When you really stop to think about it, the amount of jobs that people do while sitting down — and their critical importance to our society — is truly mind-boggling. When you also stop to consider how many people work at all of those jobs and about the amount of time that those people spend fidgeting in discomfort, you could easily find yourself awestruck. Think about not only all of the cumulatively lost productivity, but all of the all of the annoying and chronic pain, the general loss in life satisfaction, the totally avoidable misery, that flows from all that!

When you put things into that sort of perspective, it becomes clear that having a comfortable place to sit while working is no laughing matter.

Increasingly many workplaces across a growing diversity of industries are coming to understand that ergonomic seating is incredibly important to just about every aspect of work. Workplace seating is not something to be neglected or taken lightly.

RDM Offers a Wide Variety of Ergonomic Seating – Industrial Duty and Laboratory Chairs

That’s why RDM Industrial Products, with over four decades of deep experience making factory-direct lab furniture, is also in the business of crafting comfortable industrial chairs and seating. Along with our suppliers, we can deck out any kind of workplaces with the perfect chairs and stools.

But before you take the plunge on one of our seating chair solutions, we think it’s important that you learn a bit about the different types of ergonomic chairs and seating, what each type can offer you and your workers, and exactly the kinds of work environments they shine in.

Our Different Types of Ergonomic Seating

Let’s get started with a basic rundown of the various kinds of industrial seating solutions we can offer you. They fall into two broad categories: chairs and stools. Here’s what you can expect to find with each of them:

Ergonomic Chairs

Our quality-designed chairs can be subdivided into three broad categories: Standard, Pro-Duty and Technical.

Standard Chairs

The chairs in our Standard series are simple and somewhat stripped down, but offer exceptional comfort nonetheless. They’ve got black tube steel bases, foot rings, simple back rests and no arm rests. They are work best with high tables and workbenches that are at least 34 inches off the ground. The models here include the 1P, which is the simplest and most affordable of all; the 1P-K, which comes with ESD static control on the base and upholstery; and the 1P-CR, which is specially designed for cleanrooms.

Pro-Duty Chairs

Chairs in the Pro-Duty Series come with arm rests, optional foot rings, the option to get a slightly bigger back rest and greater height-adjustability that makes them compatible with a wider range of work surfaces, from 28 to over 34 inches high. Frames are made of aluminum. The 1Q, 1Q-K and 1Q-CR models are the standard, static-resistant and cleanroom models in the series, respectively.

Technical Chairs

Our Technical Series chairs are the best and most feature-rich. They have every feature that the chairs in the Pro-Duty Series have, but have significantly larger and more supportive back rests and bigger and more comfortable seat cushions. The three models in the series are the APP, the FPN and the FPP. The first of these has no arm rests while the FPN has a frame made of tube steel. The FPP combines arm rests with an aluminum frame and all of the other features mentioned.

Ergonomic Stools

Stools are the simplest kind of seating solution that we offer. Our ergonomic stools are not only height-adjustable, but they come with extremely comfortable cushions to support your needs. If you require more support, you have the choice to add in an optional foot rest. Frames are also customizable between aluminum and tube steel and come in a variety of styles and a few colors.

You can find a general list of all of our most popular kinds of industrial seating — as well as specific details about all of them.

More Details on Some Features

With that overview to whet your appetite, you may be ready to dive a bit deeper into the weeds and familiarize yourself with the finer details of all of the many features that our laboratory seating comes with. You even have the ability to customize your ergonomic seating further, to meet your desired specifications. To make the most of that ability, you need a strong idea of what these features are.

• Frames: Frames can be made of either tube steel or aluminum. The former is matte black while the later comes in a shiny chrome color. Both materials are exceptionally sturdy and can be outfitted with ESD or anti-staining properties to keep it clean and free from static.
• Upholstery: Chair and stool upholstery is made of smooth vinyl. It’s available in a wide range of different colors, like blue, yellow, grey, green, turquoise, purple and red. You can also outfit your upholstery with ESD to keep static electricity from messing with it.
• Leg Styles: The legs on your stool or chair can either be plain and fixed in place. You can opt to put wheels/castors on your chair to give you some mobility around the lab or office.
• Height-Adjustability: Your height-adjustable range will vary depending on which series or model you get. Most of our models can drop as low as 18 inches and go as high as 44 inches.
• Back Rests: Chairs can have three kinds of back rests. They include the standard one, which is the smallest. There is the Ergo backrest, which is slightly larger. Then there is the Technical Series back rest, which is only on Technical Series chairs and supports your entire back.
• Seat Cushions: Seat cushions are all soft, comfortable and meant to evenly distribute your weight so you don’t experience discomfort. Some models have thicker cushions than others, with the largest being in the Technical Series chairs.
• Arm Rests: All arm rests are not only height-adjustable to serve taller and shorter workers alike, but can also be either pushed forward or retracted horizontally.
• Foot Rings: A foot ring simply wraps around the frame and gives you place to rest your feet while you sit. They are especially good for shorter workers who need to work while sitting at high-rising desks or benches. These foot rests help keep workers’ feet from dangling uncomfortably. Foot rings are made of the same materials as frames.

Industries That Need Ergonomic Seating

With so many comfort-prodding features, you must surely have gathered that our laboratory seating and other seating chair solutions are in high demand across a great many environments calling for sustained but sedentary work. Here are just a few examples of places that benefit from ergonomic seating:

• Research and medical labs
• Hospitals
• Office buildings
• Industrial plants, mills, refineries and factories

Conclusion

Comfort is essential to both productivity and worker satisfaction while on the job. We hope that this overview has shown you that a good ergonomic chair or stool, however simple it may be, can go a long way toward creating an inviting workplace. We also hope to have shown you that more and more places are starting to recognize this truth.

RDM is a quality manufacturer of industrial chairs. All RDM products are proudly manufactured in the USA and made to the very highest standards of care and precision. Wherever it is that you and your team work, we can help you all to sit in the comfort needed to produce a job well done.

Please check out some of our ergonomic chairs here.

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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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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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Unique Aspects of a Cleanroom

Cleanrooms range in size from very small to quite large. Some represent entire facilities, requiring all workers to wear protective clothing and use special equipment. Outside air is filtered before it enters the room, removing dust, and the inside air is subject to constant recirculation to remove contaminants generated within the cleanroom.

Though a cleanroom is not sterile, equipment used in this environment is designed to create minimal air contamination. Pencils and paper are replaced with items that create fewer environmental pollutants. Furniture, including lab chairs, has features that create a minimum of particles. Laboratory seating and other cleanroom furniture are also easy to clean. A particle counter is used to test particle levels, ensuring that they remain within a certain range.

Features of Cleanroom Seating

Cleanroom chairs are offered in different classes, designed to be equivalent to different ISO Class standards. For example, a class 1000 chair from RDM Industrial Products features chrome-plated metal parts, a task control ergonomic mechanism, vinyl upholstery recommended for cleanrooms, and vinyl seat underwrap featuring filtered exhaust ports. A class 100 chair eliminates the seat underwrap and adds Grade 2 vinyl upholstery and a Class 100 filtration system.

Standard features of these  lab chairs include an upholstered seat, painted metal parts, backrest with tilt and lumbar support, adjustable height, a foot ring, and nickel plated glides. Armrests, articulating seat control, and casters are a few options. By selecting the proper class of cleanroom laboratory seating and adding desired features, comfort is achieved without presenting environmental risk.

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A lab bench like a stool or saddle seat does not have a back. Some stools are designed for use in healthcare environments or small spaces. An upholstered seat and pneumatic adjustment are features that are intended to provide comfort. Models with casters are available for use on carpeted or hard surface floors. Metal parts make RDM’s laboratory seating very durable. It is compatible with all laboratory tables or a standard workstations.

When selecting a lab chair with a back, consumers can choose from products designed for cleanroom environments and those that feature ESD static control. An economy priced chair features upholstered surfaces, an ergonomic backrest, armrests, and multi-way seat control. Pneumatic adjustable height and casters expand the environments in which this lab chair can be used.

Premium seating has ergonomic features and is designed for either task or office use. Task chairs feature comfortable form-sensing mesh and are eco-friendly due to the use of fewer parts than traditional designs. Standard features include self-adjusting recline, pivoting backrest, and synchronized armrests. Mesh office chairs feature an optional gel seat cushion, foot ring, and different caster options.

When purchasing RDM laboratory seating, consumers can choose from different colors of upholstery. Though function and comfort are usually preferred over style, having color options may be desirable. Some manufacturers offer custom solutions designed to accommodate unique dimensions, uses, or users with special needs. This seating can be paired with customized laboratory tables to deliver a one-of-a-kind solution for many different industries.

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