Industrial Workbench

The right industrial workbench is a key in every aspect of your work flow. In the workshop, in the lab, on the assembly line, in the warehouse or on the go – if you're in the search for workstations that will improve your work flow – we've got that covered.

The current selection of workbenches gives you a variety of options to choose from, each one built to meet the need for durability and to withstand the toughest jobs and the harshest environments.

Adjustable workbench – Offering simple manual or more advanced electric height adjustment depending on the height change frequency, these workbenches will provide optimal ergonomic solution for your work personnel.

Workbench with storage - These workbenches are specially designed to offer you a way to easily organize and store your tools and consumables keeping them always at hand when needed.

Industrial Workstations – A more advanced variant of the workbench providing all sorts of special features and accessories tailored and designed for specific applications.

Work flow is of utmost importance to any company's success, but it's even more so in the manufacturing industry, where proper work flow is critical – and a key workbench table not only improves time efficiency but also reduces accidents. Businesses that operate laboratories, workshops and other industrial or manufacturing environments acknowledge the importance of having that essential work surface that 'works' for them. Workbenches come in a variety of sizes, configurations and materials – according to the type of work they are being used for.

An adjustable height workbench, for example, can be the multi-functional work area that can keep your tools within arms-reach; a heavy duty workbench is usually made from steel or other hard-wearing materials, for where the production calls for durability and sturdiness; some workbenches are equipped with bins, shelves, cabinets, drawers and other accessories that allow quick and easy access to the parts or tools you are needing, and so on. In a minute we will examine some of the crucial considerations you need to make when choosing the right piece of industrial furniture, but first let's take a closer look into what the main elements of work flow are and why it's so important to have a work surface specifically selected for the task in hand:

1. Processes:

Appropriate workstations either make or break the establishments of your processes, i.e. - if your adjustable work table isn't large enough to put up a full production step, you'd have to divide it into sub-steps, which would increase production time and staffing. If a worktable could accommodate two workers that need to be side-by-side in a particular job and at a specific location, the workbench needs to fit both the space needed by the workers, as well as the site it's placed into.

2. Planning and scheduling:

We're guessing that one of your main goals is to maintain maximum up-time with the least expenditures. If that is so, you might have had to require your workers to 'hot desk' between their shifts. If your IT hot-desking requires room for workstation computers and cabling, here comes the ergonomic aid of the good computer workstation desk (or any other proper furniture that brings the so needed support), to maintain the efficiency of your workers.

3. Flow control:

Having a perfectly organized production process allows you to easily start, stop and modify a moving work flow. For example, you might need a mobile workstation with drawers that can act as a sort of a transportation hub for finish products and components, and without it you ought to compensate with processes that are external to the named workstation, which would increase the steps to both the stopping and starting of work.

4. Transit visibility:

The multi-purposing of different workstations into miscellaneous hubs might seem acceptable in the short term, as a problem solver, but in the long run that working space becomes a breeder for inefficiency and half-finished work. A modular workbench that you can customize to serve as checkpoint for specific part of your work flow can both speed up the flow and improve visibility, be it by the management's physically attending to the responsible workstation or by supervising and controlling the process remotely, via accessing the station's computer.

You see, most of the time, having the right people and tools just isn't quite enough. They will always need a work environment that would support and maintain the safest and most efficient operations. This is why we provide you with the furniture that will improve your work flow.

That said, you need nothing short of finding a workbench that best suits your needs. While this may seem like a pretty straight forward and simple transaction, it has in fact some deeper dimensions to it that you need to consider, before making the purchase arbitrarily. Surely, the first thing to consider is exactly what kind of work will be done on your workbenches.

So, here's a concise list of points our experts would like you to have in mind before you click on the checkout button in your shopping cart:

What's the type of work that's being done?

The type of work performed is indeed the key consideration, in relation to the style of workbench you'd choose. If your business involves technicians from your staff working on repairing IT products, you'd really want an adjustable work table at your service, a workbench with a height-adjustment option, that is. Since this is a kind of work that requires a lot of close attention in details – working on small parts and components time after time - so ergonomics and ease of movement in a job that needs to be done in as close to eye-level as possible is going to give your employees a real break. Another consideration to make if the job involves small piecework is that you might want to organize your parts and tools conveniently above the bench and such a workbench with tool storage would hold the key components for the work at hand. Those are really style nuances, but you'd want to consider them nonetheless. The part of the workbench that holds the storage bins needs to be immobile, should the work surface be raised up in order to get a better look at a job that demands close-up perspectives.

What is the work environment?

One of the many possible places where a pharmacy workstation comes into regular use is in pharmaceutical labs. In such cases, the materials of the work surface of the workbench is of primary concern. Most often, when this kind of work is being done, stainless steel is probably the most popular choice, since this material is usually chemical-resistant, something that a more antiseptic environment calls for. Work spaces in pharmaceutical operations and such, also must meet certain specific requirements and standards – so you'd might want to double-check and possibly narrow down your search parameters only to models that fall into this category. Storage space for beakers and other specialized items used in this kind of job should be considered as well, and if there are special requirements, such as if they need to be stored either above or below the work surface of the laboratory bench, accordingly, or perhaps attached to the sides – your shelving needs must be a part of the options you have to be looking at.

Know your dimensions.

Once you know what your type of work demands and the materials of the work-space surface required, you'd want to seriously consider the size and dimensions of the industrial work bench you need. They might not need to be as large as you'd think at first. If the job demands that everything on the workbench should be within arm's reach, this will mean that you probably need a smaller work surface area. Should you have to create an assembly line type of work space, where your production line is of a moving type, then flow racks might be needed so that you can better control the carrying out of the different parts of the job – thus better managing expended time and production costs. So optimization of space is a key consideration as the best way to go for your overall production process and your employees' work.

Do you need mobility?

There are a few additional considerations, when we talk about team environments. Do you keep on that team work air that keeps the flow of work downstream? If yes, you'd want to get a hold of workbenches that allow to be configured in a way that enables as much communication opportunities as possible. Such a design should affect the end results right away. A workbench on wheels is a good option in team environments. Having workbenches that can be moved around easily is a great advantage if there's a practice of forming different teams along the way in the work. You wouldn't want to move fixed-desks, we imagine, after all. Plus, having mobile workbenches makes cleaning all that easier as well, which will make even more members of your personnel happier!

So, to sum it up – whether you're shopping for industrial furniture for laboratories, manufacturing sites, research facilities or medical facilities – you now know how important it is to choose the right workbench, paired with a high quality drafting stool when needed, and what to look for and consider before buying, so that you can gain on maximum efficiency, versatility and functionality.