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News Release from: Alternative SMT | Subject: FeederMaster
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2005
Jig puts feeders to the test
The FeederMaster is a multiplatform feeder test jig that can be adapted to test a large range of manufacturers' feeders including Fuji, Phillip, Sanyo and now Siemens.
New from AlternativeSMT, the FeederMaster is a multiplatform feeder test jig that can be adapted to test a large range of manufacturers' feeders including Fuji, Phillip, Sanyo and now Siemens The jig is designed to functionally test a number of manufacturers feeders, including Siemens feeders
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Users can now exercise the feeder as if it is on the machine.
This makes it possible for them to identify and remedy any faults on their feeders before they reach production.
This can reduce lost production time due to faulty feeders.
A specially adapted circuit board in the jig allows it to pulse Siemens feeders as if they were on the machine.
Improved feeder maintenance using the new FeederMaster can radically reduce production downtime.
The test jig will mean that AlternativeSMT will be able to continue to maintain an industry leading standard of second-user feeders.
Llew Simmonds, Head of Engineering, says: "This new test jig is currently being trialled by a number of the large subcontractors and once again demonstrates AlternativeSMT's commitment to providing customers with feeders that function as if they were new".
The FeederMaster, which comes complete with a multilingual software system, allows operators to control feeders from an on-screen user interface.
The multilingual menu driven software system gives users access to larger range of operating modes for testing and calibrating their feeders.
The test jig is available for sale immediately.
Alternative will be demonstrating the latest jig on Stand A5.48 at Productronica in Munich.
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