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What are your Standard and Optional paint colors? |
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Each page which shows product prices has a red tab on the right margin marked "colors" which brings up a display showing standard and optional paint colors. We use only Cardinal powder paint products.
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What are your Standard and Optional laminate colors? |
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Each page which shows product prices has a red tab on the right margin marked "colors" which brings up a display showing standard and optional laminate colors. We use only Formica and Nevamar laminates, the finest brands in the world.
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Do you take Custom orders? |
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BenchPro™, our manufacturer has the capacity to make virtually any product from wood and steel. Chrome brass, zinc plating also available. Longer, wider, taller; Those are the easy requests. Check Series K first. It comes in 28 standard sizes. You can order any bench to be made in any height at no additional cost.
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Do you handle Custom sizes? |
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Need longer? Because longer means weaker we
recommend multiple benches be used for lengths greater than 10'
feet.
Need wider? Series K offers our widest benches,
with sizes up to 60" wide. See K-Series.
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What does it cost to ship my furniture? |
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After you have selected the benches and options, your Bench Depot customer assistance contact will send you a quote to include the price of shipping the product to your location.
This freight quote is based on the size, weight, and freight classification of the shipment, and reflects the maximum discounts available to a shipper of our size.
Sometimes our larger customers receive even larger discounts, and request us to use their carrier.
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How are these packaged for shipping? |
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Series K and Series D are both packaged flat (disassembled) in 6" high cartons. These cartons have internal bumper strips to protect the edges of the tops, plus the corners have additional edge protectors. The individual boxes are placed on pallets, and are strapped down securely. We make each pallet 4" longer and wider than the benches, so the carriers can't bump the benches around too easily.
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Is it hard to assemble the benches? |
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Assembly of BenchPro workbenches couldn't be easier. That's because the factory preassembles the frames by welding, and attaches these frames to the top before packing. Here is all you have to do:
- Boxes are placed flaps-up and opened. Legs are positioned. Two
bolts are inserted per leg. Benches are turned over.
- Drawers are attached while the bench is still upside down. Slide
out top drawer a little. Remove 2 screws from bench frame. Insert
and tighten 2 screws, close drawer.
- FootRests are attached by one bolt on either end. Bolt heads are
hidden inside the tube by snapping a plug over the attaching hole.
- Uprights are attached by sliding them into position over the two
predrilled holes in the back corners. Put screws in the two holes.
- Upright attached options are attached by sliding their tabs into
the slots on the uprights, then tapping them on the top to lock them.
- Earthquake Safety: Although we have never been advised of any
options becoming dislodged, we offer an earthquake safe (at no
additional cost) optional mounting system which slides over the
top of the uprights for absolute security. You can view this by
clicking on "lights", then checking the 45 degree light frame
mounting hardware drawing.
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What is the best work surface height for me? |
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You can order your benches at any height you wish without incurring additional cost, or select the lowest height you believe useful and add either our optional adjustable legs, our electric lift system or our crank-up system.
We have seen orders for almost every work surface height. Some Customers want to sit down and work, others want to stand. Here are some thoughts that may be of assistance:
1. Desks are 30" high.
2. Desk chairs usually have a seat cushion height adjustability range
of around 17" to 22".
3. Work surfaces should never be more than 9" higher than the top of
the chair range. Conclusion: If you need a work surface higher
than 31", you will need a taller chair.
4. Taller chairs usually have a foot ring and a wider base.
(Adjustable foot rings are critical as employees come in all sizes
too.)
5. Our taller chairs have a seat cushion height adjustability range
of 21" to 31". (Some brands have ranges of only 5" or 8".)
6. We do not recommend chairs be used at benches with work surfaces
of 37" and higher, as some employees will attempt to "climb" the
chair, and could be injured when the chair rolls or tips.
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What is included with an ESD system? |
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Special Top Features:
1. We Only Use Nevamar™ ESD Laminates: Only 3M and Nevamar use a patented design which controls the static dissipation rate to meet all ANSI/BIFMA and Federal GSA standards. These laminates carry the static charge across a layer of carbon which is buried just below the surface color layer.
Nevamar's exclusive Armored Protection&trade reduces surface shedding to one-tenth that of conventional laminates and provides long-term resistance to surface abrasion and extends the life of the laminate by maintaining its surface texture. . Use of Nevamar is one of the critical features which allows us to guarantee our benches unconditionally for 10 years. Find out more at www.nevamar.com .
The unique characteristics of Nevamar Static Dissipative Laminate makes it ideally suited for a variety of electronically sensitive applications. The new enhanced product meets or surpasses all standards for electrical properties even at low humidity levels. The product also practically eliminates surface shedding to provide a tough, durable work surface that outlasts competitive materials.
Nevamar™ laminate sheets are designed for permanent lamination to work station furniture surfaces and are individually certified to meet the specific electrical property requirements. Physical Properties Table - Nevamar™.
Electrical Properties Table - Nevamarâ„¢
Its important to know that most of our competitors use other brands of ESD laminate which simply dip sheets of laminate into a chemical bath, then dry the sheet. These sheets come from the laminate dipper with a label which, to paraphrase it, reads Do not clean with any products containing water, ammonia, chlorine, or soap. We have replaced hundreds of competitors tops which have lost their ESD properties over time, even though they followed all the manufacturer instructions. You see, human perspiration contains water too.
2. We use Nevamarâ„¢ laminate on the top and all four edges. As surprising as it sounds most other companies either use a non-dissipative rubber strip or use nonconductive laminate on the edges. If you already have a competitors ESD bench, you can spot this by checking to see if the laminate looks identical in color, thickness and texture. If it looks different, check the surface resistivity. It wont be the same.
3. Aluminum underside: We are the only bench manufacturer to use an aluminum sheet to seal the underside of our tops and to assure conductivity. While other makers either leave the core particleboard uncovered on the bottom, paint the bottom or apply a brown sheet, we use the only material which completely seals out moisture, and which is 100% conductive. This is important too, as this moisture is the only reason tops warp, and leaving a nonconductive bottom sheet can cause problems in sensitive work areas.
4. Multiple grounding systems: While other brands of benches tout a very special bolt used to ground the surface of the laminate to their grounding system wires, we have eliminated this bolt (And the wires). Because all BenchProâ„¢ bench tops are designed with a full 180 degree radius on the front edge of the top, and because the front laminate wraps under the top in the front, we simply placed the frame where the fastening screws go through the laminate. This conducts the static charge directly into the frame, which is in turn grounded by two conductors we provide for earth grounding purposes. All ESD shelves have the same grounding system too.
The top mounts to the frame with a series of fasteners around the perimeter of the frame top. On the front, these connectors each ground the radiused front edge of the top to the frame, eliminating the possibility of ground failure found on benches with bolts through the top and wires on the underside. Our exclusive ESD design eliminates all bench grounding system failures.
The two front legs have banana jacks on their front edges to accept wrist strap connectors. The back of the frame has two mounting lugs to attach the two grounding wires which are included with the system. You will find this double system in evidence on every ESD bench and accessory we make.
BenchPro™ ESD work benches are not connected electrically to the floor. We use insulated floor glides, so static charges will pass only through the grounding system provided, and so inadvertent charges on the floor can not pass up to the work surface.
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How tough is the Chemical Resistant laminate? |
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We use ChemArmor laminate from Nevamar™. This laminate provides resistance to acids/bases, solvents, stains, indicators and general reagents. It's ideal for interior horizontal surfaces in laboratories, healthcare facilities, schools, photo processing, forensic labs and more.
ChemArmor offers chemical resistance with outstanding abrasion resistance, and has outstanding heat and impact resistance, too. In fact, it's the toughest laminate available today. Tests prove ChemArmor laminate from Nevamar has outstanding chemical resistance, plus significantly better NEMA wear value than competitive laminates. It all adds up to laminates that keep looking new longer in even the harshest environments.
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