Hardware

Industrial equipment vending machine enters Australian market

Image courtesy of Trakkit.

June 2, 2021

Trakkit, an Australia based manufacturer of a large vending machine for tracking and dispensing industrial equipment, has introduced its patented system to the market, according to a press release.

The patented system works like a traditional vending machine — encased in a 20- or 40-foot solid steel purpose-built, portable shipping container — securely stocking heavy industry consumables, tools and equipment. Workers and contractors can access what they need in three steps via trackable permission-based login access. All transaction data is tracked and synced live and sent to the cloud.

"Trakkit works exactly like a vending machine, stocked with all your heavy industry tools and consumables," Craig Dahlenburg, co-owner and inventor, said in the press release. "All a user needs to do is request an item via the product search interface at the front of the machine, and Trakkit finds and delivers it automatically on average within 45 seconds."

The unit can handle anything from PPE equipment, spare parts, industrial supplies and returnable tools to tiny 2.5g washers.

With instant user access granted to stock via the Trakkit mobile app, a supervisor can give trackable access to employees or contractors to anything in the machine with a click of a button.