Industries We Serve

What changes from industry to industry

The frame is roughly the same everywhere. What changes is the surface, the grounding, the load profile and the cleaning regime. Those four differences decide more of the specification than the drawing does, and they are the reason an electronics workstation and a metalworking bench that look identical in a photograph are not the same product.

Electronics and PCB assembly

Static is the controlling requirement. Dissipative coating on tube and worktop brings surface resistivity into the 10^6 to 10^9 ohm range, and every accessory in the cell — bins, mat, tool holders, even the casters — has to be part of the same grounded path. A single standard PVC belt or an ungrounded frame quietly undoes the rest of the installation. Specify ESD at enquiry stage; retrofitting it means replacing components rather than adding them.

Automotive parts and metalworking

Load and impact govern here, not static. Parts arrive heavy and are often dropped rather than placed, so the design question moves from surface finish to joint torque, shelf span and whether the frame will walk across the floor under repeated knocks. Heavy items belong on the lowest shelf — not because upper shelves cannot carry them, but because a low centre of gravity turns a potential tip-over into nothing.

Medical devices and clean environments

Cleanability and material compatibility decide. Smooth coated surfaces, no crevices where dust collects, stainless where there is any washdown, and casters that do not shed. Anything with exposed fastening threads or open tube ends becomes a cleaning problem that shows up in an audit rather than on the shop floor.

Warehousing and distribution

Throughput and rotation decide. Flow racks exist to enforce first-in-first-out without supervision, and their performance lives or dies on slope and lane width. Cartons that arrive damaged, or a lane built slightly too wide, turn a gravity system into a jam that recurs every shift.

Home appliances and general assembly

Mixed-model assembly decides. The line has to change when the model changes, often within a shift, which pushes the specification toward bolted frames, adjustable guides and quick-change fixtures. Flexibility is worth more here than stiffness.

If your process sits between two of these — an electronics line handling heavy modules, for example — tell us both requirements. The usual answer is an ESD frame with a heavier worktop and a shorter shelf span, rather than a compromise that satisfies neither.