What are accessories?
A. Non-essentials that improve use, add to bench function or use of space.
B. Anything that fixes or improves flow of work, collaboration, convenience.
C. Ergonomic accessories are accessories that improve working conditions avoid injury.
D. Function accessories are a writing board or a computer tray.
E. Examples are pullout shelves, grommets, lipped shelves.
F. Wire manangement trays help keep wires off the floor and out of the way.
G. Keyboard tray or computer pullout have become a necessary part of the lab.
It is important to verify product grade before you purchase.
You may not need laboratory grade, but know what grade and whether it has a rating or grade.
Standard grades are: residential, light commercial, industrial, laboratory, and special.
Sometimes depending on the lab the following do not need to be lab grade.
- Electrical or power options:
- Deck or Pedestal Outlets, single or double faced outlets boxes.
- Power strips or Plugmold (Wiremold Product) standard or alternating circuit.
Do you need corrosion resistance pedastals or power strips?
Determine number out outlets in each area.
Determine or identify the plug type for each type of lab equipment.
Besure you have outlets that will fit your equipment plug style.
Cover plate finish can be aluminum, epoxy coated, powder-coated or plastic
Pedastal boxes, covers, and raceways can be powder-coated custom colors.
Plugmold outlet configurations for labs are usually 6 inch on center or 12 inch on center.
Computer and phone in a raceway must be isolated from power G4000 can do this.
Convenient, easier to modify raceways, work well in the lab, commercial and industrial applications.
Aluminum raceways are the most corrosion resistant, and common for industrials and some labs.
Explosion proof fixtures are specials
EP(explosion proof) Lights are often in hoods
EP Outlets are special
EP (Explosion Proof) Fans are more common
EP switches are needed for explosion proof equipment and areas.
Under-cabinet lighting for labs can improve safety
In hoods small profile lights like (Little Inch)are important.
These products should be appropriate to the lab:
- Stools & Chairs have many accessories such as foot rings and casters, arms.
Be sure appropriate material is selected for lab chairs and stools.
Do not use cloth on seats, arm rests or chair-backs in lab areas.
- Clean room chairs and stools are usually stainless steel as are mobile surgery stools.
Special Industrial Welder Chair
Foot-activated height adjusting chair
ESD Chair, ESD stool
Conductive nylon chair
Stand-sit stool
Foot rests
Ergonomic Chair
Sensitive environment seating with special features and material.
- Reagent Shelving of Epoxy Resin, Chemsurf, Metal
- Special locking Medicine or Locking Drawers
- Specimen Pass Thru Units
- Narcotic Cabinets
- Pullouts and swing out expanded wire shelf units
- Susans for your corner or blind corner base cabinets
- Pegboards Epoxy with Polyproylene pegs
Drying Racks Acrylic and PVC
Stainless Steel Pegboards have the most accessories:
Paper Towel Dispenser
Drain shelves
Drain basket
Funnel Rack
Glove Dispensers
ADA Refrigerators & Freezers - under counter ADA Units - ice machines
Lab Washers & Glass Washers and Steam scrubber racks, baskets
BioHazard Hoods & Safety Cabinets service fixtures, UV lights, gloves
Water Systems: Tanks, Filters, Stands
Reverse Osmosis, filters, replacement membranes
Reagent Racks with Rods, connectors, lattice nylon connectors
Shelving with lip known as earthquake lipped shelving
ADA Cabinet and ergonomic solutions
Flammable Storage liner kits, vents, latch, and locks
Fume Hood Flammables Storage Base vent kits, fans, and ducting
Mobile Work Stations and Lab Tables and caster kits, locking caster sets
Fume Hood liner kits
Acid base cabinet Signage kits
Glass, framed glass doors (replacement doors)
Lexan for your existing cabinets or as replacment glass for a hood.
Stainless steel drip pans for Pegboards of Epoxy, Poly or Acrylic
Sink Covers
Balance Slabs
Shelves vents (hoods)
Stainless Steel shelves, caster bases, drawers banks, benches tops, tables, custom work
Imperial Stone - Marble - Counters, Balance Slabs, Table Tops
Vibration pads for balance slabs & tables
Polypropelene Cabinet shelves, Hood fume scrubbers, Counters, Fixtures, Eyewash Units
Ceiling grid (T-bar) appropriate for labs that need to refurbish? Call us.
Lockers laminated and metal
Cart bins (carts)
Locks add security: locks for glass doors, drawer banks, can be added at any time.
Lab Fixtures Accessories replacement handles, spouts
Go to Lab Fixtures
Fume Hood Accessories:
Fume Hoods can have many unique accessories such as fixtures, alarms, slabs to improve air flow, side shelf units, and
lattice or monkey bars, remote control fixtures, sinks, steam baths, special electrical components
Fixtures can be mounted in Fume Hood Base Cabinets, but need to be isolated.
Fume base cabinets can be cut into for sinks, but only if not used for chemical storage.
Acid bases used as fume hood base cabinets can have sinks in them, but should not have any metal tailpieces or piping and should be sealed except for optional venting.
We have vent kits. Venting of bases into hoods is better than no venting; but is still not an excellent practice.
Venting to outdoors is the first choice and best practice if venting is going to be needed.
Venting of flammable cabinets should be to outdoors.
Flammable cabinets should not be vented, as that defeats purpose of self-closing fuse-link doors.
Fume Hood Fans have accessories and optional special coatings on Steel
Special Fans of PVC - Fiberglass are available
Fans can be Explosion Proof most are only spark resistant.
Fan accessories include covers, vibration pads, stacks, elbows, Wyes, dampers (not recommended for fume hoods).
Hood ducting is steel (316 SST preferred, if metal is an acceptable material.
Ducting of PVC or fire rated fiberglass is preferred for fume hoods.
Galvineal and coated steel ducting is sometimes acceptable.
Contact us for help with fan selections and hood selection.
Note fans must be sized to the hoods, canopy hoods or IVT, and the size of the duct size, length of the duct run is needed to calulate fan required.
Fans must be appropriate to the work being done in the hood, we can help.
Do not gang together hoods, as mixed chemistry in the duct can lead to unexpected consequences.
Go to page link at top for more information about our Fume Hoods.
When adding equipment considered a mobile unit, table, or modular.
- Refurbishing or refacing material can give a new look to your lab, and can add function with tack, writerboard or magnetic surfaces.
New doors can make your lab look new, so reface do not replace.
We can help with recycling of laboratory furniture.
Contact us for more information.
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