A bench jig that verifies feeder pickup position, height and tape advance before a drifting feeder turns into scrap. 50× CCD imaging, X-Y digital micrometers and master-gauge zeroing — designed and built in Shenzhen, shipped worldwide.
A feeder that drifts does not announce itself. It shows up as a throw rate that climbs for a week, then as a patch of failed boards, then as a customer call. These four symptoms are the ones our customers name first.
The nozzle arrives off-center; components are picked at an angle or missed entirely, and the error repeats on the same slot shift after shift.
Components are discarded mid-cycle. The scrap count climbs quietly while the line keeps running — the most expensive way to discover a bent feeder body.
A whole section of boards fails the same test. One feeder feeds one part on every board, so a mechanical fault prints itself across the run.
Every manual re-teach, trial placement and line stop burns hours you cannot invoice — and none of it fixes the mechanical cause.
Not a software offset. A physical reference the feeder is checked against — the same reference, read the same way, on every shift.
A machined base with interchangeable sub-bases. One base serves CP-4, CP-6 and IP/QP BFC style feeders — the sub-base, not the bench, is what changes per feeder family.
The pickup point read to a hundredth of a millimetre. X reveals a bent feeder body; Y is adjusted through the feeder's own eccentric screw until the mark centers.
Zero the crosshairs on the gauge's calibration circle, then read the feeder's steel tape against the same reference. Verification against hardware, not memory.
Precise 8×2, 12×4, 16×8 and 24×8 mm feeder control zones cover the tape widths running on your line, so the tape advances against the correct-width reference.
The whole check is one operator and five minutes per feeder. The steps below follow the operation manual shipped with the jig.
Connect the signal wire to the display VIDEO plug and the power supply. On power-up the press-pole returns to its original position and the display shows a cross cursor — the jig has completed its self-check.
Slide the sub-base for your feeder style forward to the 1st alignment pin (CP-4 / CP-6) or the 2nd pin (IP/QP), keep it against the right-hand guide, then tighten the locking screw.
Seat the master gauge on the sub-base, focus the tool scope, center the crosshairs on the gauge's calibration circle with the micrometers, then press zero on the X and Y micrometers.
Load the correct-width steel tape into the feeder and place it on the sub-base. Advance it — by turning the feeder advancement cam clockwise for CP-4/CP-6, by hand for IP/QP — and check the tape hole against the crosshairs on screen.
Y: loosen the locknut on the eccentric screw and adjust until the mark centers. X: no adjustment exists — beyond ±0.25 mm the feeder body is bent and the unit goes to repair, not back to the line.
Values below come from the Feeder Calibration Jig Operation Manual and the SMT Feeder Calibration jig product sheet, cross-checked against the smthelp.com product page. Nothing is averaged; nothing is silently resolved.
| Parameter | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Working voltage | 220 V / AC (50 Hz), 60 W | Operation manual · Product sheet |
| Power supply | 220 V, 50 Hz | Product sheet |
| Machine size | 350 × 500 × 550 mm | Operation manual · Product sheet |
| Machine weight | 45 kg | Operation manual · Product sheet |
| Material | Aluminum and iron | Product sheet |
| Air pressure | 5 kg/cm² | Product sheet |
| Visual system | 50× magnification CCD camera | Product sheet |
| Lighting system | Ring LED lighting | Product sheet |
| Display system | Ultra-bright LED color display | Product sheet |
| Feeder control zones | 8×2 / 12×4 / 16×8 / 24×8 mm | Product sheet |
| X-axis acceptance limit | ±0.25 mm (manufacturer specification) | smthelp.com product page |
| Calibration modes | Electric and pneumatic variants listed To be confirmed | Distributor listings |
Two parameters are stated differently across the supplied documents. We show both values with their sources instead of averaging them into a number nobody can trace.
| Parameter | Value A | Value B | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 45 kg | about 35 kg | Manual & product sheet vs. distributor listing |
| Machine size | 350 × 500 × 550 mm | L500 × W350 × H550 mm | Manual & product sheet vs. distributor listing |
Both listings describe the same machine envelope in a different axis order; the weight difference (45 kg vs. about 35 kg) is unresolved in the supplied documents. Confirm the current drawing for your configuration before placing an order.
The S-FFCJ10 ships as the FUJI NXT configuration. The same platform covers the feeder families below; the sub-base, pedestal and control-zone set are confirmed per machine model when you order.
Compatibility is listed from Southern Machinery product documentation. Brand names are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification only. Confirm your exact feeder generation with our team before ordering.
From the Southern Machinery YouTube video board: calibration walkthroughs and feeder mechanics from our own floor. No dedicated calibration-jig demo exists yet — the sessions below cover the calibration discipline the jig enforces.
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The operation manual and product sheet behind every number on this page, plus the FUJI NXT platform resources from our catalogue.
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Written for the process engineers and production managers who own the yield number — not just the machine.
A feeder that drifts 0.3 mm does not announce itself. It shows up as a throw rate that climbs for a week, then as a patch of failed boards, then as a customer call. Here is the cost chain, in the order you will feel it.
If pickup errors keep returning after every re-teach, the cause is usually mechanical — a bent feeder body, a worn sprocket, or an eccentric screw that was never centered against a physical reference.
A standing check any shift leader can run: steel tape in the feeder, crosshairs zeroed on the master gauge, read the hole, record the number. No software, no guesswork.
X and Y pickup position on digital micrometers, pickup and press-pole height on the bench, tape advance against the correct-width control zone — measured, not assumed.
Heroics do not survive a shift change. A standing calibration schedule — after repair, after collision, after long storage, after repeated pickup errors — does.
The manufacturer's acceptance limit is not bureaucracy. Beyond ±0.25 mm in X there is nothing to adjust — the feeder body is bent, and the only correct move is repair or replacement.
Machine model, feeder style and tape widths are all we need to confirm the sub-base, pedestal and control-zone set for your line — usually within one working day.
Count the scrap, the re-teach hours and the line stops you avoid in a quarter, then compare them with one bench jig. The arithmetic is rarely close.
Full articles are in English. The summary carries the argument in your language.
We confirm the sub-base, pedestal and control-zone set, and quote the S-FFCJ10 for your configuration. Machine model, feeder style and tape widths are all we need.
