Dispensing cabinets - automatic cabinets for tools distribution

Advantages of automatic tool dispensing cabinets:

Dispensing cabinets are fully automatic tool storage units. They are used in modern industry and logistics. The use of these devices provides constant, but limited access to stored tools and goods. The contents of the automated storage unit are retrieved only by authorised persons.

A flexible login method allows you to use: an RFID card, a barcode card or an individual PIN number.

An intelligent wardrobe management system allows you to monitor its contents in real time (e-mail notifications). This greatly simplifies warehouse management and production planning. Additionally, the authorization and event recording system enables fraud verification.

Tool distribution cabinets have an innovative system that allows you to create lists of goods and tools, the so-called Basket. The items listed are dispensed sequentially after the barcode is scanned. The list created in this way allows you to connect goods and tools with a specific process. This makes production supervision much easier.

Dispensing cabinets – integration with ERP systems, remote monitoring:

Thanks to the use of a universal communication standard in the dispensing cabinets, they offer extensive integration with other applications:

• enable real-time integration with ERP systems,
• the open protocol facilitates building dedicated web applications that work with the dispensing cabinet.

The communication protocol provides information such as current content, shortage and low level warnings, incidents. It also allows remote monitoring and full configuration of the cabinet.

The use of email notifications in the dispensing cabinet allows alerts to be sent when low levels are detected. These notifications are sent in real time and are available anywhere with an Internet connection.

• The publishing cabinet is a fully automatic warehouse. It is used to store contents such as tools, components, measuring instruments, occupational health and safety products, etc. in drawers.
• Users of the dispensing cabinet have access only to those drawers that were previously assigned to them. Access is possible in three ways:
  - entering an individual PIN code,
  - RFID card reading,
  - barcode card scan.
• When the drawer is opened, the user retrieves an item and indicates the amount they have collected. When the inventory of an item has fallen below a certain minimum, an email warning is sent to a predefined email inbox.
• All the items in the cabinet can be assigned an individual barcode.
• No need to select items from a list or search for them.
• The drawer is opened by scanning the barcode from an empty package, drawing or documentation.
• The dispensing cabinet enables defining a list of items for each user, that will be taken as a set (cart). The cart may consist of various tools or components required for specific production tasks. When the contents of a cart are in different drawers, they are opened sequentially and the location of the items is displayed on the monitor. The dispensing cabinet automatically reduces the inventory by the retrieved amount and will send a notification when the minimum values are reached. The cart can be accessed by selecting it after logging in or by scanning the barcode, which can be found on the drawing or other documentation.
• The employee supervising the operation of the dispensing cabinet has the following authority:
  - adding or removing its users,
  - replenishing items in the cabinet – it is possible to automatically replenish only the items with low inventory values,
  - defining and assigning carts,
  - blocking drawers and adding temporary access to specific items,
  - setting the email address to which notifications will be sent.