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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Industrial Furniture is categorized into tables, shelves, storage cabinets , carts, and chairs. Industrial tables and cabinet units and their countertops are made from higher grade materials designed to resist heavy, prolonged use. This makes the furniture suitable for environments such as laboratories, warehouses, manufacturing floors, or cleanrooms. With the use of RDM Industrial Furniture Products, there will be no threat of looming safety or service interruption issues when industrial-duty furniture is used.

Industrial-quality shelving and carts are used in laboratories, manufacturing facilities, and cleanrooms. Shelving units offer features like ESD static control, so expensive and sensitive electronic components will not be damaged during storage. Equipment / Tool Carts store everything that workers need without consuming too much floor space. Many versions feature optional casters that make the carts mobile. As a manufacturer, RDM Industrial Products can design and build custom material handling solutions for your facility.

Industrial chairs come in assorted styles and colors. Most feature a base made from durable cast aluminum or tube steel. Some styles are designed for tables measuring 34 inches high or higher or for sitting-standing work at a workbench. They typically feature an optional foot ring. This seating makes it easier for workers to get comfortable when performing various tasks at their desks or workbenches. Ergonomic chairs ensure proper seated posture.

Facility operators in need of industrial furniture should review the selection offered by RDM Industrial Products. If they cannot find a premade solution, RDM can provide custom furnishings built to accommodate their specific needs. By using industrial-grade furniture designed for the appropriate industrial application, clients can ensure the safety of the environment, equipment, and all who operate within it.

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The most obvious industry to consider for ESD protection is electronics. As a long time business operating near Silicon Valley, RDM has extensive experience meeting the needs of electronics shipping, manufacturing and repair facilities. On the other hand, it’s a mistake to think that electronics is the only industry that needs to worry about ESD. If you work around volatile or flammable materials, an electrostatic discharge can be extremely dangerous, to the point of starting fires, explosions and other catastrophic reactions. Even something as simple as sawdust can be ignited by a strong discharge.

ESD control is especially necessary in busy work areas. Working at a slow pace, a worker can take some simple manual precautions to avoid static build up by wearing a strap or occasionally touching a grounded object, but once the work pace increases it’s easy to forget these basic precautions. This is not so say that workers should ignore personal precautions, but they should have industrial furniture that also ensures both their safety and the integrity of anything they’re working on.

RDM offers a complete selection of ESD solutions, including:

• Floor Grounding
• Ionization Control
• ESD Packaging
• Personnel Grounding
• Storage Solutions
• Educational Materials
• Test Equipment
• Work Surface Solutions

When it comes to industrial workbenches in particular, we have static control tables to suit virtually any function. We apply ESD control modifications to most standard workbench models, so that almost any workbench can serve as an ESD bench. Contact RDM to find out more.

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