High Specification Conservation Storage Cabinets
Rotadex designs and manufactures high specification Collections Storage Furniture cabinets that act as a buffer to changes in the local environment and prevent organic and metal contamination as well as allowing access to objects/specimens while minimising the effect of movement.
To complement its range of Collections Furniture Rotadex has inherited the Metalico range of cabinet and collections storage furniture designs. This allows Rotadex to provide continuity in terms of maintenance and the supply of additional products as required from the Metalico product portfolio.
Illustrated are examples of Conservation cabinets originally designed, manufactured and installed by Metalico now owned by Rotadex Systems Ltd.
Conservation cabinets are made from galvanised steel with a powder coat finish of not less than 60 microns thickness. Standard Cabinet Dimensions: Height 2360mm x Width 1300mm x Depth 690mm. Drawer runners are inserted and fixed into place with bump-stops to the rear of each pair to soften the landing of the internal specimen trays. Cabinets and doors are of double-skin manufacture with the inside of the doors fully enclosed to prevent any access to the cabinets by bugs/pests from the exterior.
All joints and doors are sealed with an approved specific conservation grade inert sealant and silicone free rubber gasket material. This is to prevent pest ingress and also to maintain an inert internal environment.
All cabinets meet the Conservation requirements set out below:
- Museum quality, with a non-off gassing coating to BS 3900
- Securely lockable
- Smooth opening/closing drawers with minimal vibration
- Fully removable/flexible drawers and shelves to allow for changing future arrangements
- Cabinets are stable with a long life expectancy in excess of 25 years
The cabinets sit on steel plinths that incorporate levelling feet with up to 35mm of adjustment to ensure the cabinets are sitting perfectly level with all fixing points lining up perfectly. All cabinets are designed so that may also be installed on space saving mobile bases.