Managing a laboratory means making important decisions about what types of lab equipment and furniture you’re using to outfit your workspace. Budget constraints don’t always allow for floor-to-ceiling custom solutions, but luckily you might not require something so drastic and costly! A lot of times you’ve got great “bones” in the form of existing heavy duty workbenches or work tables. But you simply need some additional workbench accessories to take the area up to the next functional level. But what is even possible and available these days?

Here at RDM Industrial Products, Inc., we are here to assist you on this journey. We ask: What can you and your staff utilize that’s already in the laboratory, and what needs a retrofitted upgrade? What options are available to beef up existing workbenches so that they are more functional? Read on to learn the key points to consider when improving your laboratory flow and output.

Adjustable Height ESD Workbench with Accessories.

Your Dream Workstation

Begin by imaging an ideal workstation for the members of your team. And remember that not every solution is appropriate for each staff member. You’ve got the industrial work tables or workbenches already, so it’s a matter of additional needs. Therefore, ask yourself – what is really needed? More room for equipment on the tabletops or more room for storage? Is it optimal to add shelving or drawers? Walk through a typical workday for each position to truly get a feel for what is lacking and what is necessary. Be sure to keep in mind that employees do best when seated at comfortable, ergonomic workbenches.

Consider opening the question up to your staff as well before making executive decisions. It could be quite useful to learn what types of retrofitted storage or mobility would be actually useful AND utilized before undergoing unnecessary upgrades. Remember, you’re looking to keep your existing heavy duty workbenches and pair them with functional improvements. You’re not trying to reinvent the wheel or break your budget.

What Workbench Accessories Are Available?

RDM Industrial Products, Inc. offers a plethora of customizable workstation and workbench accessories that could drastically improve your team’s functionality, such as:

• Shelving Units or Storage Cabinets:

  There are times where you need visual or easy access to your paperwork. But you’d prefer to have your workbench clear. Shelving installations or storage cabinets could be ideal in this scenario. They’re often able to be mounted directly into your current industrial work tables.

• Computer Equipment or Tool Storage Options:

  Another convenient hack is to double your table workspace by freeing up your tools or your screens. Retrofit storage and display racks are easy to customize and install so that your eyes can easily glance up to your mounted monitor or your hands can grab that accessible tool, all while maintaining a clear work zone. This handy upgrade can also reduce chronic hunching across the board.

• Drawer Units and Storage Cabinets:

  If storage is lacking and you’d prefer those items to be more private, retrofitted drawer units are a handy option. They can be customized to go underneath or next to existing industrial work tables or benches and can really free up your zone.

• Caster Options For Mobility:

  There are plenty of scenarios where moving combining or rearranging workstations would be immensely helpful. This is a job for custom-fit casters for the bottoms of your workbench legs. Adding caster options for mobility means you can shift stations around depending on the project and not get bogged down in unmovable industrial sized furniture. Casters give you some freedom!

• Lift Options:

  Just imagine if the height of the desk or workstation you’ve been assigned to could be customized – how slick! Lift options can be added to existing workbench legs, and a multitude of comfort and convenience issues can be resolved this way. Posture is a critical element to daily work life, so this might be a handy way to make more ergonomic workbenches for the staff.

• Lighting Options:

  Full overhead fluorescent lighting isn’t always enough for exacting scientific work, and there are certain tasks and projects that quite simply require more focused beams. Imagine a customized light rack for your workbench zone, and then contact RDM to see how we can make it happen for you.

Why Choose RDM Industrial Products, Inc.?

For over 40 years, RDM Industrial Products, Inc. has been serving our clientele by providing quality designed, manufacturer/factory direct furniture for laboratories and office spaces – all with immense success and fantastic reviews. Our priority is to deliver exceptional industrial quality products directly to your operations centre so that you and your team can continue working in a productive, safe and profitable manner.

Additionally, most of our retrofitted workbench accessories and parts are proudly manufactured in the USA. Meaning, you can purchase from us knowing we are contributing right back to the country’s economy while we operate.

Next Steps

Check out our RDM Industrial Products website which details the myriad ways we can improve your existing workspace. If you’re interested in placing an order or have any questions, please contact a representative at RDM to see if we can walk you through workbench retrofit options that can be specifically tailored for your needs. We look forward to serving you!

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But there’s more to a good workbench than just the bench itself. There is also a wide variety of different types of accessories that can be tacked on to every bench. Accessories help to improve functionality and allow researchers to do more concentrated work. RDM Industrial Products offers a great array of different workbench accessories and allows you to customize the workbenches in your lab in whatever way you need.

Adustable-Height ESD Workbench with Overhead Light / Accessory Boom

Whether your lab is dedicated to a specific sort of work that requires certain kinds of workbenches or whether each scientist on your team needs his own personalized combination of tools, we have you covered. Let’s have a look at some of the many different industrial-quality workbench accessories available.

Computer Accessories

Computers are indispensable laboratory tools. They log data, crunch numbers, and simplify all sorts of operations for a lab team. But sometimes, even relatively small computers can take up valuable space on a workbench. That space is essential for doing other kinds of work. Computer accessories for your workbench are generally meant to make life easier. Allowing you to access your computer while keeping it from dominating your workspace.

Some computer-based accessories include:

• Monitor stands: These typically consist of a robotic arm of some kind that holds your monitor in position and allows you to rotate manipulate it as needed. We also have rear post mounted options that offer greater stability.
• Keyboard trays: These can slide under your desk so that the keyboard doesn’t take up room on your workstations. If you want durability, we offer the option to have trays made of stainless steel.
• Rail Stands: These are like monitor stands, only instead of a robotic arm to which you can attach your monitor, you have a whole rack on which you might be able to put multiple items.

Storage Accessories

Labs cannot function without proper storage facilities. Important lab documents should be tucked away for safekeeping and easy access. Hazardous chemicals should be stored in an area where they can be sure not to wreak havoc or endanger the health and safety of lab workers. Tools integral to everyday operations of an industrial or research lab should be stored in convenient locations and kept close at hand. RDM thus offers your lab or industrial workspace, a large number of different storage solutions.

Here are just a few storage accessories:

• Base Cabinets: When you add base cabinets to your workbench, it becomes an all-in-one workstation and storage facility. Adding on something as simple as a few base cabinets can thus noticeably expand your researcher’s capabilities while at work. We offer customized cabinets made of stainless steel, phenolic and chemical-resistant trespa, among other materials. For those working with dangerous substances, we can also make your workstation base cabinets flame-resistant.
• Other Kinds of Cabinets: In addition to the base cabinets that come attached to many of our laboratory workbenches, you can also hang cabinets on the wall above your workstation or on a nearby wall to put more crucial lab items at your fingertips as you work. Large, walk-in cabinets are also available for storing larger items. As with base cabinets, we are able to customize these other cabinets. We can make them according to your exact specifications, using materials various materials, and giving them chemical or flame-resistant properties.
• File Drawers: We make durable and reliable file cabinets. Some with sliding drawers so that important mail as well as crucial laboratory paperwork is sent to or keep where it needs to be. If you desire added durability, we can make these out of metal.
• Shelves: A simple overhead shelf might be just what’s needed to keep things in a convenient place as you work. Similarly, a shelf underneath your workbench may be just as useful, especially if you need a place to keep a desktop computer. We offer custom shelving of many kinds.
• Tool Racks: Lab researchers regularly use all kinds of equipment throughout the day, but keeping everything right on their work counters, or even in the base or overhead cabinets, will tend to clutter things up. To help prevent that from happening we offer tool racks and pegboards on which to keep heavier and more cumbersome tools.

What we’ve said here only scratches the surface of the full range of different storage options available. We encourage you to check out some of our industrial-quality and factory-direct custom workbench accessories to help meet your lab’s storage needs.

Power and Lighting

For most industrial workbenches, some kind of lighting fixture is a standard feature. When working with chemicals and attempting to facilitate reactions, it’s important to get the dosages of everything just right, and proper lighting is crucial to accomplishing that. Thus, most workbenches come included with either fluorescent or LED lights of some kind.

If you want to modify or customize your workbench lighting, however, RDM has you covered. We not only offer overhead lighting fixtures for workbenches which hold either fluorescent or halogen bulbs but also sell smaller inspection lamps that you can attach to a post on your workbench and then drag and twist around as necessary to bring light to just the spots where you need it.

Of course, without a nearby power source, you can’t have the lighting you need. You can thus have manufacturer-direct workbenches created that come with long power strips which are about 4 feet long. The strip allows you to plug in your lights, your computer, and whatever devices you need right at the workstation.

Miscellaneous Accessories

We also manufacture a wide range of other kinds of standard workbench accessories. These accessories help improve the comforting efficiency of your lab workers, including:

• Table lifts and risers that allow workbenches to accommodate researchers of various heights. Both when they are standing up and when they are sitting down.
• Footrests are a great addition, for when lab workers get tired.
• Caster wheels that we can attach to workbenches to make them mobile.

RMD Industrial Products has 37 years of experience creating quality-designed lab equipment and industrial furniture. And, RDM products and accessories are proudly manufactured in the USA. To make your workbenches the best that they be, let us help you customize them. You can customize your workbenches with whatever combinations of accessories you desire. Take a look at the rest of our many standard workbench accessories.

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