Cash box
A cash box is used to safely store cash and other valuables.
Types of cash boxes
Classic cash box
The classic cash box is a lockable container made of a material that makes unauthorized access (by force) recognizable and at least delays it. However, storing large amounts of money in cash boxes is not recommended. Thus, in a home insurance only small amounts of cash usually hedged: A cash box can range from a burglar also be easily taken away unopened depending on size.
Insurance companies recommend the use of VdS -certified safes for storing valuables. However, these are usually more expensive than normal cash boxes and cannot be transported, which in turn can be an advantage (see above).
In earlier times, cash boxes were often provided with two locks for which the respective key was in the hands of different people, so that the box could only be opened by two authorized persons together according to the four-eyes principle .
Money bomb
This design is usually used to transport cash. After filling, it is usually thrown into the night safe of a bank. In exchange you get another empty one. For this reason, money bombs are standardized and not the property of the customer or payer.
Automatic cash box
An automatic cash cassette is used in ATMs . The range of functions varies as required. Each cash box contains one type of bills, the ATM tells each box how many bills are to be issued. In order to avoid mix-ups, modern cash cassettes have a type recognition system that prevents payment in the event of an error and triggers a maintenance alarm.
With the advent of cash recycling systems , the requirements for cash cassettes have also increased, since banknotes must now also be able to be entered in addition to issuing. Each manufacturer has its own philosophy when it comes to storing and transporting the notes. Some stack the bills like in a normal cash drawer , some roll the bills up. Money is transported within the machine either by friction, as in a printer, or pneumatically . Due to the design, both systems have advantages and disadvantages.
When banknotes are stacked, a double deduction can occur; this can be recognized by appropriate sensors and the payout can be stopped.
When the banknotes are rolled up, the banknotes are wound inside out, the banknotes inside the "roll" store the longest due to the principle and deform so much that there can be increased mechanical malfunctions (money jam).
