This arrangement presents many benefits for you. Not only does it make it easier to get exactly what you need, but you can also get better answers if you have any questions. We’re going to cover why you should work with us. We at RDM Industrial have the laboratory furniture solutions you need to keep workers safe and happy.

Why Buy From a Laboratory Furniture Manufacturer Like RDM Industrial Products?

Since 1977, RDM Industrial Products, Inc., has been manufacturing and distributing quality industrial and laboratory furniture – specializing in custom furniture solutions.

We are only going to touch on the manufacturing aspect of our company here. As we said above, we are both the manufacturer and supplier. We produce a wide variety of laboratory furnishings to meet your heavy demands.

We produce stainless steel, wood, plastic laminate, and other sorts of lab tables to fit your needs. Not only are there various materials to choose from with our lab tables, but there are many features to choose from.

For example, you can choose laboratory tables with adjustable heights, wheels and casters, storage options, lighting, and much more. Our laboratory tables are made to be as versatile as possible while adhering to stringent safety standards. Not only that but all our furniture is proudly made in the USA. This ensures industrial quality so that your workers are safe while working with corrosive and dangerous materials.

Sometimes you need tables to be mobile or you need to carry supplies around the lab. Our laboratory carts are ideal for that. Along with the best materials you can choose from, we also offer special features such as storage cabinets and containment tops. We provide adjustable height carts, flat carts, and much more. As we said before, we are one of the laboratory furniture manufacturers that also provides custom orders to match your needs.

If you’re in need of lab cabinets, then we offer that as well. These are safe places to store acids, corrosives, and other hazardous materials. Our industrial quality cabinets are made to withstand the rigors of harsh laboratory experiments. This ensures that you can do your work without worrying about the furniture failing you.

Working With Supplier and Manufacturer Makes for a Better Experience

We described above why we’re one of the best and most versatile laboratory furniture manufacturers to keep your workers safe. Now let’s talk about why working with combination laboratory furniture suppliers and manufacturers is better for your business.

The truth is that many laboratory furniture suppliers don’t make their own furniture. That is left up to the manufacturer. This tends to increase prices somewhat because there are two businesses involved instead of one, but that’s not the biggest issue.

Let’s say that there is a problem with the lab furniture. Maybe it failed prematurely or a special feature isn’t working as expected. You need to call the supplier since they are the ones who sold you the furniture, but they then need to call the manufacturer. Not only does this increase how long it takes to get an answer, but you’ll often find that these laboratory furniture suppliers know relatively little about the furniture since they didn’t make it.

This also makes it hard to customize the furniture. Once again, the supplier needs to speak to the manufacturer to see if the custom furniture can be made. As you know, there is a higher chance of mistakes when more people are involved. This means that the custom piece may still not meet your needs.

These are problems you might encounter if you just deal with the supplier. We at RDM are both the supplier and laboratory furniture manufacturer. That means all our processes roll into one. Whether you’re looking to buy standard pieces or have custom furniture, we do it all for you. This means that you are talking directly to the manufacturer, which ensures that the finished piece is exactly what you’re looking for.

Our service is also unparalleled. Instead of having to call another business to see what went wrong and how it can be fixed, we can handle problems directly with you. This ensures that any unexpected issues are handled quickly and effectively. You won’t have to wait days and days to hear back.

Laboratories have very stringent needs and you can’t sit around waiting for answers. You also can’t waste time with incorrect furniture orders that don’t help your workers. Ordering from a combined manufacturer and supplier like us ensures that the entire process is as smooth as possible.

In Conclusion

We at RDM Industrial Products, Inc. proudly manufacture and sell our own furniture. This shortens the supply chain and ensures you get answers quickly and promptly. Not only that, but we can rapidly fulfill custom or standard orders for your lab or manufacturing plant. Contact us today and we will work with you to get your order completed to your specifications. We’d like to be your go-to Laboratory Furniture Manufacturer.

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Let’s take a minute or two to delve in a little deeper on each of these key Laboratory Top Surface Options…

Solid Surface Trespa Tops

RDM designs and fabricates laboratory furniture to accommodate your project specifications.  We also have a variety of laboratory surface top options available to meet your specific needs.

Trespa Tops offer a great mix of flexibility and durability due to their high-pressure compact laminate construction. Did you know – Solid Surface Trespa Tops, specifically the TopLab Plus line of products, have been engineered to be ideal for many diverse laboratory setups.

Highlights of Solid Surface Trespa Tops:

• They are resistant to the most aggressive chemical and cleaning products. This resistance makes the tops easy to clean and great for use in all types of labs.
• The tops resist bacterial growth, along with being chemical resistant for up to 24-hours.
• Trespa Tops are incredibly durable and have a scratch-resistant surface.

Stainless Steel Lab Tops

Stainless steel is one of the most stable materials you can use in your lab. This stability makes them ideal for use in cleanrooms, operating rooms, and lab environments. Stainless can be had in many different finishes including a brushed finish, a smooth finish, and an ultra-smooth electropolished finish. The electropolish finish is mostly used in ultra-clean cleanrooms due to its mirror-like sheen. Making it easy to spot foreign particulates and debris. We offer two grades of stainless, 304 and 316. 304 is a high-quality option that is great for general use. 316 offers better corrosion resistance and is most common in outdoor and marine use cases. The durability and resilience of stainless make it an ideal choice if you are looking to get a lab table or lab bench.

Chemical Resistant Table Tops

Having chemical-resistant equipment is essential in most laboratories, even if the lab does not specialize in chemical work. Non-chemical-resistant laboratory tables and benches can be porous and hold onto high-strength cleaners when they are applied to their surfaces. This can lead to the equipment retaining these toxic substances and in turn creating a contaminated work surface. We offer a wide range of chemical-resistant surfaces and our team of experts can help you pick out the surface that best fits your line of work. Most chemical-resistant surfaces come as either a laminate or a pure slab of material.

Chemical Resistant Surfaces

• Solid Phenolic (Trespa): offers a non-porous surface with high levels of chemical and heat resistance.
• Epoxy Resins: are harder than our other surfaces and do well in impact-heavy environments. If you want to modify your epoxy surfaces, you need to use special diamond tooling to machine the modifications.
• Pionite ChemGuard: is a high-pressure laminate (HPL) is a common choice in schools, health care facilities, and other high-wear applications due to its durability and customizability. ChemGuard is usually mounted on a solid wood surface with a phenolic backing mounted on the inverse side of the wood.
• Nevamar ChemArmor: is an HPL that is commonly used for lab benches, cabinets, and other high-traffic work surfaces. It is in conformance with NEMA LDS-2005 3.4 stain resistance and SEFA 8-PL-2010 recommended practices, section 8.1 chemical resistance, which makes it ideal for most common laboratory applications.
• WilsonArt ChemSurf: this laminate has been designed to be able to withstand the harshest acids, bases, and solvents on the market without deteriorating. It is ideal for use in healthcare and hospitality, as it is easy to clean and dependable.

Heat Resistant Surface Tops

These types of surface tops can be essential in a variety of laboratory settings. As you know, heat can be produced by countless sources like a chemical reaction or a Bunsen burner. No matter the source, excess heat can lead to warpage or even melting of standard laboratory tables. Our industrial products can be customized with heat resistant materials. Surface tops like Trespa or even epoxy to help combat the effects of high heat on our lab tables.

No matter if you need a singular lab bench, or a whole new setup of industrial furniture for your factory. Our team at RDM Industrial Products Inc., has you covered. Our industrial & laboratory products are proudly made in the USA. And of course, many of our product lines can be customized to fit your unique specifications and needs.

If you have any questions regarding what surface tops would be ideal for your lab tables, give us a call at 1-877-483-5733. Our team is ready to work with you to better understand the needs of your equipment requirements. And after your specifications are established, we can go over your feature options and what surface tops will best cover all of your bases.

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In an environment like that, the buildup of static electricity is an ever-present concern. Under everyday conditions, a little bit of static electricity is virtually never cause for any serious concern. But when sensitive equipment and volatile chemicals surround you, that story can be rather different. Indeed, mitigating electrostatic discharges is often one of the principal safety goals in most labs.

It is this important goal that RDM Industrial Products’ static control furniture is designed to help meet your needs. All of our factory-direct lab furniture is proudly manufactured in the USA, but our anti-static furnishings number among some of our very proudest accomplishments.

Here’s a bit of important information about our anti-static furnishings, why they are so critical to so many workplaces and how it is that they work their magic.

Why Use Static Control Furniture?

Workplace managers are already burdened with having to make a large number of critical decisions. More than a few of which involve the selection and purchase of key equipment. Given that you’re probably working under a budget and that all kinds of tools and furnishings are competing for your dollar, the first and most important question that you may be asking is: Why is static-dissipating furniture so important?

One side of the answer to this question can be summed up in a single word: safety. As already alluded to, even a single spark of static electricity that goes off at the wrong time while in the vicinity of flammable chemicals can cause a catastrophe. Given the horrendous damage not only to important equipment but also to life and limb that this can cause, it’s just not worth it to risk allowing the buildup of static in your lab.

In particular, if you work in a lab that contains gases like oxygen, hydrogen or carbon dioxide, static-dissipating furniture should be non-negotiable.

The other side of why anti-static furnishings are important is that static electricity can disrupt the functioning of many important devices. It can throw a measuring apparatus out of kilter. Or even hinder the functioning of ventilation system if you’re not careful. This many not be as dramatic as a chemical explosion, but it’s no less capable of crippling your lab. If the tools in your lab don’t work is intended, all of your workers’ effort might as well be for naught.

What Kinds of Static Control Furnishings Are There?

RDM ESD Static Control Carts

Now that you have some idea of the overriding importance of industrial-quality ESD furniture, our next order of business is to walk you through some of the many different kinds of static control units that RDM can build for you.

• Carts:

  Carts are an incredibly useful tool to have in a great many different work environments. They enable swift transportation of tools across the work area, and they make it easy to distribute safety equipment and other necessities to workers. Static control carts combine these features with the safety features of all anti-static furniture that we have discussed above. If you need to side a dangerous chemical or a sensitive tool across a room, you can use static control carts to do so while remaining confident that the chances of an accident occurring have been brought to a minimum. We manufacture a wide variety of such carts. Whether you need small transportation cart or a larger one meant for storage. Or you need carts with two shelves or with many more than that. Maybe you just need the shelves to be fixed in place or adjustable. RDM has you covered.

• Workbenches and Tables:

  

  RDM Workbench Table with ESD Static Control Table Top Surface.

  Reliable workbenches are arguably the most important pieces of furniture in the entire laboratory. It is impossible to imagine much work being done without them. Crucially, they are also where lab researchers synthesize compounds and perform their experiments. That makes them the epicentres for all of the potentially devastating consequences of using reactive chemicals. Thus, no lab without ESD static control workbenches can be said to truly be taking safety seriously. We cannot emphasize enough how important it is to have ESD static control workbenches and tables in your lab.

• Shelves:

  Anti-static shelves available in two ways. As accessories to other anti-static furniture like carts or workbenches or as standalone units in their own right. Our standalone units are large and stationary. And we include the option for you to be able to adjust the distance between the shelves. If added onto a work table, they provide workers with additional space.

• Static Control Furniture Accessories:

  We also manufacture a number of accessories to our furniture that can also be made to have static dissipating properties. Some of our ESD static control accessories include things like adjustable table legs and cantilever shelves. We also offer overhead table racks and cabinet doors with static control surfaces. We also sell anti-static solutions that you can apply to all kinds of surfaces.

Bear in mind that we can custom design all kinds of ESD static control furniture accessories. As well as other furniture pieces for you according to your precise specifications. And to further increase workplace safety, we can also make our industrial & laboratory furniture flame-resistant and chemical-resistant.

Have a look at some of our industrial-duty ESD static control furniture. For products meant to be used at a finer-grained level, we recommend looking here.

Conclusion

We hope to have impressed upon you the extreme importance of properly guarding against the emergence of electrostatic discharges in all sorts of industrial and laboratory settings. Although much of our emphasis has been placed here on research laboratories and the special dangers that unexpected electrostatic discharges present for them, labs are by no means the only workplaces where static control furniture is needed. Any kind of industrial or factory setting in which machines are doing sensitive work is a prime candidate for the use of industrial-duty ESD static control furniture.

With more than four decades of experience under our belts, RDM is one of the world’s premier industrial furniture manufacturers. We pride ourselves not only on our ability to supply you with the industrial-quality furniture that you need. But also to design everything according to your exact specifications — thus putting the power into your hands.

We encourage you to browse through all of our specialized industrial furniture. This knowledge will help when upgrading your lab or industrial space into a force to be reckoned with.

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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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Established in 1977, RDM Industrial Products, Inc., has been in business for more than 40 years as a Manufacturer Direct & Distributor of Industrial & Laboratory Furniture. Does your laboratory need a simple set-up of workbenches, cabinets and casework? Or perhaps you need a custom solution, from top to bottom including fume hoods, carts and laboratory seating. RDM Industrial Products, Inc., has been delivering what their clients want and need with outstanding results for 40+ years.

40+ Years In Business:

Manufacturing and delivering quality, durable industrial furniture in order to service the blossoming high-tech industry’s needs is a specialty of RDM Industrial Products, Inc. For over four decades they have been meeting the needs of laboratory designers and managers. Providing custom lab systems that include adjustable height tables, ergonomic workbenches and chemical/heat resistant tops for the work tables.

Since 1977, RDM Industrial Products, Inc., has been Manufacturing & Distributing top quality Industrial & Laboratory furniture – specializing in Custom Solutions.

There’s a lot to consider when setting up a new laboratory or industrial workspace. There’s a need for high quality furniture, cabinetry and casework that can stand up to the rigours of usage. Whether it is healthcare, educational or biotechnology facility – to name a few. RDM Industrial Products, Inc. has the experience needed to do the job. They are able to customize and adapt to the specific needs of each client. And they have the positive reviews to back up their successes. Over 90% of their customers are from referrals, showing how wonderful their word-of-mouth has been over the years.

Custom Furniture Solutions:

RDM Industrial Products, Inc. offers a vast array of both industrial and lab furniture. And they’re up for the challenge to meet the specific needs of your business. They offer customized layout plans that will include all the basics like technician stations, storage and filing cabinets, and movable carts. Their manufacturing department specializes in promptly delivering the exact furniture solutions the client has specified. Their number one goal is ensuring the satisfaction of every customer.

Not all laboratory furniture or industrial equipment and furnishings are created equal. Customers need products that stand up to the strenuous conditions that are often present in a lab. Quite often, things get spilled or splashed, and a lab manager wants to see minimal damage to the furniture. RDM Industrial Products, Inc. offers polyurethane painted metal surfaces that can stand up to short-term corrosive chemical contact. Although no surface is impenetrable and splashes should be cleaned as quickly as possible to minimize damage, these surfaces are both chemical and heat resistant and are quite practical in a lab setting.

Ergonomic:

If ergonomics are important to you, RDM has plenty of industrial & laboratory furnishings to choose from. Including chairs, workbenches, tables, and more that are height adjustable and functional. Height-adjustable laboratory tables and general lift tables are available in a wide variety of styles, and we offer both standard and customizable models.

RDM Industrial Products Inc. is a trusted and highly rated furniture Manufacturer Direct & Distributor of Industrial & Laboratory Furniture. Specializing in both high quality laboratory and industrial furniture. While they have an extensive line-up of dependable furniture models, cabinetry and casework in stock and ready for distribution, they also specialize in custom solutions for your laboratory areas should you require something more specific.

After 40+ years in business, RDM Industrial Products, Inc., is still running strong and continues to serve their clientele with the best possible solutions.

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It’s hard to imagine most, if not all, of these things being done effectively — or even at all — if good and reliable lab tables were not at the disposal of the research staff. The table surface, after all, is where all of the magic happens. Lab tables are the foundation for all the lab activities alluded to above.

In essence, a lab table is a simple thing. It’s just a flat, horizontal surface with some legs to hold it up. And though each and every one of our laboratory tables and benches fits that general template, we customize too. We offer all kinds of factory-direct models for sale that have specialized capabilities ranging far beyond what that simple description can capture.

RDM prides itself on designing industrial-grade lab furniture. Always built to the very highest standards of quality and functionality. Because lab benches and tables occupy such a critical place at the very heart of any lab, it’s especially important for us to get them right. We bring more than forty years of distinguished experience to our manufacturing and designs.

Here’s a look at just some of the many differs kinds of lab tables that RDM can build for you, what they can do for your lab, what they are made of and what special features they can have to make them stand out.

RDM Lab Tables Types & Their Features

Our large selection of industrial-quality lab tables can be split into a number of categories. Doing this allows us to isolate their specific features. Some of these categories and features include:

Shape:

Each and every one of our tables comes factory-direct. Meaning that we can build it for you according to your exact specifications and parameters. We believe in giving our customers as much power of customization as possible, and one of the ways we do that is by offering tables in as many different shapes as possible. Smaller square tables, longer rectangular tables, L-shaped tables, benches with 45-degree corners and more are all available for your perusal. Once you specify the shape you want, you’ll also be able to request specific dimensions.

Adjustable Height Lab Tables:

Our height-adjustable table models are some of the most perennially popular to come out of our facilities, and with good reason. Tables and workbenches that aren’t limited to being a specific height can be useful in a multitude of applications. Their height can be adjusted using either a hydraulic lift, a hand crank or both.

Tilting Tables:

We also manufacture certain tables whose surfaces can be tilted using a hydraulic lift and let to stand at an angle.

Light Tables:

Illuminated tables are like ordinary work tables and benches, except that they come with an added light source. Light automatically attached, usually some sort of large LED bulb or bulbs which can be turned on or off and whose intensity can be regulated. Light can either come from beneath the surface or from an overhead light boom. We can also add the ability to tilt the table surface if you require it.

Miscellaneous Features:

Our manufacturer-direct tables can also be built with a number of other useful miscellaneous features. These include wheels, which allow for mobility; overhead racks or cabinets as well ground-level shelves or cabinets, which increase storage capacity; and the ability to either drop of or add on table extensions, which can make your table longer or shorter as your specific circumstances happen to require.

Here’s a more comprehensive list of every lab bench and table we have at RDM Industrial Products.

Some Important General and Specific Benefits of Lab Tables

Generalities:

The primary general benefit of a good work table is that it provides lab researchers and staff with a reliable and sturdy place to work and keep all of the equipment that’s immediately necessary to perform their daily work. Certain units can also come equipped with cabinets, drawers or additional shelves or overhead racks. That gives these units added holding capacity. Lower shelves are also possible.

Specified Advantages:

Beyond these general advantages, our different units bring with them certain specific advantages, each unique to each type. For instance, stainless steel lab tables offer exceptional sturdiness and longevity. Our stainless steel lab tables can also be custom-designed to be chemical-resistant, flame-resistant and/or ESD static-resistant. These properties can be extremely useful when dealing with harsh, flammable or otherwise heavy-duty chemicals and tools. Anyone in search of long-term savings on lab furniture replacement costs should really give these units serious consideration.

Versatility:

Adjustable height lab tables provide a kind of versatility that is impossible for standard units. Every person is unique, and the same desk work arrangement isn’t going to be comfortable or optimal for everyone. The ability to adjust the table’s surface height enables the same unit to accommodate both short and tall workers and to be suitable both for those who enjoy working string down and for those who prefer to do it standing up.

Light Tables:

Light tables comprise a special category all their own. Their peculiar use lies in their ability to illuminate dark environments and to provide excellent visibility for experimental and research tasks where precision is essential.

Our Lab Tables Made With

Stainless Steel:

Used as a major building material, in constructing each quality-designed lab bench and table from RDM. Stainless steel is used in our other industrial-quality furniture as well. The reason why is fairly obvious. Reliability and sturdiness are indispensable in environments where caustic and corrosive chemicals are everywhere and there is always some risk of a spill.

Wood:

For simpler and less critical tasks, however, we also make standard wooden lab tables in many of the shapes and sizes already described. Such tables can be useful not only for simpler experimental work, but also as a place to keep a computer and allow clerks, receptionists and other workers of that sort to ply their trades.

Conclusion

Any research centre seeking to be efficient, well-managed, organized and comfortable for the working staff – including a collection of custom-designed laboratory tables is a simple fix. Of course, recognizing that labs have different needs, we build our tables according to a wide ranged of shapes and styles and use a diverse but dependable set of materials. We place into your hands the power to outfit them with all sorts of special features, both major and minor. Because we know that, while all labs have peculiar needs, the laboratory table is the backbone of any laboratory.

Over the course of RDM’s more than four-decade-long history, our products continue to be manufactured in the USA. We encourage you to take a look at what laboratory furnishings we have in stock and let us help you bring your lab up to the next level.

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Laboratory furniture is in many ways the foundation of all lab work. It represents the hard and steady surfaces where all work is performed. And let’s not forget, where laboratory tools and samples are stored and equipment is transported. It is the rock on which the foundation of every research lab is built.

But what if your lab furnishings budget is limited? What are the key laboratory furniture components that every lab manager absolutely needs to get?

Here are five of what we condor to be the most critical pieces of laboratory furniture that there are.

1. Laboratory Casework and Cabinets

The simple, humble cabinet is an essential piece of laboratory furniture. Every lab of reasonable size will be teeming with all sorts of materials — especially tools and chemicals — which need to be used only intermittently. When not in use, they’ll need to be stored away. Since many common lab chemicals are caustic, flammable, or otherwise hazardous, they’ll need to be put away somewhere where they can’t do harm.

RDM’s quality-designed laboratory casework is just the thing to help you in all of these crucial areas. We made a wide array of both overhead and floor cabinets. As mentioned, we can include these as part of our workbenches, but we are happy to produce standalone casework as well. As with our workbenches and tables, we can make our cabinets flame-resistant, chemical-resistant, and/or static-resistant. We can make both small and large-sized cabinets. Our large, tall storage cabinets, in addition to the standard features already mentioned, also allow you to choose which kinds of doors you’d like them to have. We offer stainless steel doors, glass doors, or no doors at all. We can also make doors that either swing or slide open.

Have a look at RDM’s wide selection of industrial-quality laboratory casework here.

2. Lab Tables and Workstations

Arguably, tables and workstations are the most important pieces of furniture that you can have in your lab. They’re where all of the magic happens — where many important experiments are performed, where all chemicals are mixed and samples inspected, and where all lab workers and researchers spend the majority of their working hours. It’s virtually impossible to imagine a lab humming along smoothly without good tables or workbenches placed orderly about.

RDM’s laboratory workbenches are designed for maximal efficiency comfort. Most of our workbenches are made of stainless steel, though you have the option of ordering ones made of wood or other materials if you so desire. We also sell special types of workbenches called laminar flow workstations, which are meant to prevent particulate matter from disturbing or contaminating lab samples. In laminar flow workstations, the work surface is encased in glass or acrylic to keep anything unwanted from getting in.

Our laboratory tables come in many different shapes and sizes and can boast quite a wide range of functionalities. Tables can be square-shaped, rectangular, L-shaped, or have an F-frame. Though most of our tables are made of stainless steel, we also offer some wooden models for sale as well.

In addition to all of this, you can also place orders for factory-direct tables with any of the following special features:

• overhead racks or shelves
• overhead lighting fixtures
• adjustable-height legs
• wheels
• side drawers
• floor cabinets (for workbenches)
• adding of fireproof coating, chemical-resistant coating, or ESD anti-static coating to stainless steel tables
• light tables with adjustable and tilt-able surfaces

All of our factory-direct laboratory tables and workstations can be customized to suit your labs’ specific requirements. Customization is based accordingly on any of the parameters discussed here, and many others as well. These and other features all meant to make workers comfortable, safe, and productive.

3. Ergonomic Lab Seating

RDM Offers a Wide Variety of Industrial Duty and Laboratory Chairs

We’ve already discussed some of the critical lab equipment that allows work to get done. But there’s a second side to every lab work equation that reaches beyond mere efficiency. Comfort is this other side.

Uncomfortable workers are disgruntled and unproductive workers. Comfortable ones are happy and hardworking ones. Since lab workers will likely spend hours every day sitting at their workbenches, they’re going to need some comfortable chairs.

Our ergonomic laboratory seating is simple but deceptively luxurious. We offer a number of height-adjustable chairs with supportive backrests, leg rests and wheels for quick mobility if you need to slide from place to place. Our laboratory seating varies greatly in size, giving it the ability to comfortably support all workers, large, small, short, and tall.

4. Laboratory Fume Hoods

A fume hood is a very advanced piece of technical equipment. Which is nevertheless indispensable to workers’ safety whenever the question of handling noxious fumes comes up. Certain chemical reactions release dangerous gases as by-products. To keep all lab personnel out of danger, the air into which such gasses are expelled should be kept strictly segregated from the air that they breathe, and the gases should be swiftly removed from the lab environment.

That’s exactly what fume hoods are designed to do. They can be thought of either as accessories to workstations or as special devices in their own right. A fume hood encloses a workstation and keeps gases from flowing into the rest of the lab. It also sucks up said gases and swiftly removes them from the outside through a ventilation system. Fume hoods can be either ducted or ductless. Ductless hoods simply capture and release gases. Ducted hoods run them through a filtration system before releasing them.

5. Lab Utility Carts

Often, things need to be transported quickly across the lab and put into the hands of others. Whether you need to swiftly distribute some important tools that your researchers need to carry on with their work, or whether you need to collect chemicals or safety equipment from everyone at the end of the day, a good lab cart is an excellent thing to have.

We make custom laboratory carts and mobile tables of a variety of different kinds. Of course, the fact that we’re ready to build them in any way you need — whether high or low, single or multi-shelved, square or rectangular — puts all of the power at your disposal. Whichever sort of custom laboratory carts, your lab requires, RDM stands ready to build them at an industrial quality.

Conclusion

A well-rounded lab may have more than just these pieces of furniture, but we feel confident in saying that no lab can be truly complete without them. No matter what you happen to need, we encourage you to browse through our full collection of lab furniture until you find something that precisely meets your requirements. All of our equipment is proudly manufactured in the USA. At RDM Industrial Products, we’re ready to provide you with only the very finest of lab furnishings.

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The Importance Of Mobility

We believe that one of the best ways to get the most out of your industrial furniture is to ensure that it is mobile. By using mobile furniture, including carts and tables, you allow yourself more freedom in your workplace’s layout. You can easily transport a mobile cart or table from one workstation to the next, depending on the needs of your staff and the current projects that they are working on.

What Lines Of Work Do You Provide Mobile Furnishings For?

Our mobile furnishings can be configured to fit nearly any line of work, or workspace. This is due to our customizable options, and quality modular designs. Our modular design allows our equipment to excel in nearly any workplace ranging from a manufacturing plant to a military base.

Here, at RDM Industrial Products, we will work with you to help you pick out the mobile furniture that best fits your workplace. We have a whole archive of designs for you to pick from. Nearly all of our equipment can be customized with features that enhance practicality or allow for added functionality. One of the benefits of our factory direct approach is that if we don’t carry what you need, we can work with you to custom design something that fits your requirements.

What Kinds Of Mobile Furnishings Do We Carry?

Our catalog of mobile furnishings is expansive, and we are always adding new products. Some of our most popular products include mobile tables, workbenches with casters, storage cabinets, and packaging carts. We can help you pick out your ideal industrial furnishings by providing you with a breakdown of the functionality and common use cases for all of our most prominent mobile products.

Carts

Industrial and laboratory carts are one of the most customizable products we provide to our customers. Carts can come in many different designs that have been optimized for different tasks. Industrial carts are typically made out of durable materials that are easy to clean and maintain. These qualities help to increase efficiency when using industrial carts.

Another type of cart we offer, are heavy duty utility carts. These carts feature a steel frame construction that helps to elevate their durability past a standard industrial cart. Heavy duty utility carts also get outfitted with industrial-duty casters, to handle the larger loads that they are made to endure.

Tables

Industrial designed mobile tables are fairly similar to carts, but they typically have a larger surface area. This makes them ideal for more stationary applications than carts. However, the casters on the tables allow for similar levels of mobility. Industrial tables can act as single workstations, or you can use them for group projects. You can further increase the practicality of mobile tables by equipping them with a lower shelf. This allows them to act as additional storage for whatever project your team is working on on the primary level of the table.

Workbenches

Workbenches are most commonly used as primary workstations for teams or individuals. They can be upgraded with drawers, cabinets, and shelves, which is great for increasing organization at that workstation. Workbenches can also be equipped with various overhead lighting solutions. Having a more direct source of light can help reduce eye strain when taking notes, reading journals, or running experiments. Your workers will appreciate the increased control that a mobile workbench can provide over their workstation. Being able to easily take their work with them from one lab to the next will help to streamline the working process.

Roll Storage

Roll storage carts are the best option if you need to move or store rolls of product. Rolling storage carts can either have a rigid design with fixed height roll holders, or a more open design with adjustable height roll holders. Both designs come with industrial-grade casters that allow for easy transportation of your rolls. Combining your roll storage with roll transportation helps to save valuable space in your workplace. Your can order a roll storage cart in any one of our preset sizes. However, if those won’t do the job, we can manufacture one with your customized dimensions upon request.

Ergonomic Options

Having an ergonomic workstation is just as important as having a mobile workstation when it comes to worker productivity. A cart or table that is not the right size for a worker can cause strain or discomfort while they are working. This will lead to lower efficiency, and it can even cause injuries. Adjustable height carts and tables allow you to circumnavigate this problem completely. Adjustable height carts can come with either a hand crank or an electric motor to raise or lower the cart. They are hydraulically-assisted, and some models can raise the casters when you raise the cart. This allows for better stability when you are working without sacrificing any mobility when you need to move the cart or table.

Another ergonomic option is getting a table with a Tilt Top. Tilt Top tables are ideal if your workers will be doing a lot of writing or reading. They provide for a more natural angle to rest your arm on as you write or draw. You can get Tilt Top tables with a backlit tabletop, which will help with drawing accuracy and presentation.

What’s Next – You’re Ready For Mobile Industrial Furniture?

You can reach out to our team at RDM with any questions or comments you may have. If you’re ready to discuss your furniture options, just give us a call at 877-483-5733. Our team would love to hear about your upcoming project. We’re ready to help you choose mobile furniture and equipment to maximize efficiency in your workplace.

RDM Industrial Products, furniture and accessories are proudly manufactured in the USA, and our factory direct approach to business allows you to be involved in the manufacturing process. Let us help you with your next mobile furnishing needs.

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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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But we also know that nothing lasts forever.

Even reliable and high-grade equipment can break down, fall apart or just get superseded by newer and more efficient models. In addition to choosing what kind of laboratory furnishings to fit the lab with, the lab manager should know when and how to change out old lab equipment for new.

RDM Industrial Products is here to guide you on when to make these big decisions and to supply you with anything you may need when the time comes to change out your laboratory furniture.

Here’s some information on the kinds of lab furnishings we offer and what the signs may be that it’s time for you to make a change.

RDM’s Selection of Laboratory Furnishings

RDM offers a diverse selection of industrial-quality lab furniture for all of your needs. Here is a brief rundown of some of what we can offer you and your lab.

Lab Workbenches and Tables

The workbench is the focal point of the entire laboratory. It’s where all scientific researchers do their work. Workbenches, therefore, need to be reliable and comfortable enough for each researcher to be able to complete his tasks there. They need to be large enough to fit all of the equipment that each scientist will be working with. A workbench might also need to have properly designed storage cabinets located beneath the work surface and perhaps overhead racks as well.

We can build custom-designed workbenches for your lab with surfaces made of stainless steel, solid wood or other materials. If necessary, we can include stainless steel, fireproof or chemical-resistant lab cabinets underneath the workbench as well.

For scientists working with extremely delicate materials, we also sell laminar flow workstations. These workstations use top-of-the-line HEPA and ULPA filters to remove tiny particulates from the air in the enclosed work area.

Lab tables can also serve the function of a full-fledged workbench, and we can supply them to you as well. We can provide stainless steel or solid wood tables, laminated tables, light tables, adjustable tables that can be set up at variable heights or inclines and tables with casters if you require mobility.

Laboratory Cabinets and Casework

Though we’ve already briefly discussed cabinet options that come with our workbenches, we can also provide you with additional standalone cabinets and other laboratory casework. Our manufacturer-direct cabinets are quality-designed and can be made of stainless steel, solid wood or other materials. We can also fashion laboratory cabinets for you that are fireproof and/or chemical resistant.

Out laboratory casework comes in various styles and sizes as well. We have tall cabinets that are perfect for storing large objects. Smaller cabinets that can be hung on a wall. And we even have cabinets on wheels to help you keep vital lab materials mobile.

Fume Hoods

Fume hoods enclose lab workbenches and are meant to quickly suck up and remove any noxious or toxic gases released by any chemical reactions initiated by lab workers. These are expensive and important devices that it’s important to keep running at peak efficiency. So you should be especially wary about making sure that they don’t break down. We sell both ducted and ductless fume hoods. We also offer custom-made walk-in fume hood for those needing to work around toxic gases in a larger environment.

Carts and Seating

RDM manufactures lab chairs meant to keep workers both mobile and comfortable as they chug away at their work stations. If you need to be able to move critical equipment and supplies back and forth across the lab quickly and easily, we can also provide you with lab carts and lab tables on wheels.

This is just a small sample of the kind of things that we have on hand to help you keep your lab functioning at its best. To find exactly the kind of equipment you need and have it made to your specifications, check out a complete listing of our lab furnishings and the many accessories we offer for them to round them out.

When it Might Be Time to Replace Your Aging Lab Furniture

Now that you’ve had a taste of what we can provide for your lab, there’s just one question to answer. How do you know when your lab furniture becomes too beaten down to rely upon any longer? How do you know when to call us up and get your lab some thinly new furnishings?

Here are a few general rules of thumb and specific indicators for when it might be a good idea to get yourself some new laboratory furniture and equipment:

• Replace Anything That’s Broken:
  This might seem like an obvious piece of advice, but not following it can have disastrous consequences. If you own any lab tables or workbenches that are cracked, chipped or damaged, replacing them is the wise choice. Chemicals can seep through cracks in a damaged workstation and get into areas where they shouldn’t be. Chemical stains and excessive scratches are also indications that you need to replace a table or a workstation. Especially ones that are supposed to be chemical-resistant. Chemical-resistant workstations that have been delaminated over time and heavy use should certainly be replaced. Steel workstations that have visible corrosion on them should be replaced, too. These types of damages indicates that the chemical-resistant properties might no longer be reliable. The same remarks apply if you see dented laboratory cabinets or anything similar.

• Some Fume Hood Tips:
  Since fume hoods are so important, they deserve a special discussion of their own. A good rule of thumb is to replace each of your fume hoods at least once every ten years, no matter how they seem to be working. Even if they seem to work just fine, technology can advance quite far over that many years. Newer fume hoods will be more efficient, remove noxious gases faster, use less power and save your lab money. Newer fume hood tend to be ductless, meaning that they can be placed anywhere in your lab and are thus more flexible and efficient. Of course, it should go without saying that you should immediately replace any fume hood whose sash is broken. Replacing it is often cheaper over the long run than paying for repairs, especially if you have an older model. If you’ve recently expanded your lab, that might be an excellent time for an upgrade as well.

It’s every lab manager’s responsibility to keep on top of things and make sure that his/her lab has the best equipment possible.

RDM’s laboratory furniture is proudly manufactured in the USA. Give us a call, we’re ready to help you replace, upgrade, or renovate your laboratory furniture so that you can keep your lab firing on all cylinders.

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