It’s easy to see why. Just consider the vast array of chemicals stocked at a typical research lab or the mountains of patient files that a doctor’s office or a hospital need to have on hand just to conduct everyday business — to give only two examples. Chances are, wherever you work, there’s a tremendous amount of important stuff that either needs to be kept under lock and key when not in use or at least needs to be neatly filed away somewhere so as not to clutter up the area.

Thankfully, there’s a simple solution to this complex problem. A humble set of commercial cabinets and counters can go a long way. Almost no matter what you need stored away or how you need it to be stored, there’s some type of casework that is perfect for your needs.

RDM Industrial Products has proudly built factory-direct and quality-designed industrial furniture of all kinds up to the highest level for more than four decades — though our cabinets and counters have also been particular favorites among our customers.

RDM Laboratory Cabinets & Casework are suitable for Medical Environment Applications.

Below, we’re going to give you a quick explanation of some of the benefits of having industrial cabinets around in your workplace. Then, we’ll launch straight into telling you all about some of the many types and styles of commercial, industrial and laboratory cabinets and counters that we can create for you and what their most important features are.

All in all, your workplace will begetter equipped to handle everyday needs and hum along smoothly as each day surges on.

What Having Quality Cabinets And Counters Can Do For Your Work Environment

Let’s jump straight to brass tacks. Here are some ways that our cabinets and counters can make where you work into a better place:

• Storage:

  Storage is a cabinet’s primary function. While that’s fairly obvious, it still bears some emphasis. Do you regularly work in a lab with hazardous chemicals? Some stainless steel, fireproof and chemical-resistant laboratory cabinets may be just what the doctor ordered. You can potentially use them to lock away chemicals any other kind of critical tools as well — a consideration that’s important not just for labs but for factories and industrial workplaces in particular. Where would you keep your files without a filing cabinet? Lockers are a must. Especially if you occasionally use things like lab coats, safety suits, gas masks and face shields at work. With the right cabinets, you can store virtually anything.

• Convenience:

  Closely related to their storage function is the convenience that good casework provides. Once your papers are neatly organized in a cabinet, you’ll have them at your fingertips at all times. If you’re a lab researcher who needs various substances near at hand as you work, we make combination cabinets and counters. You can smoothly integrate storage right into your workstation. If you need anything from gloves and goggles to a power say, stick it in a cabinet and you’ll always know where it is.

• Safety:

  Places like labs and factories regularly handle many dangerous chemicals and tools. If a particularly volatile or flammable substance is safely locked away in a sturdy cabinet, this sharply minimizes the probability of hazardous lab accidents happening. The same might be said for things like power tools. You can also use commercial cabinets to store safety equipment.

• Cost Savings:

  Your workplace would be a mess without convenient places to store things. That fact alone means that cabinets will save you significant time. Instead of looking for things, you can focus on work. Beyond this, RDM’s industrial cabinets are durable enough to withstand many years of wear, tear, impact and chemical damage. Since anything can happen at work, you’ll definitely want features like this. They not only contribute to keeping people safe, but mean significant long-term savings on replacement costs.

• Customization:

  When you order from RDM, we strive to put as much power a possible into your hands. A glance at some of the different types of cabinets we make reveals a wide array of options. But because everything from us is manufacturer-direct, we can also custom-build units for you with special features. If you need cabinets made of a particular material, if you need them to be of a particular size of shape or anything else, just let us know and we’ll customize your units for you.

What Types of Cabinets Do We Make?

RDM manufactures many different types of cabinets. But here is a rundown of some of the basic styles so that you have an idea of what we can do for you:

• Standard Cabinets:

  These are your simple, standard-style cabinets which you can attach either to your wall overhead or lower down by the floor. Cabinet doors swing open, you can load them up with whatever you want.

• Cabinets Attached to Work Counters:

  The benefits of this particular type of arrangement have already been discussed. We can build workstations with either a row of floor-level cabinets built right in or with an overhead set of cabinets attached. You thus won’t even have to leave your workbench to grab certain critical items.

• Lockers:

  Lockers are almost always used to store clothes. If workers need to suit up in a special way for work, whether for their protection or for some other reason, having some lockers around where they can keep their personal equipment is an especially good idea.

• PCB Cabinets:

  PCB or printed circuit board cabinets are designed to be both insulated against electricity and non-flammable. For additional protection against static electricity, you can also have the unit coated with ESD. The option to place these cabinets on wheels is also available. These units are useful for storing and transporting sensitive and volatile compounds.

• Tall Cabinets:

  For your heavy-duty storage needs, check out our tall cabinets. Each of these units is seven feet tall. They’re made of metal, contains many shelves and can be outfitted with either sliding or swinging doors.

One final note: We make our cabinets mainly out of either wood or stainless steel. We can add flame-resistant or chemical-resistant coating to our stainless steel cabinets if you require. Options to add epoxy resin, Corian and Trespa are available for some wooden models as well.

Have a look at many of our different cabinet styles here. We also encourage those who are specifically in the market for laboratory cabinets to go here.

Conclusion

With the great versatility and customizability that RDM’s commercial and industrial cabinets place at your fingertips, they’ll be able to make virtually any kind of workplace into a more comfortable and better run place.

Let us get to work building products — all of which we proudly manufacture in the USA — for you.

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RDM Industrial Products, Inc. has a stellar reputation for developing, producing and supplying quality designed industrial and laboratory furnishings. Established in 1977, RDM  has over 40 years of experience in the field – designing, fabricating and shipping lab furniture solutions nationwide to scores of satisfied customers. We manufacture industrial quality tables, workstations, custom cabinets, storage systems and dozens of other types of lab & industrial furniture. All of which come with a variety of finishing options. All so you can outfit your particular lab or workspace and transform it into a more functional environment that will stand up to the rigors of the day.

An Overview on Finished Furniture

If you take a look around your workspace, note that the tops and exteriors of all the office and laboratory furniture in the area are constantly exposed to specific wear and tear based on their uses. It’s critical when designing or managing a lab to bear this in mind. And it’s wise to be well-versed in what types of materials are used when ordering factory direct workspace furniture. RDM has different types of standard top finish options as well as a variety of custom choices depending on your lab’s design and usage.

Types of Finishing Options Available

There is a multitude of options when it comes to cabinet finish options. Review them here, but always feel free to contact a service staff team member to walk you through any particulars or specs you require. RDM’s custom counters and cabinets are proudly manufactured in the USA, and we ship nationwide no matter the scale of your order.

RDM Industrial Products, Inc specializes in several types of surface finishing options:

• Top Finish Options:
  

  Plastic Laminates.  Our plastic laminates come in a variety of standard sizes and colors. Most of which can be applied to most of our furniture options. We also have Static Dissipative (ESD) laminates and specific chemical resistant laminates in case you are working with caustic substances.

  Wood Tops.  If you like the natural look and feel of wood, RDM has both Hard Board Masonite. As well as a laminated hardwood (think butcher block style) for tabletops, counters and workspaces. These offer the warmth of real wood with the prized protection that laminates and epoxies provide.

  Metal Tops.  Metal is always an appropriate material in a lab environment. It is often appreciated for its sterility and clean-ability. RDM specializes in various steel tops if you prefer metal for your laboratory or industrial zone. Stainless or galvanized steel are standard trusty options. But if color is what you’re looking for, we can customize a painted steel solution for your space.

  Solid Surface Tops.  There are also numerous composites, epoxies and resins that can be applied to your work surfaces to protect them. If you are going to the trouble of ordering new furniture, you need it to last! RDM specializes in chemical and heat resistant solid surfaces using this application, so inquire if resin or Trespa (TM) could work in your space.

• Paint & Powder Options:

  Paint & powder options are generally lumped together in one category since they both require the application of a hardening substance as the protective barrier. Our paint options are applied using professional spray tools, and are available in a variety of colors. The powders are applied in a controlled setting and are heat-treated to bond onto the furniture surface. Both are great bonus protective choices for metal furnishings – including cabinetry and fume/exhaust hoods.

• Other Finishing Options:

  The most common alternate finish option we offer is Panolam (TM) Melamine Surfaces which provide a more satiny feel without losing any of the required durability.

  Synthetic finishes are ideal for high-traffic zones and can be accommodated for a variety of budgets.

• Table Mats:

  In case the finishing options we offer aren’t enough, RDM also makes and ships standard and custom table mats for your tops as a final added level of protection.

Custom Counters and Cabinets

Highly protective and durable finishes aren’t just for tabletops and workstations. You’ll want to consider the finishes for your laboratory cabinetry as well. Although all our standard tables and cabinet finish options are top-of-the-line. You may want to opt for a custom finishing job on your lab furniture, as it might be necessary if you choose custom cabinets. It all depends on how your team will be using the equipment and what type of finish would be appropriate for these projects.

Next Steps For Choosing Your Top Finishing Options

Begin by perusing our full catalog of manufacturer direct workspace industrial & laboratory furniture. As well as all the surface top finishes available on our website. There are also countless customized possibilities  to explore. If you have specific questions, don’t hesitate to contact us directly for clarifications and to place orders. Our team  can guide you in determining which of our products would best suit your needs and can develop custom solutions where it’s needed.

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After all, labs are home to an extraordinary number of different tools and chemicals — some of them quite caustic and dangerous if not used properly — and they can’t all be in use at once. When they aren’t, they need to be put away, and put away safely. They need to be kept reliably under lock and key until such time as they’re called for. Lab managers not only need to think about the efficiency and smoothness with which their daily procedures run when considering these issues, but the safety and well-being of their lab workers as well.

RDM has been in the business of manufacturing quality-designed and factory-direct lab furniture for more than four decades. Our laboratory cabinets are among the best in the field and will help you to impose some order on a world bristling with hustle and bustle.

To show you just how they can do that, let us give you a taste of our wide selection of lab cabinets — their sizes, their design styles, the materials of which they can be made, the qualities that these features impart to them and how they can make your lab a more orderly and well-humming place.

What Kinds of Cabinets Do We Offer?

RDM Laboratory Storage Cabinets and Casework are suitable for Medical Environment Applications

Design-wise, RDM’s laboratory storage cabinets can be broken up into a few different categories. Here are some of these categories and and a word about their peculiar advantages.

• Overhead:

  Overheard cabinets can be hung from a wall as standalone units. Or the can be attached to special workbenches, offering convenient and easy-to-access storage in either case. Units of this type tend to be smaller. But we can custom design them for you within a given set of parameters. Overhead cabinets are typically 22 inches deep and can be designed to be anywhere from 30 to 48 inches wide and 30 to 36 inches. We can also customize units to give them added versatility. Including closure panels, drawers of varying widths and quantity and either one or two swinging doors. The overhead cabinets that are attached to racks on workbenches, of course, come with the workbench attached and are made of stainless steel.

• Under Counters:

  Our under-counter cabinets tend to be the down-low counterparts of our overhead cabinets. In terms of their design and makeup, they are virtually identical to the overhead units already described, except that they form an inseparable part of our work counters. Cabinets of this type are especially useful for lab workers who need to have large quantities and various types of equipment and chemicals close at hand for their daily work. They can simply reach down, open up the cabinets and retrieve whatever they require — all without leaving their workbenches. Units like this this are especially useful if convenience and efficiency matter to you.

• Large and Tall:

  For your heavy-duty storage needs — whether in the sense of storing large kinds of equipment or of storing a large quantity of equipment — RDM’s industrial-quality large and tall lab cabinets are the go-to solution. Each of these units is seven feet tall and comes with many shelves and a pair of large, swinging doors. Width is variable in six-inch increments from 18 to 48 inches, though 18 and 24-inch versions only come with a single door. What these impressive units may lack in portability they certainly make up for in their grand capability to easily store whatever you need to have locked away. They are an excellent way to declutter the lab and keep things neat and organized. Have a look at our tall cabinets and some of the customization options we offer you.

What Are Our Storage Cabinets Made From?

RDM Stainless Steel Storage Cabinets. A typical Mobile Stainless Steel Tall Cabinet Design with five (5) adjustable height shelves.

Stainless steel is far and away the dominant material of which we make our many laboratory cabinets. After all, stainless steel is durable, resilient and reliable. Precisely the sorts of qualities that are in demand when the question comes up of safely storing away potentially dangerous lab chemicals. Our stainless steel storage cabinets are made according to some of the kinds of styles described above. And are all custom-designed to fit your particular needs and specifications.

But stainless steel storage cabinets just one facet of the many storage tools that we can offer your laboratory. As much justified emphasis as there might be on the safe storage of some dangerous chemical or some industrial-strength tool, more mundane and simple materials also need a place where they can be put away. For that, we also offer an assortment of simpler commercial cabinets made of wood.

We also make tall commercial cabinets in both stainless steel and other metal versions. Doors can be made of glass, wood or stainless steel. And both the interior and exterior can be coated in polyurethane to make the whole units more resistant to acidic chemicals.

How Can Laboratory Storage Cabinets Hep You?

Obviously, the primary function of laboratory storage cabinets is to offer storage, but you’d be sorely mistaken if you supposed that this simple description exhausts what our units are capable of.

All of our storage cabinets can also be custom-made to be flame resistant, chemical resist or static-resistant. If you plan to house chemicals in any of our units that are either extremely corrosive, flammable or in any way in a high danger of spilling or leaking out, it’s strongly recommended that you add this special functionality to your orders. The safety of your lab workers and the physical integrity of the lab itself and everything in it are, of course, a paramount concern.

Conclusion

Sometimes, the simplest things can be the easiest to overlook. Since cabinets have a function that, at first blush, seems rather humdrum, it can be easy to succumb to the temptation not to strive to get your lab the very best units possible. But given the critical importance of safety, security and orderliness to the daily activities of every research lab, succumbing to that temptation can be a very costly mistake.

The quick whirlwind tour of our cabinets that we’ve given here is only meant to whet your appetite and get you started. There’s so much more to explore, and this has been only a taste of what we can offer you. All of RDM’s storage cabinets are proudly manufactured in the USA, and if you want to take a peek at our full selection of laboratory storage cabinets & casework, we encourage you to look.

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With these additions to your workplace, you’ll establish convenient and ergonomically designed environments for your workers to ply their trades. They will also have secure and resilient places in which to store some crucial tools, supplies, uniforms, and chemicals. Or anything else that the staff might need throughout the day. In fact, with the right sort of storage and workstations, you may even be able to kill both of these birds with the very same stone.

RDM Industrial Products has spent the last four decades building and maintaining a reputable name in the field of industrial-grade furniture solutions. Our custom cabinets, counters, and casework workstations are among the things we are most proud of making. Over the years, these furniture solutions have helped customer after customer upgrade their workplaces into better, more streamlined and seamlessly functioning environments.

We’d be glad to help you enjoy the same benefits, but first, let us explain just how our products can do that for you. Here’s a bit of important information about some of the different types of industrial-grade and commercial cabinets, counters and casework, that we can manufacture. A few of the various kinds of work environments that can be, and have been, transformed by them for the better; and what they can do to enhance your workplace in particular.

Some of Our Various Cabinets, Counters and Casework Models

RDM LAB CABINETS & CASEWORK – Cabinet Install Pre-Top Installation – Off-White Cabinets

Here are just a few of the many things in this diverse area that RDM can create for your workplace:

• Standard Commercial Casework:

  This general design involves both an upper and a lower set of cabinets, both of which have Eruo-style slab doors. The bottom units also have shelves atop their doors and are topped off by a small work surface. They are not designed for any kind of heavy-duty use, but they can perform basic storage functions.

• PCB Storage Units:

  Printed Circuit Board units are deigned to be insulated against electricity and to be non-flammable. As such, they are ideal for storing sensitive or volatile chemicals or other kinds of reactive equipment. Our units can be made of MDF, lightweight MDF, plywood or with particle boards. They can also be laminated with plastic, given a melamine finish or coated with ESD to guard against static. We can also put these units on wheels to make it easy for you to transport any of the equipment they carry.

• Cleaning Room & Laboratory Casework:

  

  RDM Stainless Steel Casework is available in a variety of Stainless Steel Cabinet Styles including Base Cabinets and Upper Cabinets

  Units in this category are absolutely ideal for use in laboratories of all kinds. They are designed to have all the qualities that lab researchers seek. Features that help them get to work on their research or store away crucial equipment when it’s not in use. The basic designs also involve flat work surfaces with a base-level storage area and a set of further storage cabinets placed overhead and attached to a wall. Both parts of this setup are made of stainless steel to make them maximally damage-resistant. We can also custom-design them to be chemical-resistant and/or flame-resistant. Thus enabling them to reliably withstand even the harshest conditions likely to be found in a lab. Overhead storage units can either be suspended from a wall or directly attached to the work surface. Click here to have a look at some of our hardiest stainless steel units.

   

• Lockers and Storage Units:

  Our lockers — mainly meant to be used for storing clothes, uniforms and other staff belongings which, for one reason or another, should be kept away from the main work environment — are made of melamine and can be laminated with plastic to give them a glossy finish. Their doors lock securely, so whatever you store in them will be safe. But they are not designed to store hazardous material. For that, some of the other specially designed units that have been mentioned above are more appropriate. Our special storage units, however, hare made of stupider stuff — namely, stainless steel. Their main hallmark, however, is that rather than doors, they use drawers in which to store things. You also have the option of putting them on wheels for the sake of ease of transport.

• Standard Service Counters:

  These units can be made in a range of different heights between 34 and 48 inches. Beneath their flat work surface are a series of shelves on which workers can store materials that they will need to have close at hand. Units can be made in either a standard straight or an L-shaped configuration.

• Work Surfaces for Receptionists:

  We also manufacture work surfaces that are ideal for use in a reception room, where workstations tend to be larger. Such workstations can come with file drawers and pedestals for the receptionist’s use. Plus its upper surface can be customized to be anywhere between 36 and 48 inches off the ground. It can even be made with a cantilevered lower-level desk surface with a variable height of between 28 and 30 inches.

• Demonstration or Display Surfaces:

  If you need surfaces on which to leave certain items on display — not necessarily for workers to perform continuous daily tasks at — then RDM has you covered as well. Like our PCB units, these can also be made of either MDF, lightweight MDF, plywood or particle boards. We can laminate them for you with plastic, or give them a melamine finish. And we can outfit them with containment curbs to ensure that the objects you place upon them don’t roll or fall off. If you need us to, we can even make these units chemical-resistant.

What you’ve seen here is only a rather rudimentary discussion of what we can offer you. Once you factor in all of our many customization options, the set of possibilities explodes. For a deeper look into out different custom cabinets and casework, click here.

General Features of Cabinets, Counters and Casework

We’ve already alluded to some general features above. Here are a few more specific custom features that we can add in to the units you order and how they can enhance your workplace:

• Stainless Steel Construction:

  The benefits of having units made of stainless steel are fairly obvious. Included in the list is, longevity, strength, reliability, safety, etc. If your workplace is one where these qualities are needed, check out our stainless steel options.

• Special Surface Options:

  Here, we have in mind the ability to coat the surfaces of our units to give them various special properties. Such as, flame-resistance and chemical-resistance. In addition to these two big and popular options, we can also coat many surfaces in ESD to curb the transmission of static electricity. Some other options include Trespa TopLab, epoxy resin, Trespa Athlon and corian. Any and all of these can be of critical importance in a lab setting, depending on the sorts of chemical agents you’ll be working with. That makes safety the primary benefit of all of these options.

Workplaces that Stand to Benefit

Now that you’ve seen what kinds of units we have and what they can do, what kinds of workplaces have been, and continue to be, enhanced by their use. Here are just a few:

• laboratories of all kinds, whether they’re involved in research, design or anything else
• university and high school science labs
• medical schools
• office buildings of any kind with reception rooms
• stores wishing to give customers a look at their products

Conclusion

Without a good place to work, it won’t be possible to do much work. And without places to store materials, operations in a great many workplaces will be stymied. These two obvious truths should indicate all on their own the great importance good commercial cabinets and workstations to all kinds of workplaces. And with their many useful features, their ability to enhance the workplace — both from a productive and a stylistic perspective — cannot be denied.

In your journey to bring your workplace to the next level, RDM is happy to be of service. Our industrial-quality and factory-direct cabinets, counters and casework are all proudly manufactured in our facilities in California. We encourage you to take a look at them.

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We need many things to keep these complex machines well-oiled and running. Quality-designed cabinets may be simple and humble contributors to this effort. But their crucial place can sometimes be overlooked precisely because they are such simple things. This, however, only makes them all the more important.

When your lab is well-stocked with important but dangerous chemicals, where will you store them when they are not in use? How will you make sure that they don’t accidentally get released and cause serious damage? How will you protect your lab personnel from the dangers these chemicals might pose? Where and how will you store your tools? Industrial-quality laboratory cabinets & casework can be the answer to all of these questions and more.

With more than 40 years of experience, RDM Industrial Products has been designing all kinds of laboratory furniture up to the very highest standards of quality. Here’s a look at some of the different types of laboratory cabinets & casework that we have on offer and what they can do for your lab.

RDM LAB FUME HOODS & CASEWORK shown with Recessed Pulls and Sliding, Frameless Glass Door Upper Wall Cabinets.

What Can Lab Casework Do For You?

Before we get into the weeds and share with you some of the various types of lab cabinets that we can make for you, let’s answer some practical, down-to-earth questions first. Why does your lab need good casework? What can cabinets do for you?

• Storage: This may seem like an obvious thing, but it bears belaboring. At the bottom, a cabinet is just an enclosed compartment where you can store things. Your lab workers’ stock of chemicals alone will be a major thing requiring secure storage. but other things will require storage capacity as well, like extra gloves or goggles. Whenever anyone at a workstation needs something close at hand, a cabinet is an excellent place to leave that thing waiting.
• Versatility: We know that in the lab, as in life, nothing is ever truly one-size-fits-all. That’s why we manufacture cabinets that both large and small. We can make them out of a variety of different materials, fashion them into different shapes, and either attach them to workbenches or have them be standalone units put up on the wall. One of our goals is to offer you the versatility you need to meet your challenges.
• Safety: “Safety First!” is a common mantra in a wide variety of dangerous settings. It’s a mantra one should never lose sight of the fact that the lab can be a dangerous place. With its profusion of caustic and potentially hazardous substances, a lab can be something of a powder keg. With properly designed cabinets, however, you can greatly mitigate these hazards and keep everyone safe.
• Durability and Longevity: Everyone wants equipment that will last, something that can handle the stresses and rigors of everyday use. That’s why we build our cabinets to last for years and years.
• Cost Savings: Good casework can also save lab managers money in a variety of ways. Since our units are built to last a long time and can reliably absurd damage, you will save money on replacement costs.

What Kinds of Features Do Our Cabinets Have?

Now that you have some idea of how and why casework is so important to make your lab run smoothly, you should know a bit about how RDM’s factory-direct cabinets can provide you with the benefits we’ve discussed. What features do our cabinets have? What styles can we make them in? Here’s some idea of how we can make the magic happen:

• Tough, Reliable Materials: We make cabinets out of two main materials: stainless steel and wood. When storing more heavy-duty materials, metal laboratory cabinets can be just what the doctor ordered. For simpler or less high-priority items, wooden cabinets can still be a convenient storage tool. Our metal laboratory cabinets can be further customized with all sorts of other features, both aesthetic and practical. Some of these include a wide selection of colors, adjustable shelves, removable backs, static resistance, plastic lamination, sound headed doors and drawer heads, and more. For more details,  click here.
• Chemical Resistance: We the ever-present danger of caustic chemicals in the lab, it’s clear that you’re going to want to store dangerous acids and other volatile or reactive substances in places that designed to subdue or resist reactivity. Luckily, RDM can make chemical resistant cabinets that are up to the challenge. If even the roughest acids spill on them, they’ll stay in one piece. You can get a more detailed look at how we can design and equip chemical-resistant cabinets here.
• Fire Resistance: Sometimes, sparks fly in the lab. Often, significant amounts of heat are necessary to kick-start reactions. Other times, you’ll have to make use of some highly flammable chemicals in the course of your work. We can make flame-resistant cabinets to prepare you for any eventuality. You can learn more about our flame-resistant cabinets and how we can customize them for you here.

If you decide that you need laboratory cabinets & casework with any combination of these features, we can custom design them for you. None of these important features need necessarily exclude the others. Tell us about your requirements, and we’ll fashion the casework to meet them.

Laboratory Exhaust Fume Hoods

Though technically more than a mere lab storage device, laboratory exhaust fume hoods are nevertheless extremely important tools that can serve certain related critical functions. Fume hoods are meant to keep dangerous gases from spilling out into the general lab environment. They provide sealed off workbench enclosures where researchers can set off chemical reactions that release toxic fumes. Simply place the fume hood around your workbench to hermetically seal off the environment, and you’re good to go.

There are two basic types of laboratory exhaust fume hoods. The distinction between them is based on how they treat and remove noxious fumes. First, ductless fume hoods capture dangerous gases and immediately funnel them to the outside environment, well away from the lab. Ducted fume hoods, on the other hand, will capture the dangerous gas and run it through a filtration system until it is no longer dangerous. What remains can then safely be released back into the lab.

Like cabinets, therefore, fume hoods are critical for keeping dangerous substances away from lab personnel. Which type of fume hood to get for your lab is a personal decision that will vary according to circumstance. Rest assured, RDM is ready to supply you with either type. RDM laboratory fume hoods are a must have addition to round out your laboratory cabinets & casework solution.

Conclusion

Without good cabinets dotting the landscape of your lab — whether near the floor on your workbenches or hanging from the walls — things are bound to become a mess in many more ways than one. Since you can use them to store virtually anything, they are crucial to giving your lab a sense of orderliness, safety, and direction.

All of RDM’s industrial-grade laboratory cabinets & casework, as well as all of our other lab furniture, are proudly manufactured in the USA. Have a look at the full range of our laboratory cabinets & casework today and let us take your lab up a notch.

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There are lab cabinets and casework of many different kinds. But stainless steel cabinets stand head-and-shoulders above any other type that you could possibly choose to supply your lab with. In nearly all important situations and for nearly every major purpose, stainless steel casework brings significant advantages to the labs that have it.

Here, we’ll go through five major reasons why stainless steel casework is a must for your lab and how RDM Industrial Products can provide you with the factory-direct and industrial-quality furnishings that you need. As you’ll see, these reasons are not always independent of one another. Many of them bleed into one another, which only serves to make the case for stainless steel even stronger.

RDM Stainless Steel Casework is available in a variety of Stainless Steel Cabinet Styles including Base Cabinets and Upper Cabinets

1. Stainless Steel Cabinets are Chemical-and-Corrosion-Resistant

The first priority in any lab should be the safety of all researchers and other lab workers. When your work inevitably requires you to keep some unstable and highly reactive substances close at hand, it’s essential to keep them tucked away in environments where they cannot cause harm. Mishaps with dangerous chemicals may either seriously hurt lab personnel or irreparably damage valuable lab equipment.

The chemical properties of certain compounds make it so that human error is not even strictly necessary for something bad to happen. A chemical placed in the wrong surroundings, stored in the wrong type of storage unit or around the wrong types of other chemicals, can go off and wreak untold havoc.

Corrosion is also a serious long-run danger when dealing with stainless steel equipment because all metal can rust. A lab bench, cart, table, or set of lockers of cabinets become extremely unreliable and virtually useless if it becomes rusted or corroded. When this happens, you’ll need to replace whatever has been corroded.

The importance of avoiding all of this cannot be overstated. Thankfully, RDM manufactures chemical-and corrosion-resistant stainless steel cabinets. Our units can be custom-made to be immune to powerful acids that would chew up weaker materials. This is especially important for casework doubling as a laboratory workbench. As such units allow lab scientists and technicians to work and store their chemicals in the same spot.

2. Stainless Steel is Easy to Clean

Stainless steel has its name for a reason. The metal is totally non-porous and therefore doesn’t retain any moisture or allow leftover chemicals to seep into itself. That makes it easy to clean. Its chemical-resistant properties, mentioned above, also make it able to endure bleach or other aggressive cleaning agents, and that only adds to the ease with which it can be kept sterile. Easy cleaning means fewer headaches for those who do the cleaning.

Cleanliness, sterility, prevention of infections and the like are essential to most labs. Once again, worker safety is paramount. For these reasons, you should never overlook how easy stainless steel casework is to clean.

3. Durability

Steel is tough. It’s difficult to dent and just about impossible to break. Thus, even apart from our ability to beef up your lab cabinets’ chemical and corrosion resistance properties, the fact that they’re made of stainless steel means that they will last and last.

Let’s face it: accidents happen. We all know about the danger of inadvertent chemical spills, but labs often use heavy and cumbersome tools as well. A cart weighed down with tools might accidentally hit a workbench or cabinet and damage it, or a worker might drop something heavy, leading it to crash down onto a work surface and render the surface unusable. If your lab has stainless steel cabinets, any damage from such accident will nearly always be minor.

4. Versatility With a Variety of Options

RDM’s stainless steel furnishings come in a variety of different forms. Of course, we create quality-designed laboratory cabinets of all sizes, but stainless steel’s toughness make it the perfect material out of which to create many other kinds of laboratory furniture as well.

One of our different types of laboratory cabinets are sets of cabinets doubling as work benches and complete with drawers for additional storage and a faucet which you can use to quickly wash off chemicals when needed. The workbench surface itself is highly durable, and we can custom-design each unit to be chemical-resistant, corrosion-resistant, covered in plastic laminate and thus easier to wash, or whatever else you need. The cabinets themselves are at the ground level, beneath the drawers. This setup is particularly convenient for lab workers.

We also manufacture larger cabinets that are up to 84 inches high and have massive doors to keep whatever you place onto the shelves safely locked away. These cabinets can be built with standard swinging doors, sliding doors, doors made of glass or steel, or no doors at all — as suits your preference.

Beyond the cabinets, we also manufacture other miscellaneous kinds of stainless steel furnishings, like carts, workbenches, tables and lockers. All of these come in varying shapes and sizes. Our furnishings can help you make reliable and durable workstations for each of your researchers. Even allowing you to customize things to their specific requirements. Thy can help you store material away when not in use or transport them across the lab with ease and speed when you need them. We encourage you to check out some of our other laboratory furniture as well.

5. Value and Cost Efficiency

We’ve already discussed how tough steel casework is and how it can be specially designed to resist the ravages of caustic chemicals. What we haven’t mentioned yet is how these and other qualities are good for your lab’s bottom line.

Physically durable casework can be used reliably and for a long time. Casework with longevity doesn’t need to be replaced nearly as often. Easily cleanable casework that can keep dangerous chemicals safely in check. This also creates a lab where people are less likely to get hurt though contact with something hazardous. All of these things ultimately mean lower costs for your lab, both in terms of equipment replacement costs and other costs that may accompany injured or incapacitated workers.

It’s especially important for lab managers to understand this. Even though cabinets made of another material like wood may save you lab a few bucks in the short run, stainless steel furnishings will help you accumulate cost savings and will thus more than pay for themselves over the long run.

Conclusion

Every lab needs ample storage space. When you need to store anything important or dangerous, stainless steel is indisputably the ideal material for your cabinets. All of RDM’s stainless steel cabinets and other laboratory furnishings are proudly manufactured in the USA. Have a look at some of our products and pick out what’s right for your lab.

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Needless to say, safety is always of the essence in such places, and every precaution should be taken to keep all laboratory personnel out of harm’s way. Proper storage of all hazardous chemicals is, of course, an indispensable element of any lab’s safety protocol. But given the especially dangerous nature of many of the compounds that research scientists so often work with, they cannot be stored just anywhere. Laboratory storage cabinets should be sturdy, reliable, and resistant to damage from the particular suite of chemicals that will be kept in them.

RDM Industrial Products is a leader in the design and manufacture of lab equipment and industrial furniture. They stand at the ready to provide you with the laboratory cabinets and casework that you’ll need to keep your researchers safe and secure. Allowing them to carry on with their critical work. Here are just some of the various kinds of custom cabinets and lab furniture that we can offer you.

RDM Laboratory Cabinets and Casework are suitable for Medical Environment Applications

Classic Cabinet Types

Laboratory cabinets and casework can come in an enormous number of different styles, but the simplest and most recognizable is the humble and unassuming rectangular cabinet that you hang on a wall. These come in a number of different varieties, the first of which is that of your garden-variety commercial casework. These are typically made of wood and are suitable for storing non-corrosive, non-flammable, and non-reactive materials. Depending on the situation, they may even make decent medical-grade cabinets. You’ll be able to store most drugs and medicines in them to keep them within easy reach for conducting tests.

Second, and much more common for labs housing heavy-duty materials, are stainless steel cabinets. These are not only much tougher but can be custom-made to have specific features that may be of inestimable value in a lab environment. For instance, RDM can manufacture industrial-quality flame-resistant cabinets made of stainless steel. Such cabinets would be just the place to store all flammable and explosive compounds. If a fire should break out in the lab, everything stored in such cabinets will be safe from the effects of contact with fire.

We can also manufacture chemical resistant cabinets of all types to fit with your precise specifications. Chemical resistant cabinets will be generally immune from the effects of chemical corrosion, acid damage, and so forth. Thus, if some caustic substance should spill while stored inside, you won’t need to fear any damage to the surrounding area.

Beyond these safety features, cabinets can have various stylistic features. For example; upper cabinets can be hung on a wall. The lower cabinets can also be attached to a wall but can be placed on or near the floor. Furthermore, we can set your lab up with various kinds of mobile and suspended cabinets as well.

In addition to the classic cabinet design, we also offer storage cabinets with file drawers instead of doors. As well as either plastic-laminated or stainless steel locker cabinets for chemical storage as well. RDM manufactures tall cabinets as well for high-volume storage. These can have sliding glass doors or be made entirely of stainless steel.

Indeed, for their durability and dependability, we strongly recommend having a look at the various kinds of quality-designed stainless steel laboratory storage casework that we have on offer.

Counters That Double As Cabinets

The heart of every laboratory is the workstation or counter. This is where the magic happens. It’s where reactions are triggered, experiments are conducted and data are recorded. Your work counter will have a fairly significant amount of space beneath the surface where you actually do your work. That space is wide open to be used for chemical storage. The efficiency benefits to this arrangement are obvious, as it allows you to have whatever chemicals you need close at hand. And you won’t need to run off to some other cabinet on another wall somewhere and break the flow of your work.

However, convenience alone is not enough. To rightly take advantage of convenience, you need to be sure that the chemicals that you keep under your workstation can indeed be safely set there. So let’s put your mind at ease. RDM manufactures work counters whose base cabinets are themselves chemical resistant and flame resistant, as required by your lab. Counter surfaces, too, can be made of Trespa TobLab, Trespa Athlon, epoxy resin, Corian, or other chemical-resistant materials. We have chemical resistant cabinets to meet all your laboratory and industrial facility needs.

Fume Hoods

There is one crucial kind of device-related to laboratory storage that we have refrained from discussing until now. The fume hood. Unlike most chemical storage cabinets, which nearly always house either solid or liquid substances. Fume hoods are specifically meant to either keep dangerous gases contained or remove them entirely from the laboratory environment via a ventilation system.

Basically, the fume hood encloses a laboratory workstation, enveloping it from all four sides as well as from above. If your work at the station involves triggering a reaction which releases toxic gases, the ventilation unit will absorb those gases. There are two main kinds of fume hoods: ducted and ductless (also known as, recirculating). A ducted hood captures released gases at the front of a workstation. Then safely releases it into the outside environment, away from the lab. A ducted hood will capture the gas and then work it through a filtration system. Filtration occurs before releasing it back into the lab, like breathable air. Once properly filtered, the gas is rendered harmless. Thus, not only will fume hood protect lab personnel from noxious fumes. But they can also keep lab equipment from becoming contaminated or damaged as well.

RDM Industrial Products sells various industrial quality fume hoods. All with crucial features like a front fascia to cut down on air turbulence. Or vertically sliding sashes made of safety glass and internal fluorescent lighting. Have a look at our factory-direct, custom-made fume hoods to find one that best suits your lab.

Conclusion

This survey represents only the beginning of what RDM Industrial Products has to offer you and your lab. All RDM products are proudly manufactured in the USA, so you may be sure of our commitment to quality. We know that labs are often home to a long list of hazardous and sensitive compounds. So we are dedicated to making lab equipment that will keep you safe throughout all of your work. We encourage you to check out some of the many kinds of laboratory cabinets and casework that we have in our inventory. And if you can’t find what you need, we offer custom industrial and laboratory furniture too.

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Custom medical grade cabinets offer many benefits. Often designed to accommodate specific workplaces, job tasks, and equipment. They can also be customized to match the decor, atmosphere, and space requirements of specific businesses. This is important since these cabinets will likely be used every day and quite often seen by customers, clients, or patients.

What are Medical Grade Cabinets?

RDM Laboratory Cabinets and Casework

Medical cabinets can be designed for highly complex and sophisticated work environments. Including laboratories, clinics, as well as dental and medical offices. These commercial medical cabinets consist of individual storage units or can be combined into more diverse storage combinations called “casework”.

Casework is usually created using more than one material and can include epoxy resin, laminate, or stainless steel. A mix of different cabinet types is also available. This includes storage cabinets, wall cabinets, steel lab cabinets, locker cabinets, base cabinets, and custom cabinets. There are also many options for drawers, doors, and shelves.

What are the Benefits of Custom Medical Cabinets?

Quality and Durability

Custom commercial medical cabinets are designed to accommodate specific medical and laboratory requirements. For this reason, they offer a higher level of quality and durability. Custom cabinets are created using carefully selected and high-quality materials and are built to last.

Speaking of custom laboratory cabinets, they are primarily made from high-quality stainless steel because they are essential components of every labs. Steel lab cabinets are also extremely durable and include corrosion-resistant paint technology. 

Flame and chemical resistant cabinets are also available for added durability. Made from 16-gauge steel, flame-resistant steel cabinets ensure the best protection from fire and even include self-closing doors and other protective features. Chemical resistant cabinets include chemical-resistant interior linings. For this reason, they are a great option for storing chemicals and other potentially harmful substances.

Functionality

Custom commercial cabinets also provide increased functionality. This can include custom shelves and drawers as well as medical cabinets with sink options. Custom cabinets should increase the efficiency and productivity of the workplace. Workplaces should not have to be altered to accommodate non-customized cabinetry.

Laminate cabinets are often used in medical offices. This choice of cabinet is easy-to-clean and often matches common office aesthetics. A key requirement of medical and dental offices is the ability to neatly store supplies while allowing for an efficient working environment.  It’s also important to include locking and security features for the storage of controlled substances. Sometimes it’s also necessary to move storage cabinets. For example, supplies and instruments are often moved for medical procedures. In these situations, mobile commercial medical cabinets are also available with wheels and can be easily moved around and secured in place.

Personalization

Custom medical grade cabinets can also be personalized. Many different designs, finishes, materials, and colours are available and can be combined to suit the unique needs of any workplace. Stainless steel cabinets can also be individually customized and are available in different styles. In many medical and dental offices, custom cabinets will be visible to visitors and patients. Therefore it’s important to ensure the cabinets are visually appealing and match the surrounding décor.

RDM’s industrial quality, factory direct custom cabinets are proudly manufactured in the USA. To learn more about the different cabinet options click here.

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Steel lab cabinets can consist of individual storage units or be combined into more diverse storage combinations called laboratory casework to accommodate different sizes of laboratory equipment. Casework is usually created using more than one material and can include epoxy resin, laminate, or stainless steel. A mix of different cabinet types is also available, including storage cabinets, wall cabinets, steel lab cabinets, locker cabinets, base cabinets, and custom cabinets. There are also many options for drawers, doors, and shelves.  

Laboratory casework offers a flexible, customizable, and highly functional solution for laboratory cabinet needs that extend well beyond the benefits of a simple stand-alone cabinet. Besides the obvious storage solutions that are expected from commercial cabinets, laboratories require many other specialized features:

Standard Steel Lab Cabinets

Built with high quality steel, steel lab cabinets are extremely durable and include corrosion-resistant paint technology. The best part – steel lab cabinets can be customized and are available in different designs and styles.

Flame Resistant Laboratory Cabinets

Made from 16-gauge steel, these are not your every-day commercial cabinets. Flame resistant laboratory cabinets ensure the best protection from fire and even include self-closing doors and other protective features.

Chemical Resistant Laboratory Cabinets

Built using a reinforced steel structure, these cabinets include chemical-resistant interior linings. For this reason, they are a great option for storing chemicals and other potentially harmful substances.

Flow Hood Laboratory Cabinets

Also referred to as Laminar Flow Hood Cabinet, Flow Cabinet, or Laminar Flow Workbench, these are sterile enclosures that use a HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filtration system to clean the air. Commonly used in medical research laboratories, these laboratory cabinets are used to prevent contamination by keeping dust, dirt, and particulates out of the cabinet system. 

RDM Laminar Flow Laboratory Cabinet – Bench-top Model LF-102P-B-WHITE-02

What type of flow hood do you need for your laboratory cabinet? This is determined by the direction of air flow and the specific protection requirements of the lab. For example, the Vertical Laminar Flow Hood protects both the worker and sample by placing the filter directly above the work area.  Contaminated air is directed down from the top, through the filter, and downward through holes in the base of the cabinet. Alternatively, the Horizontal Laminar Flow Hood provides less protection for workers by directing air horizontally, from the back towards the worker. This direction of airflow provides increased protection for products and samples.

Biological Safety Laboratory Cabinets

Biosafety cabinets are similar to laminar air flow cabinets but provide extra protection for laboratory workers and the environment. These types of cabinets are suitable for working with harmful or infectious materials.

Biosafety cabinets are available in a variety of classes depending on the level of protection required: 

• Class 1 laboratory biosafety cabinets provide protection to lab workers and the laboratory environment. Lab samples, however, are not protected from contamination.
• Class 2 biosafety cabinets are used when working with potentially hazardous materials. They provide protection to both workers and lab samples.
• Class 3 biosafety cabinets are the best choice when the highest level of safety is required. This option is essential when working with infectious diseases or pathogens. An an air-tight work space protects both workers and the laboratory environment.

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Many industrial workplaces feature extremely harsh working environments. This is characterized by the use of hazardous chemicals and materials. Not all cabinets are suitable for use in such spaces and for storing toxic materials. Thus, this is why commercial storage cabinets are available in metals such as steel. Metal lab cabinets can withstand tough and rigorous working conditions. They are available with chemical resistant coatings so that they can withstand exposure to harmful pathogens and chemicals too.

Different Storage Solutions for Industrial Work Environments

Every industrial workplace has varying storage needs, demanding different kinds of storage solutions. To ensure the efficiency of the workplace and facilitate a smooth workflow, various styles of industrial cabinets are available.

Some of the most common styles of commercial cabinets including:

• Laboratory cabinets
• Locker cabinets
• Reception counters
• Service counters
• Casework

One can easily customize their storage solutions with options lying shelves, drawers, filing cabinets, pegboards, etc. This is instrumental in maintaining cohesion between the design of the cabinets and the functionality.

Uses of Commercial Cabinets?

Commercial cabinets and casework are designed to equip various materials and equipment like paperwork, specimens and samples, tools and various others.

Here are a few things that commercial cabinets are used in an industrial workplace:

Preservation of specimens

In a laboratory, the specimens are in extremely controlled environments and conditions to guarantee their proper preservation. Biological cabinets are designed for such laboratory applications, aimed at protecting the samples and specimens in a lab. The cabinets allow proper ventilation to ensure that the samples do not turn moldy.

Storage of tools

Industrial workplaces utilize many pieces of equipment and tools. These are easily available in the workshops. The tools need to be stored in good condition and properly to prevent them from being misplaced. As the repair and replacement of tools can be quite expensive, it is essential to use proper cabinets for their storage. There are various configurations of cabinets and casework available to store your tools effectively.

Supporting heavy machinery and materials

A large number of materials are in use in an industrial setting. All these materials need to be sorted and stored properly on separate shelves or racks. Also, the materials and machines used in industrial workshops and manufacturing units are generally heavy. Commercial cabinets are sturdy and heavy-duty so that they can support the weight of the equipment and materials.

Caseworks for miscellaneous storage

Casework systems play a major role in industrial space for a wide variety of storage applications. Laboratory casework systems are quite different from the stand-alone cabinets. Thus, they serve several functions. They act as a dynamic storage unit, catering to a range of storage materials like documents and chemicals. Cabinets help in storing other things like packing materials, boxes, stationery and much more. You can customize them in different forms like drawer only, the door only, base units, etc.

All commercial and industrial workspaces such as labs, research centers, and other such industries are popular for long procedures. For smooth workflow, it is essential to not only have the right tools and materials, but also the right furniture and storage solutions. Commercial cabinets are thus a prerequisite for an efficient workplace.

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