Currency Machine Upgrades For Planet Antares Vending Machines

It has been expensive and stressful for Planet Antares vending operators to bring changes in vending machines to accept new currency designs. Mainly, the bill changer needs to be retrofitted to accept new currency designs. There are modernized bill changers like those incorporated in Planet Antares vending machines that accept the new 5s, 10s and 20s.

Another issue of concern is the one dollar coin which is in circulation within the machines. The four and five dollar tube changers were launched to stimulate the flow of dollar coins throughout the vending machines. They have been a great boon, particularly for stand alone changers.
The main issues being faced by Planet Antares vending operators are:

• Dollar coin and its acceptance
• Ability to pay out the dollar coin as change
• Redesign of currency

Many of the vending operators would like to see the paper dollar bill eliminated. This is a logical thing to debate and lobby for, because it will facilitate conversions of bill changers to take the new currency designs.

Among operators, conversion kits have become very popular. It is quite expensive to buy a new bill changer and this reason has put it out of reach for many vending operators.

It is also getting expensive to keep the bill validators updated in vending machines. The old validators are mostly 1s. to update them implies upgrading them to accept 5s, 10s and 20s. The new Planet Antares vending machines have been updated to accept the new currencies from the beginning.

New coin mechanisms are being introduced in the vending industry that has an extra tube on them for the dollar coin. These are ordered from the bank, but the operators don’t usually get them back, because people hoard them. For your new Planet Antares vending machines, you must adapt to the new demand for currency acceptance.