Comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the four commonly used shipping methods of vending machines at present

With economic development and technological progress, more and more vending machines appear in schools, factories, subways, hospitals and other major places. Artificial intelligence self-service is the development trend of various industries. Of course, the retail industry also No exception.　　 There are many types of vending machines on the market, including beverage vending machines, snack vending machines, fruit and vegetable vending machines, dairy vending machines, general merchandise vending machines, and so on. Although vending machines have been around for many years, the maturity of technology and market is only a matter of recent years. Modern vending machines can be said to be smart vending machines. They not only support cash payments such as banknotes and coins, but also mobile payments such as WeChat, Alipay, Baidu Wallet, and even UnionPay cards, employee cards, student cards, and other credit card payments. In addition, it can be remotely monitored, and the operation data of the vending machine can be known without the operator's personal presence on the scene. The above various functions not only greatly facilitate everyone to buy things on the vending machine, but also facilitate the operation of the merchant's vending machine. Although there are many types of vending machines and complete functions, they use only a handful of cargo lanes, including the most common spring spiral cargo lanes, crawler cargo lanes, high-precision S-shaped stacked cargo lanes, and clusters. Lattice cabinet. Now I will briefly talk about the advantages and disadvantages of these cargo lanes, and how to choose a suitable cargo lane when the vending machine is operating. 1. Spring spiral cargo channel Spring spiral cargo channel is also an earlier cargo channel that appeared on vending machines. This kind of cargo channel has the characteristics of simple structure and many types of goods that can be sold. It can sell common snacks, daily necessities, etc. Small commodities, bottled drinks can also be sold.　　Advantages: low cost, many types of goods that can be sold, snacks and beverages.　　 Disadvantages: the sale of bottled beverages is easy to get stuck, and it is troublesome to replenish the goods. It is necessary to pull out the goods lane and place the goods carefully one by one. If the display is not good, it will increase the jam rate. 2. Crawler cargo lane 　　 Crawler cargo lane can be said to be an extension of the spring cargo lane, with more restrictions, suitable for the sale of goods with fixed packaging that are not easy to fall.　　Advantages: You can sell short canned drinks, short boxed snacks, boxed lunches and other products that can stand firm. Disadvantages: all products that cannot stand firmly cannot be sold (as long as one product falls, it will fall down the entire cargo lane like a domino), replenishment is troublesome, you need to extract the cargo lane and place the goods carefully one by one. wasting time. 3. S-shaped stacking cargo aisle (also called snake-shaped cargo aisle) 　　 S-shaped stacking cargo aisle is a special cargo aisle specially developed for beverage vending machines, which can sell various bottled and canned beverages (canned eight-treasure porridge is also available) , Beverages are piled up on the inside of the goods, relying on their own gravity to fall and ship without jamming, and the delivery port is controlled by an electromagnetic mechanism. Advantages: high utilization rate of the beverage layer stacking space; large capacity and many types of beverages that can be sold; shipping methods determine that it is not easy to jam; the skin is durable and has a long life; the replenishment is simple, just throw the beverage in horizontally, and replenish Fast speed and low operating cost.　　 Disadvantages: the structure is complex, the design and processing are difficult, the requirements are high, the general enterprise is unable to produce, and the manufacturing cost is high. 4. Multi-door lattice cabinet 　　 Multi-door lattice cabinet is a cluster of lattice cabinets, each lattice has a separate door and control mechanism, and each lattice can put one product or a set of products.　　Advantages: It can sell all kinds of goods (unpackaged, unfixed shape, larger size, complete set of packages, etc.), simple construction and low manufacturing cost.　　 Disadvantages: the number of goods to be accommodated is small, and the space utilization rate is low.　　 There are several kinds of goods lanes for vending machines. Each kind of goods lane has its shortcomings and advantages. We have to choose the corresponding vending machine according to the goods we sell. If you are selling beverages, you must choose a beverage machine with an S-shaped stacking channel; if you are selling snacks, you have to choose a snack vending machine with a spring spiral or a crawler channel; if it is a complex shape or certain packages, then The lattice cabinet is the best choice.