Difference Between Laboratory Furniture and Ordinary Bench

When it comes to the appearance, laboratory furniture may look similar to regular furniture, but the price difference in the market is significant. Many people may question why laboratory furniture is priced higher. Can regular furniture be used as a substitute for laboratory furniture? The answer is no. The functions and materials of laboratory furniture are distinct from regular furniture. For a detailed explanation, Jiangsu Jiahong Laboratory Equipment Co., Ltd will provide you with more information.

To begin with, it is important to understand that laboratory furniture is specifically designed for laboratory use, with unique characteristics to meet the requirements of a laboratory testing environment. On the other hand, regular furniture is simply meant for room decoration.

Furthermore, laboratory furniture is made from superior materials compared to regular furniture. Regular furniture often uses a limited range of materials to cut costs, resulting in the exclusion of expensive and high-quality materials.

Generally, 16-18mm MDF or chipboard having poor overall compressive effect and poor fire prevention and waterproof capacity. Because of different working environment, laboratory furniture generally has very good performance on bearing capacity, corrosion resistance, compression resistance, fire prevention etc.

In addition, many laboratory furniture also have auxiliary equipment. For example, fume hood. Fume hood are equipped with automatic exhaust system, which is equivalent to a small air conditioner, but they are all to adapt to the complex indoor environment. Ordinary furniture does not have such a function. Therefore, laboratory furniture cannot be replaced by ordinary furniture. The laboratory bench, lab storage cabinet, laboratory sink and lab faucet in the fume hood in the laboratory furniture have the characteristics of corrosion and acid-base resistance. This is what ordinary furniture does not have.

For the fume hood, as one part of laboratory furniture, the ventilation duct used shall adopt an independent exhaust system. The exhaust system of the fume hood should be set independently, and it is not suitable to share the air duct, let alone borrow the fire air duct.