Historicalevolution
Englishname:VendingMachine/SlotMachine
Inthe1stcenturyAD,thedevicethatautomaticallysoldholywatermadebytheGreekHirowastheearliestintheworldvendingmachine.In1925,theUnitedStatesdevelopedavendingmachineforsellingcigarettes.Sincethen,variousmodernvendingmachinesforsellingstampsandticketshaveappeared.Thetypes,structures,andfunctionsofmodernvendingmachinesvaryaccordingtotheitemssold.Theymainlyincludevendingmachinessuchascandy,drinks,andnewspapers.Ageneralvendingmachineiscomposedofacoindevice,anindicatingdevice,astoragevendingdevice,andsoon.Thecoindeviceisthecoreofthevendingmachine.Itsmainfunctionistoconfirmtheauthenticityofthecoin,sortthetypeofcoin,andcalculatetheamount.
Iftheamountinvestedreachesthevalueofthepurchaseditem,itwillsendasignaltosellandfindouttheremainingmoney.Theindicatingdeviceisusedtoindicatethevarietyoftheproductselectedbythecustomer.Thestorageandvendingdevicestoresthegoods,receivesthesellinginstructionsignal,anddeliversthegoodsselectedbythecustomertothedeliveryport.
Thecoindeviceofageneralvendingmachineconsistsofacoinslot,asortingdevice,aninspectiondeviceforconfirmingtheauthenticityofthecoin,acalculatingdeviceforcalculatingtheamount,andamoneyfindingdevice.
Sincethe1970s,therehavebeenvariousnewvendingmachinescontrolledbymicrocomputersandlarger-scaleunmannedvendingsystemsthatusecreditcardsinsteadofcoinsandconnecttocomputers,suchasunmannedshoppingmalls,Automaticticketvendingandcheckingsystemsinstations,automaticcashpaymentmachinesinbanks,etc.
Vendingmachinesareabrand-newformofcommercialretail,whichdevelopedfromJapan,EuropeandtheUnitedStatesinthe1970s.Itisalsoknownasa24-hourmicrosupermarket.InJapan,70%ofcanneddrinksaresoldthroughvendingmachines.Theworld-renownedbeveragecompanyCoca-Colahas500,000beveragevendingmachinesaroundtheworld.
Thereare5.5millionvendingmachines(accordingtostatisticsin1998)throughoutJapan,withsalesof689,948,870,000yen,rankingfirstintheworld.Operateonthedisplayscreenofthevendingmachine,entertheproductnumberandpurchasequantity,andputincoins,theproductwillcomeoutofthepick-upport,andevenhotnoodlesandriceballscanbeboughtfromthefoodvendingmachine.AlthoughthetotalnumberofvendingmachinesinJapanislowerthanthatintheUnitedStates(accordingtothestatisticsin1997,itwas6.89million),itisthehighestintheworldintermsofpopulation.TheUnitedStateshasanaverageof35peopleandoneinJapan,comparedto23inJapan.Onepersonoccupiesone.
Inthe17thcentury,avendingmachineforcigaretteswasinstalledinasmallBritishbar.Inthelonghistoryofvendingmachines,Japandevelopedpracticalvendingmachinesafterenteringthiscentury.ThefirstautomaticvendingmachineinJapanwasthe"postageandpostcardautomaticvendingmachine"thatcameoutin1904.Itwasamachinethatintegratedthesaleofpostagestampsandpostcardsandthepost-boxletterdelivery.TherealpopularityofvendingmachineswasafterWorldWarII.
Inthe1950s,the"waterspraytypejuicevendingmachine"wasverypopular,andthejuicewaspouredintopapercupsforsale.Later,asmajorbeveragecompaniesintheUnitedStatesenteredtheJapanesemarket,in1962,therewasarevolutioninthecirculationfieldwithvendingmachinesasthemainstay.In1967,allcurrenciesbelow100yenwerechangedtocoins,whichpromotedthedevelopmentofthevendingmachineindustry.
Developmentprospects
Thevendingcoffeemachineisacoffeebeveragevendingmachinethatcanproducehotandcoldcoffeeaswellasmilkteajuicedrinksatthesametime,savingtimeandconvenience.Itcanbeusedasaninvestmentorasanemployeebenefit.
Fromtheperspectiveofthedevelopmenttrendofvendingmachines,itsappearanceisduetothetransformationoflabor-intensiveindustrialstructuretotechnology-intensivesociety.Massproduction,massconsumption,andchangesinconsumptionpatternsandsalesenvironmentsrequiretheemergenceofnewdistributionchannels;whiletheproductionofnewdistributionchannelssuchassupermarkets,departmentstoresandshoppingcenters,laborcostsarealsorising;coupledwiththelimitationsofvenuesAswellastheconvenienceofshoppingandotherfactors,unmannedvendingmachineshaveemergedasanecessarymachine.
Inabroadsense,amachinethatcansellgoodsafterinsertingcoins,banknotes,creditcards,etc.,isamachinethatautomaticallysellsgoodsinanarrowsense.Fromtheperspectiveofsupplyconditions,vendingmachinescanfullysupplementtheshortageofhumanresourcesandadapttochangesintheconsumptionenvironmentandconsumptionpatterns.The24-hourunmannedvendingsystemcanbemorelabor-saving,andrequireslesscapitalandareaforoperation,whichisattractivePeoplebuycuriosity'sownperformance,whichcansolvevariousadvantagessuchastheproblemofrisinglaborcosts.
Thevendingmachineindustryismovingtowardsinformatizationandfurtherrationalization.Forexample,theonlinemodeisimplemented,andtheinventoryinformationinthevendingmachineistransmittedtothecomputersofeachbusinesspointinatimelymannerthroughthetelephoneline,therebyensuringthesmoothprogressofthedelivery,replenishmentandselectionofthegoods.Inaddition,inordertopreventglobalwarming,thedevelopmentofvendingmachinesisdevotedtoenergyconservation,andenergy-savingrefreshingdrinkvendingmachineshavebecomethemainstreamoftheindustry.
Duringthepeakofpowerconsumptioninsummer,thistypeofvendingmachinecanmaintainlowtemperatureevenwhenthecooleristurnedoff.Comparedwiththepreviousvendingmachine,itcansave10-15%electricity.Whenenteringthe21stcentury,vendingmachineswillalsobefurtherdevelopedinthedirectionofsavingresourcesandenergyaswellashighfunctionality.
Automationisthefuturedevelopmenttrend,whetheritismanufacturing,serviceorretail.Wewillallseemoreequipmentreplacinglabor.Undersuchabigtrend,theprospectsofthevendingmachineindustryarebright.
Mainapplications
Basicfunctions
Swipecardshopping
Vendingmachines(2photos)
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Theelectroniccontrolsystemcancooperatewiththepapermoneyandcoinrecognizertoincreasethevoucherfunction,andcanrecognizepaperandcointypevoucher.
Datadownload
UsingUSBtechnology,usingaUSBflashdrive,youcaneasilydownloadtheoperationinformationofthevendingmachine,andthenusethePCtoprocessthedownloadeddata,sothattheoperatorcangraspthedifferenceSalesstatusofdifferentregions,differentmachines,anddifferentcommodities.
Specialfunctions
Networkoperation
Thedataofthecurrentoperationofthevendingmachine,includingsystemstatus,systemfailure,materialchannelfailure,outofstocksituation,salesThedataiswirelesslytransmittedtothevendingmachinenetworkserverthroughtheGPRSmoduleinstalledonthevendingmachine.Theoperatorcangrasptheinformationofthevendingmachineonanynetworkedcomputertorealizethelarge-scaleoperationandnetworkmanagementofthevendingmachine.
Mobileshopping
ThevendingmachinesystemisdockedwiththemobilePOSmodulesystemtorealizethereadandwriteoperationsonthe2.4GHZRFSIMcardlaunchedbyChinaMobile,andcompletethemobileshoppingfunctionofChinaMobile.
Multimediadisplay
UsingLEDdisplayandmultimediadisplaytechnology,thevendingmachinesystemisdockedwiththePCsystem,sothatconsumerscanpurchasethegoodsofthevendingmachinethroughthetouchscreencontrolledbythePC.Notonlyreplacesthegoodsselectionbutton,butalsoenablesthevendingmachinetohaveamediafunction.
Self-servicepayment
TheATMsystemisembeddedinthevendingmachine,sothatthevendingmachinecanbeusedasamobileandfinancialterminaldevicetorealizeself-servicepaymentservices.