A suspension load beam used for attachment to a slider assembly and an
actuation arm in a disc drive for data storage has a rigid middle beam
section comprising a rigid bottom layer, a rigid top layer and a
composite core layer sandwiched between the bottom layer and the top
layer. A method for fabricating a vibration resistant mechanical member
used a disc drive subject to high frequency motion operations is also
disclosed. The method involves making an integral laminate structure and
fabricating the mechanical member from the integral laminate structure.
The integral laminate structure has A rigid bottom layer, a composite
core layer on top of the rigid bottom layer, and a rigid top layer on top
of the core layer so that the composite core layer is sandwiched between
the rigid bottom layer and the rigid top layer.