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G&D ups productivity of high-speed cash handling systems

The company says its new NotaTracc solution eliminates several manual banknote handling steps and significantly improves operator ergonomics.

April 15, 2015

Giesecke & Devrient has supplemented its BPS M5 and M7 high-speed processing system‎s with NotaTracc, a solution designed to increase automation and standardization in the cash cycle — particularly at central banks, large commercial banks, cash in transit operations and casinos.

NotaTracc eliminates several manual banknote handling steps and significantly improves operator ergonomics, according to a G&D press release. Banknotes are prepared in standardized NotaTracc T trays and the filled trays are inserted into a loading module.

A robotic gripper then takes banknotes from the trays and inserts them steadily into the machine, achieving continuous high-speed banknote processing of up to 120,000 banknotes per hour, the company said.

NotaTracc can be used in settings such as cash rooms and cash centers, and during all process steps of the cash cycle such as the secure exchange of cash between service providers.

"Before NotaTracc, the operating staff at the processing system had to manually stack, align and insert loose banknotes into the system," said Florian Reithmeier, head of currency management solutions in the banknote business unit at G&D. "This slowed down the process, put the staff under stress — as they had to continuously feed the system to achieve a high throughput — and, eventually, limited the system's productivity. The manual loading also left room for error and security hazards."

The company said it expects to expand NotaTracc over time to include other functions. The first components to be released are NotaTracc L and NotaTracc T, the "L" being the loading module, and the "T" standing for the standardized tray. The new system has been tested on site and approved by major customers, G&D said.