Fun facts about the vending machine industry
With the development of the unmanned retail industry in recent years, vending machines can now be seen in many places. There are also more and more people involved in the manufacturing and business operations of vending machines.
A few days ago, when I was chatting with my old classmates, the editor learned that a designer over there was designing a new type of vending machine. After seeing the plan, I was shocked in a cold sweat. Let's take a look at their beverage machine shipment plan first:
Seeing this, friends who know very well about vending machines don't know how they feel in their hearts.
I spent the two major flaws of this plan on the spot:
1. It will be very complicated for the manipulator to grab and ship the beverage, and there will be a high failure rate, and once the manipulator fails, the whole machine will stop.
2. The product is contrary to the basic principle of making up, making up, making up and making up. It is making up first, making some beverages never sold at the bottom of the box, or allowing some customers to buy severely expired products. Cause serious sales accidents.
I asked why there is such a design. The answer they gave is that although the snake-shaped cargo lane is ideal for selling beverages, it is too complicated. The threshold for R&D and production is too high. The average manufacturer can’t afford it. The spring cargo lane is automatic. Each cargo lane of the vending machine will be equipped with a set of motor components. The common 5-layer and 8 lanes have to be equipped with 40 motor components, which is too much and the cost is high.
When I heard this, I laughed in my heart. They were really surprised. I asked, is the cost of developing a robot with a low failure rate very cheap? In addition, if the problem of the bottom of the commodity pressure box is not solved, no operators will use this kind of machine.
At present, the traditional spring cargo channel is very mature, and the current motor components are not expensive. They are all small DC motors. Even if they are broken, they will break a material channel and will not affect the sales of the whole machine. When the manipulator is shipped, if it fails, the vending machine will shut down, and the operating cost will increase exponentially, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
The final conclusion is that no matter what kind of shipping plan the vending machine uses, it is necessary to avoid pressing the bottom of the product and spread the risk of failure.
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