Archives for November 2020

Primary Uses of Laminar Flow Hoods in Today’s Workplaces

November 30, 2020

As time goes on, workplaces are becoming increasingly complex places. Technicians are increasingly required to interact with and make use of all kinds of advanced and sophisticated technical equipment. The equipment may serve to help them complete their tasks, keep them safe, or perform other kinds of crucial functions.

Scientific and research labs are frequently at the forefront of such developments. Since it’s impossible to reliably perform scientific experiments without setting up sterile and highly controlled conditions, labs often need some highly sophisticated tools just to be able to carry on their day-to-day operations. One of the most important of these tools is laminar flow hoods.

RDM Industrial Products proudly manufactures many of these. [Read More]

Ins & Outs of Stainless Steel Industrial Furniture

November 20, 2020

Lab work can be rough sometimes. Important experiments and chemical reactions go off regularly all around you, and potentially caustic and hazardous substances are almost always within reach. Proper lab furniture is essential, of course, but just any kind of furniture won’t do. Your research team will need something of industrial quality that can reliably handle the special stresses of the lab.

For many reasons, stainless steel is the ideal material out of which to make at least a significant portion of your lab furniture, casework, and equipment, and RDM Industrial Products stands ready to custom build any kind of stainless steel industrial furniture that your lab may require. With our 40 years of experience building factory-direct lab equipment for our clients, we’re prepared to meet even your minutest specifications.

Here is some important information about the kinds of stainless steel laboratory furniture that we make and why your lab would benefit enormously from introducing some of it into its daily operations. [Read More]

Adjustable Height Tables: Luxury or Necessity

November 12, 2020

When you show off adjustable height furniture to most people, they’ll readily concede that it’s a cool addition to the workplace that may promote worker comfort. Unfortunately, that’s generally where most people’s examination of the matter ends. Ergonomic furniture like adjustable height tables and desks may be a nice little creature comforts to have while at work, they’ll say, but that’s about it. In the minds of many, while such things are good to have, they represent a luxury and not a necessity.

But is this really true? Is comfort really so overrated? Or does making sure that desk workers have a pleasant and agreeable work environment have underappreciated ripple effects?

Increasingly, prominent companies in major industries have made investments in providing ergonomic tables and workstations to their workers. They’ve come to see that there are important spillover benefits to making such investments. [Read More]

Top 10 Reasons Laboratories Need Laminar Airflow Hoods

November 4, 2020

Laboratories can often have some pretty sophisticated pieces of equipment. Certain kinds of equipment can be so important that they maintain a pretty much constant presence from lab to lab. Regardless of whether that lab is geared more toward pure scientific research or whether it tends to focus more on the practical side of engineering and design. Without question, laminar airflow hoods are one of these mainstays.

Laminar airflow hoods (often also called laminar flow benches or workstations) are special tools meant to prevent particulate contamination in experimental settings. Each one typically consists of a workbench enclosed by a stainless steel cabinet and further surrounded by glass or some similar tough but transparent material. One side of the enclosure also contains an opening, allowing a researcher to reach in and perform whatever work he needs to within that sterile environment.[Read More]