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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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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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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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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Laboratory Tables and Other Lab Furnishings

Lab tables are used in healthcare facilities, educational and research institutions, specimen testing centers, and other environments that feature laboratories. These furnishings are made from wood or metal and feature different top surfaces including some, such as a chemical-resistant solid surface, designed for special environments.  Microscope tables have an adjustable height feature and may have height memory and special accessories.

Laboratory cabinets are made from standard steel or flame or chemical-resistant material designed for the special substances used in some lab environments. Fume hoods remove potentially dangerous fumes from the air, increasing the safety of lab workers. Lab counters can be equipped with sinks containing special service fixtures that include hot and cold water faucets, air and gas valves, and eye wash stations.

When Ordering Laboratory Tables, Remember Seating

Lab tables become more user-friendly when comfortable chairs are purchased with them. Laboratory seating includes ergonomic chairs designed for standard laboratory, ESD static control, and cleanroom environments and backless stools for lab workers who regularly move from seated to standing positions. Some industrial seating is designed for tables that are 34 inches or higher, combining functionality and utility.

Purchasing the highest-quality, most well-designed laboratory furniture within budget should result in years of use. When shopping for these industrial products online, look for a manufacturer that builds to customer specifications and offers accessories designed for use with the items being considered. This furniture will make lab work comfortable and more productive.

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