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How We Build a Milk ATM in Kenya: the H-TECH Build Journey

Herritech engineering teamUpdated 20 October 202640 photos · 13 videos

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A milk ATM ready for delivery, October 2022
Pictured: A milk ATM ready for delivery, October 2022.
Quick answer: Herritech Ventures designs and builds H-TECH milk ATMs in its own workshop on the Eastern Bypass, Kamakis, Ruiru. A milk ATM is a refrigerated stainless steel milk tank with a controller and a dispensing valve. Every machine goes through the same journey: sizing, design, a written quotation, fabrication, wiring and controls, branding, testing, then delivery, installation and training. The photos below are from machines we built, dated from 2018.
Key facts
  • Built in our workshop on the Eastern Bypass, Kamakis, Ruiru
  • 40 dated photos (September 2018 to October 2022) and 13 videos
  • Every photo is our own work, watermarked
  • Current price range: KSh 95,000 to KSh 330,000
On this page
  1. The build journey, step by step
  2. Dated photos from our build archive
  3. Build videos
  4. What goes into it
  5. Choices you make before we build
  6. Prices
  7. Frequently asked questions

The milk ATM machine build journey, step by step

These are the same stages as our project planner (Plan → Design → Quote → Deliver → Operate). The photos are from real milk ATM machine projects. This is an overview; detailed build methods are taught in our paid assembly and manufacturing training.

  1. Plan: tell us what you will sell

    What you sell or treat, how many litres a day, where, power and budget. You can do this yourself in the project planner.

  2. Design: we size the machine

    Tank, pumps or treatment stages, controls and layout, sized to your volume and site, with easy cleaning and service in mind.

  3. Quote: everything in writing

    Your quotation states the model, materials (including the steel grade), branding, delivery, installation and warranty terms.

  4. Build: fabrication in Ruiru

    Cabinets, tanks and frames are cut, bent and welded in our workshop; pumps, valves, pipework and the controller and payment system are fitted.

    Inside a double-door milk ATM: two stainless milk tanks and dispensing bays, April 2022
    Inside a double-door milk ATM: two stainless milk tanks and dispensing bays, April 2022.

  5. Brand: your name on the machine

    Cabinets are finished and branded with your business name and colours when ordered.

    The cooking oil side: "mafuta halisi ya kupika", January 2022
    The cooking oil side: "mafuta halisi ya kupika", January 2022.

  6. Test: before it leaves the workshop

    Dispensing accuracy, temperatures for chilled machines, water quality readings for treatment systems, leaks, and every control and payment function.

    Finished H-TECH controllers with keypads and displays, September 2022
    Finished H-TECH controllers with keypads and displays, September 2022.

  7. Deliver and install

    We deliver and install across Kenya, and in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda; other countries on request.

    A machine and its stainless tank loaded for delivery, October 2022
    A machine and its stainless tank loaded for delivery, October 2022.

  8. Operate: training and service

    We train you and your staff to run, clean and price sales, and stay on call for service and spare parts.

Dated photos from our build archive

Every photo below is our own work, dated from the original camera file, from the workshop and from customers' sites.

A machine and its stainless tank loaded for delivery, October 2022
A machine and its stainless tank loaded for delivery.
H-TECH milk ATMs in our showroom, October 2022
H-TECH milk ATMs in our showroom.
A blue H-TECH milk ATM, October 2022
A blue H-TECH milk ATM.
Finished H-TECH controllers with keypads and displays, September 2022
Finished H-TECH controllers with keypads and displays.
Controller housings with displays and switches fitted, September 2022
Controller housings with displays and switches fitted.
A batch of controller housings being finished, September 2022
A batch of controller housings being finished.
Bench-testing an H-TECH controller with a dispensing pump, September 2022
Bench-testing an H-TECH controller with a dispensing pump.
An H-TECH milk ATM selling in a shop, September 2022
An H-TECH milk ATM selling in a shop.
The milk ATM installed at the customer's shop, August 2022
The milk ATM installed at the customer's shop.
The milk ATM before delivery, August 2022
The milk ATM before delivery.
The milk ATM's top cabinet with controller and dispensing bay, August 2022
The milk ATM's top cabinet with controller and dispensing bay.
A branded H-TECH milk ATM, August 2022
A branded H-TECH milk ATM.
An H-TECH fruit juice ATM next to a milk ATM in our showroom, June 2022
An H-TECH fruit juice ATM next to a milk ATM in our showroom.
A breadboard prototype of a new vending controller, June 2022
A breadboard prototype of a new vending controller.
Relays, switches and indicator parts laid out for a batch of H-TECH controllers, June 2022
Relays, switches and indicator parts laid out for a batch of H-TECH controllers.
Prototyping controller electronics in our workshop, June 2022
Prototyping controller electronics in our workshop.
The milk ATM installed in the shop, May 2022
The milk ATM installed in the shop.
The same milk ATM before it goes into the shop, May 2022
The same milk ATM before it goes into the shop.
A milk ATM arriving for installation, May 2022
A milk ATM arriving for installation.
A branded milk ATM in a customer's shop, May 2022
A branded milk ATM in a customer's shop.
Inside a double-door milk ATM: two stainless milk tanks and dispensing bays, April 2022
Inside a double-door milk ATM: two stainless milk tanks and dispensing bays.
A double-door milk ATM with its stainless milk tanks, March 2022
A double-door milk ATM with its stainless milk tanks.
A single-door H-TECH milk ATM ready for its owner, March 2022
A single-door H-TECH milk ATM ready for its owner.
Delivering a double-door H-TECH milk ATM, March 2022
Delivering a double-door H-TECH milk ATM.
H-TECH milk ATMs and a liquid soap ATM in our showroom, March 2022
H-TECH milk ATMs and a liquid soap ATM in our showroom.
A double-door H-TECH milk ATM built for a funded dairy project, March 2022
A double-door H-TECH milk ATM built for a funded dairy project.
The controller circuit board, wired and soldered in our workshop, March 2022
The controller circuit board, wired and soldered in our workshop.
The combined milk and cooking oil machine with its two controllers fitted, January 2022
The combined milk and cooking oil machine with its two controllers fitted.
The combined machine from behind, before the service panel goes on, January 2022
The combined machine from behind, before the service panel goes on.
The cooking oil side: "mafuta halisi ya kupika", January 2022
The cooking oil side: "mafuta halisi ya kupika".
Side branding of the combined machine: "quality pasteurized homogenized milk", January 2022
Side branding of the combined machine: "quality pasteurized homogenized milk".
Milk on one side, cooking oil on the other: four dispensing bays, January 2022
Milk on one side, cooking oil on the other: four dispensing bays.
A combined H-TECH machine that sells pasteurised milk and cooking oil from one cabinet, January 2022
A combined H-TECH machine that sells pasteurised milk and cooking oil from one cabinet.
An H-TECH milk ATM selling pasteurized milk next to a cooking oil ATM in a customer's shop, September 2021
An H-TECH milk ATM selling pasteurized milk next to a cooking oil ATM in a customer's shop.
The milk ATM with its keypad controller and dispensing window, January 2019
The milk ATM with its keypad controller and dispensing window.
Side view of the finished milk ATM cabinet, January 2019
Side view of the finished milk ATM cabinet.
A branded H-TECH milk ATM in our Ruiru workshop before delivery, January 2019
A branded H-TECH milk ATM in our Ruiru workshop before delivery.
Milk ATM cabinet panels being branded for a customer in our workshop, September 2018
Milk ATM cabinet panels being branded for a customer in our workshop.
An H-TECH milk ATM installed in a customer's shop, 2018
An H-TECH milk ATM installed in a customer's shop.

Watch the build

Short clips from our workshop and installations (13 videos).

H-TECH controller circuit boardThe circuit board of an H-TECH vending controller, made in our workshop, March 2022.
Testing controller electronicsBench-testing vending controller electronics in our workshop, March 2022.
Double-door milk ATM at a dairyThe double-door milk ATM set up next to the dairy's milk tanks, March 2022.
Milk ATM beside a bulk milk tankA double-door milk ATM installed beside a bulk milk tank, April 2022.
Controller parts for a new batchRelays, switches and indicators laid out for a batch of H-TECH controllers, June 2022.
Controller prototype boardA prototype controller board being tested in our workshop, June 2022.
Controller on the breadboardDeveloping an H-TECH vending controller on a breadboard, July 2022.
Milk ATM walk-aroundA walk around a branded H-TECH milk ATM before delivery, August 2022.
Oil and milk ATMs in one shopA cooking oil ATM beside a milk ATM in a shop, September 2022.
Controller housingsController housings with displays and switches, September 2022.
Blue H-TECH milk ATMA blue H-TECH milk ATM, October 2022.
Milk ATMs in our showroomH-TECH milk ATMs in our showroom, October 2022.
Milk ATM ready for deliveryA milk ATM and its stainless tank ready for delivery, October 2022.

More videos on our YouTube channel

Milk ATM in Kenya (portable fridge design)Video · 0:14 · Herritech Ventures on YouTube
Portable milk ATM, locally manufacturedVideo · 0:24 · Herritech Ventures on YouTube
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What goes into an H-TECH milk ATM machine

PartWhat it does
Stainless steel tankHolds the milk (50 to 400 litres depending on the model)
Refrigeration unitKeeps the milk cold
Controller and displayTakes the sale and applies your price per litre
Dispensing valve and nozzleReleases the measured amount into the customer's container
Payment systemM-Pesa, coins or cards, depending on the model you order
Cabinet and brandingPortable fridge design, MDF concept or double-door freezer design, branded with your business name when ordered

Choices you make before we build

Milk ATM machine prices

Current H-TECH milk ATM machine prices (the full range is on the price list).

ModelSize / capacityPrice
50 Liters Milk vending machine (portable)50 LKSh 100,000
50 Liters Milk vending machine (mdf concept)50 LKSh 110,000
100 Liters Milk vending machine (portable)100 LKSh 95,000
100 Liters Milk vending machine (mdf concept)100 LKSh 105,000
100L MILK ATM100 LKSh 110,000
150 Liters Milk vending machine (portable)150 LKSh 139,000
150 Liters Milk vending machine (mdf concept)150 LKSh 145,000
200 Liters Milk vending machine (portable)200 LKSh 185,000
200 Liters Milk vending machine (mdf concept)200 LKSh 195,000
300 Liters Milk vending machine (portable)300 LKSh 265,000

Current listed prices incl. VAT (updated 20 October 2026). Full range: Milk ATM machines price list.

Frequently asked questions

Who makes milk ATMs in Kenya?

Herritech Ventures designs and builds H-TECH milk ATMs in its workshop on the Eastern Bypass, Kamakis, Ruiru, and delivers and installs them across Kenya. The photos on this page are machines we built.

Are milk ATMs made in Kenya?

Yes. H-TECH milk ATMs are fabricated, wired, branded and tested in our Ruiru workshop. Our build archive has dated milk ATM photos from September 2018 onward.

How is a milk ATM made?

We size the tank to your daily litres, fabricate the stainless tank and cabinet, fit the refrigeration, valve and controller, brand the cabinet, then test cooling, dispensing accuracy and payment before delivery. Detailed build methods are taught in our paid assembly training.

How long does it take to build a milk ATM?

It depends on the model, branding and the orders already in the workshop. We confirm the delivery date in writing on your quotation.

Who makes the controller inside an H-TECH machine?

We assemble, wire and test our keypad controllers and circuit boards in our own workshop; the photos and videos from March to June 2022 show this work.

Can one machine sell both milk and cooking oil?

Yes. In January 2022 we built a combined H-TECH cabinet that sells pasteurised milk on one side and cooking oil on the other (pictured). Ask for it when you request your quotation.

Can my business name be on the milk ATM?

Yes. Machines can be branded with your business name and colours when you order; branding inclusions are confirmed on your quotation.

How much does a milk ATM machine cost in Kenya?

H-TECH milk ATMs cost KSh 95,000 to KSh 330,000 at current listed prices, depending on capacity and cabinet design.

Is a milk ATM business profitable?

It depends on litres sold per day, your buying and selling price per litre and running costs. Work it out with our milk ATM profit calculator before you buy.

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