subject: Regular Maintenance On Vending Machine And Its Parts [print this page] Regular maintenance on vending machines parts is essential in running a vending business. Unfortunately, a lot of vending machine operators are just waiting for their machines to break down on their own and wait for that emergency call before they respond. However, a good vending machine operator has better preventive maintenance and management skills to decrease vending down time and emergency calls and increase profits.
Some common vending machine problems which can easily be avoided if the vending operator only takes extra time and effort to prevent from happening are clogged filters on hot drink and coffee vending machines and refrigeration compressors that stops cooling for cold drink and cold food vending machines. The reason why these can be prevented is because most cartridges have a certain life span, and all you have to do is know exactly when to change the filter to avoid clogging. For cold food and cold drink machine, regular cleaning of their compressors would prevent them from clogging as well.
For coin and bill acceptor jamming problems which are very unpredictable, you can do a regular maintenance check of these parts. One trick here is to avoid your coin mechanisms to be completely filled because this can also cause jamming. You may also want to try your coin mechanisms and bill acceptors every time you visit your machine to check if it's working fine or not.
As you can see, simply by doing these easy tips, you can save a lot of money and headache in the future. You can immediately address the problem if you notice some problems by yourself or by your regular serviceman than by customers.
If you're the kind of vending machine operator who just waits for an emergency call before taking an action, you may not realize it but you are actually spending more on these emergency calls than scheduling a regular check-up from your vending serviceman. It would cost you around 200 dollars for attending a problem through an emergency call but will only cost you way much lesser than that if you maintain your vending machine parts on a regular basis.
