Light tables are essential tools in various industries for detailed inspection work. Whether you’re in photography, design, engineering, or quality control, using a light table correctly can enhance accuracy and efficiency. Here are some practical tips to ensure you maximize the benefits of your light table during inspection.
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FAQ: Light Tables & Inspection Tables
Whoever doubts the idea that a tool might be useful in proportion to its simplicity has probably never heard of light inspection tables. It must be said, though that those who haven’t heard of them or haven’t thought to use them have missed out on a truly extraordinary piece of equipment that has the power to assist in an impressively wide variety of different kinds of projects, whether industrial, personal or otherwise.
Furthermore, as mentioned, this great versatility and usefulness are bought at an astonishingly simple price; for, at bottom, inspection light tables are just what their name suggests they are: tables or workbenches coupled with a light source. That light source easily allows for close and careful inspection of whatever is placed upon the table surface.
The following is written for those who are new to light inspection tables. But who have work in mind that requires the presence of a reliable, powerful and convenient source of light. As we’ll show you, whether you’re an artist who needs light tables for drawing to help you bring an artistic vision to life. Or a scientist looking for an inspection table to help illuminate your lab so you can carry out precision work with ease or anything in between. These simple but powerful illuminated surfaces can contribute mightily and importantly to your work.
RDM Industrial Products is the proud manufacturer of a diverse array of different kinds of lab furniture, but light and inspection tables are among the things we take the most pride in specially crafting for our clients. Before you set out to bring light to your labor, however, here are a few important questions about inspection light tables that we can answer to bring you up to speed about them.[Read More]
Let’s Talk Lab Tables – The Backbone of Any Laboratory
Consider all of the day-to-day activities that anyone looking through a laboratory is likely to see. Lab techs and researchers are often engaged in a myriad of technical tasks while working at their designated lab tables. Tasks such as weighing, measuring, mixing, heating, cooling, and purifying samples, growing cultures, preparing slides, calibrating equipment, setting off reactions, recording data, designing and arranging experiments, theorizing about their results.
It’s hard to imagine most, if not all, of these things being done effectively — or even at all — if good and reliable lab tables were not at the disposal of the research staff. The table surface, after all, is where all of the magic happens. Lab tables are the foundation for all the lab activities alluded to above.
In essence, a lab table is a simple thing. It’s just a flat, horizontal surface with some legs to hold it up. And though each and every one of our laboratory tables and benches fits that general template, we customize too. We offer all kinds of factory-direct models for sale that have specialized capabilities ranging far beyond what that simple description can capture.[Read More]
Common Light Table Myths Debunked
Like a lot of crucial industrial and lab equipment, illuminated tables also known as a light table, are deceptively simple things. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that has led people to believe some deceptive things about them. Including, how they work and what they can do.
But these are myths — in some cases, exaggerations or misstatements, in others outright falsehoods. Many of these myths are interrelated and feed into one another. Worse yet, the misapprehensions they engender keep people from availing themselves of what can be incredibly useful tools.
RDM Industrial Products has 40 plus years of experience creating laboratory and industrial furniture. So we know a thing or two about how a light table works. Since we want you to be in the know – here are five of the most common light table myths debunked.[Read More]
Key Benefits of Light Tables & Inspection Tables
A light table is just what it sounds like it is: a table with a light source emitting from either somewhere underneath its surface or from above. This simple tool is extraordinarily useful for any kind of work where precise inspection and examination are important. Thus, everyone from engineers, artists, and architects to scientists, lab workers, and industrial workers has something to gain from using light inspection tables in their place of work.
Since a good inspection table offers something for seemingly everyone, we’re going to take a look here at exactly what these tools are and what they can do for you. Along the way, we’ll also discuss some of the many different features that RDM Industrial Products can add to its tables. RDM has been in the business of building industrial furniture for more than 40 years, and all of our products are proudly manufactured in the USA. The great range and diversity of customization options for our light panels is a particular source of pride for us.
With that, let’s discuss the nature and benefits of our illuminated light inspection tables.[Read More]
Purchasing Light Tables – Things To Consider
If you’re drawing, drafting, inspecting, or need a table that can illuminate, then an industrial light table should be your next purchase. This type of table has a lightbox and many other optional features that will ensure you get the light you need in your office, lab, or any other setting. This post will go over what light tables have to offer, different types of tables, and what you need to know before making your next light table purchase.[Read More]
Features and Benefits of Industrial Light Tables
Light tables are humble but extraordinarily useful devices. Tools that laboratories, art studios, and similar places would be extremely unwise to go without. Though there are, of course, variations between one kind of table and another. Some may come equipped with special features that make them better suited for some tasks rather than others. However, the basic concept that underlies them all is simplicity itself. At the bottom, they are often just tables that emit evenly distributed light across their surfaces from a light source found below.[Read More]
What is a Light Table – What Is It Used For?
A light table has a translucent, flat surface with a light source underneath. The light, which is often fluorescent, shines up through the top to illuminate items placed on the surface. These tables are ideal for applications like drawing, drafting, designing or inspecting. Light tables have a wide variety uses depending on job and/or profession. Such industries include laboratories, educational institutes, architectural designing, art and animation, medical facilities, and manufacturing companies.
What are the Different Types of Light Tables?
Light tables are built with high-quality materials and are available in different styles with many customizable features. Light tables can be adapted to many different workplaces, including medical, tough laboratory and industrial uses, as well as use by independent artists.
Light Table – An Effective Tool to Improve the Functionality of Workspace
The light table is an essential furniture piece in various industries. This kind of table is utilized to review many things, including artwork by placing them on the top of the table. A horizontal lightbox is implemented to illuminate such items as artwork from the below. A fluorescent light brightens the picture so that one can prepare a copy of it easily. This procedure involves very little heat emission.
Rules to Follow When Looking for Light Tables for Sale
Finding the proper furniture pieces doesn’t have to be difficult. However, this doesn’t mean it will be easy as well…
In order to find the right pieces—you will need to take certain rules into account. Accordingly, this will not only make your investments more worthwhile, but it will also help you get the benefits that you are looking for. And the same goes if you’re looking for light tables for sale.
In order to find the tables that you need and want, it is imperative that you choose your options wisely…
So, how can we find the proper light tables? How can we ensure that the particular table we are eyeing on is the one we really need?
Please continue reading…
The More You Understand Your Needs—the Better
First of all, we have to remember that not all the light tables for sale out there will fit our specific requirements. Accordingly, it would be more advantageous if we are able to aptly make a clear and objective assessment of our needs, in order to maximize the benefits that we’re aiming for.
- What is the size of the lighted area needed ??
- how much will your item / load weigh ??
- Do you require a tilt top feature ??
- What type of environment will this table be used in ??
Note: by knowing these details beforehand, you get to ensure that you are making the proper choice. This will not only make your “furniture shopping” easier, but it will also keep unnecessary problems at bay. In effect, it will make things easier for you.
Choose Your Manufacturer Wisely
This is a pretty important rule…
The furniture manufacturer you’ll be dealing with will most likely play a pivotal role on how good (or bad) your light table is and will be. Accordingly, you’ll need to ensure that you are only dealing with manufacturers who have the following qualities:
- Experience (Note: RDM has been operating as an esteemed industrial furniture manufacturer for over 37 years).
- Reliability (Note: RDM makes use of high-quality and durable materials for its furniture pieces, from its light tables, lab fume hoods to other options).
- Affordability (Note: despite its stature as one of the most respected and experienced industrial furniture manufacturers around, RDM makes it a point to offer reasonably-priced furniture pieces and light tables for sale. Why? Because they believe their clients deserve the best—and nothing less.)
Do you want to find the high-quality, effective, durable and affordable light tables for sale? If so, call 877-777-9130 or click here for additional information.