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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Preventive Maintenance For Successful Vending

It is important to maintain your Planet Antares vending Machines regularly. However most vending operators tend to ignore this part and wait until the equipment breakdowns. At this point they have to call emergency services and have to pay a hefty amount and on the other hand have to lose business.

Still, there are some emergency calls that are unpredictable. This may be when a cup gets jammed in a hot beverage vending machine or when a coin acceptor malfunctions. At times, it may be possible to avoid emergency calls. You can prevent clogged filters in coffee or hot beverage vending machines and compressors that stop cooling soft drink vending machines by making small adjustments in your maintenance methods.

Once the fins become clogged, refrigeration compressors will stop cooling soft drink and food vending machines like Planet Antares vending machines. This can be avoided by r cleaning the compressors regularly. By using these maintenance techniques, you will see a drastic improvement in your Planet Antares vending machine profits by saving money. On an average, the cost of addressing such a problem will be about $200. On the other hand, if the Planet Antares vending machines receive regular servicing, the cost will be only one or two dollars extra.

Ensuring profit maximization is possible with the following:

a) Solving predictable problems immediately
Avoid emergency calls by cleaning coin mechanisms and bill acceptors on the Planet Antares vending machines regularly. Change disposable parts like water filter in coffee vending machines.

b) Stock inventory parts
There should be proper stocking of every field maintenance vehicle with parts so that vending machine technicians can carry out repairs without having to go back to the shop and thereby saving time.

c) Repair skills
Regular training must be provided to vending machine technicians in order to keep up with the latest maintenance techniques.

d) Maintenance records
Keeping good maintenance records will allow you to determine the life of consumable parts in Planet Antares vending machines. This will help the operator to know when and how to change the parts.

Observing the above said will make sure that your vending business runs smoothly and remains profitable at all times.

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