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The Norlab Furniture LLC Safety Storage Cabinets offer the highest level of fire protection that your laboratory requires for the secure segregation and containment of flammable, corrosive, and hazardous substances:
🛡️ Fire Protection
Our safety storage cabinets provide up to 60 minutes of certified fire-resistant containment, with self-closing doors, dual-wall steel construction, and integrated spill trays that prevent hazardous liquids from reaching ignition sources during an emergency. Built to contain the threat before it becomes a catastrophe.
📐 Customization
Our safety storage cabinets can be customized in size, color coding, shelving configuration, ventilation setup, and chemical compatibility lining to match the specific hazard classes, segregation requirements, and spatial layout of your laboratory.
✅ Compliance
Our safety storage cabinets meet NFPA 30, ANSI, SEFA, DIN EN 14470-1, DIN EN 16121, and DIN EN 16122 standards, ensuring your laboratory passes every fire safety and chemical storage inspection without exceptions.
Optimal Space
Fire Resistance
Lockable Doors
Extractor & Filter
Adjustable Interior
Extended Warranty
Norlab Furniture LLC safety storage cabinets are engineered using galvanized steel, cold-rolled type or HPL phenolic construction and controlled manufacturing processes under strict American quality standards. Each unit is designed to support secure chemical segregation, durable corrosion resistance, and efficient laboratory organization.
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Reference |
NLDA998 |
NLDA997 |
NLDA994C |
NLDA999 |
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Tray Capacity |
20 Liters |
40 Liters |
20 Liters |
8 Liters |
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External Dimensions: |
39.4″ x 19.7″ x 70.9″ in |
39.4″ x 19.7″ x 70.9″ in |
47.2″ x 15.7″ x 70.9″ in |
23.6″ x 19.7″ x 70.9″ in |
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Interior Dimensions: |
36.2″ x 16.9″ x 60.2″ in |
36.2″ x 16.9″ x 60.2″ in |
37.8″ x 13.8″ x 60.2″ in |
20.5″ x 16.9″ x 60.2″ in |
🎖️ NFPA 30
U.S. standard by the National Fire Protection Association regulating the storage, handling, and use of flammable and combustible liquids. Compliance is required in most U.S. jurisdictions and directly referenced by OSHA inspections.
🎖️ DIN EN 14470-1
European standard for fire-resistant storage cabinets for flammable liquids. Certifies up to 90 minutes of fire resistance, door self-closing mechanisms, and structural integrity under heat exposure.
🎖️ DIN EN 16121
European standard for non-domestic storage furniture. Covers structural strength, stability, and durability requirements for cabinets used in professional environments like laboratories.
🎖️ DIN EN 16122
Companion standard to 16121, focused on the mechanical durability and repeated-use performance of storage furniture — drawers, doors, and shelves under load and cycle testing.
✅ The build quality is outstanding, and our compliance inspections consistently confirm proper segregation and safe chemical containment. Since installing these cabinets, we have minimized exposure risks and strengthened our overall laboratory safety standards. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ Our laboratory handles sensitive chemicals daily, so secure storage is critical. Norlab’s safety storage cabinets provide exactly what we needed, reliable containment, smooth access, and complete peace of mind for our team. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
No. Acids and bases are incompatible chemicals that must be stored in separate safety cabinets. If containers leak or break inside the cabinet, mixing acids and bases can produce violent exothermic reactions, toxic fumes, or corrosive splashes. Acid-rated safety cabinets typically feature polyethylene or polypropylene-lined interiors that resist acid corrosion, while base cabinets use different liner materials.
Norlab Furniture LLC manufactures dedicated safety storage cabinets for both acid and base storage, each with appropriate interior coatings and ventilation configurations to ensure safe segregated containment.
Yes, but proper segregation requires multiple safety cabinets — you cannot store incompatible chemicals in the same unit. OSHA and NFPA guidelines require that flammables, corrosives (acids and bases separately), oxidizers, and toxics each be stored in dedicated safety cabinets designed for that specific hazard class.
Mixing incompatible chemicals in one cabinet creates dangerous reaction risks in the event of a spill or container failure. Norlab Furniture LLC offers safety storage cabinets in configurations for flammables, corrosives, combustibles, and pesticides, allowing laboratories to implement complete chemical segregation within a single room.
The selection of safety cabinets depends on your chemical hazard classification: yellow cabinets are designated for flammable liquids, blue cabinets for corrosive acids, white cabinets for corrosive bases, red cabinets for combustible materials, and green cabinets for pesticides or phytosanitary products.
Review your chemical inventory by GHS hazard class, then match each group to the appropriate cabinets type. Norlab Furniture LLC offers a complete range of color-coded safety storage cabinets and can review your chemical inventory to recommend the correct quantity and type for full regulatory compliance.
With proper use and maintenance, safety cabinets from Norlab Furniture LLC have an expected structural lifespan of 15–25 years. The most common causes of premature deterioration are: storing incompatible chemicals that produce corrosive vapors attacking the interior coating, overloading shelves beyond their rated capacity (121.2 lb per shelf), failing to clean spills promptly from the pull-out trays, and neglecting ventilation which allows corrosive vapor concentration to degrade interior surfaces.
The heavy-duty steel construction and powder-coated finishes on Norlab Furniture LLC safety storage cabinets are engineered to resist these degradation factors under normal laboratory operating conditions.
Safety cabinets must not block emergency exits, egress pathways, or emergency equipment (showers, eyewash stations, fire extinguishers). NFPA 30 recommends placing safety storage cabinets away from ignition sources, direct sunlight, and heat-generating equipment.
They should be positioned on level surfaces capable of supporting the loaded weight, and ideally near the point of chemical use to minimize transport distances of hazardous containers through the laboratory. Norlab Furniture LLC offers both full-height and underbench safety storage cabinets, giving laboratories flexibility to position compliant storage exactly where workflow demands without compromising emergency access or fire safety clearances.
Your lab’s chemical storage solved — spec’d to your exact requirements.
Tell us what you’re storing and we’ll recommend the right cabinet configuration, certifications, and extraction setup — at no cost, no obligation.
📌 USA owned & operated — nationwide delivery
Manufactured and supported from Miami, FL.
✍🏼 Fully custom — size, color, ventilation, shelving
Built around your workflow and chemical inventory.
🎯 Expert guidance included — free 3D design
Our lab safety specialists review your project personally.
🛡️ NFPA 30 · ANSI · SEFA · DIN EN 14470-1 compliant
Cabinets that pass every inspection — the first time.
