleaning Products

For network tape storage systems
Imation cleaning products have been designed to save you time and effort in keeping your drives clean and running efficiently. Our cleaning products use a process that is totally dry. All you do is insert the Imation Dry Head Cleaning Cartridge into the drive. The process is automatic and takes a fraction of the time to clean as wet-type cleaners.

Looking to ensure data integrity? Make regular cleaning of your drive a part of your network systems protocol.

We offer the following dry head cleaning cartridges:

Travan™ Drive Head Cleaning Cartridge

• Compatibility: Travan 4 & above, Travan NS, certified auto loaders & tape libraries
• Number of cleanings: Up to 30

SLR/MLR Dry Process Head Cleaning Cartridge

• Compatibility: SLR & MLR drives, certified auto loaders & tape libraries
• Number of cleanings: 50

4mm Drive Cleaning Cartridge

• Compatibility: All 4mm DDS & DataDAT drives
• Number of cleanings: 30 - 50 (drive dependent)

8mm Drive Cleaning Cartridge

• Compatibility: All 8mm data storage hardware
• Number of cleanings: 12 - 36 (drive dependent)

Mammoth Drive Cleaning Tape

• Compatibility: All Mammoth drives
• Number of cleanings: 18

DLTtapeŽ Head Cleaning Cartridge

• Compatibility: DLT 2000, 2700XT, 4000, 7000 & 8000 series drives
• Number of cleanings: 20

SDLT Cleaning Cartridge

• Compatibility: SDLT 220, SDLT 320 & SDLT 600 drives
• Number of cleanings: 20

LTO/Ultrium Universal Cleaning Cartridge

• Compatibility: All Ultrium 1, Ultrium 2 and Ultrium 3 drives
• Number of cleanings: 15 - 50+ (drive dependent)

Why should you clean your drive?
The cleaning process is unique to each drive format. Regular cleaning of the drive reduces build-up or stains that have been deposited on the head.

Ensure data integrity with Imation products
There’s no need to risk permanent data loss because Imation makes a dry head cleaning product compatible with most network systems, all backed by Imation quality. Make Imation’s easy-to-use cleaning cartridges a part of your network system protocol and ensure data integrity.

What are the benefits of dry head cleaning?
Some cleaning systems use liquid chemicals that are messy and hard to work with. Imation’s Dry Head Cleaning Products use a process that is totally dry, eliminating the application of messy (and possibly hazardous) chemicals. In addition, dry head cleaning is virtually hassle-free. All you do is insert the Imation Dry Head Cleaning Cartridge into your drive. The cleaning process itself is automatic and total cleaning time is as fast as twenty seconds versus five minutes for wet-type cleaners.

Download the Imation Dry Head Cleaning Products Spec Sheet (PDF)