RDM Manufactures Quality Multi-Purpose Industrial Carts

Imagine for a moment all the different sorts of modern-day workplaces that require the quick and efficient transport of tools and equipment. Tools passing hands from worker to worker over the course of a typical day. Research laboratories, factories, engineering or architectural firms, hospitals, medical schools and more. All these places (and more), are sites where creative and  important work is done on a daily basis. Outside observers may regard the carting of tools across the workplace to be rather prosaic. However, those working in the guts of organizations like the ones mentioned above know that this is essential to overall functionality.

So, the question arises: How to fulfill this all-important need?

We’d like to offer a simple and obvious answer: Industrial Carts!

Industrial carts, utility carts, heavy duty carts, mobile tables and more! Across their many variants and styles, fundamentally, carts are just surfaces or containers on wheels. And yet, applied and used rightly, they can help your organization and your workers or researchers reach new heights of smoothness and efficiency in their operations.

Since its original establishment back in 1977, the overriding mission of RDM Industrial Products has been to manufacture the highest grade and best quality industrial and laboratory furniture possible, while putting power into the hands of our clients and customizing our products to their needs. Our industrial-quality laboratory carts represent one crucial facet of that mission.

Let us tell you a bit about the various kinds of factory-direct carts that we can create for you. Here, we’ll give you details on the many different types of carts that RDM manufactures, their diverse uses and key features, and why you and your organization stand to benefit from having them.

Why You Need Industrial-Quality Carts

Before we launch into describing the different kinds of industrial carts that RDM can put at your disposal, a brief statement about their usefulness and purpose seems to be in order.

As we will show, utility carts can vary rather widely. This variation implies concomitant variation in uses and purposes. However, in the most general sense, all of our carts can provide you and your organization with two things: convenience and increased efficiency. Using carts to transport materials means faster transportation. Rather than lugging everything back and forth by hand, your staff can seamlessly slide around whatever they need from places to place. That not only means that they’ll get their work done faster, but it also implies that certain heavy items which might not have been transportable at all will become transportable.

Beyond this, any more specific uses and advantages — like durability or safety — will depend on the specific cart model or models in question.

Some of Our Different Types of Carts

Because RDM manufactures so many different carts, it’s probably better to divide our models into a few broad classes and highlight their peculiar features rather than to launch into a detailed discussion of each and every model that we manufacture. Those interested in a fuller and more fine-grained  list of our Carts, look here for additional information:

• Lab Carts:

  This is a fairly broad category. Laboratory carts are the sorts of carts most likely to be used in laboratories. Meaning, they can be divided into two more-or-less distinct categories: standard multi-level transportation carts mobile workstations. The former are usually two-layered (although a larger multilayered model also exists), steel-framed carts which are usually designed to assist in transporting lab compounds, tools or safety equipment. Because many research lab compounds can be volatile or dangerous, such carts are usually made with to be ESD static-resistant, flame-resistance and/or resistant to chemical corrosion. The latter essentially amount to mobile tables. They generally come with added features like drawers, storage racks, special compartments in which to house instruments, a special area set aside to keep a computer, a sliding surface on which to keep a keyboard and so on. They combine all of the advantages of a standard lab workstation with the mobility of a cart. You can examine the great  variety of RDM’s lab carts here.

• Stainless Steel Industrial Carts:

  Stainless steel utility carts are built with sturdiness primary in mind. Not only do our heavy duty carts possess impressive longevity and an ability to resist accumulated long-term wear and tear, but their steel design often makes them ideal for use in certain laboratory settings as well. Many of these models can be built to be flame and chemical-resistant. Often, they come equipped with drawers and utility racks, thus allowing workers to keep important tools near at hand. Have a  look at some of our stainless steel carts here.

• Adjustable Height Carts:

  Adjustable height carts are some of our most popular and useful models. These carts typically have at least one bottom-level surface and one top-level one. You thus have the ability to manipulate the distance between the top and bottom layers, and we can custom-design the total amount of available lift to be anywhere from 6 to 16 inches. Height can be adjusted using either a manual hand crank or a hydraulic motor operated by buttons. Depending on the model you select, motors can have 1,000, 1,500, 2,000 or even 3,000-pound lift capacities. Adjustable height carts are especially useful if you need to transport objects of diverse size — some large and some small — across your workspace. Or if the things you’re transporting occasionally need to be moved up or down to be placed within someone’s reach.

Specialized Industrial Carts

In addition to the broad categories listed above, we also offer a few specialized designed for extremely specific purposes. These carts are not made according to the standard “platform-on-wheels” architecture of most carts. Here are a few of them:

• PCB Carts:

  The primary purpose of a PCB or Printed Circuit Board cart is to transport sensitive electronic components. Things like printed circuit boards. These carts contain special slots wherein such board can be inserted. Since they are made to be both flame-resistant and insulated against electricity, you can also use them to transport all kinds of sensitive and volatile chemicals. We also allow you to customize the carts’ height and color. As well as to add in tube steel frames and side panel routed guides for greater sturdiness.

• Peg Boards:

  Peg boards are large, vertically positioned panels on wheels which are studded with pegs. You can hang all manner of objects on these pegs. Sometimes, small metal baskets can be attached to the pegs to assist in carrying other kinds of objects. This type of cart ideal for transporting power tools like drills, wrenches and screwdrivers.

• Packaging Carts:

  Packaging carts are used in packaging facilities to more easily wrap and package objects. They consist of a series of metal bars on which large rolls of packaging paper, tape, plastic wrap or some other packaging material can be placed. You can then access that material on the fly and wrap up whatever you need to.

Conclusion

As we have shown you, industrial carts, though they seem to be fairly simple tools, can actually be a rather heterogenous bunch. What’s been discussed in this post, is meant to give you a small taste of the kinds of carts that we can make for you. To learn more, we encourage you to explore our selection and give us a call.

All of RDM’s carts are factory-direct and are proudly manufactured in the USA. So if your workspace is crying out something a little extra to make everyday tasks run more smoothly, don’t hesitate to give us a call and describe the exact sorts of carts that you need. RDM will promptly build them all to your precise specifications.